Unit 9: Social Psychology AP

The enhancement of a group’s prevailing tendencies occurs when people within a group discuss an idea that most of them either favor or oppose. What is this tendency called?

• group polarization

• deindividuation

• the just-world phenomenon

• discrimination

• categorization

Which of the following statements about the foot-in-the-door phenomenon is false?

• People who agree to a small action are less likely to agree to a larger one later

• The Chinese army took advantage of this phenomenon in the thought control program they used on prisoners during the Korean War

• To get people to agree to something big, start small and build

• Succumb to a temptation and you will find the next temptation harder to resist

• This phenomenon has been used to boost charitable contributions, blood donations, and product sales.

According to the research on the bystander effect, which of the following people is most likely to stop and help a stranger?

• Jacob is on his way to a doctor’s appointment with his young son

• Xavier lives in a crowded city

• Milika is in a terrible mood, having just learned that she failed her midterm exam

• Ciera just saw a young girl offering her arm to help an older woman cross the street

• Mahmood is lost in thought as he walks to work, thinking about his upcoming presentation

Believing that your school is better than all the other schools in town is an example of what psychological concept?

• conformity

• ingroup bias

• scapegoat theory

• discrimination

• groupthink

People frequently credit or blame either internal dispositions or external situations for others’ behavior. What is this tendency called?

• The foot-in-the-door phenomenon

• the fundamental attribution error

• attribution

• social psychology

• social thinking

Researchers have found that people tend to become more hostile in situations when they are exposed to aversive stimuli, such as heat or personal insults. What is the term for this tendency?

• the proximity effect

• GRIT

• the frustration-aggression principle

• social scripting

• deindividuation

Galileo’s notion that the earth revolved around the sun was in opposition to the widespread beliefs of his day. What social psychological principle is this an example of?

• social thinking

• group polarization

• conformity

• a stereotype

• minority influence

Physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy is called

• The mere exposure effect

• hindsight bias

• aggression

• the just-world phenomenon

• the other-race effect

What tension occurs when we become aware that our attitudes and actions don’t coincide?

• role playing

• the fundamental attribution error

• social pressure

• social influence

• cognitive dissonance

Which of the following least describes prejudice?

• An unjustifiable attitude toward a group

• Schemas that influence how we notice and interpret events

• Preconceived ideas that bias our impressions of others’ behavior

• A physical behavior intended to hurt or destroy

• Automatic and unconscious thoughts and behaviors