U9 Quiz 1

An educational psychologist from the UK is researching learning types in Russia. She struggles to understand what is "normal" in Russia, since it does not seem to align with the learning types she studied at home.

Ethnocentrism might lead this psychologist to commit which mistake in their research?

• fundamental attribution error

• researcher bias

• reporting bias

• conceptual bias

You tell your friend that exercise is good for their mind and their body - they trust you but adding an exercise routine to their life will take up some of their time, so before they make a decision, you help them do some research.

Which theory of persuasion was utilized?

• central route of persuasion

• peripheral route of persuasion

• information-processing route of persuasion

• systematic approach to persuasion

Which of the following scenarios most closely align with the concept of belongingness, sometimes referred to as social comparison?

• You understand that you speak differently when talking to your friends than to your grandparents.

• You are extremely persuasive, and other people often conform to your ideology.

• When you are uncomfortable around others you sometimes move towards the outside of the area and cross your arms.

• You noticed some friends wearing a new brand of clothing and you bought the same type.

_____ is the tendency to attribute the negative behavior of another individual to internal causes while attributing your negative behavior in a similar situation to external causes.

• actor-observer bias

• self-serving bias

• false consensus effect

• just-world hypothesis

Social media companies seek to keep us spending time on their apps by showing us only posts and articles related to our current beliefs, they know it's more comfortable for us that way. Even if we see something controversial, we only read the sources that support what we already believe.

We're utilizing:

• confirmation bias

• self-serving bias

• false-consensus bias

• halo-effect

Considered the second step in the social identity theory, _____ refers to the process of exhibiting the behaviors of the social group with which you feel you have the most in common, to fit in better with that group.

• fundamental attribution error

• social identification

• social categorization

• social comparison

Which of the following definitions best describes the looking glass effect in social psychology?

• An individual will believe that a majority of people subscribe to their point of view simply because many of their friends and family feel the same way.

• An individual may find themselves mimicking the behavior or style of speech of another person with whom they are very close.

• An individual may base their self-concept on how they perceive others' views of them in a social setting.

• An individual will begin to organize the individuals in their immediate social environment into specific groups based on their traits and behaviors.

_____ refers to the tendency in social situations for attitudes to influence behaviors more directly and automatically (as opposed to non-social situations). This occurs when attitudes begin to influence perceptions of other individuals in a social situation.

• Social default network

• Theory of Reasoned Action

• Attitude-to-behavior process model

• Mindsight

With which cause of social influence was Solomon Asch's experiment most closely associated?

• compliance

• coercion

• conformity

• cohesion

Stanley Milgram's famous psychological study found that a majority of the participants in the study were willing to inflict harm on another individual as a part of the experiment.

Which of the following explains what context most influenced individuals in the experiment, increasing their willingness to harm others?

• there was an authority figure in the room, accepting the blame or responsibility for the actions.

• they were able to check on the health of the subject after each shock.

• they first saw other test subjects carrying out the same actions.

• the individual they were shocking was someone that they did not personally know.