Social Psychology - year 12

This is the study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another.

• Clinical Psychology

• Behavioral Psychology

• Social Psychology

• Dynamic Psychology

The tendency to adjust one's behavior to actual or perceived social pressures

• Social Psychology

• Stereotypes

• Attitude

• Conformity

When she stands in front of her classmates, Miriam cannot recite a poem she had memorized. Miriam is

• engaging in groupthink.
• displaying social inhibition.
• violating a norm.
• performing a task function.

Failure to take action because of the presence of others is an example of

• altruism.
• polarization.
• social loafing.
• the bystander effect.

To be classified as a group, a collection of people must be

• interdependent
• polarized.
• altruistic.
• aggregate.

Repetition of the same arguments resulting in stronger attitudes in support of the majority view is an example of

• group polarization.
• role conflict.
• groupthink.
• social networking.

You don’t like alcohol, but all your friends are drinking beer at a party so you do too. This is an example of

• groupthink.
• obedience.
• catharsis.
• conformity.

What did the results of Milgram's famous experiment show?

• That people aren't important in experiments

• That people were willing to obey orders to hurt others

• That ethics in science don't matter

• that guards are mean to prisonerT

Stanley Milgram was a psychologist who studied:

• Family relationships

• Memory

• Ethics

• Obedience to authority

In the original experiment, all of the participants were...

• Men

• Women

• Children

• Elderly