The Individual and the Group QUEST

Which one is not one of the three mechanisms in Tajfel's SIT?

• social identification

• social comparison

• social efficacy

• social catergorization

Stereotypes can be described as...

• Humans sort themselves into In and Out Groups. These groups impact our identity.

• We make generalizations about groups and then apply those generalizations to individuals.

• We are prone to change our behavior to copy the behavior of others in order to match social norms.

• There are strategies that can be used to convince us to follow the requests of other people or groups.

Tajfel's (1971) research found that when boys were placed in groups, even if they had limited importance to their identity

• were not impacted by these groupings.

• showed in group favoritism.

• showed out group favoritism.

• only were impacted by these groupings if they knew who was in their group.

Stereotype Threat shows that when people are aware of the possibility that they are facing a negative stereotype they perform _____________________

Which of the following is not an assumption made by social psychologists?

• We have a personal self and several social selves.

• Animals may be studied in order to get a deeper insight into human behaviour.

• Culture affects our behaviour.

• Our behaviour is influenced by others, even when we believe we are acting independently.

According to Asch, why did the participants conform?

• Referential social influence

• Normative social influence

• A combination of informational and normative social influence.

• Informational social influence

SIT was created to help explain...

• prejudice

• discrimination

• conflict between groups

• all of these

The out-group homogeneity effect is a term that means...

• everyone is the same

• stereotypes

• we think about being prejudice and discriminating against the out-group

• we think out-group members as being more similiar than in-group members.

Which of the following is a limitation of Social Identity Theory?

• The studies were case studies and therefore cannot be replicated. The studies have low reliability.

• The theory is not able to predict which social identity will most influence an individual's behaviour in a particular situation.

• The theory is not falsifiable.

• It has very few applications in the real world.

This study examined social identity in college students as it related to success of the college's sports teams

• Phelps et al. 2000

• Cialdini et al. 1976

• Sherif 1966

• Tajfel et al. 1979