nla intro to psych ch 11 social psychology

Which psychologist developed an experiment based on obedience to authority based on people's willingness to shock test subjects?

• Zimbardo

• Asch

• Milgram

• Freud

The ___________ refers to the finding that the likelihood of someone observing an event and close enough to offer help to actually help someone in trouble decreases as the amount of people around increases. If only one person is standing by, that person is far more likely to help than if there are more people around.

• Bystander Effect

• Diffusion of Responsibility

• Social Neuroscience

• Social Role

Which of these can be seen as a social psychology experiment?

• The Asch Line Experiment

• The Milgram Shock Experiment

• The Stanford Prison Experiment

• All of the above are social psychology experiments

Asch's experiments focused on the question of...

• how people act out ascribed roles.
• what influences people to carry out antisocial behaviours.
• obedience to an authority figure.
• conformity in a group setting.

The idea that tension is created when a person senses inconsistencies. They feel bad when they perceive they are behaving in a manner that contradicts their beliefs, for instance.

• Mere Exposure Effect
• Central Route of Persuasion
• Norms of Reciprocity
• Cognitive Dissonance Theory
• Foot in the door Phenomenon

What did the electric shock experiment show? 

• Most people will obey orders, even when it harms others. 
• Morality is more important to people than being obedient 
• Most people prefer social acceptance than to be correct. 
• Conformity can lead to obedience 

adjusting our behavior or thinking to go along with group standards

• social norms
• prejudice
• conformity
• in-group
• cognitive dissonance theory

Temperament is

• an individuals learned personality/behavior

• an individuals inherited pattern of personality/behavior

what is ego identity

• the ability to look back on life w/o regrets

• identity crisis

• your ego has become self aware

do people with more friends have a better immune system

• yes

• no