Social Psychology (PSGY1007) seminar quiz

According to the Elaboration Likelihood model, the central route of message processing requires us to...

• be analytical when processing the message.

• use a low amount of cognitive effort.

• only attend to the message for a short period of time.

• focus on superficial components of the message, such as its attraction.

When someone is nervous and conforms to group norms to avoid embarrassment, they are said to have:

• heightened public self-awareness

• reduced public self-awareness

• heightened private self-awareness

• reduced private self-awareness

Which of the following theories is an example of how we may use schemas to compare ourselves to others?

• Self evaluation maintenance

• Self-discrepancy theory

• Social identity theory

• Control theory of self regulation

Someone fails their driving test and claims that this was because the weather was bad. What type of attribution bias is the person using?

• Self-serving bias

• False consensus

• Actor-Observer bias

• Fundamental Attribution Error

Markus (1978) found that when people were asked to put on unfamiliar clothes...

• they are slower to do this in front of an audience than alone.

• they are slower to do this in front of an attentive audience than an inattentive one.

• they are slower to do this in front of an inattentive audience than an attentive one.

• they are slower to do this alone than in front of an audience.

Which of the following conditions is required in order for groupthink to occur?

• Having a strong leader in the group.

• A clear solution to the problem being addressed.

• Lack of cohesiveness within the group.

• Access to external or moderating influences.

Asch's (1951) study suggested that people can be susceptible to changes in:

• normative influence

• informational influence

• minority influence

• obedience to authority

Adorno et al. (1956) found that...

• a stricter upbringing was associated with higher levels of prejudice

• a stricter upbringing was associated with lower levels of prejudice

• a stricter upbringing was associated with higher levels of discrimination

• a stricter upbringing was associated with lower levels of discrimination

Which of the following actions is not an example of discriminatory behaviour?

• Holding a negative belief about people in a minority group.

• Not helping a minority member in an emergency.

• Not hiring a member of a minority group for a job.

• Acting in a pro-minority manner to deflect accusations of prejudice.

In their study on video games, Kennedy et al. (2014) found a phenomenon that they called:

• emotion-induced blindness

• change blindness

• situational blindness

• cognitive-induced blindness