Social Psychology Check Point

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 

The "fundamental attribution error" phenomenon can best be seen in which of the following examples

• John blames his failure to get a job on his lack of appropriate skills and ill preparedness

• Phyllis doesn't get the lead in the school play and blames her drama teacher for this failure.

• Jane blames herself for forgetting that she has a term paper due in two days

• Bill doesn't hire John bc he believes that John's lateness is a result of John's laziness & lack of respect for the job. In reality, John was late bc he got a flat tire on the way to the interview

• Karen understands that her friend is late because she was caught in rush hour traffic.

The tendency for people to believe the world is just (fair) and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get.

• Social Facilitation

• Just-World Phenomenon

• Scapegoat theory

• ingroup bias

________ holds that our behavior is determined by internal factors, such as individual traits or temperaments.

• Collectivism

• Dispositionism

• Moralism

• Situationism

Kara gets an F on her social psychology exam. Then she goes home and gets into an argument with her roommate, Lee. Lee assumes Kara is yelling at him because she is just a nasty person, and does not consider that she may just have had a bad day and is venting. Lee is demonstrating ________.

• groupthink

• the self-serving bias

• the actor-observer effect

• the fundamental attribution error

What was one of the main conclusions drawn from the Stanford prison experiment?

• social roles are powerful determinants of human behavior

• students cannot be relied upon to act appropriately

• students cannot be trusted in roles of authority

• when operating in a group, some people will put forth less effort than if they were operating alone

The behavior of soldiers who abused prisoners at the Abu Ghraib facility during the Iraq war was predicted by the Stanford Prison Experiment that was overseen by social psychologist ________.

• John Cacioppo

• Solomon Asch

• Stanley Milgram

• Philip Zimbardo

Which type of persuasion approach involves encouraging a person to agree to a small favor or to buy a small item, only to later request a larger favor or purchase of a larger item?

•  door-in-the-face strategy

• foot-in-the-door technique

• lowball technique

• effort justification strategy

Henry is juror number four in a murder trial. He believes the accused is guilty, but when the jurors vote it becomes clear he is the only one that thinks this way. Henry votes not guilty along with the other jurors despite what he sees as evidence clearly indicating guilt. This is an example of the ________ effect.

• Asch

• Cacioppo

• Milgram

• Zimbardo

What is the main findings of Milgram’s obedience study?

• When acting in a group, people will obey authority to the point of potentially causing serious harm to another person.

• Individuals will obey authority to the point of potentially causing serious harm to another person.

• Stanley Milgram was driven by political and personal agendas that demonstrated how research can be biased.

• Research is only useful if it can be successfully replicated time and time again.