Social Psychology - Class Practice

What is the scientific study of how we interact with other groups and people?

• Psychology

• Social-Cognitive Psychology

• Social Psychology

• All of these study how we interact with groups and people

What is the term for attributing the behaviors of others to internal causes but attributing one's own behavior to external causes?

• Fundamental attribution error

• False consensus effect

• Self fulfilling prophecy

• Normative social influence

Which term refers to the tendency to overestimate the extent that others hold the same beliefs as you?

• False consensus effect

• Pluralistic ignorance

• Just world hypothesis

• Obedience to authority

What is the term for the process by which expectations about a person eventually lead that person to behave in ways that confirm those expectations?

• Conformity

• Obedience to authority

• False consensus effect

• Self fulfilling prophecy

What is pluralistic ignorance?

• When a group member is indifferent to the beliefs of others

• When a group member is ignorant about social norms

• When a group member thinks that the whole group believes the same as them but in reality they don't.

• When a group member thinks the whole group believes differently from them, but in reality the group feels the same.

What is a false norm?

• A norm that is based on false information

• A norm that is wrong, but is still universally accepted

• A norm that is intentionally misleading

• A misperception of the true social norm of a group

Solomon Asch conducted a study in 1951 to test what?

• A: How the presence of others impacts conformity

• B: How the presence of others impacts obedience to authority

• Both A and B

• None of these

Which of the following is true about normative social influence?

• A: normative social influence is when you change behavior to appear correct to others

• B: normative is when you change behavior to be liked by others

• C: normative social influence was observed in the Asch study

• D: both B and C

Kitty Genovese was walking home when she was stabbed and sexually assaulted. It's reported that at least 37 different people witnessed the incident, yet nobody helped Kitty. What is a potential explanation for this?

• Normative social influence

• Bystander effect

• The witnesses were scared they would get stabbed

• Because people are jerks

Imagine Ben, Kari, and Sara are discussing stereotypes. Ben is now worried that his behavior might confirm a stereotype associated with their social group. What is Ben experiencing?

• Cognitive dissonance

• Stereotype threat

• Outgroup homogeneity effect

• Pluralistic ingornace