IB Psych- Sociocultural Approach

What percentage of participants regularly conformed in Asch's line experiment?

• 16%

• 26%

• 36%

• 46%

Which of the following is NOT a mechanism for the creation of your social identity, according to Tajfel (1979)?

• Social influence

• Social categorisation

• Social comparison

• Using group membership as a source of self-esteem

Which of the following factors does NOT contribute to the learning of behaviour in Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura)?

• Attention

• Retention

• Motivation

• Repetition

Which of the following are the correct three components of the Reciprocal Determinism Model?

• Personal factors, social environment, behaviour

• Biological factors, social environment, behaviour

• Personal factors, biological factors, behaviour

• Personal factors, social environment, biological factors

"A social perception of an individual in terms of group membership or physical attributes" is a definition of which term?

• Self-efficacy

• Social cognitions

• Schemas

• Stereotypes

Which of the following is the correct definition of the term 'illusory correlation"?

• A generalisation that is made about a group and then attributed to members of that group.

• People tend to overlook information that contradicts what they already believe.

• People see a relationship between two variables even when there is none.

• A form of social categorisation that affects the behaviour of those who hold a stereotype.

What are the two main effects that stereotypes have on behaviour?

• Social anxiety and social confusion

• Stereotype threat and social anxiety

• Social anxiety and memory distortion

• Stereotype threat and memory distortion

"Drawing on the notion of universal properties of cultures, which share common perceptual, cognitive, and emotional structures" is a definition of which key term?

• Emic Approach

• Etic Approach

• Ethnocentrism

• Universality

Which one of the following was not one of Hofstede's original four cultural dimensions?

• Individualism vs collectivism

• Uncertainty avoidance

• Indulgence vs self-constraint

• Power distance

Berry and Katz (1967) investigated the effects of individualism and collectivism on which behaviour?

• Conformity

• Volunteering

• Aggression

• Social withdrawal