Social Psychology Review

Who is known for the conformity experiments involving line length judgment?

• Stanley Milgram

• Philip Zimbardo

• John Darley

• Solomon Asch

What term describes the favoritism towards members of one's own group?

• Social Loafing

• In-group bias

• Deindividuation

• Group Polarization

Which phenomenon explains why people are less likely to provide help when they are in groups?

• Bystander effect

• Cognitive dissonance

• Diffusion of responsibility

• Foot-in-the-door phenomenon

What is the psychological conflict arising from holding two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time?

• Conformity

• Cognitive dissonance

• Social Facilitation

• Group Think

Which concept refers to the increased performance in the presence of others?

• Deindividuation

• Group Polarization

• Social Loafing

• Social Facilitation

Who conducted the obedience experiments that demonstrated people's willingness to follow orders from an authority figure, even to the extent of harming others?

• Philip Zimbardo

• John Darley

• Stanley Milgram

• Solomon Asch

What term describes the process by which an individual's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors are influenced by other people?

• Identification

• Persuasion

• Internalization

• Brainwashing

Which hypothesis suggests that releasing aggressive energy, through action or fantasy, reduces aggressive urges?

• Just world phenomenon

• Diffusion of responsibility

• Catharsis Hypothesis

• Self-fulfilling prophecy

What is the term for the reduction of personal identity and erosion of personal responsibility when one is part of a group?

• Deindividuation

• Conformity

• Social Loafing

• In-group bias

Which of the following is a belief that people get what they deserve in life, thus justifying social inequality?

• Just world phenomenon

• Self-fulfilling prophecy

• Group Think

• Catharsis Hypothesis