Social Psychology Quiz

What term is used to describe the phenomenon where individuals in a group are less likely to offer help to a person in need when other people are present?

• Social Facilitation

• Group Polarization

• Bystander Intervention

• Diffusion of Responsibility

Which concept refers to the strengthening of an individual's position as a consequence of a group discussion or interaction?

• Social Loafing

• Group Polarization

• Deindividuation

• Groupthink

What is the term for the biased belief that the world is fair and all people get what they deserve?

• Ethnocentrism

• Just-World Phenomenon

• Scapegoat Theory

• Actor-Observer Bias

Which theory suggests that repeated exposure to a stimulus increases a person's preference for that stimulus?

• Scapegoat Theory

• Attribution Theory

• Mere Exposure Effect

• Elaboration Likelihood Model

What is the term for the error made when people attribute another person's behavior to their character rather than to situational factors?

• Fundamental Attribution Error

• Self-Serving Bias

• Social Loafing

• Normative Social Influence

An old woman carrying a number of packages has tripped and fallen on a busy urban sidewalk and is having trouble getting back up. The fact that few people are likely to stop and offer her help is referred to by social psychologists as an example of

• altruistic orientation

• illusory correlation

• diffusion of responsibility (by stander effect)

• just world phenomenon

What is conformity in the context of social psychology?

• Changing one's behavior to match the responses of others

• The ability to control others' actions

• The study of individual behavior in a social context

• The process of resisting social influence

Which experiment *best examines people's obedience to authority?

• The Stanford Prison Experiment

• The Asch Conformity Experiments

• The Milgram Experiment

• The Bystander Effect Study

Social cognition is best described as:

• The study of how people influence each other

• The process by which people come to understand others

• The mechanisms by which people control each other's behavior

• The analysis of societies and their development

The central route to persuasion involves:

• Peripheral cues and emotional appeals

• Careful and thoughtful consideration of the arguments presented

• The attractiveness and credibility of the source

• Repetition and association