Social Psychology Quiz

In a group project, you notice that as more members join the team, each individual's effort seems to decrease. This phenomenon is best explained by which of the following concepts?

• Peer pressure

• Social facilitation

• Diffusion of responsibility

• Group polarization

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Which scenario best illustrates the fundamental attribution error?

• Blaming the weather for someone's tardiness

• Crediting someone's success to their hard work rather than external factors

• Judging someone's mistake as a reflection of their character rather than situational factors

• Acknowledging that someone's failure was due to unforeseen circumstances

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

A manager is trying to reduce workplace conflicts by understanding different types of aggression. Which type of aggression is goal-oriented and often considered as a means to an end?

• Hostile aggression

• Instrumental aggression

• Emotional aggression

• Reactive aggression

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Consider a situation where a person witnesses a car accident but does not stop to help, assuming that others will. This decision-making process can be analyzed through which psychological concept?

• Social loafing

• Bystander effect

• Peer influence

• Conformity

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

How might the fundamental attribution error impact a teacher's perception of a student's poor performance on a test?

• The teacher might assume the student did not study enough, ignoring potential external factors like family issues.

• The teacher might consider the test too difficult for the student.

• The teacher might attribute the poor performance to the difficulty of the questions rather than the student's ability.

• The teacher might assume the student is generally a poor performer in all subjects.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

In an experiment to understand the bystander effect, what method should a psychologist use to measure the influence of group size on individual intervention in a staged crisis?

• Record and analyze the time it takes for individuals to respond in groups of varying sizes.

• Conduct interviews after the experiment to gather personal insights on the decision to intervene.

• Limit the study to observations of very large groups to maximize the observed effect.

• Measure physiological responses of participants as the only data point.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Which of the following is the best definition of conformity?

• A change in behaviour or belief toward a group as a result of real or imagined group pressure
• A change in behaviour or belief as a result of direct pressure from a person in authority.
• Change in behaviour or belief as a result of indirect pressure from a person in authority.
• A change in behaviour or belief as a result of a direct request by someone with no authority.

What term describes categorizing people into groups using stereotypes and overestimating their uniformity (sameness)?

• Other-race effect

• Proximity

• Norm

• Outgroup homogeneity

• Similarity