Psychological Concepts Quiz

Which of the following statements best describe a social norm?

• A group that an individual identifies with or belongs to.

• Spoken or unspoken rules or values that define or outline appropriate behaviour or experience within a group.

• A group that an individual does not identify with or belong to.

• Rules or expectations of behaviour and thoughts based on shared beliefs within a specific cultural group.

Alison plays netball every Wednesday in a mixed social league. Her team usually wins but lost this week. After the match, Alison and her team complain about the foul play the other team were engaging in, and show their scratch marks and bruises to the referee.

Someone from the other team shouts, “Do you want to take this outside?!” Alison responds with, “Yeah buddy, let’s go!”

Which of the following best describes why Alison is behaving this way?

• Alison is a part of an in-group with her netball team, therefore, she naturally defends her team.

• Alison is a part of an out-group with her netball team, therefore, she has no interest in defending her team.

• Alison is a naturally angry person and loves an opportunity to fight.

• Playing sports makes people angry.

Milgram and Asch used confederates in their study on obedience and conformity.

Which of the following best describes the role of a confederate?

• A person who takes part in an experiment.

• A person who performs a scientific procedure, especially in a laboratory, to determine something.

• Small pieces of coloured paper that are traditionally thrown when celebrating.

• A person who pretends to be a participant by fulfilling a role outlined by the researcher, but the real participant is unaware of this.

Based on Milgram’s study on obedience, who are you most likely to obey?

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Therese has been collecting miniature cat figurines. Every time she sees one she buys it instantly, without looking at what it costs, as it gives her joy each time she buys one.

Her friends are worried about her because she has recently lost her job, is in debt, and will spend all her time in search of cat figurines.

What is Therese displaying?

• Social connections

• Social comparisons

• Addictive behaviours

• Information access

Gareth, 33, is an avid football player. His favourite team is Liverpool F.C. He spends most of his time watching their matches and compares his skills to his favourite players.

Gareth has been in a bit of a slump. He realised that he may never make it into the Liverpool Football Club. He goes and plays football for a local team and compares his abilities to all the players there.

Gareth leaves feeling motivated and believes he has a chance to make it into the Liverpool team. 

Gareth is measuring his self-worth through…

• social connections.

• social comparisons.

• addictive behaviours.

• information access.

Sienna and her family have recently moved from Australia to Sweden. Her parents have noticed that she has become a little more withdrawn.

She tells her parents that she doesn’t feel like she fits in and that her views don’t always align with the people at school.

Worried, Sienna’s parents suggest that she should organise a video call with her friends back in Australia. Sienna thinks this is a great idea.
What is media improving for Sienna?

• Social comparison

• Addictive behaviours

• Information access

• Social connection

Sandra believes that the Earth is flat. She has many articles that appear on her socials, which support this theory.

One day, Sandra was having a healthy debate with another person about whether or not the Earth is flat or round. She shows the person all the articles on her socials. The other person replies with, “Did you know that these articles are appearing because of your algorithms?” Sandra, unsure of what to do with this information, walks away.

What influence is media having on Sandra?

• Positive influence on social connections

• Negative influence via social comparisons

• Positive influence on addictive behaviours

• Negative influence via information access

Phoung has been writing books for a publishing company for the last 5 years. She is confident in her writing skills, and has gained a wealth of knowledge while working at the publishing company. She is more determined than ever to write her own book.

Which psychological state is Phoung displaying based on the self-determination theory?

• Autonomy

• Competence

• Relatedness

• Qualified

Lisa and Sam were taking a walk around the school and noticed that a fight was about to take place. Crowds of students were chanting, “Fight, fight, fight!”

Instead of joining in with the chanting, Lisa and Sam were discussing that someone should intervene and stop the fight.

Lisa decided to intervene and displayed anti-conformity behaviours.

What type of influence did Sam have on Lisa?

• Obedience

• Reactance

• Ally effect

• Unanimity