Group Dynamics and Discrimination

What do we call the improved performance on simple of well-learned tasks in the presence of others?

• Social facilitation
• Social loafing
• Deindividuation
• Group Polarization

Which of the following terms or phrases best describes the behavior of rowdy fans yelling obscenities at a football or soccer referee after a controversial penalty has been called?

• Social facilitation
• Groupthink
• Deindividuation
• Group Polarization

Which of the following is most likely to occur when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives?

• Group polaization
• Groupthink
• Social loafing
• Prejudice

When I put you guys in breakout rooms and you work super slow this is due to which theory?

• Deindivduation
• Social Facilitation
• Social Loafing
• Norming

Which of the following is the primary distinction between prejudice and discrimination?

• Prejudice is cognitive and discrimination is behavioral
• Prejudice is based on anger and discrimination is based on fear
• Prejudice is legal term and discrimination is a psychological term

Which of the following is true of prejudice in recent years?

• Both overt and subtle prejudice have shown steady and equal increases
• Both overt and subtle prejudice have been increasing but subtle prejudice is increasing at a faster rate
• Overt prejudice has been decreasing more than subtle prejudice

Which of the following accurately describes the just-world phenomenon?

• It's the reduction in discrimination that has resulted from improvements in our laws and judicial system
• It's the belief that most people get what they deserve and deserve what they get
• It's the tendency of people to deny that prejudice is still a problem

Which of the following is an example of ingroup bias?

• Kimia believes she is the best student in her AP psychology class, but her grades are not as good as several students
• Francisco believes he is the best stduent in his AP psychology class, and in fact he has the highest test average
• Serek believes his t-ball team is the best in the league

When political parties think their group is the best and refuse to work with or even hear out the group they are probably suffering from which of the following?

• ingroup bias
• social facilitation
• social loafing
• deindividuation

Billy saw a bunch of cars speeding down the freeway. Next thing Billy knew he was also speeding down the freeway. Billy's actions are the result of which of the following?

• social loafing
• Social factilitation
• deindividuation