Exploring Key Concepts in Social Psychology

The video explores social psychology, focusing on how group presence affects individual behavior. It covers social facilitation, social loafing, conformity, and obedience, highlighting key studies like Ash's conformity experiment, Milgram's obedience studies, and the Stanford Prison Experiment. The bystander effect and its impact on altruism are also discussed, emphasizing the diffusion of responsibility in group settings.

What is the term used to describe improved performance when others are watching?

• Social facilitation

• Social loafing

• Group conformity

• Evaluation apprehension

What phenomenon describes the reduced effort by individuals when working in a group?

• Groupthink

• Risky shift

• Social facilitation

• Social loafing

In Asch's experiment, what percentage of participants conformed at least once?

• 80%

• 65%

• 74%

• 50%

Which factor increases the likelihood of conformity in a group?

• Smaller group sizes

• Diverse opinions

• Unanimous decisions

• Individual decision-making

What was the primary ethical concern in Milgram's obedience experiment?

• Lack of informed consent

• Physical harm to participants

• Deception of participants

• Psychological stress to participants

According to Milgram, why do people obey authority figures?

• Fear of punishment

• Socialization from childhood

• Lack of responsibility

• Desire for rewards

Which experiment involved participants believing they were causing harm through electric shocks?

• Zimbardo's Prison Experiment

• Milgram's Obedience Study

• Asch's Conformity Experiment

• Darley and Latané's Bystander Experiment

What was the main finding from the Stanford Prison Experiment?

• Personal traits dictate behavior

• Roles influence behavior

• All people act similarly in prisons

• Environment has no effect on behavior

What does the bystander effect demonstrate?

• People help more when alone

• People help less when others are present

• People are unaffected by others in emergencies

• People always help when trained

What triggers the bystander effect according to social psychology?

• Diffusion of responsibility

• Immediate danger

• Fear of being harmed

• Lack of knowledge