Exploring Social Psychology Concepts

What does social facilitation refer to?

• The tendency to conform to incorrect answers

• Decreased performance in the presence of others

• Increased performance in the presence of others

• Effort put into a task regardless of group size

What is the main effect of social loafing?

• Enhanced focus on task completion

• Unchanged performance despite group size

• Decreased individual effort in larger groups

• Increased group effort

What is group polarization?

• Effort reduction in large groups

• Enhanced performance in the presence of others

• Exaggeration of initial group attitudes

• Unanimous decision-making without considering consequences

What does dispositional attribution imply?

• Situational factors are prioritized over personal traits

• Both internal and external factors are considered equally

• Behavior is attributed to internal personality traits

• Behavior is attributed to external situations

What does the fundamental attribution error describe?

• Underestimating situational factors

• Neither underestimating nor overestimating any factors

• Overestimating personal disposition

• Both underestimating situational factors and overestimating personal disposition

What does the door-in-the-face phenomenon involve?

• Ignoring requests from authority figures

• Starting with small requests and gradually increasing them

• Making a large request followed by a smaller one

• Refusing to comply with group decisions

What is the main concept of the contact hypothesis?

• Decreased conformity in diverse groups

• Increased aggression through exposure

• Enhanced group performance under observation

• Reduction of stereotypes through group interaction

What phenomenon does the Milgram experiment demonstrate?

• Dispositional attribution

• Group polarization

• Obedience to authority

• Social loafing

What is the primary cause of antisocial behavior?

• Cognitive dissonance

• Central route to persuasion

• Negative attitudes without evidence

• Positive reinforcement

What does the Stanford prison experiment illustrate?

• Effects of dehumanization

• Influence of cognitive dissonance

• Impact of dispositional attribution

• Consequences of obedience to authority