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Psychology Lessons 36-40 Test | Mr. Hildebrandt

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Social loafing in a game of tug of war would be that team members are doing what?

a)

Pulling the rope just as hard as if they were on their own.

b)

Pulling the rope at maximum effort.

c)

Pulling the rope based on the role in the group.

d)

Pulling the rope with less effort than if by themselves.

2.

When a person faints in a room alone with another person, 85% of the time they will help the person. When in a group of people that person will only help 3% of the time.

a)

Altruism

b)

Aggression

c)

Division of Responsibility

d)

Diffusion of Responsibility

3.

Why might a person act one way as an individual (not throw a bottle at people), but act totally different while in a group (throwing bottles at people)?

a)

Deindividuation

b)

Desensitization

c)

Social Loafing

d)

Peer Pressure

4.

The Robbers Cave Experiment

a)

65% of people will obey authority figures demands to deliver extreme punishments.

b)

The roles were much stronger than the individual personalities.

c)

People will give an answer to go along with the group even if they believe it is wrong.

d)

Cooperation reduces conflict.

5.

The Stanford Prison Experiment

a)

65% of people will obey authority figures demands to deliver extreme punishments.

b)

The roles were much stronger than the individual personalities.

c)

People will give an answer to go along with the group even if they believe it is wrong.

d)

Cooperation reduces conflict.

6.

The Milgram Experiment

a)

65% of people will obey authority figures demands to deliver extreme punishments.

b)

The roles were much stronger than the individual personalities.

c)

People will give an answer to go along with the group even if they believe it is wrong.

d)

Cooperation reduces conflict.

7.

Asch Conformity Experiment

a)

65% of people will obey authority figures demands to deliver extreme punishments.

b)

The roles were much stronger than the individual personalities.

c)

People will give an answer to go along with the group even if they believe it is wrong.

d)

Cooperation reduces conflict.

8.

True or False:

Groupthink leads groups to make the best decisions.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False:

Social Facilitation refers to the tendency to perform better in the presence of a group.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Playing badly in a game vs practice is an example of ______?

a)

Groupthink

b)

Social Inhibition

c)

Attribution Error

d)

Social Facilitation

11.

Initiation Rites are intended to increase...

a)

The task function of the group

b)

Loyalty to the group

c)

The altruism of a group

d)

Hostility to the group

12.

What is the difference between members of an in-group and out-group?

a)

Members of the in-group identify with each other, but not with members of the out-group.

b)

Members of the in-group are constantly seeking to join the members of the out-group.

c)

Members of the in-group rely on members of the out-group for leadership.

d)

Members of the in-group set the agenda that members of the out-group must follow.

13.

A dance club is aiming its marketing at 20 to 30 year-olds. This group makes up the dance club's...

a)

Channel

b)

Source

c)

Message

d)

Audience

14.

A company has decided to create an Instagram page for its new energy drink. In this instance, the internet is an example of a(n)...

a)

Channel

b)

Source

c)

Message

d)

Audience

15.

The most extreme form of attitude change is...

a)

Heuristics

b)

Brainwashing

c)

The Inoculation Effect

d)

The Sleeper Effect

16.

A pacifist who has been drafted into the army opposes killing yet believes in obeying the law. He is probably experiencing _______.

a)

The Boomerang Effect

b)

Cognitive Dissonance

c)

The Sleeper Effect

d)

Social Cognition

17.

Gina expects her 4-year-old Eric to behave badly at the mall, and sure enough, he refuses to obey her at the mall. This behavior illustrates ______.

a)

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

b)

Stereotyping

c)

Cognitive Dissonance

d)

Self-Justification

18.

True or False:

As children grow older, their parents begin to influences more than when they were younger.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Prejudice

a)

The need to rationalize one's attitude.

b)

Preconceived attitudes towards a person or a group of people that have been formed without sufficient evidence and are not easy to change.

c)

The process of taking a position that contradicts one's private attitude.

d)

Incorporating the values, ideas, and standards of others as part of oneself.

20.

Self-Justification

a)

The need to rationalize one's attitude.

b)

Preconceived attitudes towards a person or a group of people that have been formed without sufficient evidence and are not easy to change.

c)

The process of taking a position that contradicts one's private attitude.

d)

Incorporating the values, ideas, and standards of others as part of oneself.

21.

Counter-Attitudinal Behavior

a)

The need to rationalize one's attitude.

b)

Preconceived attitudes towards a person or a group of people that have been formed without sufficient evidence and are not easy to change.

c)

The process of taking a position that contradicts one's private attitude.

d)

Incorporating the values, ideas, and standards of others as part of oneself.

22.

Internalization

a)

The need to rationalize one's attitude.

b)

Preconceived attitudes towards a person or a group of people that have been formed without sufficient evidence and are not easy to change.

c)

The process of taking a position that contradicts one's private attitude.

d)

Incorporating the values, ideas, and standards of others as part of oneself.