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WorksheetsUnit XIV Social Psychology AP Baxer
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 3600secs
The "fundamental attribution error" phenomenon can best be seen in which of the following examples
John blames his failure to get a job on his lack of appropriate skills and ill preparedness
Phyllis doesn't get the lead in the school play and blames her drama teacher for this failure.
Jane blames herself for forgetting that she has a term paper due in two days
Bill doesn't hire John bc he believes that John's lateness is a result of John's laziness & lack of respect for the job. In reality, John was late bc he got a flat tire on the way to the interview
Karen understands that her friend is late because she was caught in rush hour traffic.
An old woman carrying a number of packages has tripped and fallen on a busy urban sidewalk and is having trouble getting back up. The fact that few people are likely to stop and offer her help is referred to by social psychologists as an example of
altruistic orientation
illusory correlation
bystander effect
just world phenomenon
According to Attribution Theory, which of the following is an example of the self serving bias?
A man does not have health insurance, but is not worried bc he is young and healthy.
A woman knows a man who does not have insurance. The man gets into a car accident, & medical expenses cause him to lose his home. She wonders why he didn't have insurance.
A toddler builds a tall tower with blocks and says "Me good!" when she completes the tower. However, she bumps it and it falls down. She frowns and says "Bad blocks!"
A hurricane devastates an area of Mississippi & many residents seek grief counseling.
A group of 5 students & a group of 3 students all roughly the same size & strength, engage in a game of tug of war. The game is equal for a long while, neither side immediately gaining an advantage. This is most likely an example of
social loafing
dehumanization
conformity
social faciliatation
Stanley Milgram's study involving the "teacher", learner, & experimenter tested which of the following principles?
Conformitity
Groupthink
Role playing
obedience
Which of the following suggestions is most likely to reduce the hostility felt bw antagonistic groups?
force the groups to spend alot of time together
encourage the groups to avoid each other as much as possible
provide them with a superordinate goal.
punish the groups whenever they treat each other badly.
Your new neighbor seems to know everything about ancient Greece that your social studies teacher says during the first week of school. You conclude that she is brilliant. You do not consider that she might already have learned about ancient Greece in her old school. You are evidencing.
self fulfilling prophecy
pluralistic ignorance
confirmation bias
fundamental attribution error
In Asch's conformity study, approximately what percentage of participants gave at least one incorrect response?
30
40
50
65
75
Which of the following is the best example of prejudice?
Tommy will not let girls play on his hockey team.
Sam dislikes Asians.
Alice says she can run faster than anybody on the playground.
Jeri will not interview any Hispanics for a job opening at his company.
Which of the following is the best definition of conformity?
A change in behavior or belief toward a group as a result of real or imagined group pressure
A change in behavior or belief as a result of direct pressure from a person in authority.
Change in behavior or belief as a result of indirect pressure from a person in authority.
A change in behavior or belief as a result of a direct request by someone with no authority.
Which researcher's work was key to our understanding of obedience
Asch
Milgram
Eichmann
Darley
The tendency to believe that people get what they deserve.
Bystander effect
Superordinate Goal
Discrimination
Just World Principle
The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity.
Deindividuation
Entitlement
Group Dynamics
Group Attitude
Discrimination refers to negative _________________.
beliefs
behaviors
attitudes
dispositions
Zimbardo's most famous experiment studied
the power of roles and situations.
conformity.
obedience to authority.
if people would help when in a group.
The main task of the Solomon Asch studies was ____________________.
judging line sizes
selecting paint colors
rating new fashions
taste-testing new candies
distinguishing facial expressions
The study of the judgments people make as to whether someone else’s behavior is due to something about that person or due to the person’s situation is called ______.
cognitive dissonance
the primacy effect
social categorization
stereotyping
attribution theory
Which statement is the best explanation of the fundamental attribution error?
We attribute most of what people do to the influence of situations.
We are more likely to attribute another’s behavior to external rather than to dispositional causes.
We rely on the first information we receive to make internal attributions.
We tend to attribute our successes to our own efforts and our failures to the shortcomings of others
We are more likely to attribute another’s behavior to internal rather than to situational causes.
Prejudice is a(n) _________, whereas discrimination is a(n) ________.
behavior; attitude
attitude; behavior
dislike; hatred
hatred; dislike
response; cognition
The tendency for people to preform better when in the presence of others, compared to when alone, is known as ___.
Peer Pressure
Acting
Appearance
Social Facilitation
A local car insurance company advertises their products with television commercials. During those spots, there are flashy lights, attractive dancers wearing skin-tight outfits, and local celebrities talking about how they have that company's insurance. The advertisement does not, however, mention any of the features or costs associated with the product. This company is attempting to earn customers through which path of processing?
central-route
tertiary-route
secondary-route
peripheral-route
Research findings in the area of interpersonal attraction indicate that individuals are most likely to be attracted to others who are
very different from themselves
similar to themselves in many ways
barely known or complete strangers
more physically active than they themselves are
less physically attractive than they themselves are
Tyrone and Coco have been happily married for 45 years. They have a warm and trusting affection for each other, but are rarely passionate. How would you best classify their love relationship?
Companionate love
Passionate love
Empty love
Fatuous love
George and Alice can't keep their hands off each other. Ever since they met last week they can't stop thinking about each other and can't wait to see each other again. However, they really don't know each other well and neither wants a serious committed relationship. Their "love" best be described as
Empty love
Romantic love
Infatuate love
Fatuous love
Jenny and Dave have been dating for over a year. They are passionate and love hanging out together, however, neither wants to commit to a long-term relationship. Their love would best be described as:
Companionate love
Empty love
Fatuous love
Romantic love
All of the following are Psychological factors bringing people together EXCEPT:
Attractiveness
Proximity
Similarity
Conscientiousness
Psychologist John Gottman was able to predict with 91% accuracy which couples would break-up by watching them fight. He noted four things that were red flags for a failing relationship, but which of the four did he call the "dagger" worst?
Contempt
Stonewalling
Criticism
Defensiveness
Who was the researcher who investigated the phenomenon known as the Diffusion of Responsibility?
Milgram
Darley
Zimbardo
Asch
Who would be most likely to say that "sometimes situations bring out the worst in good people"?
Milgram
Asch
Zimbardo
Darley
You are doing groupwork with several other students and notice that very few are actually working. This is best explained by
Social Loafing
Mere Exposure Effect
Self-serving bias
Fundamental Attribution Error
Which of the following does NOT correlate with aggression?
Male
Less activation in frontal cortex
Low Serotonin levels
Low Testosterone levels
After doing poorly on his class presentation, John punched the locker outside of class so hard he broke his hand. What best explains John's behavior?
Frustration-Aggression Principle
Altruism
Mirror Image Perception
Self-Serving Bias
What was the name of the prison in Iraq which Zimbardo compared his prison to?
Abu Ghraib
Saddam Hussein jail
Fulford County Prison
In Zimbardo's Prison Study how were the prisoners and guards allocated?
Participants said which role they preferred to take
Zimbardo decided who should goin each group
Randomly
First 12 to volunteer allocated prisoner role, second 12 guards
Why were prisoners addressed by number instead of name?
So they didn't have to remember everyone's name
To make the research report anonymous
To deindividuate them.
To embarrass them
John knows smoking marijuana is bad for his health, yet he continues to smoke. The mental conflict he experiences exemplifies
Obedience to Authority
Cognitive Dissonance
Conformity
Self-fulfilling Prophecy
Which of the following explains the behavior of normally law-abiding people who act destructively when they are part of a crowd?
group polarization
mere exposure effect
deindividuation
fundamental attribution error
Hank copies all the "cool" senior boys at FHS. He does this because he wants to fit in and be accepted by the popular kids. His conformity could best be described as
Obedience to authority
Normative social influence
Group polarization
Informational social influence
Tanya helps Jenny with her Biology project because she hopes that Jenny will help her this weekend babysitting her little cousins. This best exemplifies
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Social facilitation
Social Trap
Social exchange theory
