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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Overgeneralized beliefs about a group of people that often underlie prejudicial emotions are called
social traps.
superordinate goals.
stereotypes.
situational attribututions.
social norms.
Kelly, a Republication, and Carlos, a Democrat, both believe that members of their own political party are more fair-minded and trustworthy than members of other parties. Their beliefs best illustrate:
in-group bias
deindividuation
prejudice
the just-world phenomenon
the social responsibility norm
Kentaro hates to wear ties but wears one to his sister's wedding to avoid his family's disapproval. Kentaro's behavior exemplifies the importance of
the mere exposeure effect.
normative social influence.
informational social influence.
the reciprocity norm
social facilitation.
Mr. Jones is a member of the faculty committee on academic standards at a local private school. He personally disagrees with the other committee members' proposed plan to begin accepting students with below-average grades. Mr. Jones is most likely, however, to vote in favor of their plan if
he stated his personal opinion early in the committee's discussion.
committee voting is done by private ballot.
the other committee members are unanimous in their opinion.
he has a high level of self-esteem.
he personally dislikes the other committee members and wishes he were on a more prestigious college committee.
Comedy routines that are mildly amusing to people in an uncrowded room seem funnier in a densely packed room. This is best explained in terms of
social exchange theory.
social facilitation.
the bystander effect
the mere exposure effect.
ingroup bias.
Prejudice is a(n) _______; discrimination is a(n) ______.
ingroup bias; outgroup bias
dispositional attribution; situational attribution
role; norm
attitude; behavior
normative influence; informational influence
After Jean was told by one of her professors that she would never succeed in law school, she stopped reading and completing her assignments. Eventually Jean did drop out of law school. This is an example of:
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Self-serving bias
social loafing
Groupthink
Diffusion of responsibility
When a group of racially prejudiced high school students discussed racial issues, their attitudes became even more prejudiced. This best illustrates:
group polarization
attribution theory
deindividualization
social facilitation
the bystander effect
The tragic murder of Kitty Genovese outside her New York apartment stimulated social psychological research on
altruism.
the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
the effects of exposure to violent pornography.
the mere exposure effect.
the fundamental attribution error.
The tendency to recall faces of one's own race more accurately than faces of other races is called
the mere exposure effect.
deindividuation.
mirror-image perception.
the other-race effect.
ingroup bias.
How does our explanation of strangers' behavior differ from that of our behavior?
We explain strangers' behavior in terms of environmental influences and our own behavior in terms of hereditary influences.
We explain strangers' behavior in terms of normative influence and our own behavior in terms of informational influence.
We explain strangers' behavior in terms of informational influence and our own behavior in terms of normative influence
We explain strangers' behavior in terms of personality traits and our own behavior in terms of situational constraints.
We explain strangers' behavior in terms of situation constraints and our own behavior in terms of personality traits.
By providing prospective terrorists with electronic "chat rooms" for interfacing online with others who share their attitudes, the internet most likely serves as a medium for
cognitive dissonance.
social facilitation.
group polarization.
the bystander effect.
GRIT.
Individuals who are normally law-abiding may vandalize and loot when they become part of a mob. This change in behavior is best understood in terms of
the bystander effect.
ingroup bias.
social facilitation.
the mere exposure effect
deindividuation.
Rosenhan's experiment helped us see that our normal behaviors in the context of a mental institution are often seen as:
normal
abnormal
a sign of sanitiy
indicative of disorders in remission
a sign of improvement
All of the following are examples of sociocultural influences on aggression EXCEPT:
exposure to violent media
being rejected from a group
neural infleunces, such as severe head injuries
deindividuation
parental models of aggression
Groupthink can be prevented by a leader who
invites outside ecperts to critique a group's developing plans.
emphasizes the importance of the issue under discussion.
is directive and makes his or her own position clear from the start.
tries to maintain high morale among group members.
makes sure that all conflicts are resolved through consensus.
Political officials who have no doubt that their own economic redictions will come true most clearly demonstrate
the placebo effect.
overconfidence.
operational definition.
random sampling.
illusory correlation.
Dspite government warnings of a severe shortage of heating fuels, most citizens continue to turn up their home thermostats in the belief that their personal fuel of consumption will have little effect on the country's total fuel reserves. This reaction best illustrates the dynamics of
the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
a social trap.
the bystander effect.
the just-world phenomenon.
the fundamental attribution error
After Ravi lost the student election for president of his high school class, he spread false rumors intended to spoil the newly chosen president's reputation. Ravi's behavior is best explained in terms of the
foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
frustration-aggression principle.
fundamental attribution error.
ingroup bias.
mere exposure effect.
In a study of social loafing, blindfolded students were asked to pull on a rope as hard as they could. The students tugged the hardest when they thought:
no others were pulling with them
no others were pulling against them
three others were pulling with them
no one was monitoring how hard they pulled
three others were pulling against them
After she received a free hand-painted Christmas ornament from a religious organization, Mrs. Montevecchi felt obligated to mail a cash donation the other organization. Her response to the free gift best illustrates the impact of the
mere exposure effect.
just-world phenomenon.
reciprocity norm.
fundamental attribution error.
foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
Which theory best explains why our actions can lead us to modify our attitudes?
social exchange theory
equity theory
scapegoat theory
cognitive dissonance theory
the two-factor theory
A store owner charges Black customers more than Hispanic customers for the very same merchandise. The owner is most clearly engaging in
discrimination.
stereotyping.
deindividuation.
group polarization
ingroup bias
The participants in Philip Zimardo's simulated prison study
were so endangered by their role-playing experience that the study was discontinued.
became a cohesive unit when they pursued superordinate goals.
were selectively chosen in order to maximize their effectiveness as prisoners or guards.
found it very difficult to play their role of prison guard.
were assigned the roles of prisoners or guard on the basis of their personality test scores.
During the Age of Exploration many Europeans acted as if their cultures were superior to all others. This attitude is an example of:
egocentrisim
fascism
altruism
ethnocentrism
xenophobia
Class members are asked to work cooperatively in groups on major course papers. Every member of a group is to receive exactly the same grade based on the quality of the group's paper. This situation is most likely to lead to
deindividuation
social loafing
social facililation
the bystander effect
the fundamental attribution error
The subfield of psychology that studies attitudes, the attribution process, person perceptions, interpersonal attraction, conformity and obedience, and group behavior is known as:
social psychology
sociocultural psychology
neuropsychology
environmental psychology
biological psychology
Leon Festinger proposed the idea that people will change their attitudes to fit their actions in order to relieve:
cognitive dissonance
group polarization
ingroup bias
passionate love
social loafing
When a salesperson visits your home and asks you to try a free sample of a cleaning fluid, you agree. When he returns the following week and asks you to purchase an assortment of cleaning products, you make the purchase. The salesperson appears to have made effective use of
the social responsibility norm.
the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
deindivuation.
the bystander effect.
the fundamental attribution error.
According to social exchange theory, altruistic behavior is guided by
reciprocity norms
calculations of costs and benefits
family ties
self-esteem
feelings of social responsibility
In Milgram's first study of obedience, the majority of "teachers" who were ordered to shock a "learner"
complied fully and delivered the highest level of shock.
refused to deliver shcoks to all participants who expressed doubt about the experiment.
complied until ordered to deliver intense levels of shock.
initially complied but refused to deliver more than slight levels of shock.
refused to deliver even slight levels of shock.
Freire did very poorly on his last arithmetic test. The tendency to make the fundamental attribution error might lead to his sicth-grade teacher to conclude that Freire did poorly because
the test covered material that had not been adequately covered in class.
he was tired and didn't try very hard on the test.
he was not given enough time to complete the test.
his parents had an argument the evening before the test.
he is unmotivated to do well in school.
The affectionate attachment that keeps a relationship going after passionate feelings cool is known as
self-disclosure
altruism
the mere exposure effect
companionate love
social exchange
When we accept others' opinions about reality, we are responding to:
informational social influence
cognitive dissonance
stereotyping
ingroup bias
normative social influence
Melissa regularly donates blood to an international blood bank simply because she believes she out to help anyone with a medical need for a blood transfusion. Melissa's altrusim best illustrates the impact of
the social-responsibility norm.
the mere exposure effect.
the reciprocity norm.
the ingroup bias.
the bystander effect.
The presence of many bystanders at the scene of an emergency increases the likelihood that any individual bystander will
assume responsibility for personally intervening in the emergency.
act altruistically rather than aggressively.
fail to interpret the incident as an emergency.
report the emergency to the police.
notice the emergency
Prejudice is best defined as
the tendency to favor members of one's own group.
an unjustifiable attitude toward a group and it's members.
a fearful suspicion of people one has never met.
the belief that victims of misfortune deserve their fate.
a perceived incompatibility of actions or goals
Instead of prividing arguements in favor of a political candidate, ads may build political support by associating pictures of the candidate with emotions-evoking music and images. This strategy best illustrates
peripheral route persuasion.
informational social influence
deindividuation.
the social-responsibility norm
central route persuasion.
Feeling based on our beliefs that predispose our reactions to objects, people, and events are known as:
attitudes
social loafing
social trap
cognitive dissonance
altruism
Opinion change resulting from a thoughtful focus on the content of arguemtns illustrates
peripheral route persuasion.
normative social influence.
cognitive dossonance.
central route persuasion.
social facilitation.
Professor Lindsten empasized the aggressive behavior often involves the interactive influence of personal frustration, exposure to aggressive models, and heightened levels of arousal. The professor's emphasis best illustrates
the reciprocity norm.
a biopsychosocial approach.
social facilitation.
attribution theory.
social exchange theory.
The rules of a culture for accepted and expected behavior are
stereotypes.
prejudice.
norms.
self-disclosure.
attitudes.
Solomon Asch reported that individuals conformed to a group's judgement of the lengths of lines
even when the group seemed uncertain and repeatedly altered it's judgement.
only when members of the group were friends prior to the experient.
only when the group was composed of at least six members.
even when the group judgment was clearly incorrect.
only when the group was composed exclusively of males.
Following 9/11, some outraged people lashed out at innocent Arab-Americans. This venting of hostility can best be explained in terms of
scapegoat theory.
the mere exposure effect.
the bystander effect.
social facilitation.
the just-world phenomenon
When we perfom well on a task we typically attribute our success to our internal characteristics. This is known as:
Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Self-schema
External attribution error
Person schema
Zimbardo's experiment taught us that roles determine ______. Rosenhan's experiment taught us that roles determine ______.
our own behavior; how others perceive us
how others perceive us; how others perceive us
our own behavior; our own behavior
the way we see ourselves; the way we see ourselves
the way we see ourselves; our own behavior
According to Milgram, the most fundamental lesson to be learned from his study of obedience is that
even ordinary people, whoare not usually hostile, can become agents of distruction.
the desire to be accepted by others is on the the strongest human motives.
people are naturally predisposed to be hostile and aggressive.
we are most likely to conform to the opinions of others when faced with a unanimous opinion.
people value their freedom and react negatively when they feel they are being coerced to do something.
In the years imeditately following the introduction of school desegregation in the United States and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, White Americans expressed diminishing racial prejudice. According to the text author, this best illustrated the impact of
groupthink on deindividuation.
obedience on conformity.
bystanders on altruism.
actions on attitudes.
group polarization on stereotypes.
The NASA executive who amde the final decision to launch the space shuttle Challanger was shielded from information and dissenting views that might have led to a delay of the tragic launch. This best illustrates the dangers of
the mere exposure effects.
groupthink
social facilitation.
deindividuation.
the bystander effect.
In 1942, German reserve police officers obeyed orders to kill some 1500 Jews in the village of Jozefow, Poland. This incident illustrated that people are most likely to be destructively obedient when
they derive personal satisfaction from destructive acts.
the foot-in-the-door phenomenon is effective.
they percieve their orders to come from legitimate authority figures.
they fail to realize their actions are morally wrong.
their victims are distant and depersonalized.
