Social Psychology / Practice Multiple Choice
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- 1.
- A.
Tendency to favor one's group and see this group as correct
- B.
Tendency to see other members of a group as similar
- C.
Tendency to perform better when others are watching
- D.
Tendency to perform worse when others are watching
- E.
Tendency to conform to the social harmony of a group
- 2.People who are less likely to help someone because there are a lot of people present would be exhibiting:
- A.
Groupthink
- B.
Group polarization
- C.
Diffusion of responsibility
- D.
Mere exposure effect
- E.
Ethnocentrism
- 3.At first Jimmy did not like his teacher, but after sitting in this teacher's class for a number of weeks Jimmy as started to like his teacher. this new perspective would be an example of:
- A.
Diffusion of responsibility
- B.
Bystander effect
- C.
In-group bias
- D.
Ethnocentrism
- E.
Mere-exposure effect
- 4.Muszafer Sherif believed that __________ would reduce prejudice behavior.
- A.
Working together to solve a problem
- B.
Sharing background
- C.
Group sharing
- D.
Talking out differences
- E.
Competitive games
- 5.Jimmy has constantly heard that he is not a good student, after a while starts to act how people percieve him. This recent behavioral change supports the:
- A.
Groupthink
- B.
Group polarization
- C.
Self-fufilling prophecy
- D.
Social influence
- E.
Altruism
- 6.
- A.
Cognitive dissonance
- B.
Altruism
- C.
Foot-in-the-door
- D.
Door-in-the-foot
- E.
Bystander effect
- 7.
- A.
Group polarization
- B.
The power of SSRI's
- C.
Deindividuation
- D.
Groupthink
- E.
Self-fufilling prophecy
- 8._____________ set up an experiment, known as the Stanford Prison experiment, where people plaed the role of a prison guard. The goal was to observe if this authority position would cause them to act differently.
- A.
Stanley Milgram
- B.
Philip Zimbardo
- C.
Soloman Ache
- D.
Muzafer Sherif
- E.
Mike Mclane "The Mclaniac"
- 9.Social Facilitation occurs:
- A.
To the tendency for people to do less in a group setting
- B.
To the tendency to keep personal oppinions to themselves for fear of upsetting the group
- C.
When the presence of other people watching improves a persons performance
- D.
When the prescence of other people watching hinders a person's performance
- E.
When people listen more attentively to people of authority
- 10.
- A.
Actor observer discepency
- B.
Self serving bias
- C.
Blaming the victim
- D.
Fundamental attribution error
- E.
Modest bias
- 11.
- A.
Central route of persuasion
- B.
Peripheral route of persuasion
- C.
Foot-in-the-door
- D.
Door-in-the-foot
- E.
Cognitive dissonance
- 12.A contributor of prejudice behavior is when people blame others for their misfortunes and often respond with negative behavior and actions towards these poeple. this is referred to as:
- A.
Out-group homongeneity effect
- B.
Ethnocentrism
- C.
Altruism
- D.
Bystander effect
- E.
Scapegoat theory
- 13.
- A.
The person presenting the information as seen as expert and making it more likely for a person to listen or conform to their ideas
- B.
A person is influenced by the presence or group oppinion encouraging conformity or changing of attitudes
- C.
A person is less likely to listen or conform
- D.
A person is less likely to perform behavior within a group
- E.
A person does not share his or oppinion from fear of upsetting the group
- 14.Groupthink is defined as:
- A.
When an attitude becomes stronger in group presence
- B.
Thinking that revolves around keeping harmony within a group through not disagreeing with group opinion
- C.
The tendency to do less in a group situation
- D.
Improved performance when people are watching
- E.
The loss of identity due to a group situation
- 15.In Stanley Migram's experiment on the role of obedience, the ____________ was the person who worked with Milgram and played the part of an authority figure.
- A.
Teacher
- B.
Learner
- C.
Experimenter
- D.
Doctor
- E.
Dog
- 16.The fundamental attribution error occurs when a person underestimates or does not consider ________________ attributes and focuses too much on ________________ attributes or personal factors.
- A.
Situational; dispositional
- B.
Dispositional; situational
- C.
Unconscious; situational
- D.
Situational; unconscious
- E.
Unconscious; dispositional
- 17.
- A.
Self-serving bias
- B.
Just world hypothesis
- C.
Blaming the victim
- D.
Actor-observer discrepancy
- E.
Fundamental attribution error
- 18.According to Soloman Ache, in his experiment on conformity ____% of the subjects gave the wrong answer because the group unanimously also gave the wrong answer.
- A.
76
- B.
48
- C.
32
- D.
89
- E.
2
- 19.When a person experiences guilt or discomfort because he or she realizes that he or she is not being truthful with their friends, then this person may be experiencing:
- A.
Blaming the victim
- B.
Self-serving bias
- C.
Cognitive dissonance
- D.
Constipation
- E.
Normative social influence
- 20.In Stanley Milgram's experiment on the role of obedience, the ___________ was the subject who was being observed and did not know what the experiment was about or what was being studied.
- A.
Learner
- B.
Experimenter
- C.
Dog
- D.
Teacher
- E.
Milgram
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