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Psychology: Social Psychology
Psychology: Social Psychology
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If Fran assumes Ron is mean because he snapped at her after no sleep she shows the
fundamental attribution error
cognitive dissonance
self-serving bias
peripheral route persuasion
2
An understood rule for accepted and expected behaviour is known as a
selfishness
collective unconscious
norm
culture
3
If Rita is an elite athlete, participating in a pie-eating contest she may experience
cognitive dissonance
self-serving bias
central route persuasion
fundamental attribution error
4
Sam hated orange. But after going to university, he wore a lot of it. Now orange is his favourite! What is this?
Actor-observer effect
Stereotype
Self-serving bias
Cognitive dissonance
5
A famous line experiment on conformity was conducted by
Stanley Milgram
Solomon Asch
Phillip Zimbardo
Leon Festinger
6
If you strongly believe you'll get an A in your Psychology exam, it may become a
self-fulfilling prophecy
subordinate goal
social trap
subordinate clause
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Despite their doubts about their boss' strategy, employees all support him without hesitation. What is this?
Group polarization
Groupthink
Out-group bias
Social loafing
8
How was 'obedience' operationalised in the study by Milgram?
Total number of times participants disobeyed orders
Total number of orders obeyed
How many verbal protests participants made
Maximum voltage given by participants
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What was the main research method used in the study by Milgram?
Case study
Controlled observation
Survey
Experiment
10
Who conducted the famous Stanford Prison Experiment?
Phillip Zimbardo
Stanley Milgram
Solomon Asch
Leon Festinger
11
The term 'altruism' means
Understanding someone else's situation
Helping someone with no benefit to yourself
Feeling sorry for someone
Helping someone so they will help you in future if you need it
12
If Len yells that science majors are all "loser nerds" he is displaying
factual beliefs
discrimination
polarization
groupthink
13
Believing in ___ often will often lead to ___.
prejudice; stereotypes
stereotypes; prejudice
14
Someone is more likely to show obedience and cause harm if
there was a prestigious authority figure
the authority figure is tall
they are the younger of two brothers
they were hungry
15
When Chad doesn't do his part on the Psych project, leaving his group to finish it, he displays
group polarization
bystander effect
groupthink
social loafing
16
Before giving a speech favoring gun control, Matt opposed it. Now he favors gun control. What is this?
Persuasion
Self-serving bias
Cognitive dissonance
Bystander effect
17
Which of the following is the best example of prejudice?
Ginny thinks all Asians are smart
Athena says she can run faster than everyone else
Santiago dislikes cheerleaders
Billy will not let girls play on his hockey team
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Tania believes that all male athletes are self-centered and sexist. This is an example of:
Stereotype
Groupthink
In-group bias
Out-group bias
19
The bystander effect states that if someone is hurt and people are around, you are:
going to be more traumatized
more likely to help
less likely to help
likely to laugh
20
If Ned is only given 7 hours to complete a 10-hour project, he may show signs of the
ingroup bias
frustration-aggression principle
stereotype threat
outgroup bias
21
Who conducted the shock experiment?
Solomon Asch
Stanley Milgram
Phillip Zimbardo
Leon Festinger
22
The scientific study of how we think about, influence and relate to one another is
social psychology
biological psychology
cognitive psychology
developmental psychology
23
In Asch's conformity study, the men tested were more likely to conform if:
the experimenter criticized participants for wrong answers
the others participants were split in their answers
All of the above
there were more participants in the room
24
Bob forgot to turn in his homework again. He is so lazy! What is this?
Confirmation bias
Fundamental attribution error
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Cognitive dissonance
25
If after a debate the supporters of a political figure become STRONGER in their beliefs, this shows
groupthink
social loafing
group polarization
prejudice
26
Research indicates that in an emergency, the presence of others:
prevents people from noticing the situation
diffuses people's assumption of responsibility
leads to more people committing a violent act
increases the likelihood of someone helping
27
Findings of the Stanford Prison Experiment: it revealed the
power of the situation to influence people's behaviour
ability of participants to play-act guard & prisoner roles
power of minority influence of prisoners
power of legitimate authority
28
What was the aim of the study by Milgram?
To investigate obedience to Milgram
To investigate obedience to authority
To investigate the Germans
To give people electric shocks
29
If Linda votes for Bill just because "he's hot", she is using
peripheral route persuasion
fundamental attribution error
self-serving bias
central route persuasion
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People more like us are part of the ___ and those not like us are in the ___.
outgroup; ingroup
ingroup; outgroup
