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Unit 2 Psychology Social Cognition
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The Stanford prison experiment showed
that status and power can negatively affect behaviour
it didn't matter that ethical issues were overlooked
that power is necessary for status to occur
that role playing prisoners is not close to reality
2
Stereotypes
can be useful to quickly assess a person we meet
all of the previous answers
can lead to stigmatisation
are a collection of beliefs we have about a person or group
3
The murder of Kitty Genovese prompted psychologists to
study the factors that affect anti social behaviour
study the effect of risk taking behaviour
study the factors that affect helping behaviour
study the effect of grief on a community
4
Stanley Milgram's experiment involved
giving electrical shocks to participants
orders to stop participants giving electrical shocks
deceiving the participants
teaching the learner how to remember words
5
Attitudes and behaviour are more likely to match when
all the other answers
the attitude is strong
the attitude is easily accessible
there is perceived control over behaviour
6
This picture is an example of:
Social learning
Repeated exposure
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
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The difference between old fashioned and modern prejudice is
old fashioned prejudice is hypocritical
that modern prejudice is more verbal than physical
modern prejudice is not as bad
old fashioned prejudice is open whereas modern is hidden
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Cognitive dissonance occurs when
there is too much of the affextive component
there is a lack of consistency between the three components
the cognitive component overtakes the affective component
the three components are all equal
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Discrimination
refers to positive or negative behaviour that is directed towards
a group of disliked people
a social group and its members.
well-liked people
people that are weaker than others
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Social influence
is defined as the effects of the presence or actions of others,
on the way people think, feel and behave.
on the way people think
on the way people feel
on the way people behave
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Personal factors that contribute to pro social behaviour are
empathy and altruism
happy personality
altruistic traits
empathy, mood and competence
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The halo effect is a
light coloured ring on top of someone's head
cognitive bias where positive 1st impression affects beliefs
cognitive effect based upon good looking people
belief someone is really good and beautiful
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A group
is any collection of two or more people who
interact and influence one another and share a common goal.
interact with each other
who share a common goal
interact and influence each other
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People make quick judgements about others based upon
the way people look
the way people talk
the way people act
the way people look and act
15
Prejudice
is often defined as holding a negative attitude towards members of a group...
based solely on their intelligence
based solely on their appearance
based solely upon their membersip of that group
based solely on their physical prowess
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Status
refers to the importance of an individual’s position in the group,
as perceived by everyone else
as perceived by other cultures
as perceived by society
as perceived by members of the group.
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The results of Milgram's experiments showed that
people like to obey if they see others disobey
only legitimacy of authority figure affects obedience
people won't obey orders if they may inflict pain
group pressure and social proximity affect obedience
18
Types of bullying are
physical, cyber, verbal and covert
psychological, physical, cyber and verbal
psychological, physical and verbal
cyber, verbal and physical
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Conformity
is the tendency to adjust one’s thoughts, feelings or behaviour in ways
that enable the group to work as a whole
that help people to have the same view
that agree with their peers
that are in agreement with a certain person or group
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Repeated exposure shapes our attitudes through
all of the other answers
Media campaigns
internet advertising
TV advertisements
21
Common consequences of bullying are
fatigue, disturbed sleep and increased risk of depression
a strengthening of 'moral fibre'
people being physcally hurt
students getting into trouble with the teachers
22
Attribution
is a process by which people explain the causes of their own and other's behaviour.
FALSE
TRUE
23
The most influential media form in children and adult's lives is
newspaper
television
internet
facebook
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Obedience
occurs when we follow the commands of .... (best description)
someone with authority, or the rules or laws of our society
our parents
people in power
someone else
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Fundamental attribution error
is to overrate personal & undervalue situational factors on other
FALSE
TRUE
26
An example of indirect discrimination is
not providing wheel chair access at a public hall
overlooking someone applying for a job based on their gender
overlooking someone applying for a job based on their age
calling someone names based on their race
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Members of collectivist cultures are less likely to make the fundamental attribution error.
TRUE
FALSE
28
The reciprocity norm says
you never help others
you help others at a personal cost
you help someone if they help you
you help others only when it is at no personal cost
29
A parent has (select all relevant answers)
reward power
coercive power
legitimate power
referent power
30
The Stanford Prison experiment was conducted by
Philip Zimbardo
Stanley Milgram
Paul Zimbardo
Solomon Asch
31
The
tri-component model of attitudes
proposes that any attitude has three related components
the affective, behavioural and calculating components
the affective, behavioural and cognitive components
the affluent, behavioural and calculating componenets
the affluent, behavioural and cognitive components
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How we interpret, analyse, remember and use infer to make judgements about others is called
social effect
social perception
social justice
social cognition
33
Pro-social behaviour
is about intentionally helping others
is about helping others at a cost to yourself
is about helping others
is about intentionally helping others at a cost to yourself
34
Which is perceived as one of the most influential forms of non verbal communication?
pheromones
gestures
touch
eye contact
35
Deindividuation is a psychological state believed to be an important factor in explaining
why people like shouting at football games
risky conduct of people in crowds with high level of emotion
why people like being in a group
the impact of pro-social group behaviour
36
Paul Ekman found which facial expressions are the same across cultures?
disgust, fear, happiness, anger, sadness and surprise
fear, happiness, sadness, tiredness and shame
disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and shame
anger, sadness, happiness, fear and disgust
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A police officer has
reward power
informational power
legitimate power
expert power
38
Some factors that affect conformity are:
normative influence and age
group size and uniformity
group size and unanimity
culture, informational influence and age
39
The effects of observing violence on TV can
children retain longer-term recurrent disturbing memories
lead to immediate distress and fear in many children
lead children to display aggressive behaviour
all of the previous answers
40
Which order is correct?
notice situation, help, take responsibility, interpret
notice situation, take responsibility, interpret, help
help, interpret, notice situation, take responsibility
notice situation, interpret, take responsibility, help
41
Jane Elliot's classroom activity demonstrated
brown eyed people are smarter than blue eyed people
ingroups and outgroups can quickly be formed
blue eyed people are smarter than brown eyed people
ingroups and outgroups take time to form
42
The difference between prejudice and discrimination is
that prejudice is an attitude and discrimination an action
that prejudice is an action and discrimination an attitude
that prejudice is the consequence of discrimination
that prejudice is the application of discrimination
43
An
attitude
is an evaluation a person makes about
an object, person or group
an event or issue
an object or person
an object, person, group, event or issue
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Which of the following is an example of a group?
thousands cheering at a football match
twenty-five people on a bus
three people in a lift
two people playing chess
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Experiments on conformity were conducted by
Solomon Asch
Saul Ascher
Paul Ekman
Darley and Latane
