Unit 14 Social Psych Test Review Game

Question 1

Milgram's shock studies were trying to research:

Accepted Answer

obedience

Question 2

The tendency to favor or think more highly of one's own group and its members:

Accepted Answer

ingroup bias

Question 3

Attitudes often follow ______________ .

Accepted Answer

behaviors

Question 4

A good way to get people to cooperate is to create:

Accepted Answer

superordinate goals

Question 5

Garrett attends a college where most people are politically conservative. He will likely become

Accepted Answer

more conservative

Question 6

Which is the definition of "social facilitation"?

Accepted Answer

doing better at simple/well-learned tasks in front of others

Question 7

A celebrity endorsement of a product, such as milk, is an example of:

Accepted Answer

peripheral route persuasion

Question 8

Cognitive dissonance theory suggests that we adjust our __________ to match our ___________ .

Accepted Answer

attitudes ; behaviors

Question 9

_____________ and _______________ mutually impact one another.

Accepted Answer

behaviors ; attitudes

Question 10

If a new friend acts grouchy, we are like to attribute her behavior to:

Accepted Answer

her disposition

Question 11

The belief that people get what they earn or deserve is called:

Accepted Answer

the just world phenomenon

Question 12

A way of changing peoples' attitudes by using logical, direct arguments and facts.

Accepted Answer

central route persuasion

Question 13

The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another is known as:

Accepted Answer

social psychology

Question 14

"Familiarity breeds acceptance." This best describes:

Accepted Answer

the mere exposure effect

Question 15

Unjustifiable, negative behavior toward a group and its members:

Accepted Answer

discrimination

Question 16

Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group's standard is the definition of:

Accepted Answer

conformity

Question 17

Mr. Spencer asks you to pass out papers, run a message to the office, then paint his house.

Accepted Answer

foot in the door phenomenon

Question 18

A set of norms about a social position, defining behaviors appropriate to that position:

Accepted Answer

roles

Question 19

Tendency to blame the behavior of others on their personalities rather than on their situations

Accepted Answer

fundamental attribution error

Question 20

Influence resulting from a person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval:

Accepted Answer

normative social influence

Question 21

The theory that when people are hindered from meeting their goals they may become aggressive:

Accepted Answer

the frustration-aggression principle

Question 22

Zimbardo's prison study illustrated the significance of ______________ on human behavior.

Accepted Answer

situation

Question 23

Theory that people explain the behavior of others by crediting either situation or disposition:

Accepted Answer

attribution theory

Question 24

All of the following have been found to significantly impact attraction except:

Accepted Answer

race

Question 25

The thinking that occurs when the desire for group agreement/harmony overrides one's judgment:

Accepted Answer

groupthink

Question 26

Solomon Asch's line study was studying...

Accepted Answer

conformity

Question 27

Social exchange theory is:

Accepted Answer

theory that social behavior is a cost-benefit analysis

Question 28

When the Nazis blamed the Jews for all of the post-WW1 problems, this was an example of:

Accepted Answer

scapegoat theory

Unit 14 Social Psych Test Review Game

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Unit 14 Social Psych Test Review Game

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