PSYC 100- LearningCurve 13b- Social Influence
After a light turns green, drivers take about 15 percent less time to travel the first 100 yards when another car is beside them at the intersection than when they are alone. This BEST illustrates:
social facilitation not - social loafing - normative social influence - deindividuation
An individual working in a group puts forth less effort when they are not personally accountable. This is known as _____.
social loafing
In which situation is one MOST likely to conform?
when others in the group are observing one's behavior not - when there is disagreement in the group - when with one other person - when one thinks that the group is unattractive
Solomon Asch asked people to identify which of three comparison lines was identical to a standard line. His research was designed to study:
conformity not - cognitive dissonance - social facilitation - the power of social roles
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:
deindividuation not - social facilitation - normative social influence - social loafing
Milgram is to _____ as _____ is to cognitive dissonance.
obedience; Festinger
When we perform better on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others, this is called:
social facilitation not - normative social influence - deindividuation - social loafing
In the original Stanley Milgram obedience experiment, men aged 20 to 50 complied _____ percent of the time.
65 not - 35 - 45 - 55
During a discussion, Dr. Mansfield argues that Asch's participants conformed to the confederates' responses because they wished to be correct about the lengths of the lines in the experiment. Dr. Roach counters that the participants conformed because they simply sought the confederates' approval. Dr. Mansfield is suggesting that Asch's conformity is an example of _____ social influence. Dr. Roach is suggesting instead that it reflects _____ social influence.
informational, normative not - peripheral, central - central, peripheral - normative, informational
In Milgram's obedience experiments, teachers were LEAST likely to deliver the highest levels of shock when the:
teachers observed other participants refuse to obey the experimenter's orders not - experimenter became too pushy and told hesitant participants. "You have no choice, you must go on" - experiment was conducted at a prestigious instituition such as Yale, - learner said he had a heart condition
While on a date with his girlfriend, Juan discovered that she was depressed about a low exam grade. He found that he began to feel dejected, and they both talked very little and ended the date early. Juan's change in mood BEST illustrates:
the chameleon effect not - the mere exposure effect - social loafing - the bystander effect
Why does social facilitation account for the home advantage noted in both college and professional athletic events?
the enthusiastic audience has an energizing effect not - the audience scares the opposing team - the athletes lose self-awareness - the athletes exert less effort
