AP Psychology- Social Psychology Review

Which two factors are most closely related to the bystander effect?

Diffusion of responsibility and social influence

Which of the following traits is NOT typical of people attracted to cults?

Fear of change

Which of the following factors will inhibit a person's desire to act altruistically?

Fear of exposing self to potential injury, ambiguity in a situation, apathy, and fear of exposing self to humiliation

Which term describes the tendency for groups to make more extreme decisions than individuals?

Group polarization

Which of the following does not increase deindividuation?

Having personal ties to the victimzed party.

An act of aggression that is designed to meet some end goal is an example of which phenomenon?

Instrumental aggression (can be made at the individual or societal level). If it starts at the individual level, it can lead to the societal level.

Which of the following factors is most likely to cause an individual to conform their opinioin to match that of a group?

The individual has not yet voiced their opinions, though others have been given a chance to speak. To avoid this, it's best to give the minority a chance to speak to allow for more variety and diverse thinking.

Milgram's famous shock experiment demanded obedience from its participants and demonstrated the existence of what psychological phenomena?

The power of authority and that it has an affect over people's actions and decisions

The reduction of a sense of responsibility when individuals are in a group is called

diffusion of responsibility