Ch.12

Travis is part of a group playing tug-of-war. He knows that his team is stronger, so he doesn't try as hard as he could. Travis is engaged in ________. (1) social loafing (2) diffusion of responsibility (3) altruism (4) aggression

Social loafing

What is social role? (1) group's knowledge about the sequence of events in a specific setting (2) group's expectations regarding what is appropriate and acceptable for the thoughts and behavior of its members (3) person's knowledge about the sequence of events in a specific setting (4) socially defined pattern of behavior that is expected of a person in a given setting or group

Socially defined pattern of behavior that is expected of a person in a given setting or group

Which of the following best exemplifies prosocial behavior? (1) Avery forgets to call his grandmother on Mother's Day. (2) Tyler visits his aunt once a week to bring her groceries. (3) Jason is blackmailed by Brianna. (4) Mateo's mother provides child support to Mateo's father because of a court order.

Tyler visits his aunt once a week to bring her groceries

The_____ is demonstrated by the attack on Kitty Genovese. (1) bystander effect (2) Asch effect (3) difference between bullying and cyberbullying (4) social exchange theory

bystander effect

Which type of persuasion involves encouraging a person to agree to a small favor or to buy a small item, only to later request a larger favor or purchase of a larger item? (1) hand-in-the-sand (2) foot-in-the-door (3) central cognitive (4) peripheral route

foot-in-the-door

When it comes to relationships, we expect to share thoughts, feelings, and ideas in a mutual exchange called_____. (1) intimacy (2) reciprocity (3) altruism (4) balance

reciprocity

Which of the following strategies would effectively prevent groupthink from occurring? (1) avoiding the development of any contingency plans (2) seeking outside opinions on group decisions (3) voting publicly in front of group members (4) having the group leader make his position known before discussion begins

seeking outside opinions on group decisions

Penny gets an acting job on Friday that she attributes to her good acting. She doesn't get the next acting job; therefore, she blames the casting director for not wanting to hire a woman. This is an example of ________. (1) self-serving bias (2) social loafing (3) self-fulfilling prophecy (4) racism

self-serving bias

Who was Stanley Milgram? (1) social psychology professor at Yale who wanted to test the defense of "I was just following orders" typically used by accused Nazis. (2) social psychology professor at Yale who designed an experiment to test what would happen to the lone dissenter in a group (3) social psychology professor at take who designed a mock prison to test the power of social roles (4) social psychology professor at Yale who tested the hypothesis that brainwashing was less productive than the individual creative process

social psychology professor at Yale who wanted to test the defense of "I was just following orders" typically used by accused Nazis.

What is the main point of Standard prison experiment? (1) students cannot be relied upon to act appropriately (2) social roles are powerful determinants of human behavior (3) students cannot be trusted in roles of authority (4) the researcher was an unethical researcher

social rols are powerful determinants if human behavior