Chapter 12 quiz

Which statement about groupthink is correct?

Group members modify their opinions to match what they is the group consensus

Orlando shares with a friend that he does not like people who are homosexual, and that he goes out of his way at work to avoid helping customers who he suspects are gay. His friend says to him, "man that isn't a cool way to be. You do realized that you're expressing a form of prejudice called _____, don't you ?

Homophobia

In Stanley Milgram's obedience research, the person playing the part of the "learner" was an accomplice, or ___ of the experiment. He was aware of the true purpose of the research, was never shocked, and was acting according to the Milgrama's instructions

Confederate

Lucas walks around his busy college campus between classes. He notices smoke coming from the side of the cafeteria, but assumes that someone inside already has called the fire department. What phenomenon does this example illustrate?

Diffusion of responsibility

What is the main point of the textbook discussion of Milgram's obedience study?

Individuals will obey authority to the point of potentially causing serious harm to another person.

Which of the following is an example of a self-serving bias ?

Leonard attributes earning a good grade in his psychology class to the fact that he is an exceptionally hard working student who is also incredibly smart. He blames the poor grade he received in his sociology class on having a bad teacher who gave hard exams.

Daniel's friend are a year older than him. They took calculus last year and constantly complained about the difficulty of the class. Daniel is taking calculus this year and he doesn't expect that he is capable of passing the class. As a result, he never does his homework or studies and he ends up with failing midterm grade. This is an example of:

Self-fulfilling prophecy

In 1963, a psychologist at Yal University conducted a study in which an authority figure(the experimenter) instructed participants to shock who they thought was another participant each time they answered a question incorrectly. ___[ conducted this experiment in order to study _____

Stanley Milgram ; obedience

The tendency to attribute behavior to dispositional causes without regard to situational influences is know as

The fundamental attribution error

When people explain their own behavior by making a situational attribution and the behavior of others by making a dispositional attribution it is called

actor-observer bias

Which of the following is the best example of central route persuasion?

anti-smoking advertisements that use charts and graphs to show how many people die from smoking-related causes each year

All of the following factors increase obedience EXCEPT

close proximity to victims.

Lenny and Ruth have a love relationship characterized by high levels of intimacy and commitment. They have been married for 14 years and report that they haven't experienced passion in their relationship for some time. Using the triangular model, their love would be described as:

companionate love

Ashley and Mikhail share their intimate thoughts and emotions, are physically attracted to each other, and agree to support each other. Their love is called ________.

consummate

Marcus and Natasha are newlyweds. They report high levels of passion, intimacy, and commitment in their relationship. Their love would best be described as:

consummate love

Kara gets an F on her social psychology exam. Then she goes home and gets into an argument with her roommate, Lee. Lee assumes Kara is yelling at him because she likes to bully him, not because she had a bad day. Lee is making a ________.

fundamental attribution error

Nick is a landlord. He believes that people with mental disorders are dangerous. As a result, he refuses to rent an apartment to anyone with a mental disorder. Nick's behavior of refusing to rent his apartments is an example of:

discrimination

Lamar asks his dad for a new Lexus for his birthday. When his dad quickly shuts his request down, Lamar asks his dad for a much less expensive used Chevy and his dad agrees. What compliance technique is Lamar using?

door-in-the-face

When Jacob came home from work upset about a disagreement he'd had with his boss, his wife Jodi sat down to listen to him. She imagined the argument that had occurred, and tried to understand how her husband was feeling. Jodi is demonstrating a high level of ________.

empathy

The ___ hypothesis is the ideology common in the United States that people get the outcomes they deserve.

just-world

According to research discussed in your textbook, prejudice is reduced when

members of different groups are made to work together to achieve a common goal.

When a person is making a persuasive argument that utilizes the ____ route, they rely on factors unrelated to their actual message to persuade their listener. The hope is that these factors will encourage positivity with the message itself

peripheral

A negative attitude and feeling toward an individual that is based solely on that persons membership in a specific group is called _____

prejudice

When Ruby wrecked her car, she told her parents that the sun was in her eyes, which caused her to crash. When Ruby received a perfect score on her math test, she attributed her success to her intelligence. Ruby is demonstrating:

self-serving bias

Which of the following is NOT a symptom of groupthink?

social facilitation