Lesson 10

Don knows that drinking too much liquor is a costly habit that is bad for his health, but he continues to drink large amounts of liquor. He also thinks he is a smart person that makes good choices. Don feels some psychological discomfort from this contradiction, which is also called ________. Aggressive discord Cognitive dissonance Perceptive deception Peripheral dissension

Cognitive dissonance

The Milgram experiment required the participation of a(n) ________ to play the part of the person being shocked because the experiment would be invalidated if the participant realized the electric shock treatment was faked. Ally Associate Confederate Union

Confederate

Suppose you are walking down a street. A woman has fallen down, but because there are so many people around it does not occur to you that you should help. You just assume someone else is about to help her and keep walking. This is an example of ________. Aggression Cognitive dissonance Diffusion of responsibility Prosocial behavior

Diffusion of responsibility

The field of social psychology studies topics at the intrapersonal level. These topics include _________. Emotions and attitudes, the self, and social cognition Ethnographies, case studies, archives, and statistics Prejudice and discrimination, helping behavior, aggression, and group processes Society and social interaction, families, ecology, and religion

Emotions and attitudes, the self, and social cognition

________ is the strengthening of an original group attitude after the discussion of views within a group. Cognitive dissonance Group polarization The Asch effect The Milgram influence

Group polarization

What is modification of the opinions of members of a group to align with what they believe is the group consensus? Group patterns Groupthink Inter-group bias Pattern bias

Groupthink

Jasmin belongs to the chess club on her campus. She prefers to associate with other members of the chess club while avoiding people that do not belong to this group. Jasmin has a(n) ________ bias. Confirmation In-group Out-group Scapegoating

In-group bias

Who was the social psychology professor at Yale who designed an obedience study in order to test the defense of "I was just following orders" typically used by accused Nazis? Asch Milgram Phillips Zimbardo

Milgram

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 ________. Aggression Altruism Diffusion of responsibility Social loafing

Social loafing

Behavior is a product of both the situation and the person. Which of the following is an example of a situation that might influence behavior? being in a crowd of bystanders when you witness someone fainting being raised Jewish being raised to think that stealing is morally wrong hitting someone in the dark

being in a crowd of bystanders when you witness someone fainting