Quizzes

Milgram's research investigating obedience could probably not be conducted today because of ethical concerns about the stress endured by the participants and other factors. Which of the following aspects of the research should have been changed?

"shocking" the "learner" could have stopped at the 150V level rather than continuing until 450V.

Keeping things friendly during play requires one of the most important social skills, namely

Communication

Stanley Milgram's experiment demonstrated the effect of _____.

Obedience

Which of the following conclusions was drawn from the Stanford prison experiment conducted by Zimbardo?

People are more likely to be evil when personal responsibility is removed.

If a child attends an "instruction oriented" (no free play) preschool, he or she is more likely to be ________ as an adult,

arrested for a felony

_____ is an unjustified negative or harmful action toward a member of a group simply because the person belongs to that group.

discrimination

In the context of social identity, thinking that cultural out-groups are not only different but are worse than one's own group is called:

ethnocentrism.

Researchers at UVa concluded that engaging in play

is an indicator of healthy development

Children who displayed anxiety when separated from their parents was divided into 4 groups. They either listened to a story (alone or with others) or played with toys (alone or with others). The group whose anxiety decreased the most was

played alone

Children who play with blocks show enhanced language skill development because

this type of play encourages flexibility and creativity.