Pysch Chapter 14

Deindividuation refers to

A loss of self awareness and self restraint in a group situation that fosters arousal and anonymity

Central route persuasion is most likely when people

Are naturally analytical

Social loafing is most likely to occur when

Audience members asked to applaud when a speaker is introduced

The just-world phenomenon often leads people to

Believe that victims of misfortune deserve to suffer

People are less likely to give aid if an emergency occurs in the presence of many observers. This is known as

Bystander Effect

To "brainwash" captured American soldiers during the Korean War, Chinese communists made effective use of

Foot-in-the-door phenomenon

The tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and overestimate the impact of personal dispositions on another's behavior is called the

Fundamental Attribution Error

The ill-fated decision of president JFK and his advisers best illustrates the dangers of

Groupthink

Lavinia and Carla both think their baseball team is better without knowing about their teams. This is called

In group bias

Aggression-replacement programs are most likely to advise parents to avoid

Modeling violence

Prejudice is most likely to develop as a way of justifying

Social inequalities

GRIT attepmts to reduce conflicts through

Superordinate goals

The impact of the foot-in-door phenomenon is most clearly illustrated by

The destructive obedience of participants in the Milgram experiments

The participants in Phillip Zimbardo's Stanford prison study

Were so endangered by their role playing experience that the study was discontinued

During a test, Abe copied many answers off of students around him. He felt bad about doing it until he convinced himself copying isn't wrong if students are careless enough to expose their answers. Which theory best explains why Abe change his attitude towards cheating?

Cognitive dissonance

A store owner charges black customers more than Hispanic customers for the very same merchandise. This store owner is engaging in

Discrimination

Individuals who believe the death penalty should be abolished meet to discuss the issue. Research on group interaction suggests that after the discussion the individuals will be

Even more convinced the death penalty should be abolished

Solomon Asch reported that individuals conformed to a groups judgement of the lengths of lines

Even when the group judgement was clearly incorrect