Chapter 12 quiz

What is the just-world hypothesis?

An ideology common in the US the people get the outcomes they deserve

What is the major flaw in the Asch conformity study?

Asch ignored the importance of several factors influencing conforme including race, class and gender

Jessica and Justin share each other's thoughts and feelings and are prepared to support each other, but they do not feel physical attraction. Their love is called what?

Compassionate

The Milgram experiment requires the participation of who to play the part of the person being shocked because the experiment would be invalidated if the participant realize the electric shock treatment was faked.

Confederate

——- holds that out behavior is determined by internal factors

Dispositionism

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

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

Which of the following best defines the Asch effect?

Influence of the group majority on an individual's judgment

The ——- Hypothesis is the ideology common in the United States that people get the outcomes they deserve.

Just world

Which of the following strategies would Effectively prevent groupthink from occurring?

Seeking outside opinions on group decisions

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

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

What was the major flaw in the Stanford prison experiment

Zimbardo did not use a control group.

Don of the 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't feel some psychological discomfort from this contradiction, which is also known as?

Cognitive dissonance

According to the frustration aggression theory, which of the following is likely to occur when Simon gets frustrated with his toilet training?

Simon bites his mother

Who is Stanley Milgram?

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

Jackie does poorly on her psychology final, so she picks on her mother's ability to cook. A frustration aggression theorist might explain this by focusing on...?

The way Jackie's frustration with her exam would do her being aggressive towards her mother

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? Asch conducted his prison experiment to demonstrate that social roles have a great deal of influence in individual behavior

The word "Asch" should be replaced by "Zimbardo."

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? Hostile aggression is motivated by achieving a goal and does not necessarily involve intent to cause pain.

The word "hostile" should be changed to the word "instrumental"

Nicole wants a cookie. Heather has a cookie. Nicole pushes Heather and takes her cookie. Nicole doesn't intend to hurt Heather, Nicole just wants the cookie. This is an example of ________.

instrumental aggression

Which type of persuasion involves an indirect route that relies on Association of peripheral cues to associate positivity with a message?

peripheral route