Chapter 12 social psychology

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.

In-group

What is the main point of the textbook discussion of Milgrams obedience study?

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

What is the main point of quizmaster study?

People will overlook obvious situational influences on behavior.

During the international coronavirus pandemic, many people began acting aggressively towards individuals of Chinese descent, blaming them for the virus even though most of those people had lived in the United States for their entire lives. Those Chinese Americans were the victims of a process called ________.

Scapegoating

Erikah has just arrived at the funeral of her friends father. Even though erikah is usually very outspoken and jovial, she keeps her voice down, expresses her sympathy to the family members and sit quietly and respectful during the religious service. Erikah is following ____ of how to behave in this particular situation.

Script

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

Simon bites his mother

What is the main feature of the jigsaw classroom?

Students work together with others who are of different racial backgrounds or different ability sets

What is the single most important fact that predicts the person with whom you will become friends or have a romantic relationship?

The amount of contact you have with people

Which of the following is the best example of peripheral route Persuasion.?

anti-smoking advertisements that rely on celebrity spokespeople advocating for reduction in cigarette use

Fantasia believes that people with blue eyes are somehow more creative than other people. Whenever Fantasia encounters a person that has blue eyes and is creative, she places greater importance on this evidence supporting her already existing belief. At the same time, Fantasia ignores any evidence that people without blue eyes might display exceptional creativity. This is called a ________.

confirmation bias

The field of social psychology studies topics at the intrapersonal level. These topics include ________.

emotions and attitudes, the self, and social cognition

Heather and Mike share the household chores as equally as possible. They take turns with the cooking and driving their son to daycare. Both of them work outside the home, and each of them takes responsibility for child care one night a week to give the other one a break. We can say that their relationship has ________.

reciprocity

Henry is juror number four in a murder trial. He believes the accused is guilty, but when the jurors vote it becomes clear he is the only one that thinks this way. Henry votes not guilty along with the other jurors despite what he sees as evidence clearly indicating guilt. This is an example of the ________ effect.

Asch

Why are girls more likely than boys to be victims of cyber bullying?

Because it is less direct and nonphysical form of bullying

In Milgrams experiment the person playing the part of the "learner" was an accomplice of ________ of the experiment. He was aware of the true purpose of the research, was never shocked and was acting according to Milgrams instructions.

Confederate

_____ holds that out behavior is determined by interbank factors, such as individual traits or temperaments.

Dispositionism

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 us demonstrating a high level of ____.

Empathy

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

Homophobia

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

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

Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding social exchange theory?

People are dissatisfied if their social exchanges create more costs than benefits unless the relationship is an example of consummate love.

Within the field of psychology, a script is defined as ______.

Persons knowledge about the sequence of events in a specific setting

The behavior of soldiers who abused prisoners at the Abu Ghraib facility during the Iraq war was predicted by the Stanford prison experiment that was overseen by social psychologists _____.

Philip Zimbardo

What was the main conclusion drawn from the Stanford prison experiment?

Social roles are powerful determinants of human behavior

During which kind of situation might a person be most likely to yield to the effects of informational social influence

When the correct choice is unclear

Rhona and Jerome 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 ________.

companionate

Which of the following is the best example of the foot-in-the-door technique of persuasion

getting your parents to agree to cut their smoking down by a few cigarettes, then asking them to quit altogether

Suppose you hate reality shows, but you pretend to like them in order to fit in, feel good, and be accepted by your friends, who all love reality television. This is an example of ________ social influence.

normative

What is a social role?

the pattern of behavior that is expected of a person who is in a particular social position

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

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 group thinking from occurring?

Seeking outside opinions on group decisions

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

________ is the strengthening of an original group attitude after the discussion of view within a group.

Group polarization

When a person is making a persuasive argument the 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 feelings towards and individual that is based solely on that person's membership in a specific group is called _____.

Prejudice