Unit 14 Quiz: Social Psychology

While watching TV one night, Claire sees a toothpaste commercial that presents fasts about how using the toothpaste reduces cavities and whiten teeth. The advertises are clearly using what method to shape the attitude of viewers?

Central route of persuasion

Our tendency to unconsciously mimic those around us, such as yawning when we see other people yawn

Chameleon effect

Individuals who engage in behavior that goes against their fundamental principles and beliefs will most likely experience...

Cognitive dissonance

The idea that the explanation for prejudice lies in children observing and then modeling their parent's prejudicial behavior is most closely aligned with which major psychological perspective?

Behaviorism

When Lynn began attending a new high school, she bought a specific brand of tennis shoes because the most popular students tend to wear that same brand. Her behavior demonstrates...

Conformity

What best explains why normally law-abiding citizens can begin to act destructively when they are part of a crowd?

Deindividuation

Maddie is walking down the street and someone asks her to sign a petition to put clean-air legislation on the next ballot. She decided to sign the petition. Then this person asks whether she would like to give a donation to the associated environmental group. This technique is known as...

Foot-in-the-door

Within social psychology, which of the following terms in used to describe process by which important group decisions may b distorted because different viewpoints are not encouraged?

Groupthink

An eagerness to believe that victims of a natural disaster are being punished by God for their sins best illustrates what common social psychological phenomenon?

Just-world phenomenon

When Wes first heard the hit song "Shake It Off" he wasn't sure if he likes it all. However, the more often he heard it played on the radio, the more he enjoyed it. What explains his reaction?

Mere-exposure effect

In a study on group problem solving, researchers discover that individuals tended to exert less effort when working in a group than they did when they were working alone. These results best illustrate...

Social loafing

Which study in the field of social psychology was met with the greatest criticism about the ethical issues involved?

Stanley Milgram's studies on obedience

According the Muzafer Sherif's Contact Theory, what would be the most effective in reducing tension and increasing cooperation between two rival groups?

The introduction of a superordinate goal between two rival groups

What explanation clearly demonstrates an internal attribution for a student's failing exam?

The student was too lazy to study hard

In an emergency situation, an individual bystander is most likely to help an injured person under what circumstance?

When the bystander is the only other person present

Stereotype

a generalization about a social group

A basic assumption underlying the evolutionary approach to interpersonal attraction is that men seek potential mates who...

appear fetile

In social psychology, attribution theory explains...

how we explain the behavior of others as well as ourselves

When watching the Olympics, most people believe that athletes from their own country are the best. Often, fans are likely to believe that athletes from other countries cheat, but athletes from their own country do not. This is an example of...

in-group bias

Important predictors of interpersonal attraction:

mere-exposure, proximity, similarity, physical attractiveness

The results of Stanley Milgram's studies on obedience suggested that...

most people will obey perceived authority figures' instructions to harm others

In Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experimen, young men were assigned roles as either guards or prisoners. The results showed that...

situations can exert powerful effects on morality and identity

Amanda is a good tennis player whose performance seems to improve as the crowd watching her gets larger. Her change in performance is an example of...

social facilitation

In the experiments of Solomon Asch, the tendency of group members to conform was reduced most by...

the presence of a single dissenter