Quiz 12

The _ hypothesis is that ideology common in the United States that people get the outcomes leave deserve

just world

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

The behavior of soldiers who abuse prisoners at the arrow or a big faculty during the Iraq war is predicted by the Stanford prison experiment it was overseen by social psychologist

philip zimbardo

a neg. attitude and feeling toward an individual that is based soley on the persons memebership in a specific group is called_

prejudice

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

During the international covid, many people began acting agressively toward individuals of chinese decent, blaming them for the virus even though most of people had lived in the united states for their entire lives. Those chinese americans were the victim of a process called__

scapegoating

what is the main conclusion drawn from the stanford prison experiement?

social roles are powerful determinants of human behavior

what is a main feature of the jigsaw classroom?

students work together with others who are of a different racial backgrounds or different abilities 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

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 ________.

the fundamental attribution error

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

Suppose you're walking down the street a woman has fallen down but because they were so many people around it does not occur to you that you may need help this is you seen someone else is about to help her and keep walking this is an example of

Diffusion of responsibility

When Jacob came home from work upset about a disagreement he had with his boss and his wife Jody sat down to listen to him she imagined the argument that had occurred and try to understand how her husband was feeling Jody is demonstrating a high level of

Empathy

Which statement about groupthink is correct

Group members modify their opinions to match what they believe is the group consensus

what is the main point of the textbook discussion of milgrims obedience study?

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

which of the following is the best example of central route persuation.

anti-smoking ads. that use charts and graphs and shows how many people die from smoking each year

Rona and Jerome share each other's thoughts and feelings but they did not feel any real passion toward each other their relationship based of _ love

companionate

In Stanley Milgram's obedience research, the person playing the part of the "learner" was an accomplice, or _, of the experiment. He was aware of the true purpose of the research, was never shocked, and was acting according to Milgrim's instructions.

confederate

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

_ holds that out behavior is determined by internal factors, such as individual traits or temperaments

disposition

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

emotions and attitudes, the self, and social cognition

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 has occurred, and tried to understand how her husband was feeling. Jodi is demonstrating a high level of _.

empathy

which type of persuasion approach involves encouraging a person to agree to a small favor or to buy a small item, only to request a larger favor or purchase of a larger item?

foot-in-door technique

_ is the strengthening of an original group attitude after the discussion of views within a group

group polarization

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 a social role?

A pattern of behavior that is expected of a person and giving setting or group

Henry is juror four in murder trail. He believes that accused is guilty, but when the jurors vote it become clear 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

Quizmaster study

People will overlook obvious situational influences on behavior

Within the field of social psychology a script is defined as

Persons knowledge about the sequence of events in specific setting

A negative attitude and feeling toward an individual that is based solely on a persons membership in a specific group is called

Prejudice