Social Psych Quiz 3

A form of social influence in which one person simply orders one or more others to perform some action(s).

Obedience

A professor, two students, and the president of the student government are all on an elevator. When one of the students passes out, who is most likely to be seen as having the responsibility to help?

The professor

A possible reason why authority figures can be so successful in getting obedience for horrific tasks is that they ________.

allow the obedient person to escalate their tasks very gradually

Behavior that is motivated by an unselfish concern for the welfare of others is known as ________.

altruism

A teacher gives a student detention for not paying attention during class. During detention the student is required to read extra material on the topic and do some extra homework assignments. The teacher's behavior is ____ .

both prosocial and aggressive.

A bystander may ultimately decide not to help when confronted with an emergency situation if the ________.

bystander fears potential negative consequences of trying to help

A bystander can offer effective direct help only if the ________.

bystander has the knowledge and or skills to act in a helpful way

All of the factors that bind group members together into a coherent social entity are collectively known as ________.

cohesiveness

A minority group that wants to influence the majority must be consistent in their opposition to majority opinion, avoid appearing rigid and dogmatic, and ________.

consider the general social context when formulating its arguments for change

A New York City taxi cab driver once intervened and stopped what he perceived to be a mugging in progress - even though it actually was a group of actors performing a scene for a television sketch. The taxi driver probably intervened due to ________.

his feelings of empathy

A complex affective and cognitive response to another person's emotional distress is referred to as ____________________.

empathy.

After seeing a motion picture where the lead character is tragically killed, Sharon feels a deep amount of sorrow for him. This is an example of the ________.

fantasy perspective

Ada had missed the notes for several classes and asked Rob for the notes for one day. Rob gave the notes to Ada, who copied them and then asked Rob for a week's worth of notes. Because of the ________, Rob is highly likely to give Ada the notes.

foot-in-the-door technique

A theory suggesting that norms will influence behavior only to the extent that they are focal for the persons involved at the time the behavior occurs is ____________.

normative focus theory

Allen is running late for his social psychology class. He is hurrying across campus and is thinking about the instructor's reaction to his tardiness on an exam day. He passed by a small group of students clustered around someone who is lying on the ground, clutching his chest and gasping for breath. Allen did not stop to help because he simply was not aware of what was happening at the time. This failure to engage in prosocial behavior was probably due to Allen's ________.

not paying attention to the situation

Bystanders frequently fail to respond to an emergency because no one else is responding. We tend to rely on what others say and do when we are not sure of the nature of the situation or of what behaviors to engage in. This is known as ________.

pluralistic ignorance

A basic ________ with kin selection theory is that we ________ help people ________.

problem; do; we are not related to

Actions that benefit others without providing any direct benefit to the actor are known as ________.

prosocial behavior

A reason for any gender differences in conformity involves a difference in ________ between men and women.

status

A technique sometimes used for gaining compliance is to suggest that a person or object is difficult to obtain. This technique is known as the ________.

the playing-hard-to-get technique