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Although related to other fields, social psychology is distinct in that its emphasis is on
understanding the immediate situational factors that influence human behaviour
classifying and treating psychological disorders.
identifying individual characteristics that are relatively stable across time
describing the relationship between human behaviour across the lifespan
According to the definition of social psychology presented in lecture, social psychology is the study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by __________.
live social interactions with other humans
the presence of real or imagined others
other living things
perceptions of the social world
____________ refers to the fear that one will confirm the stereotypes that others have regarding one’s own group.
self-fulfilling prejudice
scapegoating
prejudice aversion
stereotype threat
Recall that Festinger and Carlsmith gave participants either $1 or $20 for telling others that an experiment was fun and interesting. The experiment entailed turning pegs on a pegboard one quarter turn at a time. Thus, in actuality, the experiment was tedious and boring. Study results showed that
neither $1 nor $20 could induce participants to tell other people that the experiment was interesting.
after telling people that the experiment was interesting, participants in the $1 condition tended to express a more favourable attitude toward the experiment.
participants in the $20 condition reported stronger feelings of guilt over having told people that the experiment was interesting.
participants in the $1 condition were less likely to following the experimenter’s instructions
Them'—a group that people perceive as being distinctively different or apart from their own group—is what social psychologists call a(n)
ingroup
outgroup
scapegoat
bias group
“Live fast and die young, that’s what I always say,” Rosie pronounces, as she stuffs down three more Ding-Dong snack cakes and opens another pint of high-fat ice cream. Rosie knows that her diet is unhealthy and harmful, of course. To reduce her dissonance, Rosie is
changing her behaviour to bring it in live with her cognitions
changing a problem cognition to make it more consonant with her behaviour
adding a cognition that is consonant with her problem behaviour
engaging in affirmation to combat cognitive dissonance.
Victor goes to a fancy French restaurant. There are utensils on the table that he’s never even seen before, and more spoons and forks than he’s ever seen on one table. Eager to dine in an appropriate and sophisticated way, Victor secretly watches other diners to see what they do. This is an example of
normative social influence
situational interdependence
informational social influence
normative conformity
In a series of experiments, why did Solomon Asch (1951, 1956) ask participants to judge the lengths of lines which were clearly different from one another? Asch
wanted to study conformity in ambiguous situations.
believed that people would conform in their judgments.
wanted to study conformity in unambiguous situations.
believed that Muzafer Sherif’s experiments were fatally flawed
The main difference between Sherif’s conformity study and Asch’s conformity study is that Asch’s study
examined situations where one’s own beliefs clearly conflict with those of the group
demonstrated the powerful effects of social influence.
showed higher rates of conformity.
measured participants’ judgments of visual stimuli.
Milgram found that about ________percent of his participants went all the way to 450 volts in his original experiment.
25
45
65
85
When our behaviour is a result of our boss telling us to do something, it is a form of
obedience
acceptance
conformity
compliance
The experimenter in Milgram's study used all except which of the following verbal prods to encourage participants to continue?
It is absolutely essential that you continue.'
'You will be penalised if you refuse to go on.'
You have no other choice, you must go on.
The experiment requires that you continue.
Although he made a promise to himself to not take illegal drugs, Tom gave into peer pressure at a party to smoke marijuana because he did not want to be rejected by the others. Tom's conformity is a result of
normative influence
informational influence
a social role is:
a cluster of norms
separate from culture
a weak influence on conformity
a role that feels awkward
Which of the following is not one of the steps in Darley and Latané's decision tree?
noticing the incident
interpreting the incident as an emergency
weighing the costs and benefits of helping
assuming responsibility for intervening
In an enactment of the Good Samaritan situation, Darley and Batson (1973) studied the helpfulness of Princeton seminarians in order to assess whether helping behaviour was influenced by
religious education
age differences
social responsibility
time pressures
One factor that will increase the likelihood that a friendship between two people will develop is
the degree to which their interests complement each other
how often their paths cross
avoiding repetitious exposure
gender
The effect of _______ on _______ was vividly demonstrated in Zimbardo's (1971) classic study of a simulated prison.
attitudes; behaviours
roles; attitudes
roles; behaviours
attitudes; roles
When participants in Milgram's experiments wanted to quit, they were given
shocks to keep them going
money as an incentive to keep going
up to four verbal prods to keep them going
a reward for being one of the few to disobey
Latané and Darley attempted to explain people's failure to intervene in cases like that of Kitty Genovese, a woman who was violently attacked, in terms of
situational influences
personality traits
mood factors
selfish genes
The tendency for opposites to mate or marry
has only been documented amoung teenage couples
has increased in around the world since 1960
is just as powerful as the similarity-attraction connection
has never been reliably demonstrated.
Social isolation has been shown to affect all of the following outcomes, except
alcohol abuse
blood pressure
stroke
depression
According to what was covered in lecture, experiencing social exclusion tends to lead to all of the following except
aggression
self-harm
emotional numbness
loss of meaning
Research on stereotype threat indicates that
only a handful of minority groups experience such threats.
such threats can affect performance in a range of contexts.
stereotypes are just as likely to lift the maths scores of women as they are to threaten them
it is an exclusively American phenomenon
Which of the following is an example of social isolation, as defined in psychology.
A retired man lives alone and prefers keeping to himself.
(b) A person goes trekking alone on a mountain and is inspired by the beautiful mountains
a yr 12 student with a number of friends on Facebook often feels lonely
a Uni student going through a messy break up calls friends and cries over it
Bonnie dislikes lawyers. This is an example of
prejudice
discrimination
social categorisation
a stereotype