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PSY234 - Personality and Social Quiz on Week 12 - Group Influence, created by Daniel Whiting on 08/06/2017.

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Week 12 - Group Influence

Question 1 of 5

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Social impact theory describes...

Select one of the following:

  • How we perform better at easy tasks but worse in harder tasks in the presence of others.

  • How pressure to perform is redistributed and reduced when in a group.

  • If you make a social gaffe and don't show embarrassment it will impact your social life.

  • The social impact groups have on society.

Explanation

Question 2 of 5

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What factors reduce the likelihood of helping behaviour?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Large number of bystanders

  • When the bystanders are friends with each other

  • Ambiguity of the situation

  • Risk to self

  • Prior commitments

  • Being in a hurry

  • Selfish people

Explanation

Question 3 of 5

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Which of the following can increase your chances of getting help in an emergency?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Assigning responsibility to someone.

  • You won't get help, help yourself.

  • Make it obvious you need help.

  • Be attractive.

  • Being in a rural area.

  • Being in an urban area.

Explanation

Question 4 of 5

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Which of the following are the results of groupthink?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Illusion of vulnerability

  • Lack of helping behaviour

  • Inherent group morality

  • Pressure on dissenters

  • Illusion of unanimity

  • More accurate decision making

Explanation

Question 5 of 5

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Which of the following contribute to group polarisation?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Social comparison (I'm more right)

  • Exposure to other arguments (Informational Influence)

  • Social loafing (Laziness)

  • Magnetisation (Magnets have poles)

Explanation

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