Week 12 - Group Influence

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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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Question 1

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Social impact theory describes...
Answer
  • 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.

Question 2

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What factors reduce the likelihood of helping behaviour?
Answer
  • 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

Question 3

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

Question 4

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Which of the following are the results of groupthink?
Answer
  • Illusion of vulnerability
  • Lack of helping behaviour
  • Inherent group morality
  • Pressure on dissenters
  • Illusion of unanimity
  • More accurate decision making

Question 5

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Which of the following contribute to group polarisation?
Answer
  • Social comparison (I'm more right)
  • Exposure to other arguments (Informational Influence)
  • Social loafing (Laziness)
  • Magnetisation (Magnets have poles)
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