chapter 13 questions Flashcards
in a crowd of witnesses to an emergency, the individual by standard tends to
observe other bystanders for cues
Cialdini and his colleagues investigated the effects of implicit norms on peoples behavior… the sign that was decreasing the amount of stealing to well below baseline rate implied what?
stealing wood is rare and its not okay to steal rare objects
whats the difference between social facilitation and social interference
social facilitation enhances performance, social interference declines performance
after playing the clarinet for only a few weeks, she can’t play In front of others why?
social interference
Research subsequent Asch’s primarily indicates that for easy tasks conformity stems from____. Influence and for difficult tasks it stems primarily from____ influence.
normative, informational
Devon chokes on tests, why?
having distracting and disturbing thoughts that interfere with working memory
Pablo usually fishes alone, but Pablo went with a friend and reeled faster why?
social facilitation
what is a normative explanation of group polarization effects?
one-upmanship
a beginning piano player who preforming a solo in front of a large audience for the first time is likely to experience what
social interference
one major criticism of the milligram study revolved around
validity
the first time Jerrod goes out with a new group of friends, the other guys whistle at girls walking by Jerrod feels press ion and he has demonstrated_____. His behavior would result of _____.
conformity; normative influence
an increase in performance due to an audience is _____. While a decrease is _____
social facilitation, social interference
“I thought that because i wore glasses there was something wrong with my vision” is an example of
informational influence
When Hassam thinks of himself as independent, what is he thinking of his idententity ____
personal
A group of executives experienced group polarization during a meeting. If polarization was due to one-upmanship which must of happened?
The executives were competing against each other
Negative stereotyping of the other group is when
One or more members of a group, think negatively about the other group
Mckenzie is participating in a public goods game. She is given a sum of money, what will likely contribute to Mckenzie splitting it
number of players is small
Diego really wanted someone to help him carry a huge stack of folders, then asks to do something else too after what is the technique called?
foot-in-the-door
Bay of pigs invasion, the cover up of Watergate, and escalating the Vietnam war are all examples of
group think
in a study of conformity, Asch found that if a single confederate disagreed with the others, participants were
less likely to conform
“choking” under pressure occurs especially when
the task has strong demands on working memory
A juror named Marrakesh does not believe that the defendant on trial has been shown, Ash’s studies on conformity suggest Marrakesh to resist if…?
at least one other juror disagrees wit the majority view
Robert Zajonc theorized that when others are present during the performance, social facilitation occurs with ____ responses and social interference occurs with ____ responses
dominant, non dominant
Jasmine asks her friend for a small favor, then asks for another favor what technique is this called
foot in door
Asch’s comoformity study were people say their answer publicly then instead write it down, what is the likely hood of agreeing to the wrong answer?
reduced
According to the notion of stereotype threat, a group of females will score lower on what test
Math
A fight occurred, and no one comes to assist why are people reluctant to help
diffusion responsibility
having a view, discussing with others with the same view creating an extreme view is called
group polarization
A group of college students is taking part in a study. What tasks would the presence of others most likely cause social interference
solving a nine-letter anagram
Why would people do both tasks in the foot in door method
they would feel self contradictory if they deny
cases in which people, in response to others orders, carry out unethical or illegal actions have been referred to as
crimes of obedience
in milgrams basic procedure orders with teacher and student what is ensuring obedience of the teacher
repeated orders from the experiments that the teacher must go on despite the screams of the learner
Julie a blonde watches a movie about another blonde cheating how well will Julie due to a stereotype threat?
she will do worse.
in milgrams original study on obedience the majority of research participants stopped administering shocks:
after all shocks up to the max had been delivered
which two solicitation techniques work because of cognitive dissonance?
foot in door, low ball
Dominique was involved with an emergency with many bystanders, diffusion of responsibility will tend to cause
each bystander to feel less responsible
A social dilemma can be defined as an action that ____ the person takes it, ____ others in the group and would ____ everyone if everyone took the action.
benefit, harms, cause more harm than benefit
After hearing a two hour long debate sally now has an extreme view this is because of
group polarization
