Chapters 5 & 6 Flashcards
Although there are many unoccupied tables in the restaurant read off decides to sit at the same table in the chair right next to James. James feels uncomfortable because Rudolph has violated
His personal space
Seven-year-old Mary says thank you after opening each birthday present she receives because her family considers it proper behavior. This best illustrates the influence of a
Norm
You read about an unsolved murder in the newspaper. Given what you have learned in social psychology you can reasonably predict a ____ committed the murder
Man
Pat has qualities like assertiveness, a traditionally masculine trait, as well as nurturance, a quality associated with traditionally femininity. Pat could be described as
Androgynous
The term gender role refers to
A set of behavior expectations for males and females
____ implies that those genes that predispose traits that increase the odds of an individual surviving long enough to reproduce and nurture descendants will become more abundant in the population
Natural selection
The incest taboo is an example of
A universal Norm
____ refers to enduring behaviors ideas traditions and attitudes that are shared by large groups of people and transferred generation to generation
Culture
Which of the following is not a criticism against evolutionary psychology?
The series reinforce male female stereotypes.
They go against biological research.
They are hindsight based.
There is not enough empirical evidence to support its claims.
They go against biological research
As an exchange student you notice that standards of beauty are much different in the country you’re visiting. Billboards and advertisements display women that are not as thin as in the United States. You conclude that this difference in standards of beauty is the result of different
Cultures
Milgram’s studies explored ____ Asch’s studies explored ____
Obedience; conformity
The results of both the Sherif and Asch studies are startling because their studies do not employ any
Open obvious pressure to conform
When Milgrim conducted his first series of experiments with a staple of 20 to 50-year-old man he found that over 60% of them
Went all the way to 450 volts
In follow-up experiments to his initial study Milgram made the learners protest more compelling by having him complain of a heart condition then scream and plead for release and finally refusal to answer. With this added condition
The majority of participants still fully obeyed the experimenters demands
In a variation of the Milgram study teachers were required to force the learners hand into contact with the shock plate. Under these conditions
There was a decrease in compliance to shock
Research on group size and conformity has shown that there is more conformity within
3-5 people than 1-2
According to conformity research a group social power is deflated when
Just one other person also differs from the majority
The extent to which members of a group are bound together such as by attraction to one another is called
Cohesion
In experiments people have been found to conform or when they must ____ then when they must ____
Respond publicly; write down their responses in private
Compared to people in individualistic countries those in collectivist countries are
More responsive to others influence
High school students Aisha and Jared have been dating each other casually. When Aisha’s parents tell her to stop seeing Jared and ask her to go out with nicer boys she announces that she and Jared are actually in love and have decided to go steady. Her behavior most likely illustrates the effect of
Psychological reactance
All of the following factors increase the likelihood of obedience except Age and gender of victim. The distance of the victim. The closeness of the authority. Prestige of the institution/environment.
Age and gender of the victim.
Milgram's experiment made use of which technique? Foot in the door Role-playing The fundamental attribution error Door in the face
Foot in the door
A person who both acts and believes in accord with social pressure is demonstrating
Acceptance
