Psych test 3

Question 1

Bystander effect

Answer 1

Concept in social psychology explaining why larger # of people in group = less likely individual will help in emergency

Question 2

(Bystander effect mechanism) Self-awareness

Answer 2

When it feels like there’s an audience, actions are inhibited because fear of looking dumb

Question 3

Social cues

Answer 3

People look to others for cues on how to behave. If no one else acts, reinforces notion no one else should act

Question 4

Blocking mechanism

Answer 4

Someone stepping in to act may block others from doing so

Question 5

Diffusion of responsibility

Answer 5

Assumption someone else will do it, so they don’t have to

Question 6

Helper effect

Answer 6

If one person steps in to help, others are more likely to help

Question 7

Conformity

Answer 7

Inclination to align attitude with those around you

Question 8

Diffusion

Answer 8

Spread of cultural influence between individuals and groups. Language, clothes, customs, philosophies, religion, technology

Question 9

Assimilation

Answer 9

Groups with different heritages absorbed into dominant culture

Question 10

Kitty Genovese

Answer 10

Killed outside of her apartment and seen by 38 people, no one helped (bystander effect)

Question 11

Stanley Milgram

Answer 11

Conformity experiment: teacher provides shocks to actor student for wrong answers under direction of authority figure. Shocks to near death

Question 12

Philip Zimbardo

Answer 12

Stanford prison experiment

Question 13

Jane Elliot

Answer 13

Brown eyes, blue eyes experiment

Question 14

Kenneth Bancroft Clark, Mamie Phipps Clark

Answer 14

Doll experiment

Question 15

3 criteria for someone to be helped

Answer 15

Incident must be noticed
Situation interpreted to see if emergency
Assume responsibility for helping

Question 16

What to do if you need help

Answer 16

Call someone out, single them out
Let small group become catalyst for others to follow
Don’t sit in uncertainty, do something

Question 17

Effects of residential schools on indigenous people

Answer 17

Assimilation of indigenous people into Canadian culture
Native culture and language lost
Psychological damage and emotional, physical, sexual abuse

Question 18

What indigenous people does canadas constitution recognize?

Answer 18

First Nations, Métis, Inuit

Question 19

When do children first become aware of racial identity

Answer 19

Age 3/4, when they first go to school