Social Psychology

Question 1

social psychology

Answer 1

concerned with the way individuals’ thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by others

Question 2

10 second clips of a professor teaching ____ end of year student evaluations.

Answer 2

predicted

Question 3

True or False:
We can evaluate others quickly and with some degree of accuracy based on a thin-slice perception of them.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What do stereotypes help us with?

Answer 4

making social decisions quickly

Question 5

What are some drawbacks of stereotypes?

Answer 5

• inaccurate
• overused
• can lead to bias
• can lead to stereotype threat

Question 6

stereotype threat

Answer 6

fear of confirming a negative stereotype about a social group you belong to

Question 7

When female Asian Americans took a math test, they performed ____ when they thought about their ethnicity.

Answer 7

better

Question 8

When female Asian Americans took a math test, they performed ____ when they thought about their gender.

Answer 8

worse

Question 9

illusory correlation

Answer 9

when people estimate that they have encounted more confirmation of an association between social traits than they have actually seen

Question 10

____ group + ____ event –> extra attention grabbing

Answer 10

minority group; negative event

Question 11

How can bias be reduced?

Answer 11

contact and friendship with an outgroup

Question 12

What group behavior was tested in the Asch Line Experiment?

Answer 12

conformity

Question 13

conformity

Answer 13

the tendency to do what others do simply because others are doing it

Question 14

____ of participants conformed at least ____

Answer 14

75%; once

Question 15

Participants conformed on ____ trials

Answer 15

1/3

Question 16

What is the Asch Experiment influenced by?

Answer 16

• normative influence
• informational influence

Question 17

the presence of an ally ____ conformity

Answer 17

decreased

Question 18

when confederates didn’t hear responses, conformity ____

Answer 18

decreased

Question 19

when there were more confederates, conformity ____

Answer 19

increased

Question 20

What group behavior did the Milgram Experiment test?

Answer 20

obedience

Question 21

obedience

Answer 21

the tendency to do what an authority figure tells you to do

Question 22

What was the predicted outcome of the Milgram Experiment?

Answer 22

less than 0.1% of participants would completely obey and deliver the maximum shock level

Question 23

What was the actual outcome of the Milgram Experiment?

Answer 23

65% of participants obeyed completely and delivered the maximum shock level

Question 24

if participants were in the same room as the learner, obedience ____

Answer 24

decreased

Question 25

if the experimenter was not in the same room as the participant, obedience ____

Answer 25

decreased

Question 26

if the environment was not as “official,” obedience ____

Answer 26

decreased

Question 27

If there was a co-teacher and they stopped the experiment, ____ would go to the very end

Answer 27

10%

Question 28

If there was a co-teacher and they continued the experiment, ____ would go to the very end

Answer 28

75%

Question 29

What did the Stanford Prison Experiment test?

Answer 29

the power of social roles

Question 30

What were some issues with the Stanford Prison Experiment?

Answer 30

• advertisements
• demand characteristics
• more of a “movie” than an experiment

Question 31

bystander effect

Answer 31

the failure to offer help by those who observe someone in need when other people are present

Question 32

When was the bystander effect first studied?

Answer 32

after the murder of Kitty Genovese

Question 33

As group size ____, participants are ____ likely to get help and take ____ time to respond.

Answer 33

increases; less; more

Question 34

Which group was most likely to get help?

Answer 34

participant + victim

Question 35

Which group was least likely to get help?

Answer 35

participant + victim + 5 others

Question 36

diffusion of responsibility

Answer 36

tendency for people to feel a diminished sense of responsibility when they are surrounded by others who are acting in the same way

Question 37

Bystander effect may be driven more by ____

Answer 37

uncertainty

Question 38

True or False:
If one person helps, others will follow.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

social loafing

Answer 39

when one puts in less effort when they’re judged as part of a group

Question 40

deindividuation

Answer 40

people engage in violent, rowdy acts in a group when they think they can’t be identified

Question 41

groupthink

Answer 41

when a group of individuals reaches a consensus without critical reasoning in order to not upset the balance of the group

Question 42

social facilitation

Answer 42

being in the presence of others improves individual task performance