Question 1

Suppose you hate reality shows, but you pretend to like them in order to fit in, feel good, and be accepted by your friends, who all love reality television. This is an example of ________ social influence.

Accepted Answer

A)   groupthink
B)   informational
C)   confirmatory
D)   normativeE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Orlando shares with a friend that he does not like people who are homosexual, and that he goes out of his way at work to avoid helping customers who he suspects are gay. His friend says to him, "man, that isn't a cool way to be. You do realize that you're expressing a form of prejudice called ________, don't you?"

Accepted Answer

A)   gender dysphoria
B)   asexuality
C)   transphobia
D)   homophobiaE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

What was the main conclusion drawn from the Stanford prison experiment?

Accepted Answer

A)   social roles are powerful determinants of human behavior
B)   students cannot be relied upon to act appropriately
C)   students cannot be trusted in roles of authority
D)   when operating in a group, some people will put forth less effort than if they were operating aloneE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Suppose you are walking down a street. A woman has fallen down, but because there are so many people around it does not occur to you that you should help. You just assume someone else is about to help her and keep walking. This is an example of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   aggression
B)   cognitive dissonance
C)   diffusion of responsibility
D)   prosocial behaviorE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 5

________ holds that our behavior is determined by internal factors, such as individual traits or temperaments.

Accepted Answer

A)   Collectivism
B)   Dispositionism
C)   Moralism
D)   SituationismE) B) and C)
F) A) and B) B

Question 6

________ is the strengthening of an original group attitude after the discussion of views within a group.

Accepted Answer

A)   Cognitive dissonance
B)   Group polarization
C)   Social loafing
D)   Social facilitationE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 7

When a person is making a persuasive argument that utilizes the ________ route, they rely on factors unrelated to their actual message to persuade their listener. The hope is that these factors will encourage positivity with the message itself.

Accepted Answer

A)   central
B)   haloed
C)   compliance
D)   peripheralE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Explain the difference between racism, prejudice, and discrimination.

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

Define social loafing. How could a professor change a group assignment to prevent social loafing?

Accepted Answer

Social loafing is the exertion of less effort by a person working in a group because individual performance cannot be evaluated separately from the group, thus causing performance decline on easy tasks. One way to address this would be to have each group member write up a summary of his performance to turn in with the assignment. Another way could be for the group members to assign other group members a grade based on their overall contribution to the final product.

Question 10

What is the main point of the textbook discussion of Milgram's obedience study?

Accepted Answer

A)   When acting in a group, people will obey authority to the point of potentially causing serious harm to another person.
B)   Individuals will obey authority to the point of potentially causing serious harm to another person.
C)   Stanley Milgram was driven by political and personal agendas that demonstrated how research can be biased.
D)   Research is only useful if it can be successfully replicated time and time again.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

What is a main feature of the jigsaw classroom?

Accepted Answer

A)   participants are required to express at least one of their own held biases or prejudices
B)   people work together toward a superordinate goal that cannot be achieved without cooperation
C)   adults are forced to work together to solve a puzzle but does not know that there are pieces missing
D)   students work together with others who are of different racial backgrounds or different ability setsE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

What is the single most important fact that predicts the person with whom you will become friends or have a romantic relationship?

Accepted Answer

A)   your financial wellbeing
B)   your physical attractiveness
C)   your similarity to others you meet
D)   the amount of contact you have with peopleE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Rhona and Jerome share each other's thoughts and feelings and are prepared to support each other, but they do not feel any real passion toward each other. They have a relationship based on ________ love.

Accepted Answer

A)   companionate
B)   consummate
C)   fatuous
D)   romanticE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 14

The behavior of soldiers who abused prisoners at the Abu Ghraib facility during the Iraq war was predicted by the Stanford Prison Experiment that was overseen by social psychologist ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   John Cacioppo
B)   Solomon Asch
C)   Stanley Milgram
D)   Philip ZimbardoE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

The ________ hypothesis is the ideology common in the United States that people get the outcomes they deserve.

Accepted Answer

A)   equal status
B)   come-uppance
C)   just-world
D)   equipoentialityE) B) and D)
F) All of the above C

Question 16

Which of the following is the best example of the foot-in-the-door technique of persuasion?

Accepted Answer

A)   anti-smoking advertisements that rely on celebrity spokespeople advocating for reduction in cigarette use
B)   anti-smoking advertisements that use charts and graphs to show how many people die from smoking-related causes each year
C)   getting your parents to agree to cut their smoking down by a few cigarettes, then asking them to quit altogether
D)   supporting your sister who has decided to go cold turkey in order to quit smokingE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

During which kind of situation might a person be most likely to yield to the effects of informational social influence?

Accepted Answer

A)   when they feel sure of their own decisions
B)   when the correct choice is unclear
C)   when they really want to be liked by a group of peers
D)   when they have no personal investment in the outcome of their actionsE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Heather and Mike share the household chores as equally as possible. They take turns with the cooking and driving their son to daycare. Both of them work outside the home, and each of them takes responsibility for child care one night a week to give the other one a break. We can say that their relationship has a high level of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   altruism
B)   groupthink
C)   reciprocity
D)   infatuationE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

A negative attitude and feeling toward an individual that is based solely on that person's membership in a specific group is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   discrimination
B)   a stereotype
C)   prejudice
D)   conformityE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Which of the following strategies would effectively prevent groupthink from occurring?

Accepted Answer

A)   avoiding the development of any contingency plans
B)   having the group leader make their position known before discussion begins
C)   seeking outside opinions on group decisions
D)   voting publicly in front of group membersE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Exam 12: Social Psychology

Suppose you hate reality shows, but you pretend to like them in order to fit in, feel good, and be accepted by your friends, who all love reality television. This is an example of ________ social influence.

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What was the main conclusion drawn from the Stanford prison experiment?

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Suppose you are walking down a street. A woman has fallen down, but because there are so many people around it does not occur to you that you should help. You just assume someone else is about to help her and keep walking. This is an example of ________.

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When a person is making a persuasive argument that utilizes the ________ route, they rely on factors unrelated to their actual message to persuade their listener. The hope is that these factors will encourage positivity with the message itself.

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