SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
BART COMPLIED WITH HIS FRIENDS’ REQUEST TO
JOIN THEM IN SMASHING DECORATIVE PUMPKINS
EARLY ONE
HALLOWEEN EVENING. LATER THAT
NIGHT HE WAS SURPRISED BY HIS OWN FAILURE
TO RESIST THEIR PRESSURES TO THROW EGGS AT
PASSING POLICE CARS.
BART’S EXPERIENCE BEST
ILLUSTRATES THE:
A.
B.
C.
D.
bystander effect.
foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
fundamental attribution error.
frustration-aggression principle.
DR. BOB WROTE A VERY POSITIVE LETTER OF
RECOMMENDATION FOR A STUDENT DESPITE HIS
HAVING DOUBTS ABOUT HER COMPETENCE.
WHICH THEORY BEST EXPLAINS WHY HE
SUBSEQUENTLY BEGAN TO DEVELOP MORE
FAVORABLE ATTITUDES ABOUT THE STUDENT’S
ABILITIES?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cognitive dissonance theory
Social exchange theory
Two-factor theory
Scapegoat theory
SINCE EVERYONE IN HER DORM WATCHED
AMERICAN IDOL AND THE APPRENTICE, TYRA
DECIDED SHE BETTER DO THE SAME. SHE DIDN’T
PARTICULARLY LIKE THOSE SHOWS, BUT SHE
WANTED EVERYONE TO ACCEPT HER. THIS
EXAMPLE BEST ILLUSTRATES:
A.
B.
C.
D.
informational social influence.
social facilitation.
groupthink.
normative social influence.
IN STANLEY MILGRAM’S EXPERIEMENTS,
OBEDIENCE WAS LOWEST WHEN:
A. the person giving the orders was perceived to have legitimate
authority.
B. the “victim” was at a distance.
C. other participants were seen disobeying the experimenter.
D. the participants were women.
ALTHOUGH FRIEDA IS TYPICALLY VERY
RESERVED, AS PART OF A HUGE ROCK
CONCERT CROWD SHE LOST HER
INHIBITIONS AND BEHAVED IN A VERY
SEXUALLY PROVOCATIVE WAY. FRIEDA’S
UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR IS BEST UNDERSTOOD
IN TERMS OF:
A.
B.
C.
D.
the bystander effect.
social facilitation.
deindividuation.
the mere exposure effect.
JUSTIN AND SHANE BELIEVE THEIR TEAM
IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER TEAMS IN
TOWN. THIS ILLUSTRATES:
A.
B.
C.
D.
social loafing.
the in-group bias.
the just-world phenomenon.
scapegoat theory.
AFTER MRS. CHANSKI AND HER CHILDREN HAD
HELPED THEMSELVES TO FREE SAMPLES OF THE
COOKIES BEING PROMOTED IN THE GROCERY
STORE, SHE FELT OBLIGATED TO BUY SOME, EVEN
THOUGH THEY SEEMED UNREASONABLY
EXPENSIVE.
HER REACTION BEST ILLUSTRATES
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF:
A.
B.
C.
D.
social facilitation.
the reciprocity norm.
the bystander effect.
the just-world phenomenon.
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS
EARLY IN THE DAY, YOU SEE A FELLOW
STUDENT IN THE CAFETERIA SPILL A WHOLE
TRAY OF FOOD AS SHE TRIPS OVER SOMETHING
ON THE FLOOR. YOU THINK TO YOURSELF,
“WOW, SHE SURE IS CLUMSY!” LATER ON IN THE
DAY, YOU ALSO TRIP IN THE CAFETERIA AND
SPILL YOUR TRAY.
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YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, “WOW, THIS
FLOOR IS UNEVEN AND DANGEROUS,
SOMEONE SHOULD FIX IT!” THIS
ILLUSTRATES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
CONCEPT CALLED:
A.
B.
C.
D.
foot-in-the-door.
bystander apathy.
fundamental attribution error.
out-group bias.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF
SOCIAL FACILITATION?
A. A funny movie seems even more amusing when you watch it
with a group of friends.
B. Solving difficult math problems is easier when you are in a
quiet room with only one other person.
C. People may be more likely to help if there is a large crowd
watching.
D. People are more likely to work much harder in a group than
when they are alone.
CONFORMITY IS WHEN WE ADJUST OUR
THINKING AND BEHAVIOR TO GO ALONG WITH A
GROUP STANDARD. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
IS NOT LIKELY TO INFLUENCE WHETHER OR
NOT WE CONFORM?
A.
B.
C.
D.
your level of intelligence
the size of the group that you are with
whether or not the group is observing you
whether or not the group has status
LINDA, A THIRD GRADE TEACHER, HAS
BEEN OBSERVING THAT HOSTILITY IS
GROWING BETWEEN SOME OF THE
CHILDREN IN HER CLASS. THE BEST WAY
FOR HER TO DECREASE THE CONFLICT
BETWEEN THE CHILDREN WOULD BE TO:
A. have the children identify what they like most about each
other.
B. have the children cooperate to reach a shared goal.
C. divide the children into teams and have them play against
each other in sports.
D. make the children look each other in the eyes, shake
hands, and apologize.
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
THE ZIMBARDO STUDY
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You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o0Nx31yicY
WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE
ZIMBARDO STUDY?
WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE ASCH
STUDY
WHAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF THE
FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR?
WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE COGNITIVE
DISSONANCE THEORY?
WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE STANLEY
MILGRAM STUDY?
WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE SCAPEGOAT
THEORY OF PREJUDICE?
HOW CAN SOCIAL PERCEPTION CREATE
REALITY?
WHAT IS THE BYSTANDER EFFECT?
WHAT IS THE KITTY GENOVESE EXAMPLE?
WHAT IS STERNBERG’S THEORY OF LOVE?
GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE SOCIAL
EXCHANGE THEORY