Sink or Swim
Social Psychology
Question #1
Define “attribution”.
Question #2
What is the fundamental
attribution error?
Question #3
Explain the difference between
a situational and a dispositional
attribution.
Question #4
Provide an example of a
dispositional attribution.
Question #5
Provide an example of a
situational attribution.
Question #6
Explain a possible cause of the
fundamental attribution error.
Question #7
What is cognitive dissonance?
Question #8
Provide an example of cognitive
dissonance.
Question #9
Explain how cognitive
dissonance has an effect on an
individual’s attitude about
something.
Question #10
When Hitler convinced the Nazis
to gradually increase their
violence against Jews, he was
using this persuasion tactic.
Question #11
Explain why the “Foot-in-theDoor” method of persuasion is
effective.
Question #12
What was Zimbardo attempting
to prove in the Stanford Prison
Experiment?
Question #13
Explain what the Stanford
Prison Experiment indicates
about role-playing.
Question #14
Why was the Stanford Prison
Experiment discontinued after a
few days?
Question #15
Define group polarization.
Question #16
Provide an example of group
polarization.
Question #17
If I walk into a room of people
doing jumping jacks and decide
to join in, I am demonstrating
this concept.
Question #18
How is conformity different
from compliance and
obedience?
Question #19
Name two factors that increase
conformity.
Question #20
If I walk faster in the hallway
when I am next to others than I
do alone, what concept does
this reflect?
Question #21
Define social facilitation.
Question #22
If I change what I am wearing
for fear that I might be judged
by the other teachers, I am
demonstrating the power of
this concept.
Question #23
What are social norms?
Question #24
Provide three examples of a
social norm.
Question #25
If I decide to join the mobs of
people flipping over cars and
setting them on fire after the
Eagles win the Superbowl, I am
demonstrating this concept.
Question #26
Explain why deindividuation
occurs.
Question #27
If my boss tells me to change
my lesson plan, and I do it
because she has the power to
fire me, I am demonstrating this
concept.
Question #28
 My friends and I are making plans to go
out on Friday night. Two people want to
go to the movies, one person wants to
go to a concert, and another wants to
go to a restaurant. To prevent conflict,
everyone in the group agrees to just
attend the movie. What concept is being
demonstrated?
Question #29
If I am working on a group
presentation and slack off
because I decide that the other
members will be responsible for
my work, I am demonstrating
this concept.
Question #30
Explain how low-balling works
when persuading someone to
do something.
Question #31
How is the “Central Route to
Persuasion” different from the
“Peripheral Route to
Persuasion”?
Question #32
Explain the difference between
“Door-in-the-Face” and “Footin-the-Door” persuasion.
Question #33
Provide an example of “Door-inthe-Face” and “Foot-in-theDoor” persuasion tactics.
Question #34
Why is social exchange theory a
powerful method of
persuasion? Provide an
example.
Question #35
Provide an example of the “Fear
and then Relief” technique.
Question #36
How does the sequence/order
of events used in the “That’sNot-All” technique encourage
people to purchase a product?
Question #37
What is the “Pique” technique.
Provide an example.
Question #38
Explain how conformity may
have played a role in the
Stanford Prison Experiment.
Question #39
Name and explain one concept
from social psychology that may
contribute to the occurrence of
a genocide.
Question #40
Explain how attitudes and
behaviors influence each other
in relation to social psychology.