Review Quiz Unit 14
1.
Describe the three main focuses of social psychology, and explain how the fundamental attribution error impacts our judgments of
others.
2.
Define attitude, and explain how attitudes and actions affect each other.
3.
Describe the chameleon effect & mood linkage.
4.
Discuss Asch’s experiments on conformity, noting the difference between normative and informational social influence.
5.
Describe Milgram’s experiments on obedience, and explain how the conformity and obedience studies can help us understand our
susceptibility to social influence.
6.
Describe the conditions in which the presence of others is likely to result in social facilitation, social loafing or deindividuation.
7.
Discuss how group interaction can facilitate group polarization and groupthink.
8.
Describe how behavior is influenced by cultural norms.
9.
Identify the three components of prejudice, and contrast overt and subtle forms of prejudice.
10. Discuss the social factors that contribute to prejudice, and explain how scapegoating illustrates the emotional component of prejudice.
11. Cite three ways that cognitive processes help create and maintain prejudice.
12. Explain how psychology’s definition of aggression differs from everyday usage, and describe various biological influences on
aggression.
13. Outline psychological and social-cultural triggers of aggression, noting the relationship between violent video games and aggressive
behavior.
14. Describe the influence of proximity, physical attractiveness, and similarity on interpersonal attraction.
15. Describe the effect of physical arousal on passionate love, and identify two predictors of enduring companionate love.
16. Define altruism from the perspective of social exchange theory and social norms.
17. Explain altruism from the perspective of social exchange theory and social norms.
18. Explain how social traps and mirror-image perceptions fuel social conflict, and discuss effective ways of encouraging peaceful
cooperation and reducing social conflict.
Extra Review Questions: Some you may have to google, may not be in your text.
19. Define social psychology, and describe the two areas of social cognition and social influence.
20. Define person perception, describe the components of the interpersonal context in which person perception occurs, and explain the
basic principles that guide person perception.
21. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of using social categories and implicit personality theories in forming perceptions of other
people.
22. Note the effects of physical attractiveness on person perception, including the possible role of brain reward in making eye contact with
physically attractive people.
23. Define attribution and the fundamental attribution error, and discuss how the fundamental attribution error explains people’s tendency
to “blame the victim” of misfortune.
24. Define and provide examples of the attributional biases, including the actor–observer discrepancy, the self-serving bias, and the selfeffacing bias.
25. Identify cultural differences in patterns of attributional biases.
26. List the components of an attitude, and identify the conditions under which attitudes are most likely to determine behavior.
27. Define cognitive dissonance, identify how it occurs, and discuss how it is typically resolved.
28. Define prejudice and stereotypes, discussing the role of social categories, in-groups, and out-groups in stereotype formation.
29. Explain how the out-group homogeneity effect and in-group bias can lead to prejudicial attitudes.
30. Discuss the implications of the “Robbers Cave” study and the jigsaw classroom technique for combating prejudice, and describe the
steps that individuals can take to overcome prejudicial attitudes.
31. Define social influence and conformity, and discuss the findings of Solomon Asch’s research on conformity.
32. Identify the factors that influence conformity, and explain how culture affects conformity.
33. Define obedience and discuss the experimental design and results of Milgram’s obedience experiments.
34. List and explain the factors in Milgram’s original experiments that promoted destructive obedience.
35. List and explain the conditions identified by Milgram in later experiments that tended to decrease the level of destructive obedience.
36. Discuss the ethical objections to Milgram’s use of deception in his obedience experiments, and describe some of the applications of
the social influence research to real-world events.
37. Describe how the controversy surrounding the murder of Kitty Genovese
triggered the study of bystander helping behavior.
38. Distinguish between altruism and prosocial behavior, and list the factors that increase the likelihood of a bystander coming to the aid
of a stranger.
39. Define the bystander effect and diffusion of responsibility, and explain how these and other factors played a role in the death of Kitty
Genovese.
40. Explain how the presence of other people can strongly influence individual behavior, resulting in social loafing, social striving, or
social facilitation.
41. Define deindividuation, describe its potential consequences, and identify the conditions under which it tends to occur.
42. Define persuasion, describe common persuasive tactics, and list suggestions for counteracting persuasion tactics.