Social Psychology
Chapter 18 Review
In his study of obedience, Stanley Milgram
found that the majority of subjects:
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Research studies have indicated that the tendency
of viewers to misperceive normal sexuality,
devalue their partners, and trivialize rape is:
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Groups are almost never swayed by minority opinions
b)
Group polarization is most likely to occur when group
members frequently disagree with one another
c)
Groupthink provides the consensus needed for effective
decision making
d)
A group that is like-minded will probably not change its
opinions through discussion
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The phenomenon in which individuals lose
their identity and relinquish normal restraints
when they are part of a group is called:
a) Groupthink
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b) Cognitive dissonance
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c) Empathy
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d) Deindividuation
82%
Which of the following was not mentioned in
the text discussion of the roots of
prejudice?
a)
People’s tendency to
overestimate the similarity of
people within groups
b)
People’s tendency to assume that
exceptional, or especially
memorable, individuals are unlike
the majority of members of a
group
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Which of the following is true about
aggression?
a) It varies too much to be instinctive in
humans
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b) It is just one instinct among many
13%
c) It is instinctive but shaped by learning
63%
d) It is the most important human instinct
13%
Conformity increased under which of the following
conditions in Asch’s studies of conformity?
a)
The group had
three or more people
b) The group had high
status
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made to feel
insecure
d) All of the above
increased conformity
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judgements were observed by others but not when
they were made in private. This tendency to
conform in public demonstrates:
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a) Social facilitation
b) Overjustification
c) Informational social
influence
d) Normative social influence
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Based on findings from Milgram’s obedience
studies, participants would be less likely to follow
the experimenter’s orders when:
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their mutual cooperation
Conflicting parties have similar,
and generally negative, views of
one another
Conflicting parties each pursue
their self-interests and become
caught in mutually destructive
behaviour
Two conflicting groups meet
face-to-face in an effort to
resolve their differences
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Increasing the number of people that are
present during an emergency tends to:
a) Increase the likelihood that
people will cooperate in
rendering assistance.
b) Decrease the empathy that
people feel for the victim.
c) Increase the role that social
norms governing helping
will play.
d) Decrease the likelihood
that anyone will help.
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b) Opposites attract.
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d) Familiarity breeds fondness.
63%
The deep affection that is felt in long-lasting
relationships is called ___________ love; this
feeling is fostered in relationships in which
__________.
a) Passionate; there is equity
between the partners
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b) Passionate; traditional
roles are maintained
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increased tendency on the part of a
bystander to offer help in an emergency
situation?
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The belief that those who suffer deserve
their fate is expressed in the:
a) Just-world
phenomenon.
b) Phenomenon of
ingroup bias.
c) Fundamental
attribution error.
d) Mirror-image
perception principle.
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person’s tendency toward altruistic
behaviour is based on:
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a) A determination of
the relatedness of
those who will be
affected.
b) A cost-benefit
analysis of any
action.
c) Social norms.
d) All of the above.
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Jake, who is white, gives higher
evaluations to essays he
believes to be written by black
students than to white-authored
essays.
Carol believes that white
people are arrogant.
Brad earns more than Jane,
despite having the same job
skills, performance level, and
seniority.
In certain countries, women are
not allowed to drive.
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___________ and the members of an
outgroup as _______________.
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a) Similar to one another;
different from one
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below average in ability
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above average in ability
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testosterone on aggressive behaviour,
which of the following is true?
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Consumption of alcohol increases
aggressive behavior; injections of
testosterone reduce aggressive
behaviour.
Consumption of alcohol reduces
aggressive behavior; injections of
testosterone increase aggressive
behaviour.
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injections of testosterone both
promote aggressive behaviour.
Consumption of alcohol and
injections of testosterone both
reduce aggressive behaviour.
Most people prefer mirror-image
photographs of their faces. This is best
explained by:
a) The principle of equality.
b) The principle of selfdisclosure.
c) The mere exposure effect.
d) Mirror-image perceptions.
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Each sees its neighbor’s actions as and act
of aggression and its own actions as self
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There is a negative
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excessive pornography
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individual’s aggressive
tendencies.
Media violence is too
unreal to promote
aggression in viewers.
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When male students in an experiment were told that a
woman to whom they would be speaking had been
instructed to act in a friendly or unfriendly way, most
of them subsequently attributed her behavior to:
a) The situation.
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personal disposition.
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states the effects of crowding on
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succeed in swaying a majority, the
minority must:
Which of the following conditions did
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obedience?
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under the proper
circumstances, to
suppress their natural
aggressiveness.
The need to be accepted
by others is a powerful
motivating force.
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conclusions were reached.
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relative importance of personal control
and social control of our behaviour?
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the other’s strengths prevents
further escalation of the problem.
The two sides engage in a series
of reciprocated conciliatory acts.
The two sides agree to have
their differences settled by a
neutral, third party mediator.
The two sides engage in
cooperation in those areas in
which shared goals are possible.
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promoting conformity in individuals?
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a higher status than other
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as being due to internal dispositions or external
situations?
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fails to take a firm
stance on an issue.
b) A minority faction
holds to its position.
c) The group consults
with various experts.
d) Group polarization is
evident.
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Which of the following is most likely
to promote groupthink?
After waiting in line for an hour to buy concert tickets,
Teresa is told that the concert is sold out. In her
anger she pounds her fist on the ticket counter,
frightening the clerk. Teresa’s behaviour is best
explained by:
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psychology
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c) Social exchange
theory
d) The frustrationaggression principle
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b) Cognitive dissonance
theory
c) Social exchange theory
d) Evolutionary
psychology
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Which of the following would most likely
be subject to social facilitation?