AP Psych - Social

Group polarization refers to

• lack of critical thinking that comes from a desire 4 harmony
• when people exert more effort when working in a group.
• enhancement of a group's attitudes through group discussion.
• the failure to give aid in an emergency situation

The tendency for people to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward a common goal is

• social loafing.
• group polarization.
• deindividuation.
• the bystander effect.

Bonnie pedals an exercise bike much faster when other patrons happen to be working out nearby.

• This is social facilitation
• This is the foot-in-the-door phenomenon
• This is the mere exposure effect
• This is the bystander effect

When a group of people who were prejudiced discussed race, their views became more prejudiced

• This is the foot-in-the-door phenomenon
• This is group polarization
• This is the mere exposure effect
• This is the bystander effect

Conformity increased under which of the following conditions in Asch's studies of conformity?

• The group had three or more people.
• Individuals were made to feel insecure.
• The group was unanimous.
• All of These

Altruism is best described as

• experiencing more attraction to people through more exposure
• exerting greater effort when working with others.
• acting as if the suffering of others doesn't bother us.
• behaving unselfishly to enhance the welfare of others.

The discomfort we feel when two thoughts are inconsistent is called:

• cognitive dissonance
• foot in the door phenomenon
• group polarization
• deindividuation

Tested how peer pressure to conform would influence the judgment and individuality of a test subject.

• Solomon Asch: 
• Leon Festinger
• Stanley Milgram
• Philip Zimbardo

best known for cognitive dissonance and social comparison theory

• Solomon Asch: 
• Leon Festinger
• Stanley Milgram
• Philip Zimbardo

The persuader attempts to convince the respondent to comply by making a large request that the respondent will most likely turn down, then ask for something small

• risky shift
• door in the face
• Scapegoating
• Ethnocentrism