SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Social perception is influenced by:

• Contextual effects

• change blindness

• confirmation bias

• all of the above

Who conducted an experiment in conformity in which people were asked to judge the length of lines?

• Muzafer Sherif
• Philip Zimbardo
• Solomon Asch
• Stanley Milgram

What is the difference between members of an in-group and an out-group?

• Members of the in-group rely on members of the out-group for leadership.
• Members of the in-group set the agenda that members of the out-group must follow.
• Members of the in-group identify with each other, but not with members of the out-group.
• Members of the in-group are constantly seeking to join the members of the out-group.

Which of the following occurs when you agree to the request of another person even though you don’t think the request is right?

• deindividuation
• compliance
• bystander effect
• social loafing

The tendency to overestimate disposition & underestimate the situation when analyzing the behavior of others is known as ___.

• Disposition
• Fundamental Attribution Error
• General Adaptation Syndrome
• Emotional Blends

___ is when one's attitudes don't match his/her feelings.

• Obedience to Authority

• Cognitive Dissonance

• Conformity

• Social Influence

Solomon Asch’s findings on conformity might best be used to explain why

• members of a family all like the taste of bananas
• adolescents follow fads in dress and hairstyle
• people are less likely to accept blame for their failures than accept credit for their successes
• performance is enhanced in the presence of others

In Stanley Milgram's research on obedience, the "teacher" routinely

• resisted the authority figure
• obeyed the authority figure
• conformed to the other participant's answers

The Stanford Prison experiment demonstrated

• the negative consequences of groupthink.
• how far people are willing to go when instructed to do something by an authority figure.
• the power that situations can have in changing how people feel, think, and behave.
• the boost that social facilitation can provide to individual performance.

The tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal dispositions on another's behavior is called

• the bystander effect

• the fundamental attribution error

• deindividuation

• in group bias

• mere exposure effect