T4 LA2 - Chapter 11 Quiz - SC

Dom enters an elevator and stands in it, facing the back instead of turning around to face the elevator door. Dom is violating (not following)

• his gender role.

• a social role.

• a norm.

• a stereotype.

Which of the following actions by the “learner” reduced the likelihood of being electric shocked by the “teacher” in Milgram’s study?

• protesting (complaining) noisily

• screaming in pain

• complaining of having a heart ailment (problem)

• nothing the learner did substantially (significantly) affected (changed) the likelihood of being shocked

Smith is a police officer who is instructed by a superior (higher status) officer to beat (hit) a suspect in order to obtain a confession. According to research conducted on obedience, Smith is more likely to disobey this order if

• the superior officer is in the room with Smith and the suspect.

• another senior officer agrees that Smith should beat the suspect.

• the suspect asks Smith to stop.

• Smith sees another police officer refuse to continue beating the suspect.

While stuck in a traffic jam, Vanessa notices a frustrated driver frequently honking his horn. Vanessa thinks to herself, “That driver is a real jerk!” This is an example of a _______________ attribution.

• situational

• dispositional

• self-serving

• prejudiced

The Stanford prison study demonstrates how a person’s ________ affect(s) behavior.

• beliefs

• values

• role

• past experience

Luke walks around his busy college campus between classes. He notices smoke coming from the side of the cafeteria, but assumes that someone inside already has called the fire department. What phenomenon does this example illustrate?

• the just-world hypothesis

• diffusion of responsibility

• deindividuation

• groupthink

_______________ is the tendency for people on a team or a mission together to agree with each other and suppress (overpower) dissension (disagreeing) among their ranks.

• Groupthink

• Diffusion of responsibility

• Cognitive dissonance

• Deindividuation

The familiarity effect is the tendency of people to

• be unable to distinguish between actual experiences and what they have been told.

• believe that a statement is true simply because it has been repeated a number of times.

• feel more positive toward a person, item, product, or other stimulus that they have seen often.

• overestimate their abilities to have predicted an event once the outcome is known.

Which of the following is a symptom of groupthink, as described in your textbook?

• a feeling of vulnerability

• weak leadership within the group

• self-censorship

• disagreement

If a person had an epileptic seizure (sudden, uncontrolled attack) in a public place, she would be more likely to be helped if

• one person was in the area.

• four to five people were in the area.

• a dozen people were in the area.

• the place was crowded with many people.