CAIE Core Studies of AS Level Psychology 1

This is the study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another.

• Biological Psychology

• Educational Psychology

• Social Psychology

• Clinical Psychology

 

When the presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency situation.

• Social Norms

• Bystander effect

• Obedience

• Conformity

a form of social influence given in response to a direct order or command

• Prejudice

• Obedience

• Social Norms

• Conformity

Which psychologist developed an experiment based on obedience to authority based on people's willingness to shock test subjects?

• Asch

• Zimbardo

• Milgram

• Freud

What did the electric shock experiment show? 

• Most people will obey orders, even when it harms others. 

• Morality is more important to people than being obedient 

• Most people prefer social acceptance than to be correct. 

• Conformity can lead to obedience 

Behavior that benefits others

• Bystander intervention

• Prosocial Behavior

• Self-fulfilling prophecy

• Attraction

Which one of the following assumptions is the main assumption of biological approach？

• Behaviour and emotions can be explained in terms of cognitive processes such as attention, language, thinking and memory

• Behaviour, cognitions and emotions can be influenced by other individuals

• Behaviour, cognitions and emotions can be explained in terms of the working of the brain and the effect of hormones

• Behaviour, cognitions and emotions can be influenced by groups or social contexts.

As a member of the Jewish community, whose family had left Europe for the US to escape the Nazi atrocities, Milgram was interested in ______.

• blind obedience

• destructive obedience

• constructive obedience

• negotiated obedience

The aim of Milgram's (1963) study was to investigate how obedient people would be to orders from person in authority that would result in ______.

• pain and harm for everyone

• pain and harm to another person

• pain and harm to themselves

• no pain or harm to another person

Milgram's (1963) sample consisted of ___ aged between _____.

• 40; 20 - 50

• 50; 30 - 60

• 30; 20 - 60

• 60; 25 - 55