Social
Psychology
Psychology
What term describes the tendency to conform to the majority opinion, even if it goes against one's own beliefs?
A) Groupthink
B) Conformity
C) Obedience
D) Social Facilitation
B) Conformity
What is the term for the mental process of organizing and interpreting sensory information?
A) Conditioning
B) Cognition
C) Perception
D) Conformity
C) Perception
What disorder is characterized by excessive worry and anxiety about various aspects of life?
A) Bipolar Disorder (BPD)
B) Schizophrenia
C) Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
D) Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD)
C) Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
What neurotransmitter is commonly associated with pleasure and reward?
A) Serotonin
B) Dopamine
C) GABA
D) Acetylcholine
B) Dopamine
Which theory suggests that individuals are motivated to seek social connections and form attachments with others?
A) Social Identity Theory
B) Social Exchange Theory
C) Attachment Theory
D) Social Learning Theory
C) Attachment Theory
What term describes the phenomenon where individuals tend to attribute their successes to internal factors and their failures to external factors?
A) Self-serving Bias
B) Fundamental Attribution Error
C) Confirmation Bias
D) Anchoring Bias
A) Self-serving Bias
What disorder involves persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and a loss of interest in activities?
A) Social Anxiety Disorder
B) Bipolar Disorder (BPD)
C) Schizophrenia
D) Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
D) Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
What is the term for the intricate network of interconnected neurons in the brain?
A) Synapse
B) Axon
C) Dendrite
D) Neural Network
D) Neural Network
Which theory suggests that individuals are more likely to help others who are perceived as similar to themselves?
A) Social exchange theory
B) Social identity theory
C) Reciprocity norm
D) Similarity-attraction theory
D) Similarity-attraction theory
What term refers to the tendency to remember the first and last items in a list more easily than those in the middle?
A) Recency Effect
B) Primacy Effect
C) Serial Position Effect
D) Availability Heuristic
C) Serial Position Effect
What is the term for a psychological disorder characterized by recurring intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental acts (compulsions)?
A) Panic Disorder
B) Social Anxiety Disorder
C) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
D) Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
C) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Which part of the brain is responsible for regulating basic functions such as breathing and heart rate?
A) Cerebellum
B) Amygdala
C) Hippocampus
D) Brainstem
D) Brainstem
What concept describes the tendency for individuals to perform better on simple tasks and worse on complex tasks when in the presence of others?
A) Social Facilitation
B) Group Polarization
C) Deindividuation
D) Social Loafing
A) Social Facilitation
What is the term for the mental shortcuts or "rules of thumb" that simplify decision-making?
A) Algorithms
B) Heuristics
C) Schemas
D) Biases
B) Heuristics
Which disorder involves intense fear and avoidance of situations where one might experience a panic attack or feel trapped, embarrassed, or unable to escape?
A) Agoraphobia
B) Specific Phobia
C) Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
D) Social Anxiety Disorder
A) Agoraphobia
What is the outer layer of the brain called, responsible for higher-level thinking and decision-making?
A) Cortex
B) Thalamus
C) Hypothalamus
D) Cerebellum
A) Cortex
In social psychology, what term describes the process of forming judgments or opinions about others based on minimal information?
Stereotyping
What is the term for the phenomenon where individuals experience a disruption in the integration of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment, often as a result of trauma or stress?
Dissacociation
A brain-related condition that disrupts how you perceive your own body and the world around you. This disorder causes an alteration of visual perception in the way that the sizes of body parts or the sizes of external objects are perceived incorrectly.
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What condition is characterized by the gradual deterioration of memory, thinking, and reasoning skills due to damage or loss of neurons in the brain?
Alzheimer's Disease