Group Influence
Attitudes and Actions
Social Influence
How we feel about others
Test Questions
100
It is when one performs better in front of an audience than she would alone.
What is social facilitation?
100
It's power to influence behavior was displayed when students at Stanford agreed to be part of a 2 week prison experiment.
What is role-playing?
100
He created an experiment to determine how willing people are to follow an authority figure.
Who is Stanley Milgram?
100
It is generally described as an unjustifiable attitude towards a group of people.
What is prejudice?
100

Ashley recently joined a club at her school. When Ashley attended her first meeting, she noticed the other club members were signing a sheet of paper at the front of the room. Believing the other members must know the club’s procedures, Ashley signed the paper. Which of the following best explains Ashley’s conforming behavior?

What is Informational social influence?

200
It is when a group of like-minded people get together to discuss an issue, this may occur.
What is group polarization?
200
If we are the ones doing the action, we tend to emphasize these.
What are external factors?
200
It is what happens when someone alters their actions or thoughts to fit in with a group of peers.
What is conformity?
200
This theory could be illustrated by a person who says "Boy, these prisoners must have done something pretty terrible to be treated this badly."
What is just-world-phenomenon?
200

A group of fans with painted faces attend a crowded football game where they feel anonymous and begin a chant using offensive words that they do not typically use. Which of the following concepts best explains their behavior? 

What is Deindividuation?

300
It is when people may privately be concerned about an issue, but in order to avoid conflict, they do not express their concern.
What is groupthink?
300
An example is when one asks his parent do borrow the keys to pick something up at the store, then calls and says since he is already out, can he keep the car for a few hours?
What is foot-in-the-door?
300
It is the kind of influence that is displayed when someone decides to turn on their car lights because several other people do it.
What is informational social influence?
300
It was displayed when a blue-eyed boy in Mrs. Elliott's class said that she should keep her yard stick close by in case the brown-eyed kids acted up.
What is in-group bias?
300

Mr. Hughes heard what sounded like cries for help from a swimmer located 30 yards from the ocean shoreline. He continued walking along the beach, however, because he figured that one of the many swimmers in the vicinity would provide help if it was needed. His reaction best illustrates the dynamics involved in:

What is bystander effect?

400
It's when someone decides not to put too much effort into something, because his partners will do it for him.
What is social loafing?
400
He was the person who conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment.
Who is Philip Zimbardo?
400
His study focused on whether or not a person would change their answer to an obvious question if he saw his peers provide the wrong answer.
Who was Solomon Asch?
400
It is when a person forms his or her opinion of a group of people based on one experience with an individual who represents that group.
What is a vivid case?
400

During the Olympics, most people cheer for athletes from their own country. Often, fans believe that athletes from other countries cheat but athletes from their own country would never cheat. This is an example of what psychological concept?

What is in group bias?

500
An example is when normally shy and reserved Sam went to a concert and danced and sang at the top of his lungs.
What is deindividuation?
500
Also known as internal attribution, this is what it is called when someone attributes an action to personal characteristics.
What is dispositional attribution?
500
It is the percentage of people who were willing to deliver a shock at the highest intensity when told to do so by an experimenter.
What is 66%?
500
An example of this theory would be if a man who just lost his job blames the new guy who was hired last month for why he lost his job.
What is scapegoat theory?
500

An online advertisement uses data and logical arguments to convince consumers to try a new skincare product. Which of the following methods best represents this persuasive approach?

What is The central route to persuasion?

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