Attribution and attitudes
If a teacher blames the student's laziness for not completing their homework, this is an example of ___ attribution.
Internal
Anchoring, Attentional, Confirmation, Hindsight, Misinformation, Optimism, Dunning-Kruger
Zimbardo's infamous prison experiment occurred at which US university?
Stanford
When the authority was shown to be more legitimate, did the rate of obedience increase or decrease?
Increased
The tendency to adjust one's thoughts, feelings and/or behaviours with those of other people is called...
Conformity.
What are the three components of the tri-component model of attitudes?
Affect, Behaviour, Cognition.
When we make judgements based on how we are feeling at the time, this is the ____ heuristic.
Affect
How did Zimbardo create a power divide between the two groups of participants?
One group was allocated to be prison guards, the other group was allocated as prisoners.
How was the ethical guideline of withdrawal rights breached in Milgram's study?
Participants who attempted to leave the study were initially pressured into continuing.
How did Asch's experiments use deception?
Participants were told it was an experiment on visual judgement.
A personal characteristic that is distinctive and attracts attention (such as a face tattoo) is known as...
Salience
Seeking out and remembering only the information which supports your existing beliefs is called...
Confirmation bias
Power through the ability to give punishments is known as...
Coercive power.
What were the participants in Milgram's study deceived to believe the experiment was about?
Memory and learning
Explain unanimity.
Unanimity refers to a complete agreement between all members of a group.
An unpleasant psychological state that occurs when there is inconsistency between one's cognition and one's behaviour is called...
Cognitive dissonance
Describe the availability heuristic.
Making a judgement based on how easily information comes to mind.
Explain the relationship between status and power.
Generally, someone with more status will also have more power over the group.
Explain social proximity and its impact of obedience.
Social proximity refers to the closeness between two people. The closer the proximity the higher the rate of obedience.
How does group size influence conformity?
Conformity increases with group size, up to a size of four.
Describe the actor observer bias in attribution.
The tendency to attribute our own behaviour to external factors but others behaviour to internal factors.
Maisie loves chocolate ice cream and is shocked to find that her friend prefers banana. This is an example of which bias?
False-consensus bias
Explain referent power.
Power through being respected - such as an athlete or social influencer.
What percentage of participants obeyed and continued shocking to the highest level?
65%
What is social loafing?