Exam 8: Behaviour in Social and Cultural Context

Before Stanley Milgram conducted the obedience study, he surveyed several psychiatrists, students, and middle-class adults as to how many people they predicted would go all the way to the highest voltage under the instructions of the authority. Milgram's survey found that:

When a group believes that they are totally correct in all of their decisions, it is a sign that _____________ may be occurring.

Who conducted the "obedience study" in which an authority figure commanded participants to violate their ethical standards?

The tendency for people to take personal credit for their good actions, but blame the situation for their mistakes, is known as the:

Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister, used a technique called "The Big Lie." He knew that people begin to believe that a statement is true simply because it has been repeated a number of times. The formal name for this technique is:

Describe the experimental design of the conformity studies conducted by Solomon Asch.

At Nicholas' high school, a rumor was spread that the principal was having an affair with one of the teachers. Although Nicholas didn't believe the rumor at first, the more he heard the rumor repeated, the more he accepted it as a fact. This is an example of:

The part of people's self-concept that is based on their identification with racial or ethnic groups is called their:

Annike is late for work (again) and her boss calls her into her office to talk about the problem. What is Annike MOST likely to say is the reason she is late?

Janet, an administrative assistant at a London firm, is trying to find reasons for her boss's hostile behaviour. She is likely to:

The Stanford prison study demonstrates how a person's ________ affect(s) behaviour.

A belief about people, groups, ideas, or activities is called a(n):

In the textbook's first chapter, we read about the critical thinking principles "Don't Oversimplify" and "Consider Other Interpretations." How do these guidelines relate to social psychology with regard to attribution, especially when encounters occur with those from other cultures?

________ occurs when a person chooses attributions for his or her own behaviour that are favourable.

Which of the following is a situation that increases the likelihood someone will act altruistically?

An economic cause of prejudice is that it:

What is meant by the term ethnocentrism? Give one example to illustrate this term.

Before conducting his study of obedience, Stanley Milgram asked a number of psychiatrists, students, and other adults to predict how many people they thought would deliver shocks at the highest levels. What predictions did they make?

As part of the indoctrination process used by terrorist groups and cults, as soon as a person is a committed believer, the leader is most likely to:

A social cause of prejudice comes from pressure to: