Exam 11: Social Psychology

"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman!" If you looked up, would you be conforming?

Which of the following is NOT one of the "Ten Steps toward Evil"?

Social ________ refers to the real, imagined, or symbolic presence of other people.

The Asch effect is known as the classic illustration of

The term __________ refers to thinking about certain other groups or people as less than human, as feared or hated animals.

A social psychologist has been invited to give a community lecture on the importance of Milgram's research. He asks a social psychology class for suggested titles. Which of the following titles might they suggest as the most appropriate?

Laboratory studies of bystander intervention indicate that the likelihood of intervention ________ as the number of bystanders ________.

Situation is to behavioral context as disposition is to

Naïve subjects in the Stanley Milgram experiment were given the opportunity to administer shocks to helpless victims. What was the maximum voltage that could be administered in one shock?

While watching Jeopardy, your roommate says, "Alex Trebek knows all the answers. He must be a genius." You tell your roommate she probably would not have said that if she had attended class the day the instructor discussed the topic of

Asch's initial studies showed that overall conformity to group pressure occurred about ______ of the time.

It is 1951, and you are required to participate in a perception experiment. You join seven others seated in a room. You are shown a 10-inch test line and must choose the line that matches it in length from a choice of three lines. The experimenter, Solomon Asch, is studying

People are most likely to help out soon in an emergency situation if

As a result of diffusion of responsibility, people in a bystander situation tend to

Which social psychology theory best explains the fact that the majority of the riots that took place following the trial of the police officers accused of beating Rodney King did not take place in White neighborhoods, but rather in the neighborhoods of Asian Americans and Asians who had recently immigrated to the United States?

A social group of people viewed as competitors, enemies, or different and unworthy of respect is a(n)

Herbie and Irene have been married for almost 55 years. Through it all they have remained committed to each other and have been as close as two people can be. Over the years the passion has waned but they still stayed together. Sternberg would call this type of love

When there is a large group of bystanders, individuals are likely to experience

The high school football team viewed the opposing team as not only competitors but as the

Our social reality is a(n) ________ interpretation of other people and our relationships.