Exam 13: Social Psychology

The emphasis on group unanimity at the expense of critical thinking is called ________.

Neil has had difficulty getting along with Indigenous individuals for his entire life. He always seems to have conflict with Indigenous co-workers and does not have a good relationship with one of his neighbours of Indigenous descent. He does not believe that he has any specific problem with this group of people, but it is possible that he holds some level of ________ prejudice.

In a televised "social experiment" by the local television network, 12 people-six white and six African American-were asked to live together for one week. They varied in their level of prejudice; however, those with low levels of prejudice became less prejudiced, while those with high levels became more prejudiced. A psychologist from the university coined this behaviour

Sherif's "Robbers Cave" experiment demonstrated that prejudice can be reduced by

When Sam went looking for a new car, he met a beautiful saleswoman who described the beauty of the car and its flashiness, and how good Sam would look driving it. She did not mention the poor fuel consumption, the exorbitant price, and the poor road performance. Sam made a snap decision to buy the car from the persuasive saleswoman. Sam was using which alternative pathway in making a decision?

Nabila was at a busy grocery store when she and many others saw a gentleman on the ground. She stopped to stare and thought to herself that surely someone had already called for help for this man. She decided that because so many people were present to see the gentleman, help was already on the way. Nabila's decision not to call for help can be best explained by ________.

In extreme forms, groupthink can lead to ________.

Zimbardo maintained that the Abu Ghraib fiasco was a product of ________.

Demonstrating the phenomenon of ________, Zajonc found that cockroaches will run faster when ________.

When Jacob's girlfriend and her friends stopped by his house during a basketball game with his friends, Jacob's performance increased slightly due to what Zajonc calls ________.

Can the Milgram obedience study and the Zimbardo prison study be considered ethical? Could they be conducted today?

The ________ is an approach to convincing someone to change his or her mind about something by first introducing reasons why the perspective might be correct.

________ can occur when individuals who are part of a group focus on preserving group solidarity at the expense of considering all possible alternatives or even failing to use rational thought in the process.