Exam 12: Social Psychology

The process through which we are affected by the real or implied presence of others around us is called social ________.

Luther operates a small nightclub that specializes in soul music and features up-and-coming African American singing groups. He actively discourages white couples from coming in and always gives them the worst seats if they insist on being admitted. Luther's behavior is BEST described as an example of ________.

On the 72^nd hole of the U.S. Open golf tournament, Phil Mickelson misses a one-foot putt that would have won the championship. During an interview afterward, he stated, "I've made that putt a thousand times on the practice green. I can't believe that I missed it!" Based on your knowledge of social psychology, which phenomenon may have contributed to the errant putt?

One conclusion of much of the research on media and violence is that ________.

When Milgram tested the assumption that the subjects blindly obeyed instructions because they were in a "safe" university setting, he found that:

The purpose of Milgram's study on obedience was to find out how many people would obey an authority figure when directly ordered to violate their own ethical standards.

You observe someone from your psychology class at the grocery store get angry and yell at the cashier. Which of these attributions illustrates the fundamental attribution error?

The Robber's Cave experiment showed that playing athletic games, such as football and baseball, reduces us-them hostility.

Imagine 100 individuals are asked to take part in a replication of Milgram's famous study on obedience. How are these 100 people likely to respond?

The Milgram obedience study has been criticized on the basis of:

Some have suggested that the results of Milgram's obedience study may have been due to the ________ effect.

You receive a call at home from a telemarketer who wants you to listen to a pitch for aluminum siding. If you agree to listen, you are more likely to buy siding-a phenomenon known as the foot-in-the-door technique.

A common strategy for gaining compliance used by car salespeople is the door-in-the-face technique.

Over-simplified generalizations about the characteristics of a group are called:

Research has found support for Asch's findings in countries including Hong Kong, Japan, and Zimbabwe. In fact, in these locations the conformity effect was even higher than Asch reported. What might explain this increase in conformity?

A college instructor's schedule has her teaching an honors section of psychology. Halfway through the semester, she is told that her class was NOT an honors section after all. She responds, "This is the best class I have ever taught and the grades prove it." What concept might a social psychologist use to explain the high grades this class obtained and the teacher's high opinion of the class?

Changing one's behavior in response to real or perceived social pressures is referred to as ________ by social psychologists.

According to the scapegoat theory, prejudice and discrimination are a result of ________.

Asch found that the likelihood of conformity increased with group size until ________ confederates were present.

How might someone who unknowingly is committing the fundamental attribution error explain Stanley Milgram's obedience study?