Exam 12: Social Psychology

Behavior directed at helping others with no thought or expectation of personal gain is called ________ behavior.

According to the research of Latané and Darley, which of the following situations would be the most likely in which someone would offer to help?

The part of a person's self-concept that is based on his or her identification with a particular social group in society is called ________.

In Darley and Latané's (1970) five-step model of bystander intervention, help will be offered if the answer is "yes" to ________ of the five steps.

A social group of people with whom a person does not identify is a(n) ________.

Getting a person to make a small commitment in order to get that person to make a larger commitment later is known as:

To conform is to yield to ________.

Analysis of the participants in Milgram's obedience study has indicated that which personality trait was highly related to the willingness to be obedient?

What did Milgram study?

In general, the first information we receive about a person has greater influence than later information. This is called:

Following their classic study, Festinger and Carlsmith (1959) reported that those who got $1 for a boring task said it was more interesting than those who got $20.

What term do psychologists use to describe our liking or having the desire for a relationship with another person?

Which of the following would not be effective in minimizing groupthink?

Research has indicated that when we set the stage for the self-fulfilling prophecy, we are ________ that behavior.

What process describes the use of social influence to cause other people to change their attitudes and behavior?

An individual who exerts less effort when working on a group task if individual contributions will not be evaluated is engaging in what is called ________.

Which communicator would likely be the MOST persuasive?

Prejudice differs from discrimination in that it is:

Car salesmen often encourage a test drive. Perhaps they know about ________.

In the Milgram experiment on obedience, the ________ was a confederate of the experimenter.