Exam 12: Social Psychology

During the finals of the National Basketball Association (NBA)LeBron James misses a foul shot to give his team the lead with 10 seconds left in the game.Even though LeBron usually makes those shots during practice,he missed it at a crucial time.Why do you think this might have happened?

What is a stereotype?

Close,friendly groups usually work well together,but they may face a problem involving an extreme form of conformity called ______________.

Which of the following terms is associated with social cognition?

Which of the following is NOT an example of "groupthink"?

Expertise,attractiveness,and trustworthiness all relate to which factor of persuasion?

What do we call judgments about people,situations,objects,or thoughts?

The obedience study conducted by Stanley Milgram has become world famous.More than 1,000 people at several American universities went through replications of the study.In addition,researchers in other countries,such as Spain and the Netherlands,have used Milgram's procedures.Explain in detail the procedures that Milgram used in his study and then discuss his results.What conclusions did Milgram reach? How have critics reacted to his research?

At the supermarket,a demonstrator gives away free samples of a new pizza.He also gives each taster a coupon worth $1 off his or her grocery bill.This manufacturer is depending on the social process of ________ to increase sales.

Some may argue that the findings of the Solomon Asch experiment are not terribly valuable because conformity is being assessed on a relatively innocuous task (i.e. ,choosing line sizes).What kind of situation might you use to test conformity that would be immune to this criticism? Can you think of a way to test conformity in the real world in a way that would be both useful and ethical?

What is the difference between sociology and social psychology?

In Solomon Asch's study on conformity,the number of confederates was found to have a significant impact on the participants' likelihood of giving an incorrect answer.How many confederates did Asch find maximized the likelihood of conformity occurring?

Research suggests that we are more easily influenced by an unattractive speaker than by an attractive speaker,because we assume that attractive people got their status for reasons other than being intelligent.

Using Sternberg's triangular theory of love,describe two relationships in your life (e.g. ,your parents or your current love relationship)and discuss how these relationships fit into one or more of Sternberg's forms of love.

Hannah asks Jin to babysit her daughter for five hours each on both Saturday and then Sunday.Once Jin declines,Hannah asks Jin to babysit for four hours on Saturday only and Jin agrees to do it.This example demonstrates the ________ technique.

Attitudes are __________________.

Prejudice is to discrimination as ________.

People who exert less effort on a task when working in a group than they do when working individually are engaging in ___________.

Central route is to peripheral route as ________.

What historical event prompted Jane Elliott to begin the blue eye-brown eye project with her students?