Exam 13: D: Social Psychology

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

What do social psychologists call the tendency to rely on internal characteristics for explanations of the behaviour of others and to ignore the influence of the situation?

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?

The shortcut that helps a person to make typically accurate snap decisions is called

Cultural research on social loafing has found that someone from _________ would be more prone to social loafing in comparison with other cultures.

Which of the following is an example of cognitive dissonance?

After a group of gang members learned that their friend had died in a seemingly random accident,several of the friends started blaming a rival gang for the death.Even though there was no evidence whatsoever that the death had been intentional,the more the friends talked the more passionate they became in their belief that an act of revenge was necessary.What concept from social psychology may contribute to an act of violent revenge in this case?

________ is the act of treating members from out-groups differently from members of one's own group.

Which of the following would result in cognitive dissonance?

Horizontal influence is to ___________________ as vertical influence is to __________________.

At a crowded park Kayla sees an old man clutching his heart and stumbling.If Kayla assumes that someone else will help the old man,she is experiencing the phenomenon known as

Which of the following persons is displaying the fundamental attribution error?

________ are negative beliefs about the characteristics of an out-group about which we are unaware.

____________ refers to a social norm of defending one's reputation in face of perceived insults.

The 1986 Challenger space shuttle explosion was the result of

Based on research on differences in conformity,which of the following individuals would you most expect to conform to a group?

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

You observe a person at the grocery store get angry and yell at the cashier.Which of these attributions illustrates the fundamental attribution error?

When confronted with an ambiguous situation,_____________ is relevant when trying to determine if the situation is really an emergency.

Frederick is choosing between two different pairs of jeans at the mall.After he buys one pair,he is happy with his choice and thinks that he didn't really like the other pair anyways.Frederick has engaged in