Psychology: Carl Iver Hovland

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What theory did Leon Festinger develop that suggests people seek to minimize discomfort caused by inconsistent beliefs and behaviors?

Behaviorist Theory

Cognitive Dissonance Theory (correct)

Stimulus-Response Theory

Social Comparison Theory

Which principle did Leon Festinger famously practice when personally infiltrating a doomsday cult?

Attribution Theory

Proximity Effect

Cognitive Dissonance Theory (correct)

Balance Theory

Which psychologist renounced the behaviorist view of social psychology by demonstrating the inadequacy of stimulus-response conditioning accounts of human behavior?

Fritz Heider

Doomsday Cult Infiltrator

Gestalt School Psychologist

Leon Festinger (correct)

Which theory did Fritz Heider publish in 1958 that expanded upon his creations of balance theory and attribution theory?

Interpersonal Relations Theory Signup and view all the answers

What did Leon Festinger advance in social psychology that involved both laboratory experimentation and studying real-life situations?

Social Comparison Theory Signup and view all the answers

What did Carl Iver Hovland first report after studying the effects of the propaganda film 'Why We Fight' on soldiers in the Army?

The sleeper effect Signup and view all the answers

Who did Carl Iver Hovland collaborate with in his later studies on attitude change and persuasion?

Irvin Janis Signup and view all the answers

According to Carl Iver Hovland, what did one's ability to resist persuasion by a certain group depend on?

Degree of belonging to the group Signup and view all the answers

Which theory of attitude change did Carl Iver Hovland develop?

Social judgement theory Signup and view all the answers

What did Carl Iver Hovland conduct path-breaking research on?

Attitude change, propaganda, and persuasion Signup and view all the answers

Who conducted a study challenging antigay stereotypes by comparing psychosocial adjustment between gay and heterosexual men?

Evelyn Hooker Signup and view all the answers

Which work by Fritz Heider was highly influential in the development of attribution theory?

The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations Signup and view all the answers

What did Evelyn Hooker's study on gay men outside hospital or prison settings lead the American Psychiatric Association to do?

Change its diagnostic manual of mental disorders Signup and view all the answers

Which field was significantly influenced by Fritz Heider's work?

Social Psychology Signup and view all the answers

What aspect of psychological adjustment did Evelyn Hooker's study find no detectable difference between homosexual and heterosexual men?

Mental adjustment Signup and view all the answers

Who among the mentioned psychologists developed an eclectic theory based on traits?

Gordon Allport Signup and view all the answers

Which psychologist emphasized the importance of the present context over past history for understanding personality?

Gordon Allport Signup and view all the answers

Who rejected psychoanalytic and behavioral approaches to personality as being either too interpretive or not interpretive enough?

Gordon Allport Signup and view all the answers

Which psychologist had a profound influence despite being cited less often than other well-known figures?

Gordon Allport Signup and view all the answers

Which psychologist was a pioneer in social psychology in the United States and contributed seminal work in impression formation and conformity?

Solomon Asch Signup and view all the answers

What is Henri Tajfel best known for?

Developing the minimal group paradigm Signup and view all the answers

Which theory did Henri Tajfel co-develop with John Turner?

Social Identity Theory Signup and view all the answers

What did Norman Triplett's experiment focus on?

Social facilitation effect Signup and view all the answers

In Henri Tajfel's minimal group paradigm, experimental participants were divided into groups based on what?

Minimally important characteristics Signup and view all the answers

What did Stanley Hall's dissertation, published in Pedagogical Seminary, focus on?

Psychoanalysis of Freud and Adler Signup and view all the answers

Solomon Asch's research focused on which phenomenon?

Obedience to authority Signup and view all the answers

Which psychological effect did Roger William Brown NOT study?

Group polarization Signup and view all the answers

In the context of Gestalt psychology, what does the statement 'the whole is greater than the sum of its parts' imply?

Individual parts have no meaning without the whole Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect of psychology was Roger Brown particularly associated with?

Developmental psychology Signup and view all the answers

What significant role did Roger Brown's 1965 textbook 'Social Psychology' play?

It had a central role in training social psychologists Signup and view all the answers

What did Muzafer Sherif contribute to the field of social psychology?

Establishment of realistic conflict theory Signup and view all the answers

Which topic was NOT studied by Carolyn Wood Sherif?

Cognitive dissonance Signup and view all the answers

What did Muzafer Sherif investigate in the Robber's Cave experiment?

Intergroup hostility Signup and view all the answers

Which phenomenon was NOT studied by Muzafer Sherif?

Gender identity Signup and view all the answers

What area of research is associated with Carolyn Wood Sherif?

Persuasion Signup and view all the answers

Which theory did Muzafer Sherif help develop?

Realistic conflict theory Signup and view all the answers

What research technique is Muzafer Sherif known for introducing?

Robber's Cave experiment Signup and view all the answers

Which psychologist conducted studies on norm formation?

Carolyn Wood Sherif Signup and view all the answers

What phenomenon did Muzafer Sherif study that involved overcoming intergroup hostility through superordinate goals?

Group conflict Signup and view all the answers

Which topic did Carolyn Wood Sherif NOT research?

Overeating Signup and view all the answers

Psychology: Carl Iver Hovland

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What theory did Leon Festinger develop that suggests people seek to minimize discomfort caused by inconsistent beliefs and behaviors?

Which principle did Leon Festinger famously practice when personally infiltrating a doomsday cult?

Which psychologist renounced the behaviorist view of social psychology by demonstrating the inadequacy of stimulus-response conditioning accounts of human behavior?

Which theory did Fritz Heider publish in 1958 that expanded upon his creations of balance theory and attribution theory?

What did Leon Festinger advance in social psychology that involved both laboratory experimentation and studying real-life situations?

What did Carl Iver Hovland first report after studying the effects of the propaganda film 'Why We Fight' on soldiers in the Army?

Who did Carl Iver Hovland collaborate with in his later studies on attitude change and persuasion?

According to Carl Iver Hovland, what did one's ability to resist persuasion by a certain group depend on?

Which theory of attitude change did Carl Iver Hovland develop?

What did Carl Iver Hovland conduct path-breaking research on?

Who conducted a study challenging antigay stereotypes by comparing psychosocial adjustment between gay and heterosexual men?

Which work by Fritz Heider was highly influential in the development of attribution theory?

What did Evelyn Hooker's study on gay men outside hospital or prison settings lead the American Psychiatric Association to do?

Which field was significantly influenced by Fritz Heider's work?

What aspect of psychological adjustment did Evelyn Hooker's study find no detectable difference between homosexual and heterosexual men?

Who among the mentioned psychologists developed an eclectic theory based on traits?

Which psychologist emphasized the importance of the present context over past history for understanding personality?

Who rejected psychoanalytic and behavioral approaches to personality as being either too interpretive or not interpretive enough?

Which psychologist had a profound influence despite being cited less often than other well-known figures?

Which psychologist was a pioneer in social psychology in the United States and contributed seminal work in impression formation and conformity?

What is Henri Tajfel best known for?

Which theory did Henri Tajfel co-develop with John Turner?

What did Norman Triplett's experiment focus on?

In Henri Tajfel's minimal group paradigm, experimental participants were divided into groups based on what?

What did Stanley Hall's dissertation, published in Pedagogical Seminary, focus on?

Solomon Asch's research focused on which phenomenon?

Which psychological effect did Roger William Brown NOT study?

In the context of Gestalt psychology, what does the statement 'the whole is greater than the sum of its parts' imply?

Which aspect of psychology was Roger Brown particularly associated with?

What significant role did Roger Brown's 1965 textbook 'Social Psychology' play?

What did Muzafer Sherif contribute to the field of social psychology?

Which topic was NOT studied by Carolyn Wood Sherif?

What did Muzafer Sherif investigate in the Robber's Cave experiment?

Which phenomenon was NOT studied by Muzafer Sherif?

What area of research is associated with Carolyn Wood Sherif?

Which theory did Muzafer Sherif help develop?

What research technique is Muzafer Sherif known for introducing?

Which psychologist conducted studies on norm formation?

What phenomenon did Muzafer Sherif study that involved overcoming intergroup hostility through superordinate goals?

Which topic did Carolyn Wood Sherif NOT research?

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