18 Questions
Why do students who were the best in their class in high school tend to feel threatened when transitioning into university?
Because they are no longer the best in their class
What is the concept of giving priority to one's own goals over group goals and defining one's identity in terms of personal traits rather than group identifications?
Individualism
What is the term for evaluating one's abilities and opinions by comparing oneself to others?
Social comparison
Why do people's judgments of us influence how we see ourselves?
Because we imagine how they see us
What is the term for one's identity as a unique individual with particular abilities, traits, values, and goals?
Independent self
What happens when people evaluate themselves based on incomplete information, such as Instagram posts?
They become less confident in themselves
What is conformity in the context of social psychology?
The change in behavior to fit in with others
What is the term for publicly acting in agreement with social pressure while privately disagreeing?
Compliance
What is the difference between obedience and compliance?
Obedience is a form of compliance, but they are not the same thing
What is acceptance in the context of conformity?
Both acting and believing in agreement with social pressure
Why do North American and European social psychologists tend to give negative labels to conformity?
Because they value individuality and nonconformity
What is the term for the process of eventually coming to believe in something one originally questioned or disagreed with?
Acceptance
What was the main purpose of Muzafer Sherif's studies?
To understand how social norms form and influence people's behavior
What phenomenon did Sherif use to study people's suggestibility?
The auto kinetic phenomenon
What was the outcome of Sherif's experiment when participants were asked to guess how far the light moved?
Participants' answers converged to a single group norm
What is an example of social imitation, according to the text?
All of the above
What was the role of the confederate in the experiment using the auto kinetic phenomenon?
To give an increased estimate of how far the light moved
What was the outcome of the experiment one year later?
The group norm persisted
Test your knowledge of social psychology concepts, including social comparisons, self-schemes, and how people evaluate their abilities by comparing themselves to others. Learn how social comparisons can affect self-perception and behavior. Assess your understanding of these psychological principles.
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