30 Questions
What percentage of participants in the Milgram study administered all shocks?
65%
In follow-up studies of the Milgram experiment, what percentage of participants obeyed when the researcher gave orders by phone?
23%
What factor led to 40% obedience in the Milgram study when the learner and teacher were in the same room?
Learner and teacher proximity
What was Milgram interested in regarding the conduct of Germans in Nazi death camps?
The role of conformity in obedience
What percentage of women participants showed obedience in the Milgram study?
50%
How did Milgram suggest ordinary Americans could become agents of terrible destructive processes?
By simply doing their jobs under certain circumstances
Why do individuals in individualistic cultures tend to focus on autonomy?
To achieve success independently
In social cognition, why is the Actor-Observer effect significant?
It demonstrates the differences in situational and dispositional attributions
According to Nisbett et al. (1973), what is a key aspect of the Actor-Observer effect?
Tendency to underestimate dispositional influences
What leads individuals to make situational attributions for their own behavior according to the text?
Awareness of contributing factors
How does the Actor-Observer bias influence our understanding of behavior?
By attributing others' behavior to dispositions and our own to situations
What is a common reason for underestimating the power of a situation as per the text?
Lack of necessary information
What does the affective component of the ABC model of attitudes refer to?
How we feel toward something
Which component of the ABC model of attitudes involves beliefs about something?
Cognitive component
According to the ABC model of attitudes, what does the behavioural component focus on?
How we behave toward something
In the context of attitudes, what can shape attitudes according to the text?
Our own thinking
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way attitudes can develop early on?
Vicarious learning
How does the time spent thinking about something relate to attitudes according to the text?
Time strengthens attitudes
What is one of the factors that can increase how well attitudes predict behavior?
Attitude specificity
What factor can make attitudes predict behavior more accurately?
Attitude strength
In the context of attitudes and behavior prediction, what does the term 'attitude strength' refer to?
The intensity of attitudes
What procedure is mentioned in the text that leads people to believe that their truthfulness can be determined?
Bogus Pipeline Procedure
Why may people misrepresent their attitudes according to the text?
Due to Social Desirability Factor
What is suggested as a reason for the inability to predict behavior from stated attitudes?
Social Desirability Factor
What term describes the intensification of initial attitudes following discussions within a like-minded group?
Group polarization
Which of the following is a condition that sets the stage for groupthink?
Insulation from outside influence
What is the key factor that drives group polarization over time and isolation?
Group cohesiveness
Which event is famously cited as an example of groupthink in action?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
What effect does groupthink have on a group's decision-making process?
Leads to faulty decision-making
How does group polarization explain the strengthening of prejudices and political views?
By intensifying existing opinions within like-minded groups
Explore concepts such as fundamental attribution error, individualistic and collectivist cultures, dispositional and situational perspectives, and the actor-observer effect in social psychology. Understand why people tend to underestimate the influence of situations on behavior.
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