The Power of Opposing Cognitions

According to the study by Darley and Latane, in which experimental condition were students talking to the most number of other students?

Group 2
Group 3 (correct)
Group 1
There is no mention of the number of students in each group.

In the study, how many experimental conditions were there?

Two
Three (correct)
Four
One

What was the purpose of the study by Darley and Latane?

To examine bystander intervention in emergencies (correct)
To study social influence and obedience
To investigate how students adjust to life at university
To explore the diffusion of responsibility

According to the study, how many students could potentially help the person in need?

Four (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a factor studied by Latane and Darley in their model of helping?

Obedience (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT one of the components of an attitude according to social psychology?

Environmental (D) Signup and view all the answers

According to the La Pierre study of Chinese immigrants, which of the following was likely low?

Categorizing people as Safe or Threat (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a factor that makes attitudes likely to predict behavior according to social psychology?

Implicit attitudes (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is social psychology primarily concerned with?

Influence of social processes on cognition (A) Signup and view all the answers

According to social psychology, what is an attitude?

A stable evaluation of an event or object/person or a location/place (B) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what was the purpose of the experiment conducted by Zimbardo?

To study the effect of social roles on behavior (A) Signup and view all the answers

What happened to the students who participated in the experiment?

They were given specific training as guards (A) Signup and view all the answers

On which day of the experiment did the prisoners start a rebellion?

Day 2 (B) Signup and view all the answers

What did Zimbardo's girlfriend, Christina Maslach, say about the experiment?

She thought it was a terrible thing (C) Signup and view all the answers

What did Zimbardo's experiment demonstrate about the participants' behavior?

Their behavior was caused by the situation (C) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, which of the following is NOT a component of stereotype, prejudice, and discrimination?

Physical (C) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is the term used to describe the tendency to overestimate the differences between groups and underestimate the differences within groups?

Outgroup homogeneity effect (A) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is the term used to describe the tendency to reduce individual effort when pooling effort with others for a common goal?

Social loafing (C) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is the term used to describe the phenomenon where the presence of others tends to increase our performance during easy or well-learned tasks, but decrease our performance during novel or difficult tasks?

Social facilitation (D) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what theory proposes that intergroup conflict and negative prejudices and stereotypes emerge out of actual competition between groups for desired resources?

Realistic Conflict Theory (C) Signup and view all the answers

According to Asch's study, participants who received List A rated the person as

Intelligent, Skillful, Industrious, Warm, Determined, Practical, Cautious (C) Signup and view all the answers

According to Asch's study, participants who received List B rated the person as

Intelligent, Skillful, Industrious, Cold, Determined, Practical, Cautious (A) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, social attraction follows 4 basic rules. Which one of the following is NOT one of those rules?

Physical Attraction: Best Looking Couple Award (A) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is the distinction made between passionate love and companionate love?

Passionate love is characterized by emotional, intense physiological arousal, while companionate love is based on deep affection and emotional intimacy (B) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, how do social categories help us in perceiving others?

They allow us to minimize the work required to make attributes about people we meet (B) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is the main focus of Festinger & Carlsmith's study?

The relationship between attitudes and behavior (A) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is the theory of cognitive dissonance?

Inconsistency between two cognitions produces dissonance (B) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what was the main focus of Stanley Milgram's experiments?

The impact of obedience to authority (C) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what factor influenced obedience in Milgram's experiments?

Proximity of the authority figure (A) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what did the study with nurses and the drug "Astroten" demonstrate?

The influence of social roles on behavior (C) Signup and view all the answers