Exam 2: Social Cognition and Emotion

In a study of bystander intervention, Darely and Lantane had participants take part in a discussion via an intercom system. The participants were alone in a room and could only communicate with others through the intercom system. The experimenters manipulated the number of people the participants thought were a part of the discussion. During the discussion,,one of the participants (a recording) had an epileptic seizure. Those participants who thought there were three other people as part of the group were:

Changing someone's actions by means of insisting that he or she behave in a particular way is called:

Haney has conducted research on murder trials that use the death qualification procedure, in which potential jury members who are opposed to the death penalty are systematically excluded from jury duty. Compared to subjects who did not witness a film segment showing this procedure, subjects who did observe the procedure were more likely to:

According to Irving Janis, the maladaptive phenomenon of groupthink is more likely to occur when:

The essential component of internalization is:

According to research on bystander intervention, an individual is more likely to be helped when potential helpers:

Which of the following is not characteristic of internalization?

Aronson points out that a baseball player is considered for the hall of fame if he has a .333 lifetime batting average. This means the player fails two out of three times when he tries to get a hit. Applied to social psychology, this metaphor suggests that:

Define "groupthink" and the social-psychological processes that underlie it. Imagine you were a member of a group that might be subject to "groupthink" processes. Based on your understanding of group conformity, what steps might you take to minimize the problem?

In Milgram's study of obedience, which of the following participants was (were) a confederate of the Experimenter?

Research conducted by Darley, Latane, and their colleagues on bystander intervention has revealed that:

Imagine you are walking down the street and passed by a driver who needed money for the parking meter. According to research on compliance, under which of the following conditions would you be most likely to give the driver some spare change?

The type of conformity which is most likely to persist the longest is that which results from:

Studies involving the "costs and benefits" of helping indicate that:

In Asch's conformity experiments, the discomfort felt by subjects who expressed agreement with the incorrect judgments of the majority could result from the conflict between two important goals. It was suggested that the goals in conflict are:

According to Aronson, power is the essential component in:

A group is most likely to influence us when they are __________ in their opinion.

Fear of punishment would be the major motivation in which of the following?

The chapter on conformity reviews several variables that serve to either increase or decrease the degree to which people will exhibit conformity. Briefly discuss FOUR of these factors and how they affect conformity.

According to Festinger, when physical reality __________, people's reliance on social reality __________.