Exam 8: Memory

Because of the relationship between crowding and arousal, you are likely to _______ on a difficult exam in a densely packed classroom.

Your psychology professor has assigned group projects to your class. She has chosen to individually grade each student's contribution to the assignment as an attempt to reduce

In the context of social loafing, when the output of collective farms and private plots were compared,

"Mindguards" protect group leaders from

The fact that active participation in discussion produces more attitude change is best explained by

The illusion of unanimity in a group is one aspect of

Groups tend to loaf less when

According to social psychologists, which is NOT a factor in why other people create arousal in us?

Triplett conducted one of social psychology's first laboratory experiments by asking children to wind string on a fishing reel. The results of the study indicated that the children worked _____ on their fishing reel when co-actors were competing with them in contrast to when they worked alone.

What underlying processes help to explain the occurrence of group polarization?

Sam has a tendency to contribute little effort to group assignments, as he thinks others will be sure to pick up the slack in an effort to get a good grade. Social psychologists would call Sam a

Two or more people who, for longer than a few moments, interact with and influence one another and perceive one another as "us" are referred by social psychologists as a

Evaluating one's opinions and abilities by comparing oneself with others is called

In which of the following situation will deindividuation most likely occur?

According to research on deindividuation and self-awareness, what should people who want to lose weight put on their refrigerator?

List and provide examples of each of the three determinants of minority influence.

A false impression of what most other people are thinking or feeling, or how they are responding is what social psychologists call

According to Festinger (1954), it is human nature to want to evaluate our opinions by

The concern for how others are assessing us is called

During which activity did Ringelmann first observe social loafing?