Question 1

According to Klandermans (1997),which of the following observations can help understand how social protests happen?

Accepted Answer

A)  Constructs from politics and sociology as well as from social psychology 
B)  There is a dilemma between protesting for a social good or against a social ill 
C)  Protest sympathisers do not always translate their attitudes into actions 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Constructs from politics and sociology as well as from social psychology 
B)  There is a dilemma between protesting for a social good or against a social ill 
C)  Protest sympathisers do not always translate their attitudes into actions 
D)  All of the above

Question 2

Collective behaviour involves,at the very least

Accepted Answer

A)  a crowd making a lot of noise 
B)  a riot 
C)  a super-mentality 
D)  a large number of people acting in a uniform manner 
A)  a crowd making a lot of noise 
B)  a riot 
C)  a super-mentality 
D)  a large number of people acting in a uniform manner

Question 3

In contrast to other explanations of prejudice and discrimination,Sherif stressed the role of

Accepted Answer

A)  interpersonal processes 
B)  personality traits 
C)  intergroup relations 
D)  governmental politics 
A)  interpersonal processes 
B)  personality traits 
C)  intergroup relations 
D)  governmental politics

Question 4

Education,contact,superordinate goals and conciliation are strategies to

Accepted Answer

A)  generate intergroup competition 
B)  clarify group boundaries 
C)  facilitate the dissemination of prototypes 
D)  improve intergroup relations 
A)  generate intergroup competition 
B)  clarify group boundaries 
C)  facilitate the dissemination of prototypes 
D)  improve intergroup relations

Question 5

Race riots in Los Angeles in 1992 were consistent with a relative deprivation theory of social unrest because the rioting took place

Accepted Answer

A)  in an area that was not as impoverished as other Black areas 
B)  at the time of the municipal elections 
C)  in a Black ghetto 
D)  in the summer time 
A)  in an area that was not as impoverished as other Black areas 
B)  at the time of the municipal elections 
C)  in a Black ghetto 
D)  in the summer time

Question 6

The accentuation effect includes the

Accepted Answer

A)  pressure on a new group member to fit into a newly adopted category 
B)  overestimation of similarities among people within a category 
C)  attempt by language minorities to retain their accent 
D)  underestimation of dissimilarities between members of different categories 
A)  pressure on a new group member to fit into a newly adopted category 
B)  overestimation of similarities among people within a category 
C)  attempt by language minorities to retain their accent 
D)  underestimation of dissimilarities between members of different categories

Question 7

If Martha thinks that she has less than what she due,or what others in her situation have,she feels

Accepted Answer

A)  jealous 
B)  egoistically relatively deprived 
C)  fraternalistically relatively deprived 
D)  depressed 
A)  jealous 
B)  egoistically relatively deprived 
C)  fraternalistically relatively deprived 
D)  depressed

Question 8

Most cases of social unrest occur against a background of

Accepted Answer

A)  a laissez-faire political environment 
B)  fraternalistic relative deprivation 
C)  egoistic relative deprivation 
D)  a corrupt police force 
A)  a laissez-faire political environment 
B)  fraternalistic relative deprivation 
C)  egoistic relative deprivation 
D)  a corrupt police force

Question 9

In the same year that the US Supreme Court desegregated the education system,Allport (1954)proposed

Accepted Answer

A)  social identity theory 
B)  the contact hypothesis 
C)  deindividuation 
D)  the frustration-aggression hypothesis 
A)  social identity theory 
B)  the contact hypothesis 
C)  deindividuation 
D)  the frustration-aggression hypothesis

Question 10

According to ________ norm theory,a crowd is at first without a norm to guide its behaviour.Then some unusual behaviour,such as being violent,may come about and become a norm for that crowd.

Accepted Answer

A)  personal 
B)  emergent 
C)  productive 
D)  idiosyncratic 
A)  personal 
B)  emergent 
C)  productive 
D)  idiosyncratic

Question 11

Ethnocentrism refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  an egocentric world view 
B)  collective outgroup aggression 
C)  the view that one's group is superior 
D)  all of the above 
A)  an egocentric world view 
B)  collective outgroup aggression 
C)  the view that one's group is superior 
D)  all of the above

Question 12

Emergent norm theory focuses on

Accepted Answer

A)  normative behaviour that is collectively negotiated by individuals' stress 
B)  collective action as norm-governed behaviour within an initially normless crowd 
C)  how leaders emerge in initially normless crowds to create order 
D)  the breakdown of established norms and their replacement by new ones 
A)  normative behaviour that is collectively negotiated by individuals' stress 
B)  collective action as norm-governed behaviour within an initially normless crowd 
C)  how leaders emerge in initially normless crowds to create order 
D)  the breakdown of established norms and their replacement by new ones

Question 13

Charles lives in Oxford but has not received a tertiary education.He decides that learning speech elocution should ease him up from a lower-status group to a higher-status group.Charles believes in

Accepted Answer

A)  speech-ism 
B)  a social change belief system 
C)  a social mobility belief system 
D)  a groupthink mentality 
A)  speech-ism 
B)  a social change belief system 
C)  a social mobility belief system 
D)  a groupthink mentality

Question 14

SIDE is a social identity approach to understanding

Accepted Answer

A)  good things that often happen inside a crowd 
B)  gossip that takes place on the side 
C)  deindividuation phenomena 
D)  Seriously Individual DEviants 
A)  good things that often happen inside a crowd 
B)  gossip that takes place on the side 
C)  deindividuation phenomena 
D)  Seriously Individual DEviants

Question 15

When we categorise others,we see them through the lens of the relevant ingroup or outgroup prototype-we view them as members of a group,not as unique idiosyncratic individuals.This is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  dehumanisation 
B)  the meta-contrast principle 
C)  depersonalisation 
D)  self-enhancement 
A)  dehumanisation 
B)  the meta-contrast principle 
C)  depersonalisation 
D)  self-enhancement

Question 16

The relative homogeneity effect occurs when we treat

Accepted Answer

A)  everyone to a jolly good time 
B)  our relatives in exactly the same way 
C)  our own group as more heterogeneous than outgroups 
D)  someone as a prototypical embodiment of the group 
A)  everyone to a jolly good time 
B)  our relatives in exactly the same way 
C)  our own group as more heterogeneous than outgroups 
D)  someone as a prototypical embodiment of the group

Question 17

Who said that 'we cannot extrapolate from the properties of individuals to the characteristics of group situations'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Zimbardo 
B)  Doise 
C)  Fiedler 
D)  Sherif 
A)  Zimbardo 
B)  Doise 
C)  Fiedler 
D)  Sherif

Question 18

Superordinate goals will not reduce intergroup conflict if

Accepted Answer

A)  a monetary incentive is not provided for successfully achieving the goal 
B)  the groups fail to achieve the goal 
C)  the groups are ethnically diverse 
D)  all of the above 
A)  a monetary incentive is not provided for successfully achieving the goal 
B)  the groups fail to achieve the goal 
C)  the groups are ethnically diverse 
D)  all of the above

Question 19

John is an undergraduate student in psychology.He feels that the teaching rooms for his class in psychology are not up to scratch compared with those used by psychology graduate students-what's more,the undergraduate timetable is worse as well! He is experiencing

Accepted Answer

A)  perceived personal deprivation 
B)  the fundamental attribution error 
C)  fraternalistic relative deprivation 
D)  egoistic relative deprivation 
A)  perceived personal deprivation 
B)  the fundamental attribution error 
C)  fraternalistic relative deprivation 
D)  egoistic relative deprivation

Question 20

What kind of relative deprivation has been found to be associated with social unrest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Egoistic relative deprivation but NOT fraternalistic relative deprivation 
B)  Egoistic relative deprivation AND fraternalistic relative deprivation 
C)  Fraternalistic relative deprivation but NOT egoistic relative deprivation 
D)  Interpersonal relative deprivation 
A)  Egoistic relative deprivation but NOT fraternalistic relative deprivation 
B)  Egoistic relative deprivation AND fraternalistic relative deprivation 
C)  Fraternalistic relative deprivation but NOT egoistic relative deprivation 
D)  Interpersonal relative deprivation

According to Klandermans (1997),which of the following observations can help understand how social protests happen?

Collective behaviour involves,at the very least

In contrast to other explanations of prejudice and discrimination,Sherif stressed the role of

Education,contact,superordinate goals and conciliation are strategies to

Race riots in Los Angeles in 1992 were consistent with a relative deprivation theory of social unrest because the rioting took place

The accentuation effect includes the

If Martha thinks that she has less than what she due,or what others in her situation have,she feels

Most cases of social unrest occur against a background of

In the same year that the US Supreme Court desegregated the education system,Allport (1954)proposed

According to ________ norm theory,a crowd is at first without a norm to guide its behaviour.Then some unusual behaviour,such as being violent,may come about and become a norm for that crowd.

Ethnocentrism refers to

Emergent norm theory focuses on

Charles lives in Oxford but has not received a tertiary education.He decides that learning speech elocution should ease him up from a lower-status group to a higher-status group.Charles believes in

SIDE is a social identity approach to understanding

When we categorise others,we see them through the lens of the relevant ingroup or outgroup prototype-we view them as members of a group,not as unique idiosyncratic individuals.This is referred to as

The relative homogeneity effect occurs when we treat

Who said that 'we cannot extrapolate from the properties of individuals to the characteristics of group situations'?

Superordinate goals will not reduce intergroup conflict if

John is an undergraduate student in psychology.He feels that the teaching rooms for his class in psychology are not up to scratch compared with those used by psychology graduate students-what's more,the undergraduate timetable is worse as well! He is experiencing

What kind of relative deprivation has been found to be associated with social unrest?

Introducing Social Psychology

Social Cognition and Social Thinking

Attribution and Social Explanation

Self and Identity

Attitudes

Persuasion and Attitude Change

Social Influence

People in Groups

Leadership and Decision Making

Prejudice and Discrimination

Aggression

Prosocial Behaviour

Attraction and Close Relationships

Language and Communication

Culture

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Exam 11: Intergroup Behaviour

According to Klandermans (1997),which of the following observations can help understand how social protests happen?

Collective behaviour involves,at the very least

In contrast to other explanations of prejudice and discrimination,Sherif stressed the role of

Education,contact,superordinate goals and conciliation are strategies to

Race riots in Los Angeles in 1992 were consistent with a relative deprivation theory of social unrest because the rioting took place

The accentuation effect includes the

If Martha thinks that she has less than what she due,or what others in her situation have,she feels

Most cases of social unrest occur against a background of

In the same year that the US Supreme Court desegregated the education system,Allport (1954)proposed

According to ________ norm theory,a crowd is at first without a norm to guide its behaviour.Then some unusual behaviour,such as being violent,may come about and become a norm for that crowd.

Ethnocentrism refers to

Emergent norm theory focuses on

Charles lives in Oxford but has not received a tertiary education.He decides that learning speech elocution should ease him up from a lower-status group to a higher-status group.Charles believes in

SIDE is a social identity approach to understanding

When we categorise others,we see them through the lens of the relevant ingroup or outgroup prototype-we view them as members of a group,not as unique idiosyncratic individuals.This is referred to as

The relative homogeneity effect occurs when we treat

Who said that 'we cannot extrapolate from the properties of individuals to the characteristics of group situations'?

Superordinate goals will not reduce intergroup conflict if

John is an undergraduate student in psychology.He feels that the teaching rooms for his class in psychology are not up to scratch compared with those used by psychology graduate students-what's more,the undergraduate timetable is worse as well! He is experiencing

What kind of relative deprivation has been found to be associated with social unrest?

Introducing Social Psychology

Social Cognition and Social Thinking

Attribution and Social Explanation

Self and Identity

Attitudes

Persuasion and Attitude Change

Social Influence

People in Groups

Leadership and Decision Making

Prejudice and Discrimination

Aggression

Prosocial Behaviour

Attraction and Close Relationships

Language and Communication

Culture

Filters