Deck 13: A: Social Psychology

Question 1

Quick impressions of people we meet tend to change after we have been around them for a longer period of time.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Social norms are specific sets of behaviours that are associated with a position within a group.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

In variations of Stanley Milgram's study on obedience,"teachers"were more likely to disobey and refuse to continue when they were in the presence of others who refused.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Pluralistic ignorance describes the reduced personal responsibility that a person feels when more people are present in a situation.

Question 5

The identifiable victim effect describes how people are more likely to help those in their ingroup rather than their outgroup.

Question 6

If an individual had a seizure in a public place,he would be more likely to get help if there were five people around,rather than only one person.

Question 7

Assuming that the driver who cut you off is a jerk,rather than rushing to the hospital to see his father,is an example of a fundamental attribution error.

Question 8

Conformity is sometimes a conscious decision.

Question 9

Unlike stereotypes based on negative characteristics,stereotypes based on positive characteristics are harmless.

Question 10

A child asks her parents to buy her a pony.While the parents refuse,they do agree to buy her a new bike when she asks a short time later.This is an example of the door-in-the-face technique.