Quiz 7 notes

Question 1

Ethnocentrism

Answer 1

A person’s tendency assert that their ethnicity is superior to other ethnic groups

Question 2

What is groupthink?

Answer 2

When a group places more value on maintaining group harmony than doing what is right

Question 3

Telling an older individual, “Okay Boomer” after they told you that they grew up in a time where they had to walk to school is an example of:

Answer 3

Microaggressions

Question 4

What is a good example of implicit racism?

Answer 4

Hiring decisions favoring applicants with “white-sounding” names

Question 5

What is Deindividuation and give an example?

Answer 5

When people act more extreme because they are in groups. and example is when the Eagles won the Super Bowl, fans rushed to the streets, destroyed traffic lights, and set fire to cars. One reason why people act more extreme when in groups is because of:

Question 6

Despite the ethical concerns, Milgram’s study was important because:

Answer 6

It was the first to show in a laboratory setting just how common obedience to an authority figure was

Question 7

In the video we watched on Asch’s conformity study, one participant mentioned that he conformed to the group’s wrong answer because he wanted to be liked and he didn’t want to ‘make any waves’ amongst the group. This reflects:

Answer 7

Normative social influence.

Question 8

What is related to Altruism?

Answer 8

Having more empathy
Being high in agreeableness
Seeing other people engage in prosocial behaviors

Question 9

Which route of persuasion relies on logical arguments and evidence?

Answer 9

Central route

Question 10

A person is a huge animal lover, but they eat meat. This inconsistency between their attitudes and behavior results in psychological discomfort known as…

Answer 10

Cognitive dissonance

Question 11

When explaining why your classmate failed their exam, you tell your friend, “They failed because they’re lazy and didn’t study enough.” Later in the semester, you fail an exam and you explain to your friend that you failed the exam because your roommate kept you up all night and you couldn’t focus or get good sleep. Your tendency to explain your classmate’s behavior in terms of their internal traits, and to explain your own behavior in terms of some external factor reflects…

Answer 11

Fundamental attribution error

Question 12

We see feelings of envy and inadequacy with __________ and more positive feelings about yourself and your life with ___________.

Answer 12

Upward social comparison; Downward social comparison

Question 13

You notice a person has several visible tattoos and you automatically assume that person is a delinquent and probably has a criminal past. This quick judgment about this individual on the basis of their appearance reflects…

Answer 13

Representativeness heuristic

Question 14

A teacher expects a student to fail and therefore spends less time helping them and punishes them more harshly than the other students. The student struggles in the class and later fails. This is an example of:

Answer 14

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 15

In social psychology, researchers tend to look at real world events and study them. Which real world event led to the discovery of the bystander effect?

Answer 15

The murder of Kitty Genovese