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| 1. |
A change in behavior or belief as a result of real or imagined group pressure is |
| A. | compliance. |
| B. | conformity. |
| C. | acceptance. |
| D. | reactance. |
| Answer» B. conformity. | |
| 2. |
Conformity that involves publicly acting in accord with social pressure while privately disagreeing is |
| A. | compliance. |
| B. | acceptance. |
| C. | obedience. |
| D. | reactance. |
| Answer» A. compliance. | |
| 3. |
Conformity that involves both acting and believing in accord with social pressure is |
| A. | compliance. |
| B. | cohesiveness. |
| C. | obedience. |
| D. | acceptance. |
| Answer» D. acceptance. | |
| 4. |
Sherif's study using autokinetic phenomenon suggest |
| A. | compliance. |
| B. | acceptance. |
| C. | obedience. |
| D. | reactance. |
| Answer» B. acceptance. | |
| 5. |
An accomplice of the experimenter is |
| A. | confederate. |
| B. | partner. |
| C. | colleague. |
| D. | associate. |
| Answer» A. confederate. | |
| 6. |
In Asch's study of conformity involving the length of lines, naïve participants conformed ___ of the time |
| A. | 20 percent |
| B. | 47 percent |
| C. | 37 percent |
| D. | 61 percent |
| Answer» C. 37 percent | |
| 7. |
According to the text, the most famous and controversial experiments of social psychology are |
| A. | Asch's conformity experiments. |
| B. | Milgram's obedience experiments. |
| C. | Smith and Dunn's reactance experiments. |
| D. | Berg's compliance experiments. |
| Answer» B. Milgram's obedience experiments. | |
| 8. |
When Milgram moved his experiment from Yale to Bridgeport, the number of people who complied |
| A. | decreased from 63 percent to 25 percent. |
| B. | decreased from 63 percent to 13 percent. |
| C. | decreased from 63 percent to 48 percent. |
| D. | remained about the same. |
| Answer» C. decreased from 63 percent to 48 percent. | |
| 9. |
The training of tortures by the military junta in Greece illustrates |
| A. | the compliance effect. |
| B. | cohesiveness effect. |
| C. | the foot-in-the-door phenomenon. |
| D. | reactance phenomenon. |
| Answer» C. the foot-in-the-door phenomenon. | |
| 10. |
In a study at Penn State, what percentage of students said they would ignore sexist statements? |
| A. | 5 percent |
| B. | 12 percent |
| C. | 32 percent |
| D. | 51 percent |
| Answer» A. 5 percent | |
| 11. |
According to the text, people will nearly always voice their convictions if |
| A. | if two other people have done so. |
| B. | if one other person has done so. |
| C. | if more than two people have done so. |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» B. if one other person has done so. | |
| 12. |
The extent to which members of a group are bound together is |
| A. | unity. |
| B. | harmony. |
| C. | cohesiveness. |
| D. | agreement. |
| Answer» C. cohesiveness. | |
| 13. |
Conformity based on a person's desire to fulfill others' expectations is |
| A. | nominal influence. |
| B. | informational influence. |
| C. | normative influence. |
| D. | indirect influence. |
| Answer» C. normative influence. | |
| 14. |
Conformity that results from accepting evidence about reality provided by others is |
| A. | informational influence. |
| B. | nominal influence. |
| C. | direct influence. |
| D. | normative influence. |
| Answer» A. informational influence. | |
| 15. |
A motive to protect or restore one's sense of freedom is |
| A. | dissonance. |
| B. | pride. |
| C. | self-worth. |
| D. | reactance. |
| Answer» D. reactance. | |
| 16. |
Milly comes from a Black family, has two brothers, and was born in New York. One parent is a teacher and the other is a postman. If you asked Milly to tell us about herself, she would most likely say she |
| A. | has two brothers. |
| B. | comes from a Black family. |
| C. | born in New York. |
| D. | one parent is a teacher. |
| Answer» B. comes from a Black family. | |
| 17. |
Which country had the highest conformity percentage when Asch's conformity experiment was conducted overseas? |
| A. | Lebanon |
| B. | Hong Kong |
| C. | the Bantu of Zimbabwe |
| D. | Brazil |
| Answer» C. the Bantu of Zimbabwe | |
| 18. |
Increasing the size of a group from 2 to _____is likely to produce the greatest increase in conformity. |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 25 |
| D. | 100 |
| Answer» A. 5 | |
| 19. |
Social psychology is |
| A. | the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. |
| B. | the scientific study of how people act. |
| C. | the scientific study of how people love and hate. |
| D. | the scientific study of how people understand and conflict with one another. |
| Answer» A. the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. | |
| 20. |
Social psychology _______________________ than personality psychology. |
| A. | has more famous theorists |
| B. | focuses on the differences between individuals more |
| C. | has a shorter history |
| D. | focuses on the private internal functioning between individuals more |
| Answer» C. has a shorter history | |
| 21. |
The text states that social psychology |
| A. | is the most important perspective in viewing and understanding ourselves. |
| B. | is one important perspective from which we can view and understand ourselves. |
| C. | is the real explanation that lets us understand and view ourselves. |
| D. | is an inclusive perspective from which we can view and understand ourselves. |
| Answer» B. is one important perspective from which we can view and understand ourselves. | |
| 22. |
The text states that values |
| A. | enter the picture with our choice of research topics. |
| B. | are unimportant in the study of social psychology. |
| C. | do not influence the type of people attracted to various academic disciplines. |
| D. | tell us which ones are right. |
| Answer» A. enter the picture with our choice of research topics. | |
| 23. |
Social representations are |
| A. | the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a group of people. |
| B. | objective situations. |
| C. | object representations of real world actions. |
| D. | our most important and most unexamined convictions. |
| Answer» D. our most important and most unexamined convictions. | |
| 24. |
Naturalist fallacy is |
| A. | the error of defining what is good in terms of what is observable. |
| B. | a flawed scientific description. |
| C. | that all psychology can be defined through nature. |
| D. | the error of defining what is normal is observable. |
| Answer» A. the error of defining what is good in terms of what is observable. | |
| 25. |
Hindsight bias |
| A. | is conducive to an underestimation of our own intellectual powers. |
| B. | shows that common sense is nearly always scientifically wrong. |
| C. | is the tendency to exaggerate after learning an outcome. |
| D. | is the tendency to see the objective situation incorrectly. |
| Answer» C. is the tendency to exaggerate after learning an outcome. | |
| 26. |
A testable proposition that describes a relationship that may exist between events is |
| A. | hypothesis. |
| B. | theory. |
| C. | research topic. |
| D. | direction to research. |
| Answer» A. hypothesis. | |
| 27. |
The study of the naturally occurring relationships among variables is |
| A. | experimental research. |
| B. | correlational research. |
| C. | field research. |
| D. | interpretative research. |
| Answer» B. correlational research. | |
| 28. |
The procedure in which every person in the population being studied has an equal chance of inclusion is |
| A. | survey research. |
| B. | equal sample. |
| C. | controlled sample. |
| D. | random sample. |
| Answer» D. random sample. | |
| 29. |
The experimental factor that a researcher manipulates is a(n) |
| A. | dependent variable. |
| B. | hypothesis. |
| C. | control. |
| D. | independent variable. |
| Answer» D. independent variable. | |
| 30. |
The process of assigning participants to the conditions of an experiment such that all persons have the same chance of being in a(n) |
| A. | ethics of experimentation. |
| B. | random assignment. |
| C. | mundane realism. |
| D. | informed consent. |
| Answer» B. random assignment. | |
| 31. |
Mundane realism is |
| A. | performing the experiment in the real world. |
| B. | when the experiment is boring and repetitive. |
| C. | the degree to which an experiment is similar to everyday conditions. |
| D. | the experimenter's biases in the experiment. |
| Answer» C. the degree to which an experiment is similar to everyday conditions. | |
| 32. |
An experiment would have experimental realism if it |
| A. | absorbs and involves its participants. |
| B. | is carried out in the field. |
| C. | was similar to everyday situations. |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. absorbs and involves its participants. | |
| 33. |
Experimenters standardize their instructions to subjects in order to |
| A. | minimize demand characteristics. |
| B. | insure accuracy in the results. |
| C. | appear neutral to the group. |
| D. | compare different groups. |
| Answer» A. minimize demand characteristics. | |
| 34. |
Which is false according to the text. The American and British Psychological Associations |
| A. | protect people from harm and significant discomfort. |
| B. | tell potential participants enough about the experiment to enable their informed consent. |
| C. | fully explain the experiment before preceding. |
| D. | treat information about the individual participants confidentially. |
| Answer» C. fully explain the experiment before preceding. | |
| 35. |
Informed consent is |
| A. | American Psychological Association guideline. |
| B. | an ethical principle. |
| C. | law in the United States and Britain. |
| D. | a legal term used in experimental research. |
| Answer» B. an ethical principle. | |
| 36. |
An experimenter manipulates what variable? |
| A. | control |
| B. | independent |
| C. | dependent |
| D. | experimental |
| Answer» B. independent | |
| 37. |
The three dimensions of attitude are |
| A. | aptitudes, behavior, and cognition. |
| B. | affect, behavior, and cognition. |
| C. | attraction, behavior, and compliance. |
| D. | aptitudes, behavior, and cognition. |
| Answer» B. affect, behavior, and cognition. | |
| 38. |
The procedure that fools people into disclosing their attitudes is |
| A. | bogus pipeline. |
| B. | denial paradox. |
| C. | low-ball technique. |
| D. | foot-in-the-door phenomenon. |
| Answer» A. bogus pipeline. | |
| 39. |
In response to external circumstances ___________________ people adjust their behavior. |
| A. | intelligent |
| B. | depressed |
| C. | self-conscious |
| D. | unintelligent |
| Answer» C. self-conscious | |
| 40. |
You can measure attitudes by which of the following techniques? |
| A. | bogus pipeline |
| B. | overjustification pipeline |
| C. | self-monitoring pipeline |
| D. | low-ball technique |
| Answer» A. bogus pipeline | |
| 41. |
The text asserts that the tendency for oppressors to disparage their victims is an example of |
| A. | how attitudes shape behavior. |
| B. | how behavior shapes attitudes. |
| C. | bogus pipeline. |
| D. | how role playing comes to shape one's self-identity. |
| Answer» D. how role playing comes to shape one's self-identity. | |
| 42. |
The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request is the |
| A. | low-ball phenomenon. |
| B. | role-playing phenomenon. |
| C. | self-presentation phenomenon. |
| D. | foot-in-the-door phenomenon. |
| Answer» D. foot-in-the-door phenomenon. | |
| 43. |
A variation of the foot-in-the-door phenomenon is the |
| A. | bogus technique. |
| B. | low-ball technique. |
| C. | self-monitoring technique. |
| D. | justification technique. |
| Answer» B. low-ball technique. | |
| 44. |
Salespeople try to prevent customers from canceling their purchases by |
| A. | calling everyday until the agreement is final. |
| B. | having the customer fill out the sales agreement. |
| C. | enlisting them as satisfied customers. |
| D. | giving them names and numbers of other satisfied customers. |
| Answer» B. having the customer fill out the sales agreement. | |
| 45. |
The text asserts that changing behavior can alter attitudes. Which of the following is an example? |
| A. | civil rights legislation |
| B. | capital punishment |
| C. | traffic laws |
| D. | prohibition |
| Answer» A. civil rights legislation | |
| 46. |
The term brainwashing describes what happened to American POWs during which war? |
| A. | World War I |
| B. | World War II |
| C. | Korean War |
| D. | Vietnam War |
| Answer» C. Korean War | |
| 47. |
The theory that states for strategic reasons we express attitudes that make us appear consistent is |
| A. | cognitive theory. |
| B. | consistency theory. |
| C. | self-presentation theory. |
| D. | self-perception theory. |
| Answer» C. self-presentation theory. | |
| 48. |
The reduction of dissonance by internally justifying one's behavior when external rewards are lacking is |
| A. | cognitive dissonance effect. |
| B. | insufficient justification effect. |
| C. | psychological reactance effect. |
| D. | self-monitoring effect. |
| Answer» B. insufficient justification effect. | |
| 49. |
Cognitive dissonance theory was authored by |
| A. | Festinger. |
| B. | Ellis. |
| C. | Carlsmith. |
| D. | James. |
| Answer» A. Festinger. | |
| 50. |
According to self-perception theory, behavior shapes attitudes |
| A. | when attitudes are strong and consistent. |
| B. | only in the area of legislation. |
| C. | in self-monitoring people. |
| D. | when attitudes are weak and ambiguous. |
| Answer» D. when attitudes are weak and ambiguous. | |
| 51. |
The result of bribing people to do what they already enjoy doing is the |
| A. | self-monitoring effect. |
| B. | overjustification effect. |
| C. | self-presentation effect. |
| D. | underjustification effect. |
| Answer» B. overjustification effect. | |
| 52. |
The degree of attraction among group members relates to the dimension of |
| A. | compatibility. |
| B. | structure. |
| C. | cohesiveness. |
| D. | conformity. |
| Answer» C. cohesiveness. | |
| 53. |
According to the text, which of the following are true of self-perception and cognitive dissonance theories? |
| A. | Self-perception theory has more support and evidence. |
| B. | Evidence exists to support both theories. |
| C. | Cognitive dissonance theory has more support and evidence. |
| D. | They are mutually exclusive; therefore one has to be correct. |
| Answer» B. Evidence exists to support both theories. | |
| 54. |
Worldwide, humans spend ________ per day on arms and armies. |
| A. | $1 billion |
| B. | $5 billion |
| C. | $2 billion |
| D. | $500 million |
| Answer» C. $2 billion | |
| 55. |
Physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone is |
| A. | aggression. |
| B. | instrumental aggression. |
| C. | violence. |
| D. | hostility. |
| Answer» A. aggression. | |
| 56. |
Killings done by armies is an example of |
| A. | emotional aggression. |
| B. | instinctive aggression. |
| C. | instrumental aggression. |
| D. | calculated aggression. |
| Answer» C. instrumental aggression. | |
| 57. |
Aggression driven by anger and performed as an end in itself is |
| A. | instrumental aggression. |
| B. | hostile aggression. |
| C. | emotional aggression. |
| D. | belligerent aggression. |
| Answer» B. hostile aggression. | |
| 58. |
Which of the following is an innate behavior? |
| A. | reading a book |
| B. | watching a movie |
| C. | playing in the band |
| D. | fleeing danger |
| Answer» D. fleeing danger | |
| 59. |
According to the text, in what percentage of homicides has the murderer and/or the victim been drinking? |
| A. | 45 |
| B. | 55 |
| C. | 65 |
| D. | 80 |
| Answer» C. 65 | |
| 60. |
The blocking of goal-directed behavior is |
| A. | frustration. |
| B. | displacement. |
| C. | disarticulation. |
| D. | aggravation. |
| Answer» A. frustration. | |
| 61. |
The redirection of aggression to a target other than the source of the frustration is |
| A. | disarticulation. |
| B. | the redirection effect. |
| C. | displacement. |
| D. | the frustration-aggression effect. |
| Answer» C. displacement. | |
| 62. |
The perception that one is less well off than others to whom one compares oneself is |
| A. | the social comparison effect. |
| B. | relative deprivation. |
| C. | the adaptation-level effect. |
| D. | relative displacement. |
| Answer» B. relative deprivation. | |
| 63. |
The theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating is the |
| A. | social learning theory. |
| B. | instrumental learning theory. |
| C. | behavioral learning theory. |
| D. | group learning theory. |
| Answer» A. social learning theory. | |
| 64. |
Which of the following is not conductive to aggression? |
| A. | pain |
| B. | heat |
| C. | cool temperatures |
| D. | crowding |
| Answer» C. cool temperatures | |
| 65. |
In a national survey, what percentage of women reported having been forced by a man to do something sexually? |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 22 |
| C. | 29 |
| D. | 37 |
| Answer» B. 22 | |
| 66. |
When college males were asked if there were any chance they would rape a woman, "if you could be assured that no one would know and that you could in no way be punished," what percentage said there was a slim chance? |
| A. | 11 |
| B. | 23 |
| C. | 33 |
| D. | 45 |
| Answer» C. 33 | |
| 67. |
The real danger of "groupthink" is that it |
| A. | is contagious. |
| B. | occurs in cohesive groups. |
| C. | disrupts coordinated efforts at group problem solving. |
| D. | leads to a suspension of critical thinking. |
| Answer» A. is contagious. | |
| 68. |
Sales rates of Hustler and Playboy were positively correlated with state |
| A. | child abuse rates. |
| B. | rape rates. |
| C. | employment rates. |
| D. | incest rates. |
| Answer» B. rape rates. | |
| 69. |
What is the ratio of Americans who believe in the following statement? Sexual materials provide an outlet for bottled-up impulses. |
| A. | 9 to 1 |
| B. | 7 to 1 |
| C. | 5 to 1 |
| D. | 2 to 1 |
| Answer» D. 2 to 1 | |
| 70. |
Which of the following is true of findings on the catharsis hypothesis? |
| A. | Catharsis always occurs. |
| B. | The calming effect of retaliation seems to occur only in very specific circumstances. |
| C. | The catharsis hypothesis has been well-support |
| Answer» B. The calming effect of retaliation seems to occur only in very specific circumstances. | |
| 71. |
A motive to increase another's welfare without conscious regard for one's self-interests is |
| A. | empathy. |
| B. | reciprocity. |
| C. | altruism. |
| D. | a personality trait. |
| Answer» C. altruism. | |
| 72. |
The theory that human interactions are transactions that aim to maximize one's rewards is |
| A. | social-exchange theory. |
| B. | social-interaction theory. |
| C. | reciprocity theory. |
| D. | social norms theory. |
| Answer» A. social-exchange theory. | |
| 73. |
A motive to increase one's own welfare is |
| A. | the illusion of control effect. |
| B. | achievement motivation. |
| C. | self-efficacy. |
| D. | egoism. |
| Answer» D. egoism. | |
| 74. |
According to research by Daniel Batson, altruism may have its basis in feelings of |
| A. | guilt. |
| B. | empathy. |
| C. | sadness. |
| D. | happiness. |
| Answer» B. empathy. | |
| 75. |
An expectation that people will help those who have helped them is |
| A. | social norm. |
| B. | social-responsibility norm. |
| C. | reciprocity norm. |
| D. | restitution norm. |
| Answer» C. reciprocity norm. | |
| 76. |
An expectation that people will help those dependent upon them is |
| A. | social-responsibility norm. |
| B. | reciprocity norm. |
| C. | dependent norm. |
| D. | social norm. |
| Answer» A. social-responsibility norm. | |
| 77. |
The idea that evolution has selected altruism toward one's close relatives to enhance the |
| A. | evolutionary altruism. |
| B. | kin selection. |
| C. | the close relatives effect. |
| D. | the mutually shared genes effect. |
| Answer» B. kin selection. | |
| 78. |
According to the text, one possible reason why people in New York are less helpful is that |
| A. | they have more things to do than people in smaller environs. |
| B. | reciprocity does not work as well in big cities as in smaller groups. |
| C. | they feel they are superior to people in smaller environs. |
| D. | they have not internalized the social responsibility norm. |
| Answer» B. reciprocity does not work as well in big cities as in smaller groups. | |
| 79. |
The finding that a person is less likely to help when there are other people around is |
| A. | the bystander effect. |
| B. | the |
| C. | the situational influence effect. |
| D. | the negative empathy effect. |
| Answer» A. the bystander effect. | |
| 80. |
In Latane and Darley's research involving staging an epileptic seizure, _________ percent of those who thought they were alone and ________ percent of those who thought there were others left the room to seek aid. |
| A. | 66, 24 |
| B. | 76, 42 |
| C. | 85, 31 |
| D. | 90, 54 |
| Answer» C. 85, 31 | |
| 81. |
Researchers had participants working in a room either by themselves or with two strangers. When smoke was pumped into the room through a vent, the solitary participant |
| A. | noticed the smoke quicker than those in groups. |
| B. | was less likely to act. |
| C. | thought the smoke was a fire. |
| D. | finished the task quickly. |
| Answer» A. noticed the smoke quicker than those in groups. | |
| 82. |
Which of the following moods is most likely to motivate altruism? |
| A. | depression |
| B. | grief |
| C. | guilt |
| D. | anger |
| Answer» C. guilt | |
| 83. |
How individuals are affected by the presence of others is the focus of study in the field of |
| A. | Sociology. |
| B. | Social psychology. |
| C. | Experimental psychology. |
| D. | Sociobiology |
| Answer» B. Social psychology. | |
| 84. |
When the Titanic sank, ________ percent of the females and _______ percent of the males survived. |
| A. | 60, 25 |
| B. | 80, 40 |
| C. | 70, 20 |
| D. | 65, 45 |
| Answer» C. 70, 20 | |
| 85. |
According to the text, a strategy for gaining a concession is the |
| A. | overjustification technique. |
| B. | underjustification technique. |
| C. | transparency technique. |
| D. | door-in-the-face technique. |
| Answer» D. door-in-the-face technique. | |
| 86. |
From an evolutionary perspective it would be most difficult to explain why |
| A. | someone risked his life to help a stranger. |
| B. | someone paid his daughter's hospital bill. |
| C. | someone risked his life to help his father. |
| D. | someone risked his life to help his daughter. |
| Answer» A. someone risked his life to help a stranger. | |
| 87. |
Calvin asks his mother for ice cream with strawberries and nuts on top. She refuses. He then asks for a cookie, and she grants his request. Calvin has successfully used the |
| A. | overjustification technique. |
| B. | foot-in-the-door technique. |
| C. | door-in-the-face technique. |
| D. | underjustification technique. |
| Answer» C. door-in-the-face technique. | |
| 88. |
Which technique should be taught to children to promote enduring altruistic tendencies? |
| A. | Offer prizes for the ones that are most helpful during a certain time frame. |
| B. | Show them Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. |
| C. | Immediately punish any aggression. |
| D. | Instill a sense of guilt. |
| Answer» B. Show them Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. | |
| 89. |
According to Alvin Gouldner, a universal moral code is |
| A. | the norm of social responsibility. |
| B. | the norm of social contract. |
| C. | the norm of efficacy. |
| D. | the norm of reciprocity. |
| Answer» D. the norm of reciprocity. | |
| 90. |
Which is a method to reduce prejudice? |
| A. | mixed-status contact |
| B. | mutual exclusivity |
| C. | groupthink |
| D. | mutual interdependence |
| Answer» D. mutual interdependence | |
| 91. |
An ongoing pattern of life including such things as language, customs and sex roles is called |
| A. | conformity. |
| B. | norms. |
| C. | group cohesion. |
| D. | culture. |
| Answer» D. culture. | |
| 92. |
A reference group is |
| A. | one with which a person has face-to-face contact. |
| B. | any group in which one plays an active role or has membership. |
| C. | any group outside one's social distance boundaries. |
| D. | any group whose values and attitudes are seen as relevant to one's own. |
| Answer» D. any group whose values and attitudes are seen as relevant to one's own. | |
| 93. |
Studies of conformity indicate that people are more apt to be influenced by others if they |
| A. | are concerned about the approval of others. |
| B. | have low needs for certainty and structure. |
| C. | are in temporary rather than established groups. |
| D. | are in very large groups. |
| Answer» A. are concerned about the approval of others. | |
| 94. |
Milgram's shock study showed people to be surprisingly |
| A. | rebellious. |
| B. | intelligent. |
| C. | sexist. |
| D. | obedient. |
| Answer» D. obedient. | |
| 95. |
In his classic studies of conformity, Asch demonstrated that |
| A. | size of the majority does not influence how many people will conform. |
| B. | a majority of one produces about as much conformity as a majority of eight. |
| C. | lack of unanimity greatly reduces the pressure to conform. |
| D. | obedience to authority was determined by the authority's perceived referent power. |
| Answer» C. lack of unanimity greatly reduces the pressure to conform. | |
| 96. |
Frustration probably encourages aggression because it |
| A. | triggers genetic mechanisms. |
| B. | raises arousal levels and sensitivity to cues for aggression. |
| C. | triggers biological cues for aggression. |
| D. | relieves tension |
| Answer» B. raises arousal levels and sensitivity to cues for aggression. | |
| 97. |
The organization of roles, patterns of communication, and power in a group defines the group's |
| A. | status. |
| B. | structure. |
| C. | cohesiveness. |
| D. | norms. |
| Answer» B. structure. | |
| 98. |
The process of changing your behavior to match that of others in a group is |
| A. | norming. |
| B. | forming a social contract. |
| C. | conformity. |
| D. | standardization. |
| Answer» C. conformity. | |
| 99. |
Zimbardo interpreted the results of his simulated prison study as an indication of the |
| A. | powerful influence of roles on people. |
| B. | tendency to show compassion to people in need. |
| C. | weakness of social pressure in some situations. |
| D. | tendency to displace aggression. |
| Answer» A. powerful influence of roles on people. | |
| 100. |
The __________ hypothesis states that frustration tends to lead to aggression. |
| A. | frustration-aggression |
| B. | biological instinct |
| C. | social learning |
| D. | cognitive dissonance |
| Answer» A. frustration-aggression | |
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