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1. Erin has weak feelings of ethnic identity with her Scottish…
1.
Erin has weak feelings of ethnic identity with her Scottish heritage and a strong sense of acculturation with the United States, proclaiming that she is an American and that is that! Erin would be considered:
Marginal
Bicultural
Assimilated
Separatist
2.
Most people think that their attitudes are based on thinking and reasoning, often not realizing the role of social influence on their attitudes.
True
False
3.
When we make situational attributions we are:
Identifying the cause of an action as something in the person’s disposition.
Identifying the cause of an action as something in the environment.
Identifying the cause of an action as something with an unconscious motive.
Identifying the cause of an action as something that is a biological trait.
4.
If you were being mugged in a public place, you would be more likely to get help if there were 5 people in the area rather than only one person.
True
False
5.
In order to study the power of the situation, researchers promoted deindividuation by having their participants wear disguises. They found that:
The clothing worn by the women in the study did not seem to influence their decisions to give apparent electric shocks.
Regardless of disguise, the men delivered twice as much apparent electric shock as did the women.
Women who wore Ku Klux Klan like disguises delivered twice as much apparent electric shock as undisguised women who wore name tags.
Women who wore nurses’ uniforms refused to deliver any, and undisguised women who wore name tags delivered few, apparent electric shocks.
6.
In the prison study, many college students agreed to participate in a two week experiment to discover what would happen when they took on the roles of prisoners and guards. The researchers found that:
About 10% of the guards became tyrannical, choosing harsh and abusive methods to maintain order.
Within a short time the prisoners became distressed and panicky, developing emotional symptoms and physical ailments.
The prisoners and the guards were relieved when the experimenters decided that the study should be ended after 8 days rather than the original two week plan.
The guards that tried to be “tough but fair” urged the tyrannical guards to lighten up on the prisoners because it was only an experiment.
7.
___________ can lead to diffusion of responsibility, assuming others will behave in ways that are consistent with the crowd, but inconsistent with who you are as an individual.
8.
___________ are defined as rules that regulate human life.
Norms
Routines
Stereotypes
Roles
9.
Which of the following explain why individuals obey when they do not really want to? (Check all that apply)
allocating responsibility to the authority
routinizing the task
fear of ridicule
wanting to be polite
10.
Anne, a Congresswoman, believes in the reproductive rights and welfare of women, but voted with the Republican majority to ban late term abortions. Anne feels very uneasy about the conflict between her beliefs and her behavior. She is likely experiencing:
the just world hypothesis
the fundamental attribution error
cognitive resolution
cognitive dissonance
11.
__________ are defined as a given social position that is governed by a set of “rules” for proper behavior.
Routines
Stereotypes
Norms
Roles
12.
Arguably, the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington will likely influence the _______ of those who were 16-24 year olds in the year 2001.
cognitive dissonance
familiarity effect
attribution theory
generational identity
13.
In culturally diverse societies, many people face the problem of balancing their ethnic identity with acculturation into the larger society. If an individual’s acculturation is weak and their ethnic identity is weak, then he would be considered:
Assimiliated
Separatist
Marginal
Bicultural
14.
You are required to participate in a perception experiment, so you join seven other students seated in a room. You are shown a 10 inch test line and must choose the line that matches it in length from a choice of three lines. The experimenter, Solomon Asch, is interested in studying:
Visual perception
Conformity
Groupthink
Social loafing
15.
Which of the following are methods of coercive persuasion in a group? (Check all that apply)
Allow unrestricted access to information.
Create new identity based on the group.
The leader offers unconditional love, acceptance, and attention.
A person’s problems are reduced to one simple explanation which is never talked about.
Put the person under physical or emotional distress.
Subject a person to entrapment.
16.
_______ consists of a negative stereotype about a group coupled with a strong dislike for members of that group.
17.
Groupthink occurs when individual members of a group suppress their real opinions and doubts in order to be good “team players.”
True
False
18.
A relatively stable opinion containing beliefs and emotional feelings about a topic is called:
an attitude
An attribution
A social norm
A disposition
19.
A _______ is a summary impression of a group, in which a person believes all members of that group share a common set of traits, either positive, negative, or neutral.
20.
When in a crowd, individuals may lose awareness of their own sense of individuality, and as a result may avoid taking responsibility or action.
True
False
