PSYCH 1000 UNIT 9 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Kurt Lewin's formula - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅behaviour is a function of the person and the
environment (B=f(P,E))
mimicry - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅taking on for ourselves the behaviours, emotional displays, and facial
expressions of others
Social norms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the (usually unwritten) guidelines for how to behave in social
contexts
What is one of the main motivators to go along with social norms? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅social
approval
ostracism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅being ignored or excluded from social contact
high need-to-belong participants responded to ostracism by... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(1) increasing
how much they identified with their in-group's beliefs and (2) increasing how morally important those
beliefs are
social roles - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅guidelines that apply to specific positions within the group
social loafing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅occurs when an individual puts less effort into working on a task
with others
causes of social loafing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- low efficacy beliefs
- believing that an individual's contributions are not important to the group
- not caring about the group's outcome
- feeling like the others are not trying very hard
, social facilitation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅occurs when one's performance is affected by the presence of
others
True or False - novices perform best in practice sessions when nobody's watching while masters of a skill
perform better in competitions or when people are watching - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅true
conformity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a change in behaviour to fit in with a group, whether it is intentional
or not
normative influence (public compliance) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the result of social pressure to adopt a
group's perspective in order to be accepted, rather than rejected by the group
informational influence (private acceptance) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅occurs when people feel the
group is giving them useful information
group-think - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a decision-making problem in which group members avoid
arguments and strive for agreement
Stanley Milgram's Obedience Study - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅study showing a person willingly harming
another solely because an authority figure was there telling them to do so- used a shock board
reciprocity norm - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"we should look out for each other"
bystander effect (bystander apathy) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the observation that an individual is less
likely to help when they perceive that others are not helping
diffusion of responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the reduced personal responsibility that a person
feels when more people are present in a situation
altruism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅helping others in need without receiving or expecting reward for doing
so
Kurt Lewin's formula - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅behaviour is a function of the person and the
environment (B=f(P,E))
mimicry - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅taking on for ourselves the behaviours, emotional displays, and facial
expressions of others
Social norms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the (usually unwritten) guidelines for how to behave in social
contexts
What is one of the main motivators to go along with social norms? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅social
approval
ostracism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅being ignored or excluded from social contact
high need-to-belong participants responded to ostracism by... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(1) increasing
how much they identified with their in-group's beliefs and (2) increasing how morally important those
beliefs are
social roles - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅guidelines that apply to specific positions within the group
social loafing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅occurs when an individual puts less effort into working on a task
with others
causes of social loafing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- low efficacy beliefs
- believing that an individual's contributions are not important to the group
- not caring about the group's outcome
- feeling like the others are not trying very hard
, social facilitation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅occurs when one's performance is affected by the presence of
others
True or False - novices perform best in practice sessions when nobody's watching while masters of a skill
perform better in competitions or when people are watching - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅true
conformity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a change in behaviour to fit in with a group, whether it is intentional
or not
normative influence (public compliance) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the result of social pressure to adopt a
group's perspective in order to be accepted, rather than rejected by the group
informational influence (private acceptance) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅occurs when people feel the
group is giving them useful information
group-think - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a decision-making problem in which group members avoid
arguments and strive for agreement
Stanley Milgram's Obedience Study - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅study showing a person willingly harming
another solely because an authority figure was there telling them to do so- used a shock board
reciprocity norm - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"we should look out for each other"
bystander effect (bystander apathy) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the observation that an individual is less
likely to help when they perceive that others are not helping
diffusion of responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the reduced personal responsibility that a person
feels when more people are present in a situation
altruism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅helping others in need without receiving or expecting reward for doing
so
