Psych 1000 Unit 9 Final Exam
Questions and All Correct Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
Kurt Lewin's formula - Answer behavior is a function of the person and the environment
(B=f(P,E))
mimicry - Answer taking on for ourselves the behaviors, emotional displays, and facial
expressions of others
Social norms - 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? - Answer social approval
ostracism - Answer being ignored or excluded from social contact
high need-to-belong participants responded to ostracism by... - Answer (1) increasing how
much they identified with their in-group's beliefs and (2) increasing how morally important
those beliefs are
social roles - Answer guidelines that apply to specific positions within the group
social loafing - Answer occurs when an individual puts less effort into working on a task with
others
causes of social loafing - 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 - 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 - Answer true
, conformity - Answer a change in behaviour to fit in with a group, whether it is intentional or
not
normative influence (public compliance) - 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) - Answer occurs when people feel the group is
giving them useful information
group-think - Answer a decision-making problem in which group members avoid arguments
and strive for agreement
Stanley Milgram's Obedience Study - 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 - Answer "we should look out for each other"
bystander effect (bystander apathy) - Answer the observation that an individual is less likely
to help when they perceive that others are not helping
diffusion of responsibility - Answer the reduced personal responsibility that a person feels
when more people are present in a situation
altruism - Answer helping others in need without receiving or expecting reward for doing so
According to Kurt Lewin, human behaviour is governed by the formula B = f (P,E). In this
formula, E refers to __________.
a. environment
b. education
c. ego
d. extraversion - Answer a
Synchrony occurs in conversation when
a. individuals' speech patterns and physiology become more alike
b. two people realize their conversation has wandered off topic.
c. people realize they were talking about two different things
d. two people say the same word at the same time - Answer a
Questions and All Correct Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
Kurt Lewin's formula - Answer behavior is a function of the person and the environment
(B=f(P,E))
mimicry - Answer taking on for ourselves the behaviors, emotional displays, and facial
expressions of others
Social norms - 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? - Answer social approval
ostracism - Answer being ignored or excluded from social contact
high need-to-belong participants responded to ostracism by... - Answer (1) increasing how
much they identified with their in-group's beliefs and (2) increasing how morally important
those beliefs are
social roles - Answer guidelines that apply to specific positions within the group
social loafing - Answer occurs when an individual puts less effort into working on a task with
others
causes of social loafing - 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 - 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 - Answer true
, conformity - Answer a change in behaviour to fit in with a group, whether it is intentional or
not
normative influence (public compliance) - 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) - Answer occurs when people feel the group is
giving them useful information
group-think - Answer a decision-making problem in which group members avoid arguments
and strive for agreement
Stanley Milgram's Obedience Study - 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 - Answer "we should look out for each other"
bystander effect (bystander apathy) - Answer the observation that an individual is less likely
to help when they perceive that others are not helping
diffusion of responsibility - Answer the reduced personal responsibility that a person feels
when more people are present in a situation
altruism - Answer helping others in need without receiving or expecting reward for doing so
According to Kurt Lewin, human behaviour is governed by the formula B = f (P,E). In this
formula, E refers to __________.
a. environment
b. education
c. ego
d. extraversion - Answer a
Synchrony occurs in conversation when
a. individuals' speech patterns and physiology become more alike
b. two people realize their conversation has wandered off topic.
c. people realize they were talking about two different things
d. two people say the same word at the same time - Answer a
