Psychology 1310 final exam questions with
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social psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Branch of psychology that deal with
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social interactions (including origins and effects on individual)
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social cognition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-focuses on how people process, store
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and apply information about other people and social situations
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How does social loafing work? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-person does less effort in
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group, unlike when they are working alone
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Examples of social loafing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-clapping your hands (no one
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can tell how loud you're really clapping) and playing an instrument in a marching
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band (your instrument blends in with all the others)
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Conformity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to
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coincide with a group standard.
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examples of conformity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Soloman Asch*: placed a
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volunteer at a table with 7 confederates. They were given a line comparison task
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and gave their answers aloud. On the 3rd trial, the confederates all gave the same
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wrong answer and the volunteer conformed 32% of the time
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, How do obedience, compliance, and conformity differ? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Obedience is perceived difference of status between the one who gives the
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instruction and the one who obeys. Conformity in individuals fear of social
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disapproval.
What is groupthink? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the practice of thinking or making
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decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual
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responsibility.
What causes groupthink? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-strong cohesiveness, isolation,
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closed leadership style, decision pressure
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how to prevent groupthink - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. allow criticism
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2. allow other perspectives
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What percent of people obeyed Stanley Milgram - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-65%
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What was the maximum number of volts that could be delivered to the subject in
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Stanley Milgram's study? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-450 volts
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What are attitudes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-feelings, often influenced by our
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beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and
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events
What are components of attitudes? (ABC) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cognitive,
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affective, and behavioral component
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social psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Branch of psychology that deal with
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social interactions (including origins and effects on individual)
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social cognition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-focuses on how people process, store
| | | | | | | | | |
and apply information about other people and social situations
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How does social loafing work? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-person does less effort in
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group, unlike when they are working alone
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Examples of social loafing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-clapping your hands (no one
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can tell how loud you're really clapping) and playing an instrument in a marching
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band (your instrument blends in with all the others)
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Conformity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to
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coincide with a group standard.
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examples of conformity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Soloman Asch*: placed a
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volunteer at a table with 7 confederates. They were given a line comparison task
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and gave their answers aloud. On the 3rd trial, the confederates all gave the same
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wrong answer and the volunteer conformed 32% of the time
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, How do obedience, compliance, and conformity differ? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Obedience is perceived difference of status between the one who gives the
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instruction and the one who obeys. Conformity in individuals fear of social
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disapproval.
What is groupthink? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the practice of thinking or making
| | | | | | | | | | |
decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual
| | | | | | | | | | | |
responsibility.
What causes groupthink? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-strong cohesiveness, isolation,
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closed leadership style, decision pressure
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how to prevent groupthink - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. allow criticism
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2. allow other perspectives
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What percent of people obeyed Stanley Milgram - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-65%
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What was the maximum number of volts that could be delivered to the subject in
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Stanley Milgram's study? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-450 volts
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What are attitudes? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-feelings, often influenced by our
| | | | | | | | | |
beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
events
What are components of attitudes? (ABC) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cognitive,
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affective, and behavioral component
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