chapter 13 questions

Question 1

in a crowd of witnesses to an emergency, the individual by standard tends to

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observe other bystanders for cues

Question 2

Cialdini and his colleagues investigated the effects of implicit norms on peoples behavior… the sign that was decreasing the amount of stealing to well below baseline rate implied what?

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stealing wood is rare and its not okay to steal rare objects

Question 3

whats the difference between social facilitation and social interference

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social facilitation enhances performance, social interference declines performance

Question 4

after playing the clarinet for only a few weeks, she can’t play In front of others why?

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social interference

Question 5

Research subsequent Asch’s primarily indicates that for easy tasks conformity stems from____. Influence and for difficult tasks it stems primarily from____ influence.

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normative, informational

Question 6

Devon chokes on tests, why?

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having distracting and disturbing thoughts that interfere with working memory

Question 7

Pablo usually fishes alone, but Pablo went with a friend and reeled faster why?

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social facilitation

Question 8

what is a normative explanation of group polarization effects?

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one-upmanship

Question 9

a beginning piano player who preforming a solo in front of a large audience for the first time is likely to experience what

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social interference

Question 10

one major criticism of the milligram study revolved around

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validity

Question 11

the first time Jerrod goes out with a new group of friends, the other guys whistle at girls walking by Jerrod feels press ion and he has demonstrated_____. His behavior would result of _____.

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conformity; normative influence

Question 12

an increase in performance due to an audience is _____. While a decrease is _____

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social facilitation, social interference

Question 13

“I thought that because i wore glasses there was something wrong with my vision” is an example of

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informational influence

Question 14

When Hassam thinks of himself as independent, what is he thinking of his idententity ____

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personal

Question 15

A group of executives experienced group polarization during a meeting. If polarization was due to one-upmanship which must of happened?

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The executives were competing against each other

Question 16

Negative stereotyping of the other group is when

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One or more members of a group, think negatively about the other group

Question 17

Mckenzie is participating in a public goods game. She is given a sum of money, what will likely contribute to Mckenzie splitting it

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number of players is small

Question 18

Diego really wanted someone to help him carry a huge stack of folders, then asks to do something else too after what is the technique called?

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foot-in-the-door

Question 19

Bay of pigs invasion, the cover up of Watergate, and escalating the Vietnam war are all examples of

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group think

Question 20

in a study of conformity, Asch found that if a single confederate disagreed with the others, participants were

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less likely to conform

Question 21

“choking” under pressure occurs especially when

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the task has strong demands on working memory

Question 22

A juror named Marrakesh does not believe that the defendant on trial has been shown, Ash’s studies on conformity suggest Marrakesh to resist if…?

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at least one other juror disagrees wit the majority view

Question 23

Robert Zajonc theorized that when others are present during the performance, social facilitation occurs with ____ responses and social interference occurs with ____ responses

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dominant, non dominant

Question 24

Jasmine asks her friend for a small favor, then asks for another favor what technique is this called

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foot in door

Question 25

Asch's comoformity study were people say their answer publicly then instead write it down, what is the likely hood of agreeing to the wrong answer?

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reduced

Question 26

According to the notion of stereotype threat, a group of females will score lower on what test

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Math

Question 27

A fight occurred, and no one comes to assist why are people reluctant to help

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diffusion responsibility

Question 28

having a view, discussing with others with the same view creating an extreme view is called

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group polarization

Question 29

A group of college students is taking part in a study. What tasks would the presence of others most likely cause social interference

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solving a nine-letter anagram

Question 30

Why would people do both tasks in the foot in door method

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they would feel self contradictory if they deny

Question 31

cases in which people, in response to others orders, carry out unethical or illegal actions have been referred to as

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crimes of obedience

Question 32

in milgrams basic procedure orders with teacher and student what is ensuring obedience of the teacher

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repeated orders from the experiments that the teacher must go on despite the screams of the learner

Question 33

Julie a blonde watches a movie about another blonde cheating how well will Julie due to a stereotype threat?

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she will do worse.

Question 34

in milgrams original study on obedience the majority of research participants stopped administering shocks:

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after all shocks up to the max had been delivered

Question 35

which two solicitation techniques work because of cognitive dissonance?

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foot in door, low ball

Question 36

Dominique was involved with an emergency with many bystanders, diffusion of responsibility will tend to cause

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each bystander to feel less responsible

Question 37

A social dilemma can be defined as an action that ____ the person takes it, ____ others in the group and would ____ everyone if everyone took the action.

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benefit, harms, cause more harm than benefit

Question 38

After hearing a two hour long debate sally now has an extreme view this is because of

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group polarization