People and Studies

Question 1

Triplett 1898

Answer 1

social facilitation: people perform better when there are other people around

Question 2

Kurt Lewin

Answer 2

behavior= person + environment

Question 3

Festinger

Answer 3

work with cults, cognitive dissonance
people are likely to jump through hoops to support their beliefs

Question 4

Sheriff, Asch, Milgrams

Answer 4

studied the group behaviors of Nazi Germany

Question 5

Darly and Grace 1983

Answer 5

schemas and bias-
participants who thought a girl was poor assumed her to be less intelligent than those who thought she was well off

Question 6

Shwarz 1991

Answer 6

those who were able to recall more instances of assertiveness were more likely to believe they were assertive

Question 7

Muraven 1998

Answer 7

managing our emotions is physically exhausting

Question 8

Brickman 1978

Answer 8

forcasting can forget about the facts of the situation

Question 9

Gilovich 1998

Answer 9

liars overestimate the extent to which the group will know they lied

Question 10

Tobin

Answer 10

posting less on social media leads to lower levels of belonging

Question 11

Sanisoto 1990

Answer 11

participants prefer traits associated with a higher self esteem

Question 12

Twenge

Answer 12

narcissism has increased in recent decades due to social media, the celebrity cult, and child centered parenting

Question 13

Baumeister 2004

Answer 13

a high SE contributes to higher performance levels but also contributes to an overestimation of likability