1.
MaryAnn is a nurse and
mother. She coaches soccer and volunteers at her church. MaryAnn feels her
personality and even sometimes her behaviors vary depending upon the group
setting in which she finds herself. What is the primary explanation for
MaryAnn’s changing personality and behaviors?
Select one:
a. her disposition
b. varying social
roles
c. need for social
facilitation
d. expectation of
social loafing
2.
Manuel
came to the United States forty years ago. He shared with his grandson how his
life was very different in Cuba than it is on US soil. Manuel told his grandson
that he had to change some of his behaviors to meet the customs of his new
home. This would be an example of Manuel conforming to _____ ?
3.
People will readily
conform to the social roles they are expected to play, especially if the roles
are as strongly stereotyped. This is a major finding of which experiment?
Select one:
a. Zimbardo’s Prison
Experiment
b. Brehm’s Dissonance
Experiment
c. Milgram’s Obedience
Experiment
d. Festinger and
Carlsmith’s Forced Compliance Behavior Experiment
4.
In
replicating ________ paramount research on conformity, it’s been shown
that many factors determine how likely it is that someone will demonstrate
conformity to the group.
5.
The ______
is a term in social psychology that refers to a tendency to attribute one’s own
actions to external causes, while attributing other people’s behaviors to
internal causes. Essentially, people tend to make different attributions
depending upon whether they are the actor or the observer in a situation.
6.
Imagine you are taking
an in-person college course. You observe that there is a student in the class
that has been very quiet during the entire term. The student does not even talk
during the class discussions. You conclude that the student is a very quiet and
shy person. Which cognitive mistake does your conclusion contain?
Select one:
a. actor-observer bias
b. fundamental
attribution error
c. just-world
hypothesis
d. self-serving bias
