Western cultures are more apt to emphasize_______construals of self.
A. Optimistic B. Independent C. Pessimistic D. Interdependent
Social Psychology MCQs
______is best known for his research on conformity.
A. Asch B. Rubin C. Schachter D. Zimbardo
The study in which college students attached a bumper sticker for a militant black organization to their cars and then received frequent traffic citations demonstrates:
A. group prejudice B. scapegoating C. personal prejudice D. discrimination
According to Janis, F. Kennedy’s Bay of Pigs failure was caused in large part by:
A. brain storming B. group think C. the self- censorship effect D. the expert power effect
When we perform well, we typically attribute our success to___________.
A. internal characteristics B. our group of colleagues C. external circumstances D. our personality type
Which is true of social stereotypes?
A. They are always negative B. They tend to be rational C. Likeable members of rejected group are perceived as an “exception” D. University students show more evidence of ethic stereotyping now than they did in the post
A______group is a group based on social comparison.
A. focus B. personal identification C. reference D. comparison
During the Stanford Prison study:
A. Guards did not take their roles seriously B. guards readily assumed their roles as agents of force C. the prisoners and the guards quickly became friendly towards one another D. three prisoners were so severely beaten they had to be hospitalized
Scapegoating is releasing aggression on______targets.
A. moving B. unsafe C. safe D. none of these
The process of changing your behavior to match that of others in a group is:
A. norming B. forming a social contract C. conformity D. standardization