Discrete Practice Questions

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1. The behavior of the individuals in the Stanford prison experiment is best explained by which of the following terms?

   1. Bystander effect
   2. Deindividuation
   3. Internalization
   4. Social loafing
   1. I only
   2. III only
   3. II and III only
   4. II and IV only

2. A jury member who initially feels that a strict penalty should be placed on the defendant votes for an even stricter penalty after deliberation with the other jury members. This behavior is best described by which social phenomenon?

   1. Social facilitation
   2. Group polarization
   3. Assimilation
   4. Socialization

3. Which of the following would decrease the likelihood of a bystander lending aid to a victim?

   1. Increasing the number of people in the room
   2. Increasing the degree of danger experienced by the victim
   3. Making the victim an acquaintance instead of a stranger
   4. Being alone in the room with the victim

4. During groupthink, members of the group do all of the following EXCEPT:

   1. stereotype members outside of the group.
   2. withhold opposing views.
   3. ignore warnings against the ideas of the group.
   4. create a sense of negativity against risk taking.

5. Adult prison systems may attempt to change the behavior of inmates through all of the following mechanisms of socialization EXCEPT:

   1. primary socialization.
   2. secondary socialization.
   3. anticipatory socialization.
   4. resocialization.

6. Your neighbor asks you to check her mail while she is out of town and you agree. Later that day, she asks you to water her plants as well. What technique for compliance is she using in this scenario?

   1. Lowball technique
   2. That’s-not-all technique
   3. Foot-in-the-door technique
   4. Door-in-the-face technique

7. Which of the following statements represents the affective component of an attitude?

   1. “I love action movies.”
   2. “I’m going to see a new action movie at the theater.”
   3. “Action movies are much better than comedies.”
   4. “Tomorrow, I’m going to rent an action movie.”

8. After sitting in a lecture, determining that a professor is a bad teacher based on his unprofessional attire and monotone speech is an example of which type of processing?

   1. Knowledge route processing
   2. Adaptive route processing
   3. Central route processing
   4. Peripheral route processing

9. In the Milgram shock experiment, many subjects were willing to give the maximal voltage shock because they were influenced by which psychological principal?

   1. Deviance
   2. Obedience
   3. Conformity
   4. Compliance

10. Each individual in a group of teenagers is asked to estimate the height of a tree. One individual estimates the height to be 25 feet, but after discussing with the group is convinced that the height is likely closer to 40 feet. Which type of conformity is seen here?

    1. Normative
    2. Identification
    3. Internalization
    4. Compliance

11. Which of the following is NOT a component of the functional attitudes theory?

    1. Knowledge
    2. Acceptance
    3. Ego defense
    4. Ego expression

12. The swimming times for all members of a swim team are tracked over a six-month period in team-only practices and at public meets. For 14 of the 16 members, top times were clocked at the meets. What social phenomenon does this evidence support?

    1. Social facilitation
    2. Peer pressure
    3. Identification
    4. Group polarization

13. A 18-year-old male is completing his final months of high school and begins to wake up early each day to run five miles in preparation for joining the Army. What type of socialization is this young man experiencing?

    1. Normative socialization
    2. Informative socialization
    3. Resocialization
    4. Anticipatory socialization

14. Which of the following best reflects the difference between social action and social interaction?

    1. Social action refers to positive changes one makes in their society; social interaction refers to the route by which these changes occur.
    2. Social action refers to the effects of a group on an individual’s behavior; social interaction refers to the effects that multiple individuals all have on each other.
    3. Social action refers to changes in behavior caused by internal factors; social interaction refers to changes in behavior caused by external factors.
    4. Social action refers to changes in behaviors that benefit only the individual; social interaction refers to changes in behavior that benefit others.

15. In the group setting, the mentality of “If you aren’t with us, you’re against us” is most representative of which factor of groupthink?

    1. Illusion of invulnerability
    2. Illusion of morality
    3. Pressure for conformity
    4. Self-censorship