APA Social Psychology 3

Question 1

The 'self-serving bias' is the tendency to:

Accepted Answer

Attribute successes to internal factors and failures to external factors

Answer

The self-serving bias leads people to take personal credit for successes (internal attribution) while blaming circumstances or others for failures (external attribution).

Question 2

What is 'in-group favoritism' in social identity theory?

Accepted Answer

Bias toward one's own group and its members over out-groups

Answer

In-group favoritism is the tendency to give preferential treatment and more positive evaluations to members of one's own social group compared to out-group members.

Question 3

Which concept describes the spread of emotional states from one person to others in a social setting?

Accepted Answer

Emotional contagion

Answer

Emotional contagion is the automatic mimicry and synchronization of facial expressions, vocalizations, postures, and movements that leads to convergent emotional states.

Question 4

The Stanford Prison Experiment conducted by Zimbardo was halted early primarily because:

Accepted Answer

Guards exhibited extreme abusive behavior toward prisoners

Answer

The Stanford Prison Experiment was stopped after 6 days (of the planned 14) because guards had become increasingly abusive and prisoners showed signs of severe psychological distress.

Question 5

Which concept from Bem's self-perception theory suggests people infer their own attitudes by observing their behavior?

Accepted Answer

Self-attribution

Answer

Bem's self-perception theory holds that people, especially when internal cues are weak, infer their attitudes and emotions by observing and attributing meaning to their own behavior.

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APA Social Psychology 3