APA Social Psychology

Question 1

The fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency to:

Accepted Answer

Underestimate situational factors and overestimate dispositional factors when explaining others' behavior

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Overestimate situational factors and underestimate dispositional factors when explaining others' behavior

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Attribute one's own failures to external causes

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Assume others share our attitudes

Question 2

In Milgram's obedience studies, the majority of participants delivered shocks up to what voltage level?

Accepted Answer

450 volts

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150 volts

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300 volts

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200 volts

Question 3

Which concept describes the tendency for people to conform to the behavior of others in ambiguous situations?

Accepted Answer

Informational social influence

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Normative social influence

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Group polarization

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Social loafing

Question 4

Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory predicts that when attitudes and behaviors conflict, people will:

Accepted Answer

Experience tension and seek to reduce it by aligning attitudes or behaviors

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Always change their behavior

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Ignore the inconsistency

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Seek social approval for their behavior

Question 5

What is 'social loafing'?

Accepted Answer

Reduced individual effort when working in a group compared to working alone

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Increased effort when being evaluated by others

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Conforming to group pressure against one's own beliefs

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Aggression triggered by frustration in social settings

Question 6

The 'bystander effect' was famously studied after which real-world event?

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The murder of Kitty Genovese

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The Stanford Prison Experiment

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The Milgram obedience study

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The Asch conformity experiments