ASPPB Social Psychology 3

Question 1

Solomon Asch's conformity experiments demonstrated that participants conformed to incorrect group judgments approximately what percentage of the time across critical trials?

Accepted Answer

32–37%

Answer

Across Asch's critical trials, participants conformed to the incorrect majority about one-third of the time.

Question 2

Which factor was found by Milgram to MOST dramatically reduce obedience in his shock experiments?

Accepted Answer

Having two confederates rebel against the experimenter

Answer

When two confederates defied the experimenter, obedience dropped to about 10%, showing that social support for defiance powerfully undermines authority.

Question 3

The 'false consensus effect' refers to the tendency to:

Accepted Answer

Overestimate how many others share one's own beliefs and behaviors

Answer

The false consensus effect is the bias of assuming one's own views are more widely shared than they actually are.

Question 4

According to terror management theory (TMT), reminders of mortality lead people to:

Accepted Answer

Strengthen adherence to cultural worldviews and self-esteem

Answer

TMT proposes that awareness of death heightens investment in cultural beliefs and self-esteem as buffers against existential anxiety.

Question 5

A client consistently attributes colleagues' failures to laziness but attributes their own failures to situational factors. This asymmetry illustrates:

Accepted Answer

The self-serving bias combined with actor-observer asymmetry

Answer

The actor-observer asymmetry causes situational attributions for one's own behavior, while the self-serving bias protects self-esteem by attributing others' failures to internal causes.

(ASPPB) Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards Practice Test

(ASPPB) Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards Practice Test

ASPPB Social Psychology 3