What would people do when they are made self aware by acting in front of a mirror or TV camera?

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7. Social psychologists refer to our concern for how others are evaluating us as

8. Sanders & his colleagues have suggested that we are aroused in the presence of others, not only because of evaluation apprehension, but also because we

9. Research on social facilitation suggests that the design of new office buildings in which private offices are replaced with large, open areas may

10. Nearly 300 studies confirm that social arousal _______ performance on easy tasks & _______ performance on difficult tasks.

•  boosts; hurts
 •  hurts; boosts
  •  hurts; facilitates
   •  facilitates; boosts

11. It has been found that long-distance runners have faster running times when they run with another person than when they run by themselves. This shows the effects of

•  social masking.
 •  social conformity.
  •  social facilitation.
   •  social conformity.

12. Kim has found that she is able to study longer when she is in a room with other people than when she is alone. This shows the effects of

•  social conformity.
 •  social obedience.
  •  social facilitation.
   •  social role-playing.

13. It has been proposed that in humans, the presence of others may increase arousal as a result of:

•  evaluation anxiety.
 •  self-consciousness.
  •  diffusion of responsibility.
   •  both a. & b.

14.  If you rearrange the letters LNGEDNA you have the name of a/an

•  city.
 •  ocean.
  •  person.
   •  country.

15. Social loafing would be most likely to occur in

•  factory workers who are each paid according to how many lamps they assemble.
 •  college students working on a group project for which they will all receive
     the same grade.
  •  a group of golfers competing for first place in a tournament.
   •  political candidates who hope to win a seat on the city council.

16. When people cooperate on additive tasks, contributing their efforts toward a common goal,

17. Social loafing refers to the tendency for people to

18. People who benefit from the group but give little in return are referred to as

19. Making group members� performance individually identifiable seems to be one effective strategy for reducing

20. Which of the following is true about social loafing?

21. When groups are given challenging objectives, when they are rewarded for group success, & when there is a spirit of commitment to the team, group members

22. People in groups loaf less when

23. Social loafing would be least likely to occur in

24. Research suggests that social loafing occurs

25. A loss of self-awareness & evaluation apprehension can lead to

26. People who are made self-aware, e.g. by acting in front of a mirror or TV camera, have been found to

27. ______ is the other side of the coin from self-awareness.

28. Which of the following pairs are most clearly opposites?

29. Compared to self-aware people, deindividuated people are

30. On Halloween night, Diener et. al. conducted a study of trick-or-treat theft. Given a chance to steal candy, the children who were ______________ were most likely steal.

31. People are more likely to verbally push a person to jump off a bridge when it is dark &

32. Based on research, who is most likely to honk aggressively at someone stopped at a green light?

33. Which of the following circumstances contributes to people becoming deindividuated?

34. Given the relationship between self-awareness & deindividuation, the parting advice of a parent to a teenager going to a party might well be, �have fun, and ______.�

35. Investigations of the risky shift phenomenon eventually led to the conclusion that this group phenomenon was really a tendency for group discussion to

•  reverse the group�s original leanings.
 •  accentuate group members� initial leanings.
  •  illusory thinking in supporting the group�s leader.
   •  arouse & distract members so their self-awareness is reduced.

36.  Group polarization has been found to occur in real life. During community conflicts, people who are ______ will increasingly associate with one another.

•  like-minded
 •  on opposite sides
  •  normally opponents at other times
   • less intelligent than the community average

37.  Group polarization occurs when group discussion _____ group members� first inclinations.

•  reverses
 •  neutralizes
  •  challenges
   •  strengthens

38.  The fact that people associate mostly with others whose attitudes are similar to their own suggests the prevalence of naturally occurring

•  groupthink.
 •  minority influence.
  •  social facilitation.
   •  group polarization.

39.  What underlying processes help explain the occurrence of group polarization?

•  social comparison & self-censorship
 •  minority influence & social facilitation
  •  psychological reactance & deindividuation
   •  informational influence & normative influence

40.  The best-supported explanation of group polarization is based on

•  the cognitive miser theory.
 •  normative influence processes.
  •  informational influence processes.
   •  an expansion of groupthink theory.

41.  Research on the underlying processes producing group polarization indicates that persuasive arguments predominate on issues having a(n) _________ basis & social comparison predominates on issues having a _________ basis.

•  personal; social
 •  emotional; factual
  •  factual; value-laden
   •  economic; psychological

43.  Which of the following is not one of the symptoms of groupthink?

•  self-censorship
 •  pressure to conform
  •  the illusion of vulnerability
   •  unquestioned belief in the group�s morality

44.  Rationalization & a stereotyped view of the opponent are two symptoms of groupthink that have in common their effect on

•  making group members closed-minded.
 •  overestimating the group�s might & right.
  •  pressuring the group members toward uniformity.
   •  long term polarization of the groups minority members.

45. Once a group decides that an idea is bad, it should never revisit the idea.

•  True
   •  False

46. Groupthink occurs in groups that have a history of conflict & disagreement.

•  True
   •  False

47. Each of the following are negative outcomes of groupthink except:

•  Seeking expert opinion
 •  Being highly selective
  •  Not being critical
   •  Few alternatives

48. It is a good idea to have the group leader offer his or her opinion during group arguments.

•  True
   •  False

49. Group think results in impulsive decisions & the failure to look at all sides of an issue.

•  True
   •  False

50. Group polarization refers to a groups tendency to split into opposite sides or poles & therefore fail to make a decision.

•  True
   •  False

51. The term "groupthink" refers to the observation that

•  groups sometimes make bad decisions because they fail to challenge one another's decisions.
 •  people who belong to any group tend to develop prejudices against all nonmembers of the group.
  •  a group of people working together generates more ideas than the same number of peopleworking independently.
   •  people are likely to explain their own behavior in situational terms & other people's behavior in dispositional terms.

52. People sometimes conform to normative social influence, because they

•  are moral beings.
 •  fear social rejection.
  •  are high self-monitors.
   •  believe that others have information that they lack.

53. People sometimes conform to informational social influence, because

•  past experience has shown them that nonconformity will be punished.
 •  past experience has shown them that their own ideas are inaccurate.
  •  they believe that they can change the opinions of group members later.
   •  of the persuasiveness of an arguments pros & cons.

54. The "risky shift" refers to

•  attitudes becoming polarized during a group discussion.
 •  people undergoing deindividuation when they are members of a mob.
  •  people behaving recklessly when ordered about by an authority figure.
   •  the finding that group decisions are often riskier than individual decisions.

56.  To prevent groupthink, members of a group should do all but which of the following?

•  Use secret ballots.
 •  Seek outside opinions.
  •  Discourage questions & alternate solutions.
   •  Have the leader of the group remain impartial.

57. A minority�s following the majority usually reflects __________ & a majority�s following a minority usually reflects __________.

•  public compliance; genuine acceptance
 •  genuine acceptance; public compliance
  •  public compliance; public compliance
   •  genuine acceptance; genuine acceptance

58. What can we conclude about the relationship between persons & situations?

59. When social pressure threatens a person�s sense of __________, he or she is likely to rebel.

60. Attempting to restrict a person�s freedom often produces an anti-conformity ________.

61. Knowing that someone is trying to coerce you may prompt you to do the opposite of that person�s wishes. This response is predicted by

62. Confident minorities are most likely to influence the majority on matters of _______ than on matters of _______.

63. Bob is excellent at organizing his employees, setting goals, & focusing on achieving those goals for the company. Bob excels in

64. Research on leadership indicates that

65. The degree of influence of any position depends on the strength, immediacy, & number of those who support that position according to

66. Research reveals that a minority person who had defected from the majority is

67. Kim is moderately attracted to Rick. When her parents forbid her to date Rick because of his age, Kim becomes very attracted to Rick. Kim's increased attraction to Rick is most likely due to

•  mere exposure.
 •  social exchange theory.
  •  psychological reactance.
   •  the complementarily hypothesis.

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Social Psychology Robert C. Gates

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock. - Sigmund Freud