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AP Psychology: Social Psychology 1. The enhancement of a group’s prevailing tendencies occurs when people within a group discuss an idea that most of them either favor or oppose. This tendency is called (a) group polarization. (b) deindividuation. (c) the just-world phenomenon. (d) discrimination. (e) categorization. 2. Which of the following statements about the foot-in-the-door phenomenon is false? (a) People who agree to a small action are less likely to agree to a larger one later. (b) The Chinese took advantage of this phenomenon in the thought control program they used on prisoners during the Korean war. (c) To get people to agree to something big, start small and build. (d) Succumb to a temptation and you will find the next temptation harder to resist. (e) This phenomenon has been used to boost charitable contributions, blood donations, and product sales. 3. Associating ourselves with certain groups and contrasting ourselves with others is often referred to as establishing (a) social identity. (b) discrimination. (c) a stereotype. (d) prejudice. (e) minority influence. 4. When we believe our school is better than all the other schools in town we exhibit (a) ingroup bias. (b) conformity. (c) the scapegoat theory. (d) discrimination. (e) groupthink. 5. People frequently credit or blame either internal dispositions or external situations for others’ behavior. This is called (a) the foot-in-the-door phenomenon. (b) the fundamental attribution error. (c) attribution. (d) social psychology. (e) social thinking. 6. Which of the following statements is false? (a) Violent video games have greater effects on aggressive behavior than violent movies. (b) Playing violent video games decreases aggressive thoughts and behaviors. (c) Observing television violence desensitizes people to cruelty and primes them to respond aggressively when provoked. (d) Once established, aggressive behavior patterns are difficult to change. (e) Children whose aggression successfully intimidates other children may become more aggressive. 7. Rosa Parks’ refusal to sit at the back of the bus is an example of (a) social thinking. (b) group polarization. (c) conformity. (d) a stereotype. (e) minority influence. 8. Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy is called (a) the mere exposure effect. (b) hindsight bias. (c) aggression. (d) the just-world phenomenon. (e) the other-race effect. 9. When we become aware that our attitudes and actions don’t coincide, we experience tension, or (a) role playing. (b) the fundamental attribution error. (c) social pressure. (d) social influence. (e) cognitive dissonance. 10. Which of the following least describes prejudice? (a) An unjustifiable attitude toward a group (b) Schemas that influence how we notice and interpret events (c) Preconceived ideas that bias our impressions of others’ behavior (d) A physical behavior intended to hurt or destroy (e) Automatic and unconscious 11. Performing a task better in the presence of others is called (a) compliance. (b) group polarization. (c) social facilitation. (d) conformity. (e) social loafing. 12. Becoming less self-conscious and less restrained when in a group situation is termed (a) social loafing. (b) deindividuation. (c) social facilitation. (d) obedience. (e) cognitive dissonance. 13. If Juan believes Ngoc is annoyed with him, he may snub her, causing her to act in ways that justify his perception. This is an example of (a) superordinate goals. (b) tension-reduction. (c) conciliation. (d) a mirror-image perception. (e) a social trap. 14. Conformity is best described as (a) sharing our moods. (b) unconsciously mimicking others. (c) changing how we think about others. (d) adjusting our behavior or thinking toward some group standard. (e) bringing our attitudes in line with our actions. 15. When we overestimate the influence of personality, and underestimate the influence of situations, we are demonstrating (a) the attitudes-follow-behavior principle. (b) the fundamental attribution error. (c) central route persuasion. (d) the foot-in-the-door phenomenon. (e) cognitive dissonance theory. Free-Response Question Explain how the following phenomena can affect behavior. Explain further how three of the five might play a role in perpetuating racial discrimination. o o o o o Deindividuation Social loafing Social facilitation Obedience Cognitive dissonance