Deck 13: A: Social Psychology

Question 1

Conformity is sometimes a conscious decision.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

If an individual had a seizure in a public place,he would be more likely to get help if there were just one person around rather than five people.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

In variations of Stanley Milgram's study on obedience,"teachers" were more likely to disobey and refuse to continue when the experimenter wore street clothes instead of a lab coat.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A child asks her parents to buy her a pony.While the parents refuse,they do agree to buy her a new bike when she asks a short time later.This is an example of the door-in-the-face technique.

Question 5

Social norms are specific sets of behaviours that are associated with a position within a group.

Question 6

Unlike stereotypes based on negative characteristics,stereotypes based on positive characteristics are harmless.

Question 7

Quick impressions of people we meet tend to change after we have been around them for a longer period of time.