Social Psychology Questions

According to Ivan Steiner (1972), in which of the following type of tasks is performance only as good as its weakest member?

Which of the following does NOT reduce social loafing?

Who are least likely to engage in social loafing?

What is the primary cause of error in settings such as flight cockpits and operating rooms?

How can companies promote group cohesion among their employees?

Which of the following statements about students working in "cooperative classrooms" rather than "competitive classrooms" is true?

Which of the following is a potential drawback of cohesive groups?

Concerning leadership effectiveness, which of the following statements is true? I. Socioemotional support consistently helps improve morale, motivation, and job satisfaction. II. Task-focused leader behavior consistently helps improve task performance.

Kids playing sports with a supportive coach who emphasized fun and personal improvement enjoyed their athletic experiences, and compared to other teams:

Which of the following statements about leader stereotypes is NOT true?

Female leaders, compared to male leaders:

Social psychology is the scientific study of the effects of social and _________ processes on the way individuals perceive, influence, and relate to others.

___________ processes are the ways in which our memories, perceptions, thoughts, emotions, and motives guide our understanding of the world and our actions.

Ringelmann (1913) showed that people put _________ effort in when they worked together.

For radical ________, a legitimate science of human activity could be based only on the study of observable behavior as influenced by observable environmental stimuli.

In seeking _________, each person attempts to create and maintain feelings of mutual support, liking, and acceptance from those they care about and value.

To directly watch and record people’s behavior is called the __________ measure.

A researcher who analyses people’s Facebook posts to determine their level of self-esteem is using an  _________ measure.

Research has high ________ validity if the researchers can conclude that a change in the independent variable has caused a change in the dependent variable.

When a community of scientists has generally accepted a theory because it has been replicated across many different studies, they have reached a social __________.

________ Review Boards were established in the US in the mid-1970s to review research plans on ethical standards before research is conducted.

Informing participants as soon as possible about the use of deception in an experiment is done through _________.

In Asian cultures people are seen as _______ from other people.

Processing systematically requires ________, time, and effort.

The more _______ and salient a potential cause, the more likely it is to be taken as an explanation of behavior.

When no immediate causal attribution comes to mind when observing a behavior, people can collect ________ information to try to ascertain the cause.

People search for ________ information when seeking information about whether the actor also displays the same behavior towards other targets.

When people rely on their _______ personality theories, they may infer that a person has many qualities based on a single characteristic.

Because impressions shape the interpretation of later information, their effects can persist even if the initial impression is discovered to be false, a distortion called _________ bias.

Unless we are willing and able to process information systematically, the principle of ________ applies: we stick with our first impressions.

Letting the early information have a greater impact is called a _________ effect.

The most effective way to reduce or eliminate the perseverance bias is to explicitly consider the _________  possibility.

Impressions often lead people to seek consistent information or even to elicit confirming actions from others, creating a self-fulfilling ________.

The self-concept is what we _______ about ourselves.

According to self-perception theory we learn about ourselves from our __________.

Intrinsic motivation refers to behavior we _________ to do.

According to Festinger’s (1954) social comparison theory, we compare ourselves with others that are __________.

People tend to attribute failure to  _______ factors.

We relax comfortably in one role, because other _________ roles are out of mind.

As people think about their past, they _______ an autobiography that integrates their various self-aspects.