MCQs on the Social Psychology

According to Janis, John F. Kennedy’s Bay of Pigs failure was caused in large part by

Zimbardo’s prison experiment suggests that many destructive human relationships have their source in

A student who is unprepared for a final exam complains that he has a stomach ache and cannot take the exam. If the student’s roommate ignores this complaint, he or she has probably attributed the student’s symptoms to thea

How individuals are affected by the presence of others is the focus of study in the field of

After Mrs. Keech’s doomsday predictions failed, her followers suddenly became interested in convincing others they were right. This turn of events is predicted by __________ theory.

An individual’s misuse of valuable natural resources could be an example of

If everyone leaves five minutes before the game is over to avoid a traffic jam, the resulting traffic jam would be an example of

Moderate self-disclosure typically leads to

Attribution theory concerns our tendency to explain our behavior and that of others

__________ is best known for his research on conformity.

Negative attitudes that are tinged with fear, hatred, or suspicion is a definition of

You are walking into a store when a man rudely cuts in front of you, almost shoving you, so that he may enter the store first. “What a jerk!” you think to yourself. As you enter the store, you see the same man performing an emergency tracheotomy on a women with a collapsed windpipe. You have justa

In an experiment in which a “student” simulated a seizure, helping was inhibited by

A learned disposition to respond to people, objects, or institutions in a positive or negative way defines

Groups reward members with __________ and __________ for comformity.

When we perform well, we typically attribute our success to __________.

Prejudice based on displaced aggression represents a form of

In North America, male friendships are __________ based and female friendships are __________ .

When making the “attribution error,” we tend to overestimate the importance of __________ in judging the behavior of others.

Aggression is best defined as