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Example Question #1 : Culture, Norms, And Conformity
Which pioneer of social psychology conducted a famous conformity experiment requiring subjects to match lines?
Ancel Keys
Sigmund Freud
Solomon Asch
William James
Alfred Binet
Solomon Asch
This particular conformity experiment was conducted using 123 male participants under the guise that the experiment was testing visual judgment. Participants were shown a series of cards, each with varying lengths. This experiment showed that the majority of participants would conform to the responses of the "confederates" instead of trusting in their own perceptive faculties.
Example Question #2 : Culture, Norms, And Conformity
What is a morpheme?
A way to study behavioral psychology in animals
The smallest unit of language that can carry meaning
The smallest distinctive unit of sound
A type of medication used to treat people in great pain
How children explore the world through sensorimotor skills
The smallest unit of language that can carry meaning
A morpheme is the smallest grammatical unit of language. A morpheme is not necessarily a word, but it can be. It can also be part of a word. For example, the word "smaller" is made up of two morphemes.
1) small: adjective and root of this word
2) er: morpheme that changes the word into a relative adjective, as opposed to a stand alone adjective
A phenome is the smallest distinctive unit of sound in language.
Example Question #52 : Ap Psychology
All of the following are stages experienced by people facing grief or death except __________.
denial
anger
mistrust
bargaining
mistrust
Mistrust is not one of the five stages of grief described by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. These stages are, in order: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
Example Question #53 : Ap Psychology
What phenomenon was Milgram investigating in his famously controversial shock experiment?
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
The halo effect
Obedience
The bystander effect
Obedience
Milgram led people to believe that they were shocking a person in another room in response to incorrect answers on a memory test. The levels of shock administered by some got to be deadly and the person being "shocked" (they were an actor) repeatedly cried out in pain. Many people in the study obeyed the researcher, especially if the researcher was from a presitigious university. The effect was also stronger in unfamiliar environments.
Example Question #54 : Ap Psychology
Toward what kind of people do we generally feel romantic attraction?
People who are similar to ourselves
People with whom we come into frequent contact
People who display positive feelings towards us
None of these
All of these
All of these
Contrary to "opposites attract," more generally speaking we are attracted to people who are very similar to us physically, emotionally, morally, and interest-wise. More than this, the more we see a person, the more we will like them. If they return positive feelings, than we will like them even more!
Example Question #3 : Culture, Norms, And Conformity
What is social loafing?
An individual makes less effort in all social endeavors
An individual makes less effort in making new friends, since they already have enough to keep them happy
An individual adopts the beliefs, morals, and customs of the group to which they belong
An individual makes less effort when they are part of a group working towards a common goal
None of these
An individual makes less effort when they are part of a group working towards a common goal
Social loafing is a social phenomenon whereby an individual makes less effort towards a goal when they are working towards it with others. The most relatable example is when students are put together for projects at school. In these circumstances, there is considerably less effort put into the project than if everyone was working separately.
Example Question #56 : Ap Psychology
Which of the following is an example of a stereotype?
Diners serve American food
Darker skin is caused by excess pigment
Cats like to hunt
America is widely considered to be democratic
Blondes have more fun
Blondes have more fun
A stereotype is a widely held belief about a group of people, place, or thing that is a simplified generalization. In this instance, the group of people is "blondes" and the generalization is that they "have more fun." The belief could be based on the images in the media or real life experiences, but the quality that results in stereotype is the generalization to the demographic as a whole. Of course, stereotypes are not always true and can be very misleading. This applies to how we think about many other groups in society and can contribute to prejudice and animosity towards them.
Example Question #54 : Ap Psychology
What are the tendencies of an authoritarian personality?
Cultural awareness and openness to new ways of looking at the world
Aspiration to the most powerful positions in society
Rigidity and a strong grip of societal norms and tradition
Rebellion against authority out of a sense of self importance
Chronic dependence upon authority figures
Rigidity and a strong grip of societal norms and tradition
Those with authoritarian personalities have a strong tendency towards sticking to tradition and cultural norms. They believe in their own authority over others and display an oppressive attitude toward their subordinates. Moreover, they are defined by a lack of oppenness and fluidity in the face of newer ideas and innovations in society, choosing to instead stick with their own practices and beliefs.
Example Question #52 : Ap Psychology
The difference between prejudice and discrimination is __________.
prejudice involves an action
discrimination involves an action
discrimination does not involve an action
None of the other answers is accurate; prejudice and discrimination are the same thing
discrimination is an attitude
discrimination involves an action
The difference between prejudice an discrimination is that discrimination MUST involve an action, whereas prejudice can simply be an attitude. For example, a cat may be prejudiced against a dog on his street. The dog, however, is discriminating against the cat by eating the cat's food and chasing the cat every time he sees her.
Example Question #7 : Culture, Norms, And Conformity
According to John Santrock, in male adolescent culture, many perceive that they will be thought of as more masculine if they engage in which of the following activities?
Hang around many male acquaintances
Play sports and engage in athletic activities
Get good grades and do well academically
Engage in premarital sex, drink alcohol and take drugs, and participate in delinquent activities.
Engage in premarital sex, drink alcohol and take drugs, and participate in delinquent activities.
In Adolescence by John Santrock, male behaviors are said to have been taught as masculine, although they lack social approval. As a result, doing things like engaging in premarital sex, drinking alcohol and taking drugs, and participating in delinquent activities, make adolescent males feel like they are being manly and masculine.