Social Influence and Attitudes Quiz

Test your knowledge on social influence theories and concepts. Explore questions on conformity, obedience, attitudes, and group dynamics.

#1

What is the term for the process by which individuals explain the causes of behavior and events?

Stereotyping
Attribution
Prejudice
Discrimination
#2

In social psychology, what does the term 'ingroup' refer to?

Groups to which we do not belong
Groups to which we belong and identify with
Groups that hold opposing views
Groups formed for a specific task
#3

According to Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory, what do individuals experience when they hold inconsistent beliefs or attitudes?

Social comparison
Cognitive restructuring
Cognitive dissonance
Selective exposure
#4

What term describes a negative attitude or emotional response toward a particular group?

Prejudice
Stereotype
Discrimination
Ingroup bias
#5

What is the term for the act of treating people differently based on their membership in a particular group?

Prejudice
Stereotyping
Discrimination
Ingroup favoritism
#6

Which theory suggests that people adjust their attitudes to be consistent with their behavior?

Social Identity Theory
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Elaboration Likelihood Model
Theory of Planned Behavior
#7

What type of social influence occurs when individuals conform to the expectations of a social role?

Normative influence
Informational influence
Internalization
Role conformity
#8

Which term refers to the phenomenon where individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present?

Diffusion of responsibility
Bystander effect
Social loafing
Deindividuation
#9

Which type of conformity involves publicly agreeing with a group's opinion but privately maintaining one's own beliefs?

Compliance
Identification
Internalization
Reactance
#10

What is the term for a tendency to attribute our successes to internal factors and our failures to external factors?

Fundamental attribution error
Actor-observer bias
Self-serving bias
Just-world hypothesis
#11

According to the elaboration likelihood model (ELM), what determines whether a person will take the central or peripheral route to persuasion?

Cognitive dissonance
Intrinsic motivation
Relevance of the message
Social identity
#12

Which type of attitude change occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues, such as a speaker's attractiveness or expertise?

Central route persuasion
Peripheral route persuasion
Elaboration likelihood
Dual-process theory
#13

Which term describes the tendency for individuals to exert less effort when working collectively compared to when working individually?

Social loafing
Group polarization
Deindividuation
Groupthink

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