Social Influence and Cognitive Processes Quiz

Test your knowledge of social psychology with questions on conformity, obedience, attribution, group dynamics, and more.

#1

Which term refers to the phenomenon where people conform to the group's norms or behaviors?

Obedience
Social facilitation
Social loafing
Conformity
#2

What is the term for the process of adjusting one's behavior or thinking based on the behavior or thinking of others?

Social cognition
Social influence
Social facilitation
Socialization
#3

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

A group to which an individual does not belong
A group to which an individual belongs and identifies with
A group to which an individual used to belong
A group to which an individual aspires to belong
#4

What is the term for the process of changing one's attitudes or beliefs to match those of a group?

Persuasion
Conformity
Obedience
Social comparison
#5

Which term refers to the tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors and one's failures to external factors?

Self-serving bias
Fundamental attribution error
Actor-observer bias
Confirmation bias
#6

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

A group to which an individual does not belong
A group to which an individual belongs and identifies with
A group to which an individual used to belong
A group to which an individual aspires to belong
#7

What is the term for the process by which individuals adopt the attitudes, values, and behaviors of a group?

Acculturation
Socialization
Assimilation
Conformity
#8

What does the term 'cognitive dissonance' refer to?

The tendency to conform to group norms
The discomfort experienced when holding conflicting beliefs or attitudes
The tendency to obey authority figures
The tendency to perform better in the presence of others
#9

Which of the following is NOT a factor that influences conformity?

Group size
Unanimity
Culture
Gender
#10

What is the term for the tendency to attribute other people's behavior to internal factors while overlooking the influence of situational factors?

Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Actor-observer bias
Confirmation bias
#11

Which theory suggests that individuals adjust their attitude or behavior to match that of others?

Self-perception theory
Social identity theory
Theory of planned behavior
Social learning theory
#12

According to the elaboration likelihood model (ELM), which route to persuasion involves careful consideration of message content and logic?

Central route
Peripheral route
Secondary route
Primary route
#13

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

Social loafing
Groupthink
Deindividuation
Conformity
#14

Who proposed the theory of reciprocal determinism, which suggests that behavior is influenced by personal factors, environmental factors, and cognitive factors?

Albert Bandura
Leon Festinger
Stanley Milgram
Solomon Asch
#15

Which term describes the tendency to favor information that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses?

Confirmation bias
Cognitive dissonance
Actor-observer bias
Fundamental attribution error
#16

Who conducted the Stanford prison experiment, which demonstrated the power of social roles in influencing behavior?

Solomon Asch
Philip Zimbardo
Stanley Milgram
Leon Festinger
#17

Which theory suggests that people seek to understand and predict their own behavior and the behavior of others by assigning attributes to behavior?

Social identity theory
Attribution theory
Self-perception theory
Theory of planned behavior
#18

What is the term for the phenomenon where individuals engage in riskier behavior when part of a group compared to when alone?

Risk aversion
Social inhibition
Social facilitation
Group polarization
#19

Which term describes the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity?

Social loafing
Groupthink
Deindividuation
Conformity
#20

In Asch's conformity experiments, what was the percentage of participants who conformed at least once?

25%
50%
75%
95%
#21

According to Milgram's obedience experiments, what was the average percentage of participants who administered the maximum voltage?

10%
25%
50%
65%
#22

Who proposed the elaboration likelihood model (ELM) of persuasion?

Leon Festinger
Albert Bandura
Robert Cialdini
Richard Petty and John Cacioppo
#23

Which term describes the tendency for group decision-making to result in more extreme outcomes than individual decisions?

Group polarization
Groupthink
Social comparison
Deindividuation
#24

Who proposed the social impact theory, which suggests that the influence of others on an individual depends on the strength, immediacy, and number of other people present?

Stanley Milgram
Kurt Lewin
Bibb Latané
Muzafer Sherif
#25

Who developed the concept of the bystander effect, which explains why individuals are less likely to help in emergency situations when others are present?

Darley and Latané
Zimbardo and Milgram
Asch and Festinger
Bandura and Ross

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