Social Psychology and Symbolic Interactionism Quiz

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4. Which social psychological concept suggests that people are more likely to comply with a request if it is preceded by a smaller request that they agree to first?

Door-in-the-face technique
Foot-in-the-door technique
Lowball technique
Reciprocity
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7. Which social psychological phenomenon involves a tendency for individuals to exert less effort when working collectively on a task compared to when working individually?

Social loafing
Groupthink
Deindividuation
Conformity
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10. Which social psychological concept involves adjusting one's behavior or opinions to match those of other individuals or a group, often due to real or imagined pressure?

Conformity
Obedience
Compliance
Normative social influence
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14. Which concept, associated with social psychology, refers to the discomfort experienced when holding conflicting beliefs or attitudes?

Cognitive dissonance
Confirmation bias
Selective attention
Stereotype threat
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19. According to the social exchange theory, what is the term for the expectation that individuals should return a favor or help those who have helped them?

Reciprocity norm
Social contract
Altruism
Empathy norm
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1. Which concept in social psychology refers to the tendency for people to attribute their own behavior to external factors while attributing others' behavior to internal factors?

Fundamental Attribution Error
Self-serving Bias
Cognitive Dissonance
Social Identity Theory
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2. In symbolic interactionism, what is the term used to describe the process by which individuals interpret and give meaning to symbols in their communication with others?

Role-taking
Dramaturgy
Labeling theory
Social exchange
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6. What term in symbolic interactionism refers to the process by which individuals take on the perspectives and roles of others in social interactions?

Role-playing
Role-making
Role-exit
Role-merging
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8. In the context of social psychology, what is the term for a positive or negative evaluation of a social group and its members?

Stereotype
Prejudice
Discrimination
Attitude
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11. In the context of symbolic interactionism, what is the term for the process through which individuals learn and internalize the values, norms, and beliefs of their culture?

Socialization
Acculturation
Role-taking
Normalization
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3. According to social identity theory, what is the cognitive process through which individuals categorize themselves and others into social groups based on shared characteristics?

In-group bias
Social categorization
Out-group homogeneity
Conformity
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5. According to Erving Goffman's dramaturgical perspective, what is the term for the efforts individuals make to present a favorable impression of themselves to others?

Impression management
Front stage
Backstage
Role strain
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9. According to the social exchange theory, individuals engage in social interactions based on the expectation of receiving what?

Money
Reciprocity
Praise
Rewards or benefits
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12. According to the social identity theory, what is the term for the tendency to view one's own social group as superior to others, leading to prejudice and discrimination?

In-group bias
Out-group homogeneity
Social categorization
Ethnocentrism
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15. According to symbolic interactionism, what term is used to describe the process of individuals imagining how they appear to others and forming judgments about themselves based on those perceptions?

Role-taking
Self-concept
Looking-glass self
Social comparison

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