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Social Psychology Experiments and Phenomena Quiz

#1

What term is used to describe the tendency of people to perform better when they know they are being observed?

Hawthorne effect
Explanation

Performance improvement due to being observed.

#2

Who proposed the theory of cognitive dissonance?

Leon Festinger
Explanation

Festinger proposed inconsistency discomfort.

#3

Who conducted the 'conformity experiments' using lines of different lengths?

Solomon Asch
Explanation

Asch investigated conformity via line judgment.

#4

Which social psychology experiment demonstrated the power of obedience to authority?

Milgram experiment
Explanation

Demonstrates obedience to authority via shocking outcomes.

#5

Who conducted the famous 'Bobo doll experiment' to study aggression in children?

Albert Bandura
Explanation

Bandura studied children's aggression via imitation.

#6

What phenomenon refers to the tendency for individuals to exert less effort when they are part of a group working toward a common goal?

Social loafing
Explanation

Decreased effort in group tasks.

#7

In the 'Stanford prison experiment', who was assigned the role of prison guards?

Randomly selected participants
Explanation

Participants assigned roles at random.

#8

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

Self-serving bias
Explanation

Tendency to credit self for successes, blame external factors for failures.

#9

What is the term for the tendency of individuals to conform to the majority opinion, even if it goes against their personal beliefs?

Normative social influence
Explanation

Conforming to group norms despite personal beliefs.

#10

Which theory of social psychology suggests that individuals seek to evaluate their abilities and opinions by comparing them to those of others?

Social comparison theory
Explanation

Self-evaluation through comparison with others.

#11

Who proposed the concept of the 'fundamental attribution error'?

Lee Ross
Explanation

Ross introduced attributional bias.

#12

What is the term for the tendency to attribute others' behavior to internal characteristics, while attributing our own behavior to external factors?

Fundamental attribution error
Explanation

Overestimating internal factors in others' behavior.

#13

Who proposed the 'self-perception theory'?

Daryl Bem
Explanation

Bem suggested self-understanding via behavior.

#14

What is the term for the tendency to overestimate the impact of internal factors and underestimate the influence of external factors when analyzing others' behavior?

Actor-observer bias
Explanation

Overestimation of internal factors in others.

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