Psy 1305 Final Exam 4 Test Questions
with Correct/Verified Solutions 2026.
the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another - Answer
social psychology
Norman Triplet in the 20th century - worked with athletes (cyclists) - Answer how did social
psychology start?
we perform better when surrounded by other people - Answer social facilitation
use scientific methods to study how people think about, influence, and relate to one another;
they study the social influences that explain why the same person will act differently in different
situations - Answer social psychologists
the theory that explains someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's
disposition; internal disposition and external situation - Answer attribution theory
when analyzing others' behavior, to overestimate the influence of personal traits and
underestimate the effects of the situation; not giving other's slack or taking attribution theory
to the next level - Answer fundamental attribution error
lady was paid to act a certain way, students did not think anything of it - Answer example of
fundamental attribution error
attitudes affect ______________ - Answer actions / behavior
feelings that are influenced by beliefs, that predispose reactions to objects, people, and events -
Answer attitudes
uses incidental cues to produce fast but relatively thoughtless changes in attitudes
ex. if we think someone is an expert or if a celebrity endorses it - Answer peripheral route
persuasion
offers evidence and arguments to trigger thoughtful responses; uses more thought; more
durable and long lasting, have motivation and ability
ex. watches debates to know who to vote for - Answer central route persuasion
,actions can modify ______________ - Answer attitudes
what is the foot-in-the-door phenomenon? - Answer asking a small request with a larger
request after having agreed to the small one - works for positive and negative behavior
ex. ask for help with one problem on hw leads to help with all the problems
door-in-the-face phenomenon - Answer compliance with a small request after having
rejected a large request
ex. negotiating pay with boss
acting a social part by following guidelines for expected behavior (how we are supposed to act) -
Answer role playing
who conducted the "stanford prison experiment"? - Answer zimbardo
describe the stanford prison experiment - Answer people were picked to be guards and
prisoners, watched their behaviors change, they did not tell guards what they could and could
not do - later determined not an ethical study, no debrief or therapy after
zimbardo's prison experiment showed the affects of - Answer role playing
in zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment, what did the guards wear that gave them a sense of
more power? - Answer sunglasses, uniforms, clubs, they actually arrested people
what about the prisoners that made them feel lesser? - Answer they got arrested, wore
dresses without undergarments, chained them, called them by their numbers, etc
what does this say about role playing? - Answer roles and attitudes can impact behaviors,
study was supposed to last 2 weeks but ended after 6 days, everyone involved were healthy
normal college students
the theory that explains what happens when attitudes do not fit with actions - Answer
cognitive dissonance theory
what psychologist is associated with the cognitive dissonance theory? - Answer vestenger
we act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions)
clash - Answer cognitive dissonance theory
, T/F: brain regions become active when people experience cognitive dissonance - Answer
true
which brain regions become active when people experience cognitive dissonance? - Answer
idk
look up def - Answer social contagion
adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard - Answer conformity
helps people to empathize and feel what others feel - Answer automatic mimicry
which psychologist is associated with automatic mimicry (as part of conformity) - Answer
chartrand
how might suggestibility and mimicry lead to tragedy? - Answer copycat violence (giving
others ideas, like school shootings) and suicide contagion (that's why there are restrictions on
how the media reports them, don't give details on how so they don't glorify it)
T/F: 5% of suicides are influenced by others' ways of committing suicides; this is an example of
mimicry leading to tragedy - Answer true
which psychologist studied group conformity? - Answer solomon asch
group conformity is when an individual ___________ their beliefs to match the majority's -
Answer changes
people will deny what they see and conform to the group (feel pressure) - Answer
conformity
as when Asch studied group conformity, he found that (writing/saying) an answer in a group
instead of (writing/saying) the answer decreased group conformity - Answer writing; saying
social influence that involves gaining approval and belonging - Answer normative social
influence (reason for conforming)
with Correct/Verified Solutions 2026.
the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another - Answer
social psychology
Norman Triplet in the 20th century - worked with athletes (cyclists) - Answer how did social
psychology start?
we perform better when surrounded by other people - Answer social facilitation
use scientific methods to study how people think about, influence, and relate to one another;
they study the social influences that explain why the same person will act differently in different
situations - Answer social psychologists
the theory that explains someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's
disposition; internal disposition and external situation - Answer attribution theory
when analyzing others' behavior, to overestimate the influence of personal traits and
underestimate the effects of the situation; not giving other's slack or taking attribution theory
to the next level - Answer fundamental attribution error
lady was paid to act a certain way, students did not think anything of it - Answer example of
fundamental attribution error
attitudes affect ______________ - Answer actions / behavior
feelings that are influenced by beliefs, that predispose reactions to objects, people, and events -
Answer attitudes
uses incidental cues to produce fast but relatively thoughtless changes in attitudes
ex. if we think someone is an expert or if a celebrity endorses it - Answer peripheral route
persuasion
offers evidence and arguments to trigger thoughtful responses; uses more thought; more
durable and long lasting, have motivation and ability
ex. watches debates to know who to vote for - Answer central route persuasion
,actions can modify ______________ - Answer attitudes
what is the foot-in-the-door phenomenon? - Answer asking a small request with a larger
request after having agreed to the small one - works for positive and negative behavior
ex. ask for help with one problem on hw leads to help with all the problems
door-in-the-face phenomenon - Answer compliance with a small request after having
rejected a large request
ex. negotiating pay with boss
acting a social part by following guidelines for expected behavior (how we are supposed to act) -
Answer role playing
who conducted the "stanford prison experiment"? - Answer zimbardo
describe the stanford prison experiment - Answer people were picked to be guards and
prisoners, watched their behaviors change, they did not tell guards what they could and could
not do - later determined not an ethical study, no debrief or therapy after
zimbardo's prison experiment showed the affects of - Answer role playing
in zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment, what did the guards wear that gave them a sense of
more power? - Answer sunglasses, uniforms, clubs, they actually arrested people
what about the prisoners that made them feel lesser? - Answer they got arrested, wore
dresses without undergarments, chained them, called them by their numbers, etc
what does this say about role playing? - Answer roles and attitudes can impact behaviors,
study was supposed to last 2 weeks but ended after 6 days, everyone involved were healthy
normal college students
the theory that explains what happens when attitudes do not fit with actions - Answer
cognitive dissonance theory
what psychologist is associated with the cognitive dissonance theory? - Answer vestenger
we act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions)
clash - Answer cognitive dissonance theory
, T/F: brain regions become active when people experience cognitive dissonance - Answer
true
which brain regions become active when people experience cognitive dissonance? - Answer
idk
look up def - Answer social contagion
adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard - Answer conformity
helps people to empathize and feel what others feel - Answer automatic mimicry
which psychologist is associated with automatic mimicry (as part of conformity) - Answer
chartrand
how might suggestibility and mimicry lead to tragedy? - Answer copycat violence (giving
others ideas, like school shootings) and suicide contagion (that's why there are restrictions on
how the media reports them, don't give details on how so they don't glorify it)
T/F: 5% of suicides are influenced by others' ways of committing suicides; this is an example of
mimicry leading to tragedy - Answer true
which psychologist studied group conformity? - Answer solomon asch
group conformity is when an individual ___________ their beliefs to match the majority's -
Answer changes
people will deny what they see and conform to the group (feel pressure) - Answer
conformity
as when Asch studied group conformity, he found that (writing/saying) an answer in a group
instead of (writing/saying) the answer decreased group conformity - Answer writing; saying
social influence that involves gaining approval and belonging - Answer normative social
influence (reason for conforming)
