Group Dynamics
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Course Introduction
Group Dynamics examines the psychological principles and processes underlying behavior in groups. The course explores how individuals influence and are influenced by group membership, focusing on topics such as group formation, structure, roles, communication patterns, leadership, decision-making, conflict, and cohesion. Through theoretical perspectives, empirical research, and practical applications, students gain an understanding of interpersonal relationships within groups, the factors that drive group effectiveness, and the methods for managing group processes in diverse contexts such as workplaces, classrooms, and social organizations.
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THINK Social Psychology 2012 Edition 1st Edition by Kimberley J. Duff
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Chapter 1: What is Social Psychology
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Q1) Ruth is taking a social psychology class with a professor who has a reputation of being mean and unhelpful.Ruth notices that the professor will not provide any extensions for late work or provide any extra credit opportunities for students struggling with the coursework.However,Ruth fails to consider that the professor offers review sessions prior to examinations and responds to all email questions within a 24 hour time period.By noticing information that confirms her belief that the professor is unhelpful and ignoring information that disconfirms her belief,Ruth is engaging in what social psychological phenomenon?
A) The false consensus effect
B) The false uniqueness effect
C) The hindsight bias
D) The confirmation bias
Answer: D
Q2) Social psychology is generally considered a Western-dominated discipline. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Science of Social Psychology
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Q1) The tendency to view events that have already occurred in the past as more predictable than they were before they took place is defined as _____________.
A) Hindsight bias
B) Observational bias
C) The false consensus effect
D) Retrospection
Answer: A
Q2) When neither the experimenter nor the participant knows who is in the experimental group and who is in the control group,this is known as ______________.
A) a single-blind study
B) experimenter bias
C) a double-blind study
D) participant bias
Answer: C
Q3) When a hypothesis is not supported by the data this means that it false.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Social Cognition: Thinking About the Social World
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Q1) Even though Christopher has lost a great deal of money gambling,he continues to place bets at the roulette table because he believes that he can predict the winning number.Christopher's perception that he can control events that are uncontrollable is known as:
A) A self-fulfilling prophecy
B) The negativity bias
C) The illusion of control
D) The framing heuristic
Answer: C
Q2) According to your textbook,which of the following statements represents a potential benefit of counterfactual thinking?
A) Counterfactual thinking is often used to assign blame in a situation.
B) Counterfactual thinking leads to the overconfidence barrier.
C) Counterfactual thinking increases use of the base rate.
D) Counterfactual thinking about an event may lead to better preparation for a future event.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Who Am I and How Do Other Individuals See Me?
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Q1) Danny's father rewards him with ten dollars every time he receives an A in a class.Danny works hard to get as many A's as he can so that he can earn more money.In this example,Danny's behavior would be considered:
A) extrinsically motivated
B) intrinsically motivated
C) inherently motivated
D) unmotivated
Q2) What is the false consensus effect? What does research suggest is one possible reason we see this effect?
Q3) Who coined the term 'looking-glass' self?
A) Charles H. Cooley
B) George Herbert Mead
C) George Mead.
D) Albert Bandura.
Q4) Name two things you could do to increase a friend's self-awareness.What effect does increasing a person's self-awareness have on their behavior?
Q5) Your self-concept is made up of various beliefs you hold about yourself.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Social Perception: How Do We Perceive Others?
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Q1) Which of the following describes the phenomenon whereby the last pieces of information to which we are exposed have heightened impact on our judgments,relative to information received in the middle?
A) The halo effect
B) The what is beautiful is good effect
C) The recency effect
D) The finale effect
Q2) Pamela believes that women who are on welfare are responsible for their situation and she doesn't believe they deserve help from the government.Pamela is illustrating:
A) self-serving bias.
B) belief in a just world.
C) need for cognition.
D) the halo effect.
Q3) Describe the halo effect and provide an example.
Q4) Define spontaneous trait inference and provide an example.
Q5) Define the notion of self-fulfilling prophecy.Using information presented in your textbook,explain why self-fulfilling prophecies are not necessarily 'written in stone.'
Q6) How would the primacy effect influence your impression of someone else?
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Chapter 6: Attitudes: Making Evaluations About the World
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Q1) What is the name-letter effect? What impact might this effect have on your life?
Q2) Describe self-affirmation theory and explain how it relates to attitude change.
Q3) Research suggests that an attitudinal shift as a result of cognitive dissonance is much more likely to occur when the counterattitudinal behavior is conducted in front of others.This finding supports which of the following statements?
A) People are more concerned with appearing consistent in their attitudes in the eyes of others than they are with actually being consistent.
B) People are concerned with holding attitudes that are consistent with their behavior.
C) People are never concerned with holding attitudes that are consistent with their behavior.
D) Attitudes often do not match behavior
Q4) When evaluating objects and people,research suggests we pay more attention to negative information over positive information.What have researchers proposed as a reason for this tendency? Describe research evidence presented in your textbook to support this view.
Q5) Provide the definition of an attitude and describe the three major components an attitude.
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Chapter 7: The Art and Science of Persuasion
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Q1) What is the sleeper effect? When is this effect less likely to occur?
Q2) Forbidding someone to do something might create psychological reactance,prompting people to do the exact opposite of what you want them to do.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Holly is trying to solicit donations for breast cancer research.Pick three of Cialdini's six 'weapons' of influence and describe how she could use them to persuade people to donate money.
Q4) One way to increase the likelihood of central route processing would be to increase the personal relevance of an issue to an audience.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Suppose you were asked to design a persuasive advertisement for a new running shoe.Describe how you might design the persuasive communication for an audience with a high need for cognition.How would your message differ if your target audience had a low need for cognition?
Q6) What is outcome-relevant involvement and why is it important to consider when designing a persuasive message?
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Chapter 8: Social Influence: Should We Resist?
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Q1) Injunctive norms concern how people typically behave.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In Asch's experiment,participants were most likely exhibiting what type of conformity?
A) private conformity
B) nonconformity
C) public conformity
D) personal conformity
Q3) Compare and contrast foot-in-the-door technique and door-in-the-face technique.Name the principle of compliance that drives the success of each technique and describe why these techniques are often effective in eliciting compliance.
Q4) Name one factor that makes it easier to resist the pull of conformity.Describe how and why this factor impacts one's ability to go against the majority.
Q5) Which of the following factors is associated with decreased conformity?
A) low individuality
B) high individuality
C) high self-monitoring
D) high self-awareness
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Chapter 9: The Power of the Group
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Q1) Your basketball team is up by 50 points at halftime only to lose in the final seconds of the game due to your star player missing his free throw shots.If your teammate experienced increased arousal from the potential of being judged by the audience,this could be described as arousal due to:
A) evaluation apprehension.
B) mere presence.
C) decreased self-awareness.
D) distraction.
Q2) According to one study described in your textbook,an individual who spends a lot of time with a heavy drinker is _________to also drink to excess.
A) 20% less likely
B) 50% more likely
C) 20% more likely
D) not likely
Q3) According to Janis,groupthink is inevitable.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Name and describe the three factors that may lead to arousal.
Q5) How can groupthink be prevented? Name and describe 3 solutions to groupthink.
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Chapter 10: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination:
Causes and Consequences
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Q1) Which of the following does NOT represent a strategy for reducing stereotypes and prejudice?
A) Provide better education.
B) Increase interdependence between groups.
C) Increase equal contact between members of different social groups.
D) Increase competition for scarce resources.
Q2) People may identify with a group based on very superficial similarities.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The belief that 'all men are emotionally unavailable' is an example of the ultimate attribution error.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Research suggests that people with low self-esteem favor their ingroup more than people with high self-esteem.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Prejudice refers to attitudes while discrimination refers to behaviors.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Aggression
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Q1) Based on information presented in your textbook,which of the following individuals would be most likely to act aggressively if provoked?
A) John, a 30 year old man.
B) Wendy, a 30 year old woman.
C) Jane, an elderly woman.
D) None of these individuals would be more likely than the other to act aggressively under provocation.
Q2) Researchers have found that,in comparison to inmates who committed property crimes of larceny,drug possession,and burglary,inmates who committed violent,personal,or sexual crimes had:
A) more testosterone.
B) less testosterone.
C) a lower IQ level.
D) no activity in their left temporal lobe.
Q3) Pain,overcrowding,and attacks can all be considered examples of:
A) aggressive cues.
B) aversive experiences.
C) frustration.
D) relative deprivation.
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Chapter 12: Examining Attraction and Close Relationships
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Q1) What attitude is considered to underlie the formation of attachment styles?
A) Affection.
B) Interpersonal trust.
C) Self-respect.
D) Interpersonal trust and self-respect.
Q2) Julie is fearful of flying and on her trip to Florida finds herself sitting next to a handsome stranger.They strike up a conversation during take-off and exchange numbers when they land.Julie feels very attracted to her new acquaintance and hopes he will call her soon.According to the excitation transfer hypothesis,Julie's attraction could be a function of which of the following?
A) The excitement she feels from meeting someone new.
B) The increase in oxytocin which transfers her feelings of attraction to the handsome stranger.
C) The happiness she feels from spending time with someone who is attractive.
D) The transfer of physiological arousal she feels from her fear of flying to the handsome stranger.
Q3) Describe Sternberg's triangular theory of love.
Q4) What is reciprocity and how does it relate to attraction and liking?
Q5) Define 'need for affiliation.'
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Chapter 13: Prosocial Behavior: Why We Help and Why We
Dont
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Q1) In a study by Benson and colleagues (1976),a completed graduate school application was left in a phone booth.Researchers varied the race,level of attraction,and gender of the candidate and examined the influence of these factors on the likelihood of mailing the application.They found that:
A) males were more likely to mail female applications.
B) females were more likely to mail male applications.
C) people were more likely to mail applications of attractive candidates.
D) males were more likely to mail female applications and people were more likely to mail applications of attractive candidates.
Q2) When an individual feels less personal responsibility to help this is known as________.
A) diffusion of responsibility
B) reciprocity
C) pluralistic ignorance
D) kin selection
Q3) Based on the concept of kin selection,you would be more likely to help your sister than a close friend.
A)True
B)False
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