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Social Psychology, 7/e
David G Myers, Hope College

Group Influence

Mutliple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions



1

Two or more people who interact with and influence one another are called
A)coactors.
B)a group.
C)social facilitators.
D)groupthink.
2

People working simultaneously and individually on a noncompetitive task are called
A)social facilitators.
B)coactors.
C)group.
D)collective.
3

According to the text, the presence of others improved people's efficiency at
A)doing complex multiplication problems.
B)learning a foreign language.
C)learning nonsense words.
D)crossing out designated letters.
4

When people are present, we tend to
A)perspire less.
B)have a higher heart beat.
C)breathe slower.
D)have lower blood pressure.
5

The concern for how others are evaluating us is
A)self-protection evaluation.
B)ego evaluation.
C)evaluation apprehension.
D)social evaluation.
6

Which of the following is not true for groups?
A)Group members work less hard on additive tasks.
B)Group members perceive themselves as working just as hard in the group or individually.
C)A group situation decreases evaluation concerns.
D)Individual effort increases as the size of the group increases.
7

According to the text, in the Soviet Union, peasants' private plots accounted for ____ percent of the land and _____ percent of the food output.
A)10, 22
B)1, 27
C)2, 18
D)13, 22
8

The loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension is called
A)the singleton effect.
B)the group awareness effect.
C)deindividuation.
D)group polarization.
9

People in groups loaf less when
A)the task is routine.
B)they are with strangers.
C)the task is challenging.
D)they are in an unfamiliar setting.
10

Deindividuation shows that a group experience that diminishes self-consciousness also tends to
A)disconnect their behavior from their attitudes.
B)decrease their emotional arousal.
C)increase their feelings of self-esteem.
D)increase their sensitivity to social expectations.
11

Studies of risky shift eventually led to the formulation of
A)social facilitation theory.
B)group polarization hypothesis.
C)the reactance effect.
D)the diffusion of responsibility effect.
12

A false impression of how other people are feeling is a
A)pluralistic ignorance.
B)invalid social comparison.
C)cognitive dissonance.
D)social influence.
13

Group discussion
A)weakens the initial dominant point of view.
B)enhances pluralistic ignorance.
C)weakens informational influence.
D)enhances risk taking.
14

Which of the following is not a symptom of groupthink?
A)an illusion of invulnerability
B)free riders
C)self-censorship
D)rationalization
15

Who would be considered coactors?
A)two people playing tennis
B)four women in a reading circle
C)20 people in a 10K race
D)two children playing checkers
16

According to the text, if a minority judges blue slides to be green
A)it has no effect on the judgments of the majority.
B)females but not males of the majority will occasionally agree.
C)members of the majority will occasionally agree.
D)males but not females of the majority will occasionally agree.
17

According to the text, a minority member who ___________ is persuasive.
A)argues realistically
B)has defected from the majority
C)wavers
D)appears impatient
18

The process by which certain group members motivate and guide the group is called
A)leadership.
B)group dynamics.
C)social control.
D)social facilitation.
19

Groupthink is happening when members desire
A)control.
B)freedom.
C)harmony.
D)power.
20

Which of the following would be considered a group as defined by the text?
A)100 people waiting for an airplane to land
B)six people at a taxi stand
C)30 people watching a movie
D)two people taking water samples