Exploring Social Psychology

Social Psychology

This set of questions covers fundamental concepts in social psychology, focusing on how individuals think, feel, and behave in social contexts, suitable for high school curriculum.

psychology social science human behavior group dynamics attitudes

12 Questions Easy Ages 14+ Jul 19, 2026

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1 What field of psychology studies how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others?

A Clinical Psychology
B Developmental Psychology
C Social Psychology
D Cognitive Psychology

2 Which term describes adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard?

A Obedience
B Conformity
C Compliance
D Collaboration

3 The Milgram experiment investigated the extent to which people would obey orders from an authority figure. What concept was primarily studied?

A Altruism
B Bystander effect
C Obedience
D Groupthink

4 What phenomenon occurs when the presence of other people hinders an individual from intervening in an emergency situation?

A Social loafing
B Group polarization
C Bystander effect
D Deindividuation

5 When explaining someone else's behavior, we tend to overestimate the impact of dispositional factors and underestimate situational factors. This is known as the:

A Self-serving bias
B Fundamental attribution error
C Hindsight bias
D Confirmation bias

6 An enduring evaluation of people, objects, or ideas that can be positive or negative is called a/an:

A Emotion
B Belief
C Attitude
D Schema

7 A generalized belief about a group of people, often oversimplified and inaccurate, is known as a:

A Prejudice
B Discrimination
C Stereotype
D Bias

8 An unjustified negative attitude toward an individual based solely on their membership in a particular group is defined as:

A Discrimination
B Stereotype
C Prejudice
D Social exclusion

9 What psychological discomfort arises from holding two or more inconsistent attitudes, behaviors, or beliefs?

A Learned helplessness
B Cognitive dissonance
C Groupthink
D Social facilitation

10 The tendency for individuals to exert less effort when working in a group than when working alone is called:

A Social facilitation
B Social loafing
C Groupthink
D Deindividuation

11 When group discussion strengthens a group's dominant point of view and produces a more extreme decision, this is called:

A Groupthink
B Social facilitation
C Group polarization
D Conformity

12 Behavior that is intended to benefit another person without expectation of reward for the helper is known as:

A Egoism
B Altruism
C Reciprocity
D Compliance

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