Study Questions Number 17 Chapter 8. Behavior in Social and Cultural Context (284-309)

Student Name _____________________ Date due: 10-20-04 Introduction to Psychology 101 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.

1.	In Asch's studies of conformity, how many conformed to the group's incorrect decision more than half the time? What do you think of that? (285)
2.	Define individualist culture. Define collectivist culture. Give an example of one or the other from your recent personal experience or something you saw in the media. (285)
3.	What is groupthink? What four symptoms did your textbook identify? What are the definitions of each? (286-287)
4.	What is diffusion of responsibility? What are the consequences of diffusion of responsibility? (287)
5.	What is social loafing? Under what four conditions does social loafing occur? (287)
6.	What is deindividuation? What causes deindividuation? What are the consequences of deindividuation? (288-289)
7.	What are five social and cultural factors in decisions to disobey and "rock the boat?" (290-292)
8.	What is ethnocentrism? (292)
9.	How did Muzafer Sherif undo the hostility between the Eagles and Rattlers? (293)
10.	In what three ways do stereotypes distort reality? (294)
11.	What is the difference between a prejudice and a stereotype? (294-295)
12.	What are the causes and functions of prejudice? (295-297)
13.	What four conditions must be met before conflict and prejudice between groups can be overcome? (301-303)
14.	Many people like to divide individuals and nations into those that are "good" and those that are "evil." What is wrong with thinking this way? Might this apply to the proposed war on Iraq? (304)
15.	What advantages are there to rulers in creating "us-them" thinking?
16.	The compelling evidence for what is, perhaps, the hardest lesson in psychology? What does that mean? What do you think about that? (304)