1. Social Psychology Jeopardy

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3. “Groups” for $100 The effect of another person’s presence on one’s performance. People usually perform simple or well-learned tasks better in front of others and difficult or unfamiliar tasks worse in front of others. What is social facilitation? Jeopardy Page

4. “Groups” for $200 The tendency for members of a cohesive group to reach decisions without weighing all the facts, especially those contradicting the majority opinion. What is groupthink? Jeopardy Page

5. “Groups” for $300 The tendency for people to work less on a task the greater the number of people are working on that task. What is social loafing? Jeopardy Page

6. “Groups” for $400 The tendency for members of a cohesive group to make more extreme decisions due to the lack of opposing views. What is group polarization? Jeopardy Page

7. “Groups” for $500 A phenomenon where individuals do not offer help in an emergency situation when other people are present. What is the bystander effect? Jeopardy Page

8. “Attribution” for $100 The tendency to overestimate internal factors and underestimate external factors when explaining the behaviors of others. What is the fundamental attribution error? Jeopardy Page

9. “Attribution” for $200 This occurs when people attribute their successes to internal or personal factors but attribute their failures to situational factors beyond their control. What is the self-serving bias? Jeopardy Page

10. “Attribution” for $300 This theory states that a person tends to explain his own behavior and the behavior of others by assigning attributes to these behaviors. What is the attribution theory? Jeopardy Page

11. “Attribution” for $400 In this type of attribution, people infer that an event or a person’s behavior is due to personal factors such as traits, abilities, or feelings. What is internal attribution (or dispositional attribution)? Jeopardy Page

12. “Attribution” for $500 Inferring that an event or behavior is due to temporary factors. What is unstable attribution? Jeopardy Page

13. “Attraction” for $100 This is the most important (and most obvious) factor in establishing attraction. We like those who are close to us. What is proximity (or closeness)? Jeopardy Page

14. “Attraction” for $200 This reason for attraction states that people tend to like others who like them back. What is reciprocity? Jeopardy Page

15. “Attraction” for $300 This reason for attraction maintains that people tend to relate their opinions about other people with their current state. For example, if a man meets another person while in a bad mood, he may have negative feelings toward the new person because of his bad mood. What is association? Jeopardy Page

16. “Attraction” for $400 This theory states that people tend to like novel stimuli more if they encounter them repeatedly. What is the mere exposure effect? Jeopardy Page

17. “Attraction” for $500 This theory states that people tend to pick partners who are about equal in level of attractiveness to themselves. What is the matching hypothesis? Jeopardy Page

18. “Power” for $100 The power to punish. What is coercive power? Jeopardy Page

19. “Power” for $200 This type of power results from experience and education. What is expert power? Jeopardy Page

20. “Power” for $300 This type of power is granted by an authority figure. What is legitimate power? Jeopardy Page

21. “Power” for $400 This type of power comes from admiration or respect. What is referent power? Jeopardy Page

22. “Power” for $500 This type of power comes from the ability to offer awards for behavior. What is reward power? Jeopardy Page

23. “Review” for $100 In this type of study, both the experimenter and the participant do not know if the participant is receiving the actual treatment or the placebo treatment. What is a double blind study? Jeopardy Page

24. “Review” for $200 This parenting style focuses on setting reasonable rules and expectations while encouraging communication and independence. What is authoritative parenting? Jeopardy Page

25. “Review” for $300 This is a condition that occurs after a period of negative consequences where a person begins to believe he or she has no control. What is learned helplessness? Jeopardy Page

26. “Review” for $400 This is another name for the sense of taste. What is gustation? Jeopardy Page

27. “Review” for $500 This portion of the brain contains the visual cortex and plays a major role in the interpretation of visual information. What is the occipital lobe? Jeopardy Page

28. Final Jeopardy She was stabbed to death while being watched by 38 people. Her story is a vivid example of the bystander effect. Who is Kitty Genovese? Jeopardy Page

29. Most information taken from http://allpsych.com/psychology101/ http://allpsych.com/psychology101/ Information on the bystander effect, the self-serving bias, and Kitty Genovese taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/ Information on internal and unstable attribution, the matching hypothesis, and the mere exposure effect taken from http://www.sparknotes.com/psychology/psych101/so cialpsychology/ http://www.sparknotes.com/psychology/psych101/so cialpsychology/ Sources