AP PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

GROUP BEHAVIOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Kari had to go to the bathroom, but the only public restroom was in McDonald’s; therefore, she felt obligated to purchase a drink after using the McDonald’s bathrooms. This is an example of
A
Social Loafing
B
Social Reciprocity Norm
C
Group Polarization
D
Just-world Phenomenon
E
Deindividuation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Social facilitation is a psychological concept relating to the tendency for the presence of others to improve a person’s performance on a task.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cognitive dissonance is the discomfort a person feels when their behavior does not align with their values or beliefs. It can also occur when a person holds two contradictory beliefs at the same time. Cognitive dissonance is not a disease or illness. It is a psychological phenomenon that can happen to anyone.

Detailed explanation-3: -In contrast, dispositionism holds that our behavior is determined by internal factors (Heider, 1958). An internal factor is an attribute of a person and includes personality traits and temperament.

Detailed explanation-4: -Groupthink is the modification of the opinions of members of a group to align with what they believe is the group consensus (Janis, 1972). In group situations, the group often takes action that individuals would not perform outside the group setting because groups make more extreme decisions than individuals do.

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