Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 207

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions :
Scenario I
Scenario I is based on and presents data from the following study (reproduced from p.26 of the textbook) :
Piff,P.K. ,Stancato,D.M. ,Côté,S. ,Mendoza-Denton,R. ,& Keltner,D.(2012) .Higher social class predicts increased unethical behaviour.PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,109(11) ,4086-4091.doi:10.1073/pnas.1118373109
Piff and colleagues (2012) used naturalistic observation techniques to determine if wealthy people behaved more or less ethically than people who were not wealthy.In one study,observers stood at a busy intersection and recorded the make,model,and year of each approaching car.They also noted if the car cut off other cars or pedestrians at this intersection.
Major findings of Piff et al.(2012) are presented in Figure 1.1.This figure shows the percentage of times vehicles cut off another driver (top panel) or pedestrians (lower panel) as a function of the social status of the vehicles (with more expensive cars ranked higher in social status) .
Figure 1.1
-(Scenario I) A psychologist believes that people in higher and lower social classes learn norms that then affect their behaviour in many different settings.One such norm is that people in higher social classes tend to view themselves as more important than others.As such,the psychologist is not surprised that people driving expensive cars are more likely to disregard the rights of others.This _____ psychologist would predict that _____.

• A)humanistic;selfishness results in wealth
• B)humanistic;wealth makes people selfish
• C)cultural;selfishness results in wealth
• D)cultural;wealth makes people selfish

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Definitions:

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Outside Opinion

Perspectives or advice coming from individuals not directly involved in a situation or issue.

Pressure To Conform

The social influence that encourages individuals to match their attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors to group norms.

Groupthink

A phenomenon in social gatherings where the quest for accord or conformity fosters the development of decisions that are unsound or maladaptive.