Sample Study Questions
1. Suppose Jessica severely sprains her ankle
after stumbling off a curb and has trouble walking. Would a social psychologist
expect her to be more likely to get help on a street in New York City or on a
small side street in rural Wyoming? Why?
2. Why do researchers find prejudice hard to
measure?
3. What are the differences in attribution
style between individualist and collectivist cultures?
4. What is Philip Zimbardo’s prison study, and
what did it demonstrate?
5. In Stanley Milgram’s obedience study, what
circumstances resulted in the highest levels of obedience?
