The text defines social psychology as the scientific study of how people ________ one another. |
think about, influence, and relate to |
To analyze how people explain others’ behavior, Fritz Heider developed |
attribution theory. |
Ksana insists that her boyfriend’s car accident resulted from his carelessness. Her explanation for the accident provides an example of |
a dispositional attribution. |
The tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal dispositions on another’s behavior is called |
the fundamental attribution error. |
A tendency to overestimate the extent to which a stranger’s violent behavior stems from his or her aggressive personality best illustrates |
the fundamental attribution error. |
Caitlin concluded that her husband was late for dinner because he was caught in heavy traffic. Her conclusion best illustrates |
a situational attribution. |
Observing yourself on a videotape is most likely to increase your tendency to attribute your behavior to |
personality traits. |
In explaining our own behavior or the behavior of those we know well, we often resort to |
situational attributions. |
Poverty and unemployment are likely to be explained in terms of personal dispositions by ________ and in terms of situational influences by ________. |
political conservatives; political liberals |
Attitudes are ________ that guide behavior. |
belief-based feelings |
Opinion change resulting from incidental cues such as a speaker’s attractiveness illustrates |
peripheral route persuasion. |
Central route persuasion is most likely when people |
are naturally analytical. |
To "brainwash" captured American soldiers during the Korean War, Chinese communists made effective use of |
the foot-in-the-door phenomenon |
In the years immediately following the introduction of school desegregation in the United States and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, White Americans expressed diminishing racial prejudice. According to the text author, this best illustrated the impact of |
actions on attitudes. |
The tendency for initial compliance with a small request to facilitate subsequent compliance with a larger request is known as the |
oot-in-the-door phenomenon. |
The set of prescribed behaviors associated with a particular social position is best described as a(n) |
role. |
Having observed participants in his simulated prison study, Philip Zimbardo offered an explanation for the destructive behavior of U.S. military guards at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib Prison. Zimbardo’s explanation best exemplified |
a situational attribution. |
Fernando’s favorable attitude toward capital punishment began to change when he was asked to offer arguments opposing it in a class debate. His attitude change is best explained by ________ theory. |
cognitive dissonance |
When no weapons of mass destruction were found following the U.S. invasion of Iraq, some Americans revised their memories of the main rationale for going to war. The text author suggests that we can best explain why people changed their memories in terms of |
cognitive dissonance theory. |
Unconsciously mimicking those around us is known as |
the chameleon effect. |
We tend to feel cheerful around happy people and sad around depressed people. This illustrates |
the chameleon effect. |
Solomon Asch asked people to identify which of three comparison lines was identical to a standard line. His research was designed to study |
conformity. |
Research participants believed that the Asch conformity test involved a study of |
visual perception. |
Alex thinks drinking sugar-laden sodas is bad for you but other players on his hockey team insist that it is not. Alex is likely to conform to their opinion if |
he feels insecure in his role as a new member of the team. |
Normative social influence results from peoples’ desire to |
gain social approval. |
Mr. Maslova attends faculty meetings simply to gain the approval of the school principal. Mr. Maslova’s behavior exemplifies the importance of |
normative social influence. |
Conformity resulting from the acceptance of others’ opinions about reality is said to be a response to |
informational social influence. |
A culture that promotes individualism is most likely to encourage |
nonconformity |
In all of Milgram’s obedience experiments, participants were deceived about |
he amount of shock the victim actually received. |
In Milgram’s first study of obedience, the majority of "teachers" who were ordered to shock a "learner" |
complied fully and delivered the highest level of shock. |
Participants in the Milgram obedience studies were ordered to |
deliver electric shocks to a learner for giving incorrect answers |
In Milgram’s obedience experiments, "teachers" were MOST likely to deliver high levels of shock when |
the "learner" was placed in a different room from the "teacher." |
In Milgram’s obedience experiments, "teachers" exhibited a somewhat lower level of compliance with an experimenter’s orders when |
the experiment was not associated with a prestigious institution like Yale University. |
In Milgram’s obedience experiments, "teachers" were LEAST likely to deliver the highest levels of shock when |
the experiment was not associated with a prestigious institution like Yale University. |
When the participants in Milgram’s study were later surveyed about taking part in the research, most reported that they |
did not regret taking part in the experiment. |
In 1942, German reserve police officers obeyed orders to kill some 1500 Jews in the village of Jozefow, Poland. This incident illustrated that people are most likely to be destructively obedient when |
they perceive their orders to come from legitimate authority figures. |
In Milgram’s experiments, participants were torn between whether they should respond to the pleas of the ______ or the demands of the ______. |
"learner"; experimenter |
According to Milgram, the most fundamental lesson to be learned from his study of obedience is that |
even ordinary people, who are not usually hostile, can become agents of destruction. |
The gradually escalating levels of destructive obedience in the Milgram experiments best illustrate one of the potential dangers of |
the foot-in-the-door phenomenon. |
Social facilitation is most likely to occur in the performance of ________ tasks. |
simple |
Social facilitation refers to the tendency to |
perform well-learned tasks more effectively in the presence of others. |
Norman Triplett observed that adolescents wound a fishing reel faster in the presence of someone working simultaneously on the same task. This best illustrates |
social facilitation. |
After a light turns green, drivers take about 15 percent less time to travel the first 100 yards when another car is beside them at the intersection than when they are alone. This best illustrates |
social facilitation |
University students were observed to pull harder on a rope when they thought they were pulling alone than when they thought three others were pulling with them on the same rope. This best illustrates |
social loafing. |
Class members are asked to work cooperatively in groups on major course papers. Every member of a group is to receive exactly the same grade based on the quality of the group’s paper. This situation is most likely to lead to |
social loafing. |
Individuals who are normally law-abiding may vandalize and loot when they become part of a mob. This change in behavior is best understood in terms of |
deindividuation. |
Deindividuation refers to |
a loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity. |
Group polarization is most likely to occur in a group in which |
individuals share a similar opinion. |
Individuals who believe that the death penalty should be abolished meet to discuss the issue. Research on group interaction suggests that after discussion the individuals will be |
even more convinced that the death penalty should be abolished. |
By providing prospective terrorists with electronic "chat rooms" for interfacing online with others who share their attitudes, the Internet most likely serves as a medium for |
group polarization. |
social psychology |
Which branch of psychology is most directly concerned with the study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another? |
how people explain others’ behavior. |
Attribution theory was designed to account for |
dispositions or their situations. |
Fritz Heider concluded that people tend to attribute others’ behavior either to their |
situational influences; personal dispositions |
The fundamental attribution error refers to our tendency to underestimate the impact of ________ and to overestimate the impact of ________ in explaining the behavior of others. |
Attitudes are ________ that guide behavior. |
We have a tendency to explain the behavior of strangers we have observed in only one type of situation in terms of ________ and to explain our own behavior in terms of ________. |
comply with a large request if one has previously complied with a small request. |
The foot-in-the-door phenomenon refers to the tendency to |
cognitive dissonance. |
The discomfort we feel when two thoughts are inconsistent is called |
a great sense of responsibility for engaging in behaviors of which we personally disapprove. |
We are most likely to experience cognitive dissonance if we feel |
conformity |
Adjusting one’s behavior or thinking toward a group standard is called |
even when the group judgment was clearly incorrect. |
Solomon Asch reported that individuals conformed to a group’s judgment of the lengths of lines |
the teachers were more obedient than most people would have predicted. |
Most people are likely to be surprised by the results of Milgram’s initial obedience experiment because |
teachers" were deceived and frequently subjected to stress. |
The Milgram obedience experiments were controversial because the |
even ordinary people, who are not usually hostile, can become agents of destruction. |
According to Milgram, the most fundamental lesson to be learned from his study of obedience is that |
perform well-learned tasks more effectively in the presence of others. |
Social facilitation refers to the tendency to |
exert less effort when they are pooling their efforts toward a common goal. |
Social loafing refers to the tendency for people to |
audience members who are asked to applaud after a speaker is introduced. |
Social loafing is MOST likely to occur among |
individuals share a similar opinion. |
Group polarization is most likely to occur in a group in which |
groupthink |
The ill-fated decision of President John F. Kennedy and his advisors to invade Cuba best illustrates the dangers of |
an unjustifiable attitude toward a group and its members. |
Prejudice is best defined as |
Which theory describes how we explain others’ behavior as being due to internal dispositions or external situations? |
Attribution Theory |
Two neighboring nations are stockpiling weapons. Each sees its neighbor’s actions as an act of aggression and its own actions as self defense. Evidently, these nations are victims of |
The fundamental attribution error |
When male students in an experiment were told that a woman to whom they would be speaking had been instructed to act in a friendly or unfriendly way, most of them subsequently attributed her behavior to |
her personal disposition |
Professor Washington’s students did very poorly on the last exam. The tendancy to make the fundamental attribution error might lead her to conclude that the class did poorly because |
students were unmotivated |
Which of the following is true? |
Attitudes predict behavior under certain conditions |
Which of the following is an example of the foot-in-the-door phenomenon? |
After agreeing to wear a small "Enforce Recycling" lapel pin, a women agrees to collect signatures on a petition to make recycling required by law |
Before she gave a class presentation favoring gun control legislation, Wanda opposed it. Her present attitude favoring such legislation can best be explained by |
Congnitive dissonance theory |
Which of the following situations should produce the greatest congnitive dissonance? |
A student volunteers to debate an issue, taking the side he personally disagrees with |
According to cognitive dissonance theory, dissonance is most likely to occur when |
An individual does something that is personally disagreeable |
Which of the following phenomena is best explained by cognitive dissonance theory? |
The foot-in-the-door phenomenon |
Conformity increased under which of the following conditions in Asch’s studies of conformity? |
All of theses conditions increased conformity |
Subjects in Asch’s line-judgment experiment conformed to the group standard when their judgments were observed by others but not when they were made in private. This tendancy to conform in public demonstrates |
Normative social influence |
Which of the following is important in promoting conformity in individuals? |
Whether an individual’s behavior will be observed by others in the group |
Jose is the one student member on his school’s board of trustees. At the board’s first meeting, Jose wants to disagree with the others on several issues but in each case decides to say nothing. Studies on conformity suggest all expcept one of the following factors in Jose’s not speaking up. Which one is not a factor? |
The board members are already aware that Jose and the student body disagree with them on these issues |
Maria recently heard a speech calling for a ban on aerosol sprays that endanger the earth’s ozone layer. Maria’s subsequent decision to stop using aerosal sprays is an example of |
Informational social influence |
In his study of obedience, Stanley Milgram found that the majority of subjects |
Complied with the experiment until the "learner" first indicated pain |
Based on findings from Milgram’s obedience studies, participants would be less likely to follow the experimenter’s orders when |
They see another subject disobey instructions |
Which of the following conclusions did Milgram derive from his studies of obedience? |
Even ordinary people, without any particular hostility, can become agents in a destructive process |
Which of the foloowing most accurately states the effects of crowding on behavior? |
Crowding usually weakes the intensity of people’s reactions |
Which of the following would most likely be subject to social faciliation? |
Running quickly around a track |
The phenomenon in which individuals lose their identity and relinquish normal restraints when they are part of a group is called |
Deindividuation |
Concluding her presentation on deindividuation, Renee notes that deindividuation is less likely in situations that promote |
Increased self-awareness |
Which of the following statements is true? |
A group that is like-minded will probably not change its apinions through discussion |
Jane and Sandy were best friends in their first year of university. Jane joined a sorority; Sandy didn’t. By the end of their last year, they found that they had less in common with each other than the other members of their respective circles of friends. Which of the following phenomena most likely explains their feelings? |
Group polarization |
Which of the following is most likely to promote groupthink? |
Group polarization is evident |
Which of the following best summarizes the relative importance of personal control and social control of our behavior? |
Situational and personal influences interact in determining our behavior |
Research has found that for a minority to succeed in swaying a majority, the minority must |
Be able to convince a key majority leader |
Alexsis believes that all male athletes are self-centered and sexist. Her beliefs are an example of |
Stereotypes |
(Close-Up) Which of the following is an example of implicit prejudice? |
Jake, who is White, gives higher evaluations to essays he believes to be written by Blacks than to Whit-authored essays |
We tend to preceive the members of an ingroup as_____ and the members of an out group as_____. |
Different from one another; similar to one another |
Given the tendancy of people to categorize information according to preformed schemas, which of the following stereotypes would Juan, a 65-year-old political liberal and fitness enthusiast, be most likely to have? |
"Young people today have no sense of responsibility." |
Ever since their cabin lost the camp softball competition, the campers have become increasingly hostile toward oe camper in their cabin, blaming her for every problem in the cabin. This behavior is best explained in terms of |
The scapegoat theory |
Students at State University are convinced that their school is better than any other; this most directly illustrates |
An ingroup bias |
People with power and status may become prejudiced because |
They tend to justify the social inequalities between themselves and others |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text discussion of the roots of prejudice? |
People’s tendancy to assume that exceptional, or especially memorable, individuals are unlike the majority of members of a group |
The belief that those who suffer deserve their fate is expressed in the |
Just-world phenomenon |
Violent criminals often have diminished activity in the____of the brain, which play(s) an important role in_____. |
Front lobes; controlling impulses |
Aggression is defined as behavior that |
is intended to hurt another person |
Which of the following is true about aggression? |
It varies too much to be instinctive in humans |
Research studies have found a positive correlation between aggressive tendencies in animals and levels of the hormone |
Testosterone |
Regarding the influence of alcohol and testosterone on aggressive behavior, which of the following is true? |
Consumption of alcohol and injections of testosterone both promote aggressive behavior |
Summarizing his report on the biology of aggression, Sam notes that |
Hormones and alcohol influence the neural systems that control aggression |
After waiting in line for an hour to buy concert tickets, Teresa is told that the concert is sold out. In her anger she pounds her fist on the ticket counter frightening the clerk. Teresa’s behavior is best explained by |
The frustration-aggression principle |
Research studies have idicated that the tendancy of viewers to misperceive normal sexuality, devalue their partners, and trivialize rape is |
Increased by exposure to pornography |
Research studies have shown that frequent exposure to sexually explicit films |
May produce all of these effects |
Which of the following factors is the most powerful predictor of friendship? |
Physical Proximity |
Most researchers agree that |
Media violence is a factor in aggression |
The mere exposure effect demonstrates that |
Familiarity breeds fondness |
Most people prefer mirror-image photographs of their faces. This is best explained by |
The mere exposure effect |
Ahmed and Monique are on a bllind date. Which of the following will probably be most influential in determining whether they like each other? |
Their physical attractiveness |
Having read the chapter, which of the following is best borne out by research on attraction? |
Birds of a feather flock together |
In one experiment, college men were physically aroused and then introduced to an attractive woman. Compared with men who had not been aroused, these men |
Reported mor positive feelings toward the woman |
Opening her mail, Joan dicovers a romantic greeting card from her boyfriend. According to the two-factor theory, she is likely to feel the most intense romantic feelings if, prior to reading the card, she has just |
Completed her daily run |
The deeo affection that is felt in long lasting relatioships is called_____love; this feeling is fostered in relationships in which_____. |
Companionate; there is equity between the partners |
Research studies indicated that in an emergency situation, the presence of others often |
Leads to all of these behaviors |
Increasing the number of people that are present during an emergency tends to |
Decrease the likelihood that anyone will help |
Which of the following is associated with an increased tendency on the part of a bystander to offer help in an emergency situation? |
Being in a good mood |
Mr. and Mrs. Samuels are constantly fighting, and each perceives the other as hard-headed and insesitive. Their conflict is being fueled by |
Mirrior-image perceptions |
Which of the following strategies would be most likely to foster positive feelings between tow conflicting groups? |
Have the groups work on a superordinate goal |
Which of the following best describes how GRIT works? |
The two sides engage in a series of reciprocated conciliatory acts |
Which theory describes how we explain others’ behavior as being due to internal dispositions or external situations? |
Attribution Theory |
Two neighboring nations are stockpiling weapons. Each sees its neighbor’s actions as an act of aggression and its own actions as self defense. Evidently, these nations are victims of |
The fundamental attribution error |
When male students in an experiment were told that a woman to whom they would be speaking had been instructed to act in a friendly or unfriendly way, most of them subsequently attributed her behavior to |
her personal disposition |
Professor Washington’s students did very poorly on the last exam. The tendancy to make the fundamental attribution error might lead her to conclude that the class did poorly because |
students were unmotivated |
Which of the following is true? |
Attitudes predict behavior under certain conditions |
Which of the following is an example of the foot-in-the-door phenomenon? |
After agreeing to wear a small "Enforce Recycling" lapel pin, a women agrees to collect signatures on a petition to make recycling required by law |
Before she gave a class presentation favoring gun control legislation, Wanda opposed it. Her present attitude favoring such legislation can best be explained by |
Congnitive dissonance theory |
Which of the following situations should produce the greatest congnitive dissonance? |
A student volunteers to debate an issue, taking the side he personally disagrees with |
According to cognitive dissonance theory, dissonance is most likely to occur when |
An individual does something that is personally disagreeable |
Which of the following phenomena is best explained by cognitive dissonance theory? |
The foot-in-the-door phenomenon |
Conformity increased under which of the following conditions in Asch’s studies of conformity? |
All of theses conditions increased conformity |
Subjects in Asch’s line-judgment experiment conformed to the group standard when their judgments were observed by others but not when they were made in private. This tendancy to conform in public demonstrates |
Normative social influence |
Which of the following is important in promoting conformity in individuals? |
Whether an individual’s behavior will be observed by others in the group |
Jose is the one student member on his school’s board of trustees. At the board’s first meeting, Jose wants to disagree with the others on several issues but in each case decides to say nothing. Studies on conformity suggest all expcept one of the following factors in Jose’s not speaking up. Which one is not a factor? |
The board members are already aware that Jose and the student body disagree with them on these issues |
Maria recently heard a speech calling for a ban on aerosol sprays that endanger the earth’s ozone layer. Maria’s subsequent decision to stop using aerosal sprays is an example of |
Informational social influence |
In his study of obedience, Stanley Milgram found that the majority of subjects |
Complied with the experiment until the "learner" first indicated pain |
Based on findings from Milgram’s obedience studies, participants would be less likely to follow the experimenter’s orders when |
They see another subject disobey instructions |
Which of the following conclusions did Milgram derive from his studies of obedience? |
Even ordinary people, without any particular hostility, can become agents in a destructive process |
Which of the foloowing most accurately states the effects of crowding on behavior? |
Crowding usually weakes the intensity of people’s reactions |
Which of the following would most likely be subject to social faciliation? |
Running quickly around a track |
The phenomenon in which individuals lose their identity and relinquish normal restraints when they are part of a group is called |
Deindividuation |
Concluding her presentation on deindividuation, Renee notes that deindividuation is less likely in situations that promote |
Increased self-awareness |
Which of the following statements is true? |
A group that is like-minded will probably not change its apinions through discussion |
Jane and Sandy were best friends in their first year of university. Jane joined a sorority; Sandy didn’t. By the end of their last year, they found that they had less in common with each other than the other members of their respective circles of friends. Which of the following phenomena most likely explains their feelings? |
Group polarization |
Which of the following is most likely to promote groupthink? |
Group polarization is evident |
Which of the following best summarizes the relative importance of personal control and social control of our behavior? |
Situational and personal influences interact in determining our behavior |
Research has found that for a minority to succeed in swaying a majority, the minority must |
Be able to convince a key majority leader |
Alexsis believes that all male athletes are self-centered and sexist. Her beliefs are an example of |
Stereotypes |
(Close-Up) Which of the following is an example of implicit prejudice? |
Jake, who is White, gives higher evaluations to essays he believes to be written by Blacks than to Whit-authored essays |
We tend to preceive the members of an ingroup as_____ and the members of an out group as_____. |
Different from one another; similar to one another |
Given the tendancy of people to categorize information according to preformed schemas, which of the following stereotypes would Juan, a 65-year-old political liberal and fitness enthusiast, be most likely to have? |
"Young people today have no sense of responsibility." |
Ever since their cabin lost the camp softball competition, the campers have become increasingly hostile toward oe camper in their cabin, blaming her for every problem in the cabin. This behavior is best explained in terms of |
The scapegoat theory |
Students at State University are convinced that their school is better than any other; this most directly illustrates |
An ingroup bias |
People with power and status may become prejudiced because |
They tend to justify the social inequalities between themselves and others |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text discussion of the roots of prejudice? |
People’s tendancy to assume that exceptional, or especially memorable, individuals are unlike the majority of members of a group |
The belief that those who suffer deserve their fate is expressed in the |
Just-world phenomenon |
Violent criminals often have diminished activity in the____of the brain, which play(s) an important role in_____. |
Front lobes; controlling impulses |
Aggression is defined as behavior that |
is intended to hurt another person |
Which of the following is true about aggression? |
It varies too much to be instinctive in humans |
Research studies have found a positive correlation between aggressive tendencies in animals and levels of the hormone |
Testosterone |
Regarding the influence of alcohol and testosterone on aggressive behavior, which of the following is true? |
Consumption of alcohol and injections of testosterone both promote aggressive behavior |
Summarizing his report on the biology of aggression, Sam notes that |
Hormones and alcohol influence the neural systems that control aggression |
After waiting in line for an hour to buy concert tickets, Teresa is told that the concert is sold out. In her anger she pounds her fist on the ticket counter frightening the clerk. Teresa’s behavior is best explained by |
The frustration-aggression principle |
Research studies have idicated that the tendancy of viewers to misperceive normal sexuality, devalue their partners, and trivialize rape is |
Increased by exposure to pornography |
Research studies have shown that frequent exposure to sexually explicit films |
May produce all of these effects |
Which of the following factors is the most powerful predictor of friendship? |
Physical Proximity |
Most researchers agree that |
Media violence is a factor in aggression |
The mere exposure effect demonstrates that |
Familiarity breeds fondness |
Most people prefer mirror-image photographs of their faces. This is best explained by |
The mere exposure effect |
Ahmed and Monique are on a bllind date. Which of the following will probably be most influential in determining whether they like each other? |
Their physical attractiveness |
Having read the chapter, which of the following is best borne out by research on attraction? |
Birds of a feather flock together |
In one experiment, college men were physically aroused and then introduced to an attractive woman. Compared with men who had not been aroused, these men |
Reported mor positive feelings toward the woman |
Opening her mail, Joan dicovers a romantic greeting card from her boyfriend. According to the two-factor theory, she is likely to feel the most intense romantic feelings if, prior to reading the card, she has just |
Completed her daily run |
The deeo affection that is felt in long lasting relatioships is called_____love; this feeling is fostered in relationships in which_____. |
Companionate; there is equity between the partners |
Research studies indicated that in an emergency situation, the presence of others often |
Leads to all of these behaviors |
Increasing the number of people that are present during an emergency tends to |
Decrease the likelihood that anyone will help |
Which of the following is associated with an increased tendency on the part of a bystander to offer help in an emergency situation? |
Being in a good mood |
Mr. and Mrs. Samuels are constantly fighting, and each perceives the other as hard-headed and insesitive. Their conflict is being fueled by |
Mirrior-image perceptions |
Which of the following strategies would be most likely to foster positive feelings between tow conflicting groups? |
Have the groups work on a superordinate goal |
Which of the following best describes how GRIT works? |
The two sides engage in a series of reciprocated conciliatory acts |
1. Continuing to operate a fuel-inefficient car despite warnings about the effect of greenhouse gases best illustrates the dynamics of: |
E) a social trap. |
2. An example of the fundamental attribution error is illustrated in our tendency to underestimate the extent to which others’ behavior is influenced by: |
E) social roles. |
3. The best explanation for the inaction of bystanders during the Kitty Genovese murder is that they failed to: |
C) assume personal responsibility for helping the victim. |
4. The discomfort we feel when two thoughts are inconsistent is called: |
C) cognitive dissonance. |
5. Only when experimental participants were informed that a woman was raped did they perceive the woman’s behavior as inviting rape. This best illustrates that victim-blaming is fueled by: |
C) hindsight bias. |
6. The fact that human aggression varies widely from culture to culture most strongly suggests that it is not: |
E) an instinctive behavior. |
7. The two-factor theory of emotion has been used to explain: |
A) passionate love. |
8. In Milgram’s obedience experiments, "teachers" exhibited a somewhat lower level of compliance with an experimenter’s orders when: |
E) the experiment was not associated with a prestigious institution like Yale University. |
9. Nora, Ko, Ian, and May each think that Ms. Akey may be a slightly better teacher than Mr. Schwenke. After discussing why each of them believes this to be so, they all conclude that Ms. Akey is definitely a much better teacher than Mr. Schwenke. This episode provides an example of: |
D) group polarization. |
10. Elsworth is unusually attractive and intelligent, and she works hard to please her husband. He displays little affection for her, however, and spends most of the family’s resources on his own interests. Elsworth’s relationship with her husband is best characterized as: |
B) inequitable. |
11. An eagerness to believe that victims of a natural disaster are being punished by God for their sins best illustrates a potential consequence of: |
B) the just-world phenomenon. |
12. Darley and Latané observed that most university students failed to help a person having an epileptic seizure when they thought there were four other witnesses to the emergency. The students’ failure to help is best explained in terms of: |
A) their limited feelings of responsibility. |
13. Solomon Asch reported that individuals conformed to a group’s judgment of the lengths of lines: |
C) even when the group judgment was clearly incorrect. |
14. Social loafing has been found to be especially noticeable among ________ in cultures that value ________. |
C) men; individualism |
15. Expert pool players were observed to make 71 percent of their shots when alone. When four people watched them, they made 80 percent of their shots. This best illustrates: |
D) social facilitation. |
16. A social trap is a situation in which: |
D) the pursuit of self-interest leads to collective harm. |
17. GRIT attempts to reduce conflict through: |
A) conciliation. |
18. The tendency to favor members of one’s own group is likely when people are formed into distinguishable groups on the basis of: |
C) any of the above criteria. |
19. The Milgram obedience experiments were controversial because the: |
A) "teachers" were deceived and frequently subjected to severe stress. |
20. The bystander effect refers to the tendency for an observer of an emergency to withhold aid if the: |
C) emergency is being observed by a number of other people. |
21. Kentaro hates to wear ties but wears one to his sister’s wedding to avoid his family’s disapproval. Kentaro’s behavior exemplifies the importance of: |
A) normative social influence. |
22. Fritz Heider concluded that people tend to attribute others’ behavior either to their ________ or to their ________. |
A) dispositions; situations |
23. Individuals who believe that the death penalty should be abolished meet to discuss the issue. Research on group interaction suggests that after discussion the individuals will be: |
C) even more convinced that the death penalty should be abolished. |
24. After Manny’s father refused to let him use the family car on Friday night, Manny let all the air out of the tires. His action is best explained in terms of the: |
A) frustration-aggression principle. |
25. Which of the following comments is most likely to be made in a group characterized by groupthink? |
A) "We all seem to be in basic agreement, so there’s no sense in continuing our discussion of this issue." |
26. Philip Zimbardo devised a simulated prison and randomly assigned college students to serve as prisoners or guards. This experiment best illustrated the impact of: |
E) role-playing on attitudes. |
27. Violent pornographic movies often perpetuate the myth that: |
D) many women enjoy aggressive sexual encounters. |
28. Minimal levels of father care are associated with high levels of: |
C) aggression. |
29. Political pollsters find that people’s attitudes toward the presidential candidates are very accurate predictors of the election outcome. This best illustrates that attitudes guide our actions when the attitude: |
A) is specifically relevant to the behavior. |
30. On the basis of what Americans say, in the last half-century, prejudice toward women has ________ and prejudice toward African-Americans has ________. |
B) decreased; decreased |
31. Most children believe their school is better than the other schools in their town. This best illustrates: |
E) ingroup bias. |
32. After hearing respected medical authorities lecture about the value of regular exercise, Raul, who has rarely exercised, begins to jog regularly. The change in Raul’s behavior best illustrates the impact of: |
A) informational social influence. |
33. Sigmund Freud would most likely have suggested that wars result from: |
A) human instinct. |
34. Carol is restless during class because her professor’s distressed facial expressions lead her to believe that he dislikes teaching. The professor, on the other hand, is distressed because he sees Carol’s restlessness as an indication that she lacks any motivation to learn. At this point, both student and professor should be informed of the dangers of: |
A) the fundamental attribution error. |
35. The presence of others does not always lead to social facilitation because: |
A) arousal encourages performance of the most likely response. |
36. Which branch of psychology is most directly concerned with the study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another? |
A) social psychology |
37. Which of the following individuals most clearly adheres to a stereotype? |
D) Robin, who is convinced that college professors are usually impractical and forgetful |
38. The impact of our actions on our attitudes is best illustrated by the: |
B) foot-in-the-door phenomenon. |
39. Fernando’s favorable attitude toward capital punishment began to change when he was asked to offer arguments opposing it in a college debate class. His attitude change is best explained by ________ theory. |
D) cognitive dissonance |
40. Deindividuation refers to: |
B) a loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity. |
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