Question 1

Describe Bem's self-perception theory.

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When people are unsure of thei

Question 2

Agreed-on expectations about what members of a group are expected to do are known as __________ norms.

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The answer of Agreed-on expectations about what members of a...

Question 3

How is a study of obedience different from a study of conformity?

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In studies of conformity there

Question 4

What type of agreed-on expectations provide information about what members of a group actually do?

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The answer of What type of agreed-on expectations provide information...

Question 5

Which of the following people's actions are most consistent with self-perception theory?

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A)  Marcie suddenly realizes that she is humming a tune and concludes that she is happy. 
B)  George sees his classmates get rewarded for good grades and decides to study harder 
C)  Rachael feels uncomfortable when she catches herself behaving hypocritically and changes her behavior. 
D)  Michael realized that his behavior as a telephone solicitor is inconsistent with his dislike of calling strangers, but justifies it because he has to pay his rent. 
A)  Marcie suddenly realizes that she is humming a tune and concludes that she is happy. 
B)  George sees his classmates get rewarded for good grades and decides to study harder 
C)  Rachael feels uncomfortable when she catches herself behaving hypocritically and changes her behavior. 
D)  Michael realized that his behavior as a telephone solicitor is inconsistent with his dislike of calling strangers, but justifies it because he has to pay his rent.

Question 6

When Milgram showed his experimental design to psychologists before beginning his experiment, they predicted that ______ people would cooperate all the way to 450 volts.

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A)  zero percent of 
B)  one percent of 
C)  ten percent of 
D)  most 
A)  zero percent of 
B)  one percent of 
C)  ten percent of 
D)  most

Question 7

Carlos noticed that John received a low score on his last Biology exam, and made the assumption that his poor test performance was due to laziness. What type of attribution did Carlos make in this situation?

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A)  Social 
B)  Behavioral 
C)  Situational 
D)  Dispositional 
A)  Social 
B)  Behavioral 
C)  Situational 
D)  Dispositional

Question 8

According to cognitive dissonance theory, which of the following people is most likely to change his attitude?

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A)  Joe, who is a political conservative but who argues in favor of liberal policies as part of a class assignment. 
B)  Sam, who is paid $100 to tell people how interesting a particular experiment is. 
C)  Ben, who makes his living telling people why satellite is better than cable. 
D)  Frank, who actually opposes unions, but makes up a pro-union argument just to annoy his parents. 
A)  Joe, who is a political conservative but who argues in favor of liberal policies as part of a class assignment. 
B)  Sam, who is paid $100 to tell people how interesting a particular experiment is. 
C)  Ben, who makes his living telling people why satellite is better than cable. 
D)  Frank, who actually opposes unions, but makes up a pro-union argument just to annoy his parents.

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT one of the components of an attitude?

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A)  behavioral 
B)  dispositional 
C)  affective 
D)  cognitive 
A)  behavioral 
B)  dispositional 
C)  affective 
D)  cognitive

Question 10

Glenda scored very well on her first test. She told others that her success was due to her hard study efforts. When she failed the next test, she attributed it to the test being too difficult. What form of attribution bias does this described?

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A)  Actor-observer bias 
B)  Self-serving bias 
C)  Dispositional bias 
D)  Situational bias 
A)  Actor-observer bias 
B)  Self-serving bias 
C)  Dispositional bias 
D)  Situational bias

Question 11

According to Sternberg, a high degree of intimacy and passion, but little commitment, is characteristic of

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A)  consummate love. 
B)  fatuous love. 
C)  romantic love. 
D)  infatuated love. 
A)  consummate love. 
B)  fatuous love. 
C)  romantic love. 
D)  infatuated love.

Question 12

What type of attributions do people tend to rely on when describing the behavior of others?

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The answer of What type of attributions do people tend...

Question 13

Mark and Sarah want to encourage their children to do well in school and develop an internal sense of academic pride. Which of the following is MOST likely to produce that result?

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A)  Tell their children that they will get $10 for every "A" that they produce and $5 for every "B." 
B)  Allow them to watch TV after they have finished their homework. 
C)  Punish them for getting bad grades. 
D)  Give them a reasonable amount of praise when they bring home a good report card. 
A)  Tell their children that they will get $10 for every "A" that they produce and $5 for every "B." 
B)  Allow them to watch TV after they have finished their homework. 
C)  Punish them for getting bad grades. 
D)  Give them a reasonable amount of praise when they bring home a good report card.

Question 14

Which of the following people is most likely to change her attitude?

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A)  Barb, who gets paid $1 to help an experimenter recruit people for an interesting task. 
B)  Sarah, who gets paid $20 to help an experimenter recruit people for an interesting task. 
C)  Mary who gets paid $1 to help an experimenter recruit people for a boring task. 
D)  Jennie, who gets paid $20 to help an experimenter recruit people for a boring task. 
A)  Barb, who gets paid $1 to help an experimenter recruit people for an interesting task. 
B)  Sarah, who gets paid $20 to help an experimenter recruit people for an interesting task. 
C)  Mary who gets paid $1 to help an experimenter recruit people for a boring task. 
D)  Jennie, who gets paid $20 to help an experimenter recruit people for a boring task.

Question 15

What personality disorder is associated with overwhelming feelings of inadequacy and extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation?

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The answer of What personality disorder is associated with overwhelming...

Question 16

A relatively stable and enduring evaluation of things and people is

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A)  an attitude. 
B)  a social cognition. 
C)  a schema. 
D)  an opinion 
A)  an attitude. 
B)  a social cognition. 
C)  a schema. 
D)  an opinion

Question 17

The Kitty Genovese murder and subsequent research helped psychologists understand that when people fail it help others, it is usually because

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A)  they are apathetic and unconcerned with other people's well being. 
B)  they have valid reasons for failing to help. 
C)  they get caught up in a powerful social situation. 
D)  they fail to see the benefits of helping others. 
A)  they are apathetic and unconcerned with other people's well being. 
B)  they have valid reasons for failing to help. 
C)  they get caught up in a powerful social situation. 
D)  they fail to see the benefits of helping others.

Question 18

Social cognition refers to how people perceive and interpret themselves and others in their social world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Dan felt cheated by the used car salesperson who sold him a 1997 Honda Accord several years ago. Ever since then, he assumes the worst when it comes to dealing with salespeople. Which attitude component is this an example of?

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A)  Affective 
B)  Behavioral 
C)  Cognitive 
D)  Acquisition 
A)  Affective 
B)  Behavioral 
C)  Cognitive 
D)  Acquisition

Question 20

In cognitive dissonance theory, the term "insufficient justification" refers to the idea that

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A)  the less appealing the reward for something, the less likely we are to do it. 
B)  we are more likely to blame ourselves for our bad behavior if we believe it was unjustified. 
C)  we are more likely to experience a state of unpleasantness when we do not have an external reason for an inconsistency between our attitudes and our behavior. 
D)  we are more likely to judge other people negatively if we believe that their behavior was unjustified. 
A)  the less appealing the reward for something, the less likely we are to do it. 
B)  we are more likely to blame ourselves for our bad behavior if we believe it was unjustified. 
C)  we are more likely to experience a state of unpleasantness when we do not have an external reason for an inconsistency between our attitudes and our behavior. 
D)  we are more likely to judge other people negatively if we believe that their behavior was unjustified.

Describe Bem's self-perception theory.

Agreed-on expectations about what members of a group are expected to do are known as __________ norms.

How is a study of obedience different from a study of conformity?

What type of agreed-on expectations provide information about what members of a group actually do?

Which of the following people's actions are most consistent with self-perception theory?

When Milgram showed his experimental design to psychologists before beginning his experiment, they predicted that ______ people would cooperate all the way to 450 volts.

Carlos noticed that John received a low score on his last Biology exam, and made the assumption that his poor test performance was due to laziness. What type of attribution did Carlos make in this situation?

According to cognitive dissonance theory, which of the following people is most likely to change his attitude?

Which of the following is NOT one of the components of an attitude?

Glenda scored very well on her first test. She told others that her success was due to her hard study efforts. When she failed the next test, she attributed it to the test being too difficult. What form of attribution bias does this described?

According to Sternberg, a high degree of intimacy and passion, but little commitment, is characteristic of

What type of attributions do people tend to rely on when describing the behavior of others?

Mark and Sarah want to encourage their children to do well in school and develop an internal sense of academic pride. Which of the following is MOST likely to produce that result?

Which of the following people is most likely to change her attitude?

What personality disorder is associated with overwhelming feelings of inadequacy and extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation?

A relatively stable and enduring evaluation of things and people is

The Kitty Genovese murder and subsequent research helped psychologists understand that when people fail it help others, it is usually because

Social cognition refers to how people perceive and interpret themselves and others in their social world.

Dan felt cheated by the used car salesperson who sold him a 1997 Honda Accord several years ago. Ever since then, he assumes the worst when it comes to dealing with salespeople. Which attitude component is this an example of?

In cognitive dissonance theory, the term "insufficient justification" refers to the idea that

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Describe Bem's self-perception theory.

Agreed-on expectations about what members of a group are expected to do are known as __________ norms.

How is a study of obedience different from a study of conformity?

What type of agreed-on expectations provide information about what members of a group actually do?

Which of the following people's actions are most consistent with self-perception theory?

When Milgram showed his experimental design to psychologists before beginning his experiment, they predicted that ______ people would cooperate all the way to 450 volts.

Carlos noticed that John received a low score on his last Biology exam, and made the assumption that his poor test performance was due to laziness. What type of attribution did Carlos make in this situation?

According to cognitive dissonance theory, which of the following people is most likely to change his attitude?

Which of the following is NOT one of the components of an attitude?

Glenda scored very well on her first test. She told others that her success was due to her hard study efforts. When she failed the next test, she attributed it to the test being too difficult. What form of attribution bias does this described?

According to Sternberg, a high degree of intimacy and passion, but little commitment, is characteristic of

What type of attributions do people tend to rely on when describing the behavior of others?

Mark and Sarah want to encourage their children to do well in school and develop an internal sense of academic pride. Which of the following is MOST likely to produce that result?

Which of the following people is most likely to change her attitude?

What personality disorder is associated with overwhelming feelings of inadequacy and extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation?

A relatively stable and enduring evaluation of things and people is

The Kitty Genovese murder and subsequent research helped psychologists understand that when people fail it help others, it is usually because

Social cognition refers to how people perceive and interpret themselves and others in their social world.

Dan felt cheated by the used car salesperson who sold him a 1997 Honda Accord several years ago. Ever since then, he assumes the worst when it comes to dealing with salespeople. Which attitude component is this an example of?

In cognitive dissonance theory, the term "insufficient justification" refers to the idea that

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