Exam 14: Social Psychology

Dr McIntyre's introductory psychology class just did poorly on their first test of the semester. Dr. McIntyre tells them that they need to study harder, and the students start complaining that the test was too hard. Dr. McIntyre is making an ________attribution for the failure, and her students are making an ________ attribution for the failure.

When are people most likely to engage in altruistic behavior?

What type of social role is most often attributed to men in Western societies?

People who worry that their lovers are less interested in closeness that they are have a/an _____attachment style.

When others are present, we may feel that we do not bear the burden of responsibility to act. This is known as diffusion of __________.

In emergency situations, help is most likely to occur when a large number of people are present.

According to the self-serving bias, we are likely to make _______ attributions for our own successes and _________attributions for our failures.

Which of the following is true about the attributions we make about other people's actions?

Situational attributions focus on people's traits as a cause of their behavior.

Habituation refers to the emotional discomfort we feel when we hold 2 contradictory beliefs.

Describe what happened in Milgram's studies when a co-teacher who refused to continue was present.

Groups smaller than __________ persons do not produce a conformity effect.

When a group confronts an additive task, its members must perform __________ actions.

The part of the brain that is believed to be involved in helping us identify the emotional facial expressions of other people is the

Holly lost her homework which was a rare occurrence. While speaking to her professor about the situation, another student in the class mentioned that he had lost his homework as well. Holly concluded that the other student had not really lost his homework-he was using the excuse because he had not done his homework at all. What attribution process is illustrated by this example?

Enrico is driving in the left lane and is frustrated because the driver in front of him will not move over and let him pass. Enrico decides that the driver is an idiot who is probably talking on a cell phone. Enrico is making

Cognitive dissonance theory states that

Regarding gender differences in emotional sensitivity, researchers believe that

What theory of aggression suggests that we use aggression as a cue to "push harder" to achieve some goal?