Exam 14: Social Psychology

According to the ________, members of a group see themselves as different from and superior to outsiders.

It would be most difficult to produce change in attitude in an audience that is composed of ________.

Which of the following people are likely to stand closest to each other in face-to-face interactions?

Physically attractive people are thought to be better spouses than physically unattractive people.

Fiedler's contingency model of leadership is based on the ________ view of leadership.

Which of the following is not one of the kinds of information Kelley believed we use to draw conclusions about the causes of behavior?

The most important situational variable in altruism is the ________.

Prejudice and discrimination always occur together.

The belief that members of certain racial or ethnic groups are innately inferior is ________.

Asch's studies showed that overall conformity to group pressure occurred about ________ percent of the time.

The quality of genuine closeness and trust achieved in communication with another person is called ________.

A person ________ is most likely to be altruistic.

A set of characteristics believed to be shared by all members of a social category is a ________.

To conform is to yield to ________.

In cases where we have some interest in the message, the ________ plays the most important role in determining whether we change our attitudes.

Teachers are more likely to assume responsibility for their students' successes than their failures.

John's friends told him that Mary was the homecoming queen last year. Al's friends told him that Mary was not invited to any of her friends' parties last year. Both John and Al take Mary out on blind dates. Which of the following is the most likely outcome?

Joe has never trusted doctors; however, after his heart attack, he finds himself dependent on them. Because Joe must trust doctors with his health, what will he probably do to reduce the dissonance between his feelings of mistrust for doctors and his realization that only they can help him now?

Which of the following is not one of the three major components of attitudes?

The mass media have little impact on attitude formation.