Exam 14: Social Psychology

Explain what social and cultural influences are. Also, discuss the similarities and differences among norms, cultural norms, and cultural assimilators.

Obedience is a change in behavior ________.

We are most likely to help in an emergency ________.

Which of the following would result in cognitive dissonance?

Compliance is a change in behavior in response to the specific command of someone else.

The tendency of people to comply with a second, larger request after complying with a first, small request is called the ________ effect.

The tendency of people to exert less effort on a task when working in a group than when working individually is called ________.

The Japanese management model ________.

According to the ________ theory, leaders are phenomenal people who would have led any nation at any time in history.

An example of deindividuation is mob behavior.

Whenever a person has two contradictory cognitions at the same time, a state of ________ exists.

________ is compliance in response to the command from another person, typically in a position of authority.

An attitude has ________ major components.

It is possible to change someone's behavior long before you change his or her attitude about that behavior.

Which of the following is not one of the factors that determine the effectiveness of a leader's style, according to the contingency model?

When our expectations bring about the expected behavior in another person, our expectations have become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Prejudice and discrimination are basically the same.

The most important factor in interpersonal attraction is usually ________.

Identify and discuss the three factors influencing attribution as described by Kelley. Also, compare and contrast three types of errors in attribution.

A racing driver who wins an important event is most likely to attribute her performance to ________.