Exam 31: Social Behavior Part 1

One of your friends brings her cousin Eric to a party. Eric is very attractive. You are MOSTlikely to view Eric as also being

Rick is very involved in his community and has a strong attitude concerning the mayor of his city. Which of the following statements illustrates the affective component of Rick's attitude concerning the mayor?

If many Americans were to believe that all Muslims are terrorists, it would be BEST described as

Imagine a popular star baseball player with many endorsement contracts for sports drinks, athletic apparel, and personal care products is arrested for abusing his pregnant wife. The companies whose products he endorsed felt that as a result of his arrest ____ and cancelled his contracts and stopped showing the advertisements in which he appeared.

Skyler always seems to become involved in volatile love relationships. He constantly expects to be rejected by other people, and he is extremely jealous when he actually forms a relationship with someone. Hazan and Shaver would MOST likely suggest that during infancy, Skyler

Which of the following statements BEST reflects an evolutionary explanation of why we tend to be influenced by physical attractiveness in our perception of others?

In making a causal attribution, we first tend to decide if an event was due to

You've just been awarded a full scholarship for next year, which you perceive as confirmation of your superior intellectual ability. According to Weiner's model, you are making an ____ attribution about your success.

Self-perception theory suggests that

Jane's eight-year-old son brought a note home from school today stating that he was involved in a fight at recess. Which of the following is an example of an external attribution that Jane might make to explain her son's behavior?

A group that one does not belong to or identify with is known as

Phyllis is playing in a basketball game, and when she makes a three-point basket she is ecstatic. She proudly tells her coach that it shows how all her extra practice has paid off. However, later in the game Phyllis misses an almost identical shot. This time she explains to her coach that she was distracted by one of the opposing players. Phyllis' attributions for her performance during the game are consistent with

In persuasion, the person who sends or conveys the communication is referred to as the

Harper is 35 years old, and he has just enrolled in his first university course. On the first day of class he looks over the individuals in the room, and sits next to another male student who appears to be in his early 30s. In this case, Harper has likely classified the other student

Barbara's car has been running poorly lately. Whose advice is Barbara MOST likely to follow in order to make her car run better?

Recent research has shown that the tendency to explain actors' behavior with internal attributions is reduced if the observer

Virginia has a favorable attitude toward aerobics and working out. Just the thought of her daily workout is enough to make Virginia feel good, and she finds that when she is at the gym she feels much more relaxed and much less stressed. These emotional responses form part of the

Intimacy and passion are to ____ as intimacy, passion and commitment are to ____

The subfield of psychology that studies attitudes, the attribution process, person perceptions, interpersonal attraction, conformity and obedience and group behavior is known as

The fact that we tend to like people who like us illustrates which of the following principles involved in interpersonal attraction?