Exam 15: Social Psychology

Our impressions of people form

When we experience an unpleasant state of tension between two or more conflicting thoughts, we are experiencing

What actual event could have been predicted based on the results of Zimbardo's classic prisoner study at Stanford University?

Society teaches that the value of helping goes beyond the benefits an individual might receive, and that individuals who cannot help themselves require special help. Based on _____, people feel compelled to help individuals who cannot help themselves such as the elderly and people with medical crises.

In the experiments conducted by Solomon Asch, what was the main task that subjects had to perform?

Helping others for unselfish reasons is called

Behavior that places the helper at significant risk or certain harm for the benefit of another is referred to as _____.

_______ found that normal people in normal times will often follow orders to hurt innocent people.

Stereotypes can easily become the basis for ________.

A belief about the characteristics of members of a group that are applied generally to most members of the group is known as a(n)

The ______________ occurs when an individual in a group is less likely to provide help than he or she would be if they were alone.

There are two alternative pathways to persuading others. One leads us to respond to persuasive arguments on the basis of quick judgments. This is known as the

A car crash woke John from his afternoon nap. When he looked out his apartment window, he saw several people milling around two smashed cars. He decided not to dial 911 because he assumed someone had already called. John's reaction is an example of

While working on a group project in class, Dustin tries extra hard and volunteers to take on more work than the rest of the group. Based on this, fellow group members decide to slack off a little. Dustin's group is demonstrating _____.

Luka and Will attend a meeting at work to decide whether or not to expand the company. Luka believes expanding the company is a good idea while Will does not, however neither one feels strongly about the issue. If group polarization occurs as a result of the meeting, which of the following will most likely be true after the meeting?

When she is not at the bar, Jayla preaches to everyone about the dangers of smoking. However, she does smoke an occasional cigarette when she is at the bar with her friends, although at those times she feels somewhat frustrated by her own smoking behavior. Jayla is likely experiencing ________ when she smokes.

_______ found that normal people in normal times will often follow orders to hurt innocent people.

Representative Jansen, a U.S. congresswoman, believes in the reproductive rights and welfare of women but voted to ban late-term abortions. Jansen feels very uneasy about the conflict between her beliefs and her behavior. She is most likely experiencing

In 1954, Marian Keech convinced her followers that aliens from planet Clarion had sent her a message that the world was coming to an end on December 21, but that they could be saved. When the world did not come to an end, Mrs. Keech and many of her followers reduced cognitive dissonance by

Which of the following phenomena usually involves an excessively negative, overgeneralized assumption about a socially defined category of people?