Exam 14: Social Psychology

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

Sally knows her own mind. She consistently expresses her beliefs and acts on those beliefs with little regard for the constraints imposed by the situation. She is probably a ________ self-monitor.

The tendency for an individual's helpfulness in an emergency to decrease as the number of onlookers increases is called ________.

The tendency of groups to consistently propose a more daring course of action than that proposed by group members working alone is called ________.

Asch found that the likelihood of conformity increased with group size until ________ confederates were present.

The degree to which other people behave the same way as one person behaves in a situation affects our attributions of that person's behavior. This is an example of ________.

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

Roberta is trying to decide whether or not to vote for a political candidate, John. In her opinion, he is not qualified for the position, but she agrees with his political rationale. Also, she trusts him and likes his decisive personality. In fact, she likes him so much she sent a small donation to his campaign. Her sending a donation to the campaign represents the ________ component of her attitude toward him.

Compare and contrast conformity, compliance, and obedience. Also, identify the factors that affect each of them.

We are ________ likely to be attracted to and ________ likely to vote for a political candidate with whom we share similar attitudes.

The person who conducted the most well-known research on obedience is ________.

Research indicates that the teachers' expectations of students ________.

The term psychologists use to describe how close two people live to each other is ________.

The so-called "Pygmalion effect" is a type of ________.

According to attribution theory, when evaluating their own behavior, people tend to ________ for good situations and ________ for bad ones.

The process by which others individually or collectively affect one's perceptions, attitudes, and actions is called ________.

Recent research examining the obedience effect noted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s has found that, overall, disobedience seems to have _____ since the original study was published.

________ is an unfair, intolerant, or unfavorable attitude toward another group of people.

When the expectations of one person bring about the expected behavior in another person, the expectation has become a(n) ________.

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