Exam 14: Social Psychology

The tendency of people to place too much emphasis on personal factors when accounting for other people's actions and too little emphasis on personal factors when accounting for our own actions is known as the ________.

The most important factor in interpersonal attraction is usually ________.

When listening to persuasive messages, there is a tendency, over time, for people to forget the source while remembering the content. This is known as ________.

Which of the following statements is true?

To conform is to yield to ________.

Marie recently bought a stereo system that was promoted at an extremely low price by a national chain. However, she did not realize that the stereo came without many key components that are usually standard equipment. When she bought all of the usually standard parts, the stereo cost her more than its regular market price at other stores. She has been a victim of the ________ procedure.

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

The tendency to give too much emphasis to personal factors when accounting for other people's actions is called ________.

A noted scientist argues that Gandhi, Roosevelt, Lincoln, and Napoleon were extraordinary individuals who would probably have emerged as powerful leaders at any time or place in history. This scientist is a proponent of the ________ theory.

In hospitals, premature infants rated as "attractive" by attending nurses ________ and gained ________ weight than those judged as less attractive.

Studies on similarity and attractiveness have found that ________.

The tendency to give too much emphasis to personal factors when accounting for other people's actions is part of the fundamental attribution error.

Beliefs, feelings, and behavior tendencies are all components of attribution.

Bad things happen to bad people and good things happen to good people, according to the ________.

The collection and assessment of information about other people, so as to form first impressions and to try and understand their behavior is known as ________.

Authoritarian personalities are more likely than others to be prejudiced.

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?

________ is an act taken toward one group that is unfair when compared with our behavior toward other groups.

The tendency to explain our successes according to our personal abilities and attribute our failures to forces beyond our control is called ________.

Neuroimaging evidence suggests that going against the norm of a group, or failing to conform, is an emotional decision. This is supported by the fact that such actions lead to increased activity in the ______.