Exam 16: Social Psychology

While at work, Kecia is the supervisor of a crew of jet-engine mechanics, but when she comes home in the evening she is just Mommy to her children and sweetheart to her husband. These are three of Kecia's __________

What is the difference between compliance and obedience?

Could Milgram's classic study on obedience be performed today?

The tendency for terrorists to defend their actions as 'self-preserving' or 'self-justifying' efforts to oppose crusaders is an example of __________

When we attribute our success to internal causes while blaming others for our failures, we are applying __________

People who exert less effort on a task when working in a group than they do when working individually are engaging in __________

Behavior that is initiated or changed in response to a request as opposed to a command or direct order is an example of __________

Which of the following is NOT a form of social influence?

__________ developed the theory of cognitive dissonance.

"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman!" If you looked up, would you be conforming?

Which statement is the best explanation of the fundamental attribution error?

__________ occurs in situations where no one person's contribution to a group can be identified.

The basis of the realistic conflict theory is that arguments that occur over genuine problems lead to more violence than arguments that occur over petty or irrelevant issues.

Why do we engage in the stereotyping of people?

While watching Jeopardy, your roommate says, "Alex Trebek knows all the answers. He must be a genius." You tell your roommate she probably would not have said that if she had attended class the day the instructor discussed the topic of __________

Which type of group is most at risk for groupthink?

The participants of Milgram's obedience study played the role of "learner" in the experiment.

The term psychologists use for how close two people live to each other is __________

Define altruism.

The Robber's Cave experiment served to show that prejudice can develop simply by __________