Exam 6: Sensation and Perception

If you clean your room only because your parents order you to, your behavior is most likely a form of

Consistent with what is known about personalization, Lydon and Dunkel-Schetter (1994) found that expectant women expressed more _____ to their pregnancies after seeing an ultrasound photo of the fetus.

After hearing a great deal about the benefits of soy products from your friends, you decide to drink soy milk instead of cow's milk. Your behavior is an example of

A psychiatrist who interviewed 40 of Milgram's participants a year after their participation concluded that

When Milgram asked 110 psychiatrists, college students, and middle-class adults to predict the results of his experiment, the respondents said that they thought _____.

When William McGuire and his Yale University colleagues invited children to "tell us about yourself," they found that the children were most likely to mention their

Asch's conformity experiments showed that most people

As an example of the liberating effects of group influence, _____ percent of the participants in a variation of Milgram's study conformed to the confederate's behavior when the confederates defied the experimenter.

When we learn about a person's death on the news, we tend to feel more sadness especially when the person's photograph is displayed on the television many times. This is primarily

When we go along with the crowd to avoid rejection, or to gain their approval, we are conforming because of

Which of the following is NOT a reason we yawn?

Group size, unanimity, cohesion, status, public response, and no prior commitment are all factors that influence people's conformity. Explain each.

Chartrand and Bargh (1999) found that participants in an experiment who worked alongside another person who occasionally rubbed her face were unwittingly more likely to rub their face. They called this

Milgram's studies explored _____; Asch's studies explored _____.

The psychological reactance theory may help explain

A person who both genuinely acts and believes in what the group has influenced him or her to do is most likely demonstrating

When appeals for the unborn, for the hungry, or for animal rights are personalized with a compelling photograph or description, which of the following factors of obedience is most likely influencing a viewer's compassion towards the victim?

In one variation of his original experiment, Milgram arranged for a second confederate (posing as a fellow participant) to assume command in the experimenter's absence. As a result of this manipulation,

All of the following factors increase the likelihood of obedience EXCEPT

At what point does adding additional group members yield diminishing returns in conformity research?