Exam 14: Social Psychology

People who are ________ on self-monitoring are especially likely to override their attitudes and behave in accordance with others' expectations.

________ is a change of behavior in response to an explicitly stated request.

Identify and define at least four factors that influence attraction to others.

Pete has a Ph.D. in the performing arts, but he has been working at odd jobs for years to barely survive. He has had little success as an actor and resents the fact that success has eluded him. He blames his failure on the fact that he is a heterosexual in what he believes is a homosexual-dominated business. His resentment has blossomed into a full-blown hatred of homosexuals. The development of Pete's prejudice is best explained by the ________ theory of prejudice.

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

Milgram is known for his studies on conformity.

Which of the following people is going to be the least likely to have his or her attitude changed by a persuasive message?

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

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

Identify and discuss the three factors influencing attribution as described by Kelley, and give an example of how they might appear.

The tendency of individuals to become more extreme in their attitudes as a result of group discussion is known as ________.

Cognitive dissonance theory was developed by ________.

To conform is to yield to ________.

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 ________.

The disastrous decisions made in such historical events as the Watergate cover-up, the Challenger disaster, and the Bay of Pigs invasion were primarily due to ________.

To the extent that a behavior occurs only when a particular event occurs, we tend to attribute the behavior to that event. This is an example of ________.

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

A stereotype is a special kind of self-fulfilling prophecy.

A _______ is a set of characteristics presumed to be shared by every member of a social category.

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