Exam 14: Social Psychology

our expectations bring about the expected behavior in another person, our expectations have become conformity.

Most of our attitudes derive from early, direct personal experience.

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

Judgments about whether a behavior is more revealing about a person or a situation have been studied under the heading of ________.

Summarize the research on attitude change, identifying at least four factors that influence the effectiveness of efforts to change people's attitudes.

A noted historian argues that the task type, the group dynamics between leader and followers, the leader's ability to maintain power, and their style all contribute to the effectiveness of a leader. This historian is a proponent of the ________ model.

A cultural assimilator teaches by ________.

Which of the following people are likely to stand furthest from each other in face-to-face interactions?

In a mob, all it takes is one dominant and electric individual to convince people to act through the ________ effect.

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 ______.

Getting a person to comply with a small request in order to later attempt to get them to comply with a larger request is referred to as the foot-in-the-door technique.

Which of the following statements regarding persuasion is false?

Deindividuation partly explains ________.

Gustov just moved into a new condo in the city. According to the concept of proximity, he is most likely to be attracted to ________.

Explain what social and cultural influences are. Also, discuss the similarities and differences among norms and cultural truisms.

Women are ________ likely to evaluate the risk of having unprotected sex with attractive partner as being _______ than with an unattractive partner.

Complementary characteristics refers to opposites attracting.

Identify the three major components of attitudes. Also, summarize research findings on the relationship between attitudes and behavior on the development of attitudes.

Tobias operates a bakery and specializes in wedding cakes. He actively discourages same-sex couples from coming in and always gives them the highest prices if they insist on ordering a cake from him. Tobias' behavior is best described as ________.

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