Exam 10: Social Psychology

Diffusion of responsibility deals with the effects of which of the following on helping behaviour?

According to research discussed in the text concerning mate selection in 33 countries, women are more concerned than men about their potential mate's

According to one theory, when we say one thing but do another, or discover inconsistencies in our attitudes, we

Which of the following is not one of the values on which men and women across cultures agree when it comes to mate selection?

In Zimbardo's experiment, one group of normal people tormented another group of normal people because of

Recent research indicating that social cognition may play a role in the formation of prejudice and discrimination suggests that prejudice may spring from

In a situational attribution, behaviour is attributed to a personal trait, motive, or attitude.

In the foot-in-the-door technique, people are asked to comply with a large request first, and then once denied, they become more likely to comply with the desired, smaller request.

How did Milgram explore the idea of obedience and what did he find?

When we attribute someone's behaviour to a personal trait, motive, or attitude, we are making

The realistic conflict theory would predict that the amount of prejudice would

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the primacy effect?

The out-group is a social group specifically identified by the in-group as not belonging.

When you write an accurate letter of recommendation for a friend, which of the following would be most helpful?

Researchers have found that physical beauty in a culture could be defined as

The contact hypothesis suggests that when people feel prejudice toward a group, simply bringing them together is likely to reduce the prejudice.

After Lawrence lost his job during a recent economic downturn, he was unsuccessful in several promising interviews. Each time, the job he wanted ultimately went to other candidates who were members of the same minority group. Now, Lawrence is expressing increasingly negative attitudes towards that minority group as a whole. Which theory does this behaviour best represent?

Research on attitudes suggests that they allow us to do all of the following, except

When people are presented with information regarding the number of attitudes they share in common with another person, they tend to like this other person best when the person shares

Messages are most persuasive if they cause ________ and provide definite actions that can be taken to avoid the feared outcome.