Exam 10: Social Psychology

David grew up in home where all outsiders (anyone other than his ethnic group) were seen as different, potentially hostile, and untrustworthy. He heard his parents use racial slurs against other groups. When David was an adult, he found it difficult to befriend people outside of his ethnic group. He found he held a negative attitude to people who were different from himself. Which theory would suggest that this result was to be expected, given his family upbringing?

According to a recent national poll on racial prejudice, Canadians are becoming

The self-serving bias occurs whenever we attribute our success to internal causes and our failures to external causes.

You are confronted by a well-informed audience whom you must persuade to do as you say. What type of argument style should you use?

The three components of attitude are thought, feelings, and intuition.

Which strategy would involve trying to gain compliance by making a large request that you know will be refused before coming back with a more reasonable request?

From the in-group perspective, out-group members are

Which of the following statements is true about the relationship between violence and aggression?