Exam 14: Social Psychology

The __________ motive is a person's desire to be correct or "right."

What is the basic underlying reason why we tend to make attributional mistakes?

People who are highly motivated and very able to understand a persuasive message are likely to be persuaded through the central route,while people who are not tend to be persuaded through the peripheral route.This is the main concept of the ____________ model.

The __________-world phenomenon occurs when people convince themselves that they are doing well because they are good people,while those who are suffering are just getting what they deserve.

Which of the following researcher's work was the most influential in shaping our understanding of conformity?

Annabelle was driving along when the car in front of her stopped suddenly.She stomped on the brake,and avoided a collision by just a few inches."Wow,it's a good thing I'm such a good driver," Annabelle thought.Sometime later,Annabelle was in an accident where she rear-ended a different vehicle.She told the officer,"Well,you see,it was dark and the road was wet.It was not possible for me to stop in time!" Annabelle's different responses to her successful or failed attempt to avoid an accident demonstrates the

The obedience experiment that demonstrated the dangers of obedience was conducted in the 1960s by psychologist __________.

What is the relationship between altruism and principlism?

Social __________ refers to real or imagined psychological forces that people exert over others through their example,judgments,or demands.

The tragic case of Kitty Genovese illustrated the __________ effect,which suggests that the more people who are present,the less likely any of them are to provide assistance when it is needed.

The Fusiform effect suggests that people tend to behave in ways that are consistent with others' expectations.

Professor MacLaggan is teaching two classes.One of them is made up mostly of Caucasian students,where the other is made up mostly of African-American students.Without even realizing it,Professor MacLaggan takes more time to go over concepts,speaks slower,and emphasizes main points much more emphatically in the second class than he does in the first class.We might say that this differential treatment of these classes indicates

In his experiment on conformity,Solomon Asch demonstrated that a group of at least ___ people was needed to create the pressure that would lead an unsuspecting subject to alter his or her behavior to be like the group.

What has research found about the nearly universal human desire to be accepted and well-liked by others?

"If you demand excellence from people,you frequently get it.If you demand nothing from people,you always get it." This statement is a summary of the _________ effect.

Prosopagnosia is explained by deficits in the __________ face area of the brain.