Exam 12: Social Psychology

Sharrita just started a new job.She is smart, attractive, funny, and reliable, yet her coworkers do NOT like her.Research on the pratfall effect suggests that her relationships might improve if she

Stanley Milgram's experiment illustrated the phenomenon of

Passionate love is characterized by

Which of the following best supports the research on attitude-behavior consistency?

To create hostility and prejudice between two groups of boys attending summer camp, Sherif

Daiyu is a Chinese exchange student dating an American student, Zach.Which of them is likely to have a more holistic take on the other person's behavior, and why?

Who would be seen as the most desirable romantic partner?

The reason that coworkers often end up dating each other is

Cultural fads, like Americans wearing leg warmers in the 1980s or flannel shirts in the 1990s, are often followed because people want to fit in and go along with the crowd.This type of conformity is known as influence.

Gamiel takes Aliyah out to dinner for the first time.She is very surprised when he does not leave a tip for the waiter.If Aliyah decides that Gamiel did not leave a tip because he is stingy, then according to Heider, she is making an) attribution.If Aliyah decides that Gamiel did not leave a tip because the service was terrible, she is making an) attribution.

While Henry was pledging a college fraternity he was required to participate in a number of humiliating and dangerous activities.However, while Sarah was pledging a college sorority, she was showered with affection and praise.Based on what you know about cognitive dissonance, who is likely to develop more loyalty and devotion to his or her new group?

Humans evolved a need for groups, because group membership offered each of the following evolutionarily advantages EXCEPT

In which of the following ways are long-distance relationships most different from relationships with partners that are geographically close?

At a race track, researchers asked people placing bets on horses about how confident they were in their chosen horse.They asked some people before they had placed their bets and others they asked after they had placed their bets but before the race had begun.Given your knowledge of social psychology, you could predict that after placing the bets, people would be confident about their chosen horses because of .

Naomi was raised as a vegetarian by her parents.When she gets to college, all of her friends eat meat.After her first year with these new friends, Naomi finds herself eating meat as well.Naomi's situation demonstrates the effect of on attitudes.

Based on the work of Tajfel and Turner 1979), we know that for groups to show ingroup favoritism, they

Fraternity hazing sometimes involves deindividuation, causing people to behave in uncharacteristic ways.Suppose a fraternity event that is to involve hazing is moved into a room with a wall of mirrors.How would that change the event, and why?

When Sinead meets Perry, she really likes him.When he tells her that he is on the basketball team, she decides that he must not have many intellectual or academic interests.Sinead's views are based on

Annabel just started working on a very difficult paper for her psychology class.Given what you know about social facilitation and the presence of others on performance, where should Annabel work on the paper to make the best progress?

People are randomly assigned to Groups A and B.Given what you have learned about minimal group paradigms, you could predict that the members of each group will