Exam 10: Social Psychology

Which of the following was a finding in the classic study by Festinger and Carlsmith (1959)?

Your best friend has been acting rather cool toward you lately. As you try to figure out why, you are engaging in the process called ________________.

Following direct and explicit orders of a person in authority is called:

Asch's studies showed that conformity to group pressure occurred about _______ of the time.

A local car insurance company advertises their products with television commercials. During those spots, there are flashy lights, attractive dancers wearing skin-tight outfits, and local celebrities talking about how they have that company's insurance. The advertisement does not, however, mention any of the features or costs associated with the product. This company is attempting to earn customers through which path of processing?

Social comparison theory suggests that we often learn about our behaviors:

Analysis of the participants in Milgram's obedience study has indicated that which personality trait was highly related to the willingness to be obedient?

Conformity tends to be higher when a task is _______.

Attitudes are __________________.

Stereotypes can easily become the basis for ________.

Assigning a trait to a person explains that person's behavior and _________________.

Vivian and Steve met at work. At first they were just friends, but over time they found themselves falling in love-or as Vivian tells her friends, "Steve just grew on me!" According to research in interpersonal attraction, the most likely explanation for their attraction is

The classic Robber's Cave study showed that prejudice can be reduced by ________.

What is the tendency to exert less effort when working on a group task if individuals' contributions will not be evaluated?

Hannah asks Jin to babysit her daughter for five hours each on both Saturday and then Sunday. Once Jin declines, Hannah asks Jin to babysit for four hours on Saturday only and Jin agrees to do it. This example demonstrates the ________ technique.

Studies on similarity and attractiveness have found that _______.

Two economically-based social factors that create stressful living conditions are poverty and job stress. Discuss both of these factors and comment on the various issues related to both factors that may contribute to the increase of stress that they cause.

According to the door-in-the-face technique, people will go along with a smaller request after they have refused a larger request because:

When the expectations of one person bring about the expected behavior in another person, the expectation has become a(n) ______.

A social psychologist has been invited to give a community lecture on the importance of Milgram's research. He asks a social psychology class for suggested titles. Which of the following titles might they suggest as the most appropriate?