Exam 16: Social Thinking and Social Influence.

Stevie has had three professors, each of whose last names began with the letter W.Each time, Stevie did not enjoy the class and made a poor grade.Therefore, he only selects classes in which the professors' names do not begin with W's.Stevie's negative attitude and avoidance of professors whose last names begin with W's are due to which of the six ways of acquiring an attitude?

If you hand over your cell phone to stranger who asks to borrow it to make a call or loan money to a coworker who requests it to buy a cappuccino, you are exhibiting

The tendency to assign internal causes to other people's behavior and external causes to our own behavior is called

If you have ever said "yes" when you wanted to say "no" or been afraid to question a grade that seemed unfair, you are showing __________ behavior.

Regarding self-assertion, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Janice is about to order her coffee after waiting in line for 15 minutes when a stranger walks up and asks if she can order ahead of Janice since she has an appointment in five minutes.Janice lets the stranger place her order first.Janice has just exhibited

When both sides of an argument are presented to a well-informed audience, attitude change

Your church does not have a Sunday School teacher for the preschool class.They ask you to teach it for the whole upcoming year.You explain why this will not be possible.So, they ask if you will teach it for a month, while they look for someone else.Your agreement is testament to the

Which of the following was one of the originators of attribution theory and stated that when we make attributions, we tend to be sensitive to how consistent and distinctive a person's behavior is?​

Dr.Sollie has members of her sociology class go into an elevator and stand facing the rest of the occupants on the elevator, or walk into the cafeteria and begin singing and dancing.Other students then note people's reactions to these behaviors.Dr.Sollie is having her students break

In Festinger's classic experiment, the college students who originally said the task was boring but changed their attitude about the boring task and said "it was interesting" were the ones that

Proxemics is the study of

In Psychologist Jerry Burger's partial replication of Milgram's study, he obtained very different results with his "teacher" subjects showing significantly less obedience.

Regarding in-groups and out-groups, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The network of roles, communication pathways, and power in a group is known as

Cognitive dissonance is usually strongest when the reward or justification is

Ava and Rebecca just received their psychology tests back, and both made a 65 on the test.Later, Ava found out her best friend made a 95 on the test, while Rebecca found out her best friend made a 98.After noting her friend's score, Ava decides that she is "just plain dumb," while Rebecca, after seeing her friend's test score, decides that she will increase her study time and use the course supplementary site to improve her test scores.Comparing their scores to their friends' scores resulted in Ava feeling "bad" and Rebecca being motivated to improve due to their __________ comparisons.

A degree of uniformity is necessary if we are to interact comfortably with others and to anticipate their behaviors in schools and businesses and when driving on the highways.This degree of uniformity is most often due to

A group that an individual identifies with and uses as a standard for social comparison is called a __________ group.

Brainwashing and cult conversion are two examples of