Exam 11: Social Psychology

Identify the five causes of prejudice discussed in the text, and discuss them in detail. How can prejudice be combatted?

Close, friendly groups usually work well together, but they may face a problem involving an extreme form of conformity called

George is normally loud and boisterous, but he uses a soft voice when speaking to a police officer. This change in voice occurs through

Hans and Rodney are both on the chess team, while Brian is on the debate team. The ________ would predict that Hans is more likely to be friends with ________.

Upon arriving at college and meeting your roommate, you sigh mightily as you listen to his endless droning on about how wonderful his girlfriend back home is. "I miss her so much and I can't wait to see her during Thanksgiving break," he comments. Knowing a bit about social psychology and the rules of interpersonal attraction, what are you most likely to think to yourself?

A car crash woke John from his afternoon nap. When he looked out his apartment window, he saw several people milling around two smashed cars. He decided not to dial 911 because he assumed someone had already called. John's reaction is an example of

If Calvin is average in terms of his looks, he may not ask the gorgeous Giselle to go on a date with him because he believes that he will be rejected or that eventually the relationship would not work out. Thus, the ________ affected Calvin's decision to not ask Giselle to go out with him.

A member of the Army Reserves, Joe Darby, became widely known in 2004 for his willingness to expose abuses happening at which military/government facility?

The Asch effect would be expected to operate in cases where

To reduce cognitive dissonance, people must

Luis picks up a pack of cigarettes and reads, "Cigarette smoking is harmful to your health." Which one of the following statements leads one to believe Luis is actually having cognitive dissonance?

When we look at what occurred at Abu Ghraib prison and even in the Stanford Prison Experiment, it is quite clear that these situations were created by

The key determinant of individual behavior, according to social psychology, is the

An antismoking ad that shows the "Marlboro Man" as sickly, coughing, and needing a respirator would make use of

Two Internet buddies decide to marry after years of corresponding through the mail, but they have never met one another. This situation reflects the attraction exerted by

Increased contact between two warring groups has a tendency to

Drew is Jewish, but today he will attend a Lutheran church with his friend, Cheryl. If Drew were to ________, it would be an example of the Asch effect.

"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman!" If you looked up, would you be conforming?

You observe a person at the grocery store get angry and yell at the cashier. Which of these attributions illustrates the fundamental attribution error?

A smoker illustrates the process of ________ when he claims that the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is not very convincing.