Exam 11: Psychology in Our Social Lives

Approximately _____% of the participants in Milgram's experiment were willing to deliver the maximum shock level to the participant.

When we continue to help others because our guilt is relieved when we do so, our helping behavior is maintained through:

Which of the following describes the self-serving attributions

We tend to like people we see again and again: Social psychologists refer to this phenomenon as the effect of ________.

Prejudice is to behavior as discrimination is to attitude.

In Juanita's community, girls are not expected to enjoy or excel at mathematics. Juanita's algebra grades drop. By the time she is a high-school junior, she in enrolled only in consumer mathematics courses. Which concept does Juanita's example BEST illustrate

One makes an attribution when one:

The tendency to perform tasks better in the presence of others is called _______. By contrast, the tendency to perform tasks more poorly in others' presence of others is termed _________.

"Baby face/You've got the cutest little baby face." Did the writer of this refrain get it right

Social psychologists refer to the 'golden rule' of 'doing unto others' as the norm of __________.

Mrs. Beatty keeps an extremely clean and tidy house. One neighbor says she's compulsive. Mrs. Beatty, though, says that her active family and busy job forces her to stay organized and that she wants to set a good example for her children. These contrasting explanations illustrate the difference between person and _________ attributions.

In a sense, the reciprocity norm is more altruistic than the social responsibility norm.

Self-fulfilling prophecies perpetuate stereotypes by

According to cognitive dissonance theory, which of the following individuals would be most likely to rate the same concert as enjoyable

Aggression directed at a target other than the source of frustration is termed _________ aggression.

A neighbor asks for a small favor; you agree. The following week, he asks for a larger favor. Having previously agreed to the smaller favor, you are now more likely now to consent to the larger favor than you would be otherwise. Your neighbor has gained your compliance through the _________technique.

One can form an accurate impression of another person within 30 seconds.

Aggression is positively related to activity in the __________, a structure in the brain's limbic system.

"Birds of a feather flock together." "Opposites attract." Which of these sayings does psychological research most strongly support

Social psychologist Leon Festinger is associated with the study of: