Exam 11: Psychology in Our Social Lives

The term appraisal is used to refer to the process whereby we judge the causes of our own or other people's behavior.

If we do well on a test, we say, "I got an A!" If we do poorly, we say, "She gave me an F." This best illustrates:

Which alternative below correctly defines obedience

Catharsis doesn't really work.

Our behavior can sometimes drive our attitudes.

A psychologist encourages her patients to release their frustration by hitting their pillow as hard as they can. The psychologist apparently believes in

The "Golden Rule" of "doing unto others" reflects the ________ norm. The "Christian duty" of helping others with no expectation of return reflects the __________.

Which of the following describes the causal attribution

The social norm that condones responding to insults with aggression is termed the culture of _________; in the U. S., it is most prevalent in the ___________.

According to a review by Clark and Lemay (2010), the most important characteristic of a close relationship is:

Which of the following terms relevant to prejudice and discrimination is correctly matched with the concept of which it is an example

Smith et al. (2006) found that about ______% of television programs feature some form of altruism; on average, an altruistic act is shown once every ________ minutes.

According to your text, the most effective working groups contain _______ members.

Which alternative below correctly defines informational conformity

With respect to its scientific evaluation, the notion of catharsis:

The likelihood that an individual will help someone in an emergency situation is ___________ correlated with the number of other people present.

Behavior that helps others but that involves some self-sacrifice is termed:

Which of the following social psychological concepts is potentially MOST relevant to a plausible explanation of the foot-in-the-door effect

In a study, participants view violent images on a screen while researchers image the metabolic activity in the amygdala in participants' brains. Which neuroscientific method are researchers using What should they find as participants complete successive trials

What was the main difference between the Asch line-matching studies and the Sherif autokinetic effect study