Exam 12: Social Psychology

Russ, a White student who grew up in Connecticut, is about to enter the University of Southern California on an athletic scholarship. He is aware that many of his teammates will be African American and assumes that they will dislike him and ostracize him. Russ's attitude is BEST described as an example of __________.

Which of the following descriptions BEST defines implicit personality theory?

There is a long history of fighting between the Israelis and Palestinians, and many attempts to resolve these conflicts have failed. According to the __________ theory, the prejudice and discrimination that exist between the two groups will continue to rise as the conflict over limited land in the region continues.

According to Robert Sternberg's three components of love, which component addresses the physical aspects?

Normative social influence is based on a group's power because of __________.

How are proximity to others and the establishment of friendships related?

Thomas likes to "hang with the guys." These people with whom Thomas identifies most strongly are called a(n) __________.

Imagine 100 individuals are asked to take part in a replication of Milgram's famous study on obedience. How are these 100 people likely to respond?

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

What do we call judgments about people, situations, objects, or ideas?

Some may argue that the findings of the Solomon Asch experiment are not terribly valuable because conformity is being assessed on a relatively innocuous task (i.e., choosing line sizes). What kind of situation might you use to test conformity that would be immune to this criticism? Can you think of a way to test conformity in the real world in a way that would be both useful and ethical?

What process describes the use of social influence to cause other people to change their attitudes and behavior?

A social group of people with whom a person does not identify is a(n) __________.

Which of the strategies for gaining compliance discussed by your text is LEAST likely to influence an individual from a collectivistic culture, such as Japan?

What do we call judgments about people, situations, objects, or ideas?

Follow-up studies to Stanley Milgram's research have suggested that a teacher's willingness to deliver potentially lethal shocks may be more a product of __________ than of obedience.

On the 72nd hole of the U.S. Open golf tournament, Phil Mickelson misses a 1-foot putt that would have won the championship. During an interview afterward, he states, "I've made that putt a thousand times on the practice green. I can't believe that I missed it!" Based on your knowledge of social psychology, which phenomenon may have contributed to the errant putt?

To which two processes do some social psychologists attribute the phenomenon of people not helping someone they do not know?

__________ is a change of behavior in response to an explicit request.

Who was the psychologist who originally developed attribution theory?