Exam 12: Social Psychology

Diego is standing in line at the grocery store waiting to pay for his purchases. A man cuts in front of the line and drops his items on the counter. Diego says to his friend, "That man is incredibly rude." A social psychologist who is within earshot jots down a note so she can use the example in class. What does she write concerning Diego?

The __________ effect refers to the finding that people are less likely to aid a person in trouble if there are other people around who are also potential helpers.

Conner needs just $20 more to go out with his friends. He asks his mother for $50, but she tells him he can have $30 instead. In the end, Conner ended up with $10 more than he originally planned. What technique did Conner use?

In his partial replication of Milgram's obedience study, what did Burger (2009) find?

Some have suggested that the results of Milgram's obedience study may have been due to the __________ effect.

In what way is compliance different from conformity?

Which of the following phenomena usually involves an excessively negative, overgeneralized assumption about a socially defined category of people?

According to research by Latané and Darley, which person would someone be the most likely to help?

What term is used to describe compliance with an initial small request followed by compliance with a larger request?

Social __________ refers to an improvement in performance caused by the perception that others are watching.

JB knows that he can help people simply by dialing 9-1-1 on his cell phone if an emergency arises. At which step in the decision process for helping would JB be?

What is the term for the process of developing our first knowledge about another person?

What percentage of subjects in Milgram's experiment on obedience actually completed the shock series?

Many people hang up on telemarketers, but others will listen politely to their pitches even if they are not interested in the product. Telemarketers know that anyone who agrees to listen to a pitch is more likely to buy the product, thanks to the __________ phenomenon.

Give an example of what happens when a person's attitude does not match his or her behavior.

In the realm of person perception, the phenomenon called __________ is most closely associated with "first impressions."

Researchers have found that a __________ degree of fear in a message makes it more effective, particularly when it is combined with __________.

The technique used for studying conformity was developed by __________.

People who exert less effort on a task when working in a group than they do when working individually are engaging in __________.

Which of the following individuals is most likely to make the fundamental attribution error?