Exam 12: Social Psychology

"Out of sight, out of mind" is a cliché that is consistent with which rule of interpersonal attraction?

__________ found that normal people in normal times will often follow orders to hurt innocent people.

Studies on similarity and interpersonal attraction have found that __________.

Which theory addresses the question of how people make judgments about the causes of behavior?

A state of tension that occurs when a person's attitudes do not match the person's actions is called __________.

Which of the following would result in cognitive dissonance?

According to Festinger, the feeling of discomfort that results from the realization that our beliefs and our behaviors are discrepant is called __________.

Your attitudes are most likely to influence specific behaviors when the attitudes are __________.

Describe one of the components of attitude.

Your best friend has been acting rather cool toward you lately. As you try to figure out why, you are engaging in the process called __________.

While watching Jeopardy!, your roommate says, "Alex Trebek knows all the answers. He must be a genius." You tell your roommate she probably would not have said that if she had attended class the day the instructor discussed the topic of __________.

"Birds of a feather" is a phrase that refers to __________.

The public-service messages that encourage parents to sit down with their children and talk frankly about drugs are promoting which method of attitude formation?

The Robber's Cave experiment showed that playing athletic games, such as football and baseball, reduces us-them hostility.

Following direct and explicit orders of a person in authority is called __________.

Luciana is trying to decide whether to vote for a political candidate. Based on what she has read about him, she has concluded that he is not qualified for the position, but she agrees with his political positions. Also, she trusts him and likes his decisive personality. In fact, she likes him so much that she sent a small donation to his campaign. Luciana's trust of the candidate represents the __________ component of her attitude toward him.

Experiments showing the effects of group pressure on conformity were conducted by __________.

A bank loan officer thinks people who speak with an accent are lazy; consequently, he refuses to grant them loans. The loan officer's belief is an example of __________. His refusal to grant them loans is an example of __________.

Once called the "risky shift" phenomenon, __________ refers to the tendency for people involved in a group discussion to take somewhat more extreme positions and suggest riskier actions when compared to individuals who have NOT participated in a group discussion.

Milgram is known for his research in __________.