Exam 16: Social Thinking and Social Influence

If you have ever said "yes" when you wanted to say "no" or been afraid to question a grade that seemed unfair, you are showing __________ behavior.

Stanley Milgram's experiment in which a "teacher" gave shocks to a "learner" was actually designed to assess

Tommy expresses his feeling and achieves his goals, but at the expense of others, which leads them to feel hurt, defensive, and humiliated. Tommy is exhibiting __________ behavior.

According to Leon Festinger, group membership

Felisia finishes her psychology test and goes outside and joins a group of students who are discussing the test. Felisia asks the group, "Didn't you think those last four questions were hard? Did the teacher go over that material?" The other students agree with Felisia that the questions were extremely difficult thus giving Felisia an idea of how her opinion "stacks" up to the opinions of others. This illustrates Felisia's use of

College athletes often protect their self-esteem by practicing less before important games or events, which illustrates the concept of __________.

While social pressures are indirect in situations involving conformity, the social pressures are direct and involve bending to the requests of another person who has little or no social power or authority in __________ situations.

A person is more likely to conform if he or she

Dr. Santos is studying the process of how people think about themselves and others in a social context. Dr. Santos is interested in

Your professor tells the class to close and put up their books and take out a pen or pencil to take the test. If you follow your professor's instructions, you

Two of your best friends have just lost their jobs because of their company's outsourcing of computer technology jobs. Before they lost their jobs, you had not contemplated the impact of "outsourcing," but now you hold the attitude that outsourcing is bad for the economy. You have acquired this attitude due to

The degree to which a group member can control, alter, or influence the behavior of another group member is called __________.

Your interaction with your dentist as your teeth are cleaned takes place within a space described as __________ distance.

Forced attitude changes that result from brainwashing

A professor that quietly puts up with several students talking noisily in the back of the classroom is exhibiting

John was a POW in Vietnam. He was placed in a tiny cell and was beaten and verbally abused on a daily basis. This treatment is a part of which phase of brainwashing being utilized by his captors?

The degree to which a person's actions are explained by rewards or other circumstances is called

Unlike true spiritual leaders, cult leaders encourage their followers to

If you notice Maria smiles and greets both friends and strangers wherever she is on campus, you might attribute Maria's behavior to her upbeat, sunny disposition based on which aspect of her behavior?

Justin is the lead guitarist for the punk rock band Wretched Flamingo . Being the guitarist in a band would be considered a(n)