Exam 16: Social Thinking and Social Influence

In a classic study on social facilitation that involved college students shooting pool at a student union, it was found that when being watched by others, good pool players who were confident in their pool playing

In Festinger's classic experiment, college students did an extremely boring task for a long time. Afterward, they were asked to help lure others into the experiment by pretending that the task was interesting and enjoyable. Later they were asked their opinion of the task. Those paid $1 for luring more participants experienced a great deal of

Coercion is defined as

When we act contrary to our attitudes and beliefs, the amount of discomfort that we feel depends on the degree to which our actions can be explained by rewards or other circumstances, that is, it depends on the amount of __________.

Homeless people tend to be

All of the following are strategies to help prevent groupthink EXCEPT

Gene and Harry are discussing the upcoming election. Gene tells Harry that he is convinced that one of the candidates will make a better senator because this candidate is proposing legislation that will streamline health care. This discussion best illustrates which component of an attitude?

A psychology student goes to the beach to collect observations of how people use personal space. The student is investigating

The physician who ignores the pleadings of a somatic symptom patient for medication is attributing the expression of symptoms to the

A popular police chief would most likely be

If you notice that your best friend has talked to every one of your mutual friends in class except you today, you might conclude that she may be angry with you for some reason. This conclusion would be based on which factor related to attribution?

In 2009, Psychologist Jerry Burger partially replicated Milgram's 1965 study and obtained

Although large differences exist between attitudes and behavior, barriers to action typically fall when a person holds an attitude with __________.

According to research, people are more likely to comply with a request made by an impolite person of higher status than an impolite person of lower status.

A compulsion by decision makers to maintain each other's approval, even at the cost of critical thinking and good judgment, is called

In determining whether a person will conform to the group, which of the following factors is more important than the number of people in the group?

The tendency to perform better when in the presence of others is known as

Being self-assertive can lead to one's pent-up anger exploding, which can damage relationships.

If you attribute your friend's angry outburst to the frustrating situation he was in and not to his personality, you believe your friend's behavior was due to a(n)__________ cause.

Describe the six ways in which attitudes are acquired and provide an example of each.