Exam 15: Social Psychology

According to your text, which of the following is NOT one of the four decision points that one must pass through before providing help?

According to Sternberg, the form of love that is more common among couples who have been together a long time and includes only the elements of intimacy and commitment is __________ love.

A person is more likely to conform if he or she

You and your friend have a fight and say very hurtful things to each other. In judging your own behavior, you say to yourself, "I was justified in saying those things to her because she betrayed me." In judging how your friend acted during the fight, you say, "She had no right to say those things to me. She is a liar and an ungrateful person." In your interpretation of your friend's behavior, you are assigning her a(n) ______ cause.

When hiring new employees at his company, Jake has a tendency to generalize a favorable impression to unrelated personal characteristics, such as their physical appearance, a tendency known as the __________ effect.

Because of their higher testosterone levels, men are more likely engage in physical aggression than women. This fact supports which theory of aggression?

Which of the following consists of getting a person committed to fulfilling a request and then making the terms of the request less desirable?

With regard to romantic love, the nearly exclusive attention lovers give to one another is referred to as __________.

Jake finds guns attractive and desirable, while Arthur feels that guns are threatening and destructive. Their differing feelings toward guns represent which component of their attitudes regarding guns and gun control?

When there is no objective standard, we often turn to and observe others in an effort to evaluate our actions through a process known as social exchange.

__________is a type of social influence that occurs when someone stops doing something because another person is watching.

In Milgram's studies, which of the following circumstances listed resulted in the SMALLEST percentage of subjects obeying the orders of the authority?

According to the research of psychologists Conor Seyle and Matthew Newman, what has divided the United States into opposing camps over the last 10 years?

Attribution refers to the process of

Prejudice that occurs due to an adherence to group norms is called

Finding something attractive or unattractive, desirable or undesirable is the basis for the belief component of an attitude.

Overestimating one's chances of being involved in a violent incident is known as the __________.

In American society, special privileges are often bestowed upon persons because of

The likelihood that help will be given to a person in need is reduced when there are many people present due to a(n) __________ of responsibility.

One of the risks taken by parents who allow their children to watch television unsupervised is that they will begin to view the world as a dangerous and threatening place. This is an example of the role of which of the following in attitude formation?