Exam 15: Social Psychology

Which of the following is true regarding the variation in peak facial attractiveness between men and women?

In a study of the mere exposure effect using online chatting, participants who were randomly assigned to chat with the same partner for a greater number of consecutive days

The social psychological term to describe unharmonious relations among groups is

In the Robber's Cave experiment, the experimenters promoted ingroup bias by

People often make different judgments of the same behavior depending on whether they performed the behavior or observed the behavior in others. This is referred to as the

Studies that illustrate that members of East Asian cultures tend not to commit the fundamental attribution error (FAE) is most troublesome for

The presence of others may reduce the effort a person gives to a cooperative task, such as a group assignment in a college course. This is called

According to Leary and Kowalski, once we are motivated to obtain a desired goal, increase self-esteem, or alter our public identity we have to

When researchers asked participants to refrain from eating sweet-smelling cookies presented to them in a room, the participants later exhibited

Proximate causes for an altruistic behavior, such as helping an elderly person cross the street, are usually described in terms of

Studies of computer-mediated communication (CMC) conducted in the 2000s revealed that CMC has a positive effect on personal relationships if

Attributing clusters of traits to specific categories of individuals and objects, which serves an important purpose in human social cognition, is called

Which of the following is NOT one of the features of Gordon Allport's intergroup contact theory?

When someone is unaware of the prejudicial biases in their behaviors, it is called

This type of cognitive experience indicates what we think is true or untrue in the world.

The dark side of repeated, failed attempts at achieving goals is disappointment, reduced self-esteem, and feelings of failure and helplessness, which contribute to__________________________.

Mischel and colleagues found that children who were able to exert self-control in the laboratory went on to earn high SAT scores in high school and went on to higher academic achievements.

All of the following are aspects of the self-serving bias, EXCEPT:

These psychological defense mechanisms lead people to experience more positive moods and feelings of well-being, to persist in their efforts to a greater extent, and to effectively achieve goals.

The Stanford Prison study was constructed to examine the influence of these implicit rules for behaving in certain situations.