Exam 12: Social Psychology

Cat wants to buy a new laptop.She knows that her husband will think that it is not a necessary expense.She initially proposes buying a $2,500 laptop.When her husband gets upset,she suggests that she could get by with a used laptop for $700.Cat is using the _____ approach,and it is likely that her husband _____ agree.

Attitudes are evaluations of:

Klüver and Bucy removed an area of the brain of a rhesus monkey.The monkey is now extremely friendly,explores objects that he used to fear,and puts everything in his mouth.The area of the monkey's brain that was removed was the:

Orianna wants to ask her boyfriend to go to her family's house for Thanksgiving.The night she is going to ask him,she invites him to her place,where she cooks his favorite meal,plays his favorite music,and wears his favorite dress.She is hoping that he will agree to her Thanksgiving plans if he is:

Dillon was late getting to the airport because of a big accident on the highway.He has now been waiting on the security line for almost an hour,and he may miss his flight.The baggage inspector flags Dillon's bag to be hand searched.Though Dillon is usually very even tempered,he starts to yell abusively at the man.Dillon's behavior can be readily explained by:

Relationships are damaged by conflict in which the couple _____ and strengthened by conflict in which the couple _____.

The idea of inclusive fitness is designed to explain the problem that:

Passionate love is associated with which brain structures?

This type of love develops slowly over time in a relationship:

Controversies have arisen about policies needed to handle illegal immigration.The claim has been made that many people who say they have no objection to immigration from Mexico so long as it is legal are really showing a bias against Mexican Americans.The best way to test this claim would be to have people who hold the belief that they object to illegal immigration but are not prejudiced against Mexican Americans take:

Brainstorming is a technique used in group decision making.To brainstorm,group members are encouraged to offer all of their ideas without internally censoring them.The group has an open discussion,examining all the ideas and available data.As you might expect,brainstorming was developed to counter:

Ruomei has never liked biology,but she has a crush on her lab partner and always enjoys going to class because she sees him there.Ruomei's friends are surprised to hear that Ruomei now likes biology and is planning to take another class in the subject.Ruomei's new liking for biology:

Since coming to college,Roger has eaten many kinds of foods that he had never even heard of before.He has found that he dislikes oysters but enjoys sushi.What difference could you predict between his attitudes to oysters and sushi?

Intelligence analysts whose job is to predict the behavior of people and groups in other countries need to be aware of their tendency toward:

When the U.S.military was integrated,many people expected it to be a disaster.In fact,integration of the military was hugely successful.In terms of social psychology,a major reason for this success was most likely that black soldiers and white soldiers:

A presidential candidate's acceptance speech at the party convention greatly influences many voters' views on the candidate.Which of the following people was most likely to have a more favorable opinion of then Senator Obama after his speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention?

Which of the following factors is NOT among those included in Gottman's research on factors that create a good relationship?

Which of the following does NOT increase the stability of an attitude?

According to the idea of kin selection,Hannah is most likely to behave altruistically toward her:

Among the factors contributing to the mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib was that the guards: