Exam 12: Social Psychology

Zuzu and Lars have been dating for almost a year.Zuzu loves Lars.She finds him warm,funny,and interesting.But she is thinking of ending the relationship because he is too emotionally demanding.He is constantly asking for reassurance that she is happy with him,and he gives her no personal space.Lars most likely had a(n)_____ attachment to his parents as a child.

Mr.Ahkbar is the principal of a military school that has had only male students.This fall,for the first time,girls are being admitted.The boys are very hostile to this decision,and Mr.Ahkbar is worried that there will be trouble.What would you advise Mr.Ahkbar to do to decrease hostility and better integrate the female students into the school?

The main reason that people make "just-world hypothesis" attributions is that these attributions:

If you had been consulted when Abu Ghraib was being developed for use by the U.S.military,what advice could you have given about minimizing the probability that the prisoners would be mistreated?

The major factor that determines whether the presence of other people produces social facilitation or social loafing is:

Behaving in a way that confirms stereotypes is referred to as:

According to your textbook,all of these are strategies for maintaining a happy romantic relationship EXCEPT:

Jagannath's best friend,Roger,really does not like Jagannath's new girlfriend,Malati.One way that Jagannath might change his friend's attitude is to:

Monkeys with low levels of serotonin have been found to:

Which of the following questions would NOT be investigated in social psychology?

Happy couples attribute bad outcomes to the situation and good outcomes to each other.In terms of attribution theory,happy couples are making _____,a response that suggests the couple _____.

Renee and Yves have been together for just over a year.They are having sex much less frequently and feel much less passionately about each other.If their relationship is going to last,Renee and Yves need to:

When white participants in a psychology study were shown pictures of black faces,the _____ was/were immediately activated.With more time,the _____ was/were activated.

Hazan and Shaver concluded that the pattern of attachment that a child had to his parents predicts important aspects of the relationships that child will have with adults.A major problem with this interpretation is that:

In the _____,people will be more likely to agree with a small request after they have refused a large request.

Annabel is working on a very difficult paper for her psychology class.Given what you know about the effect of the mere presence of others on performance,where should Annabel work on the paper to make the best progress?

Naomi was raised by her parents as a vegetarian her entire childhood.When she gets to college she finds that all of the new friends she spends most of her time with eat meat.After her first year with these new friends,Naomi finds herself starting to eat meat as well.Naomi's situation demonstrates the effect of _____ on attitudes.

In a jigsaw classroom,students:

Jane believes that all blacks are lazy.One of her classmates,Patrick,who is black,has the highest GPA in her high school and is also the star of the track team.How is Jane's stereotype for blacks likely to change given her knowledge of Patrick?

In making attributions about the behavior of people around them,people from Western cultures tend to emphasize _____ factors and people from Eastern cultures tend to emphasize _____ factors.