Exam 12: Social Psychology

Babies begin to prefer to look at a picture of a face,rather than a blank outline of a head,when they are less than:

Trey,a teaching assistant,is recording grades for a large introductory psychology class.Where would social facilitation theory suggest he ought to work,to make the best progress?

The failure to offer help to someone observed to be in need is referred to as:

The manipulations in Milgram's studies that decreased obedience all involved:

According to the concept of reciprocal helping,altruism is adaptive because it increases the person's:

Stanley Milgram's experiment illustrated the phenomenon of:

When Dirk fails his calculus exam,he is most likely to explain the result as being due to:

When Milgram decreased the physical distance between the teacher and the learner in his obedience studies so that the teacher could see the learner,the level of compliance:

If the amygdala of a cat is stimulated with an electric probe,the cat will _____; if the amygdala of a cat is damaged,the cat will _____.

When the teacher in Milgram's obedience study received orders over the phone instead of face-to-face,the level of compliance:

Fraternity hazing is an example of deindividuation causing people to behave in uncharacteristic ways.Suppose a fraternity event that is to involve hazing is moved into a room with a wall of mirrors.What effect would you expect that change to make in the event,and why?

Lucia has just declared a major in engineering.You could predict that she will now see other engineering students as _____ and see liberal arts students as _____.

Mandy believes all engineers are unimaginative.Working on the literary magazine,she meets Josiah,who is an engineering major and a writer of fascinating short stories.Mandy is likely to handle this contradiction by deciding that:

Men raised in the South in the 1970s responded to verbally aggressive behavior by a confederate in a psychology study by:

Which of the following is NOT a predictor of romantic satisfaction?

Cybelle and Tupac love to spend time together and will call or e-mail several times a day to check in with each other.While they do not fight very often,when they do fight it is serious and intense.According to Gottsman,Cybelle and Tupac are likely to have a relationship that is _____ because _____.

Miriam believes she is not attractive.As a result,she wears drab clothes and no makeup.Whenever a man shows interest in her,she thinks he is just being kind.Miriam's behavior is an example of a(n):

According to Zajonc,the presence of other people affects performance because it _____,which _____.

Len and Maria just got married and have a wonderful sexual relationship.If their marriage is typical of those in American culture,they can expect that:

Daiyu is an international student from China who is dating an American student,Zach.Which of them is likely to have a more accurate take on the other person's behavior,and why?