Exam 16: Social Psychology

Reece is talking with her friends about what they are likely to experience in their first year of college.Although her health and academic abilities are normal,Reece thinks that she is more likely to get good grades and less likely to get the flu than the average college student.This is an example of ____.

When a child is rewarded for stating a particular view,her or his attitude about that object or concept is influenced.This shows the importance of ____ in attitude formation.

Marco believes that it is very important to vote.He finds it difficult to find the time to vote on election day,but he does go to vote.Marco's belief about voting represents the ____ component of his attitude,and his presence at the polls represents the ____ component of his attitude.

Veronica is at a rock concert.During the concert,dozens of people start shouting obscenities at the police officers who come onto the stage to arrest the group.Even though she would never dream of yelling dirty words at police officers on her own,Veronica joins the crowd and is among the first to run up on stage to try to stop the police.Veronica is experiencing ____.

Bill is thoughtful and likes to mull over ideas.Ted is uncomfortable with uncertainty.If you are trying to change their attitudes about an important referendum on the November ballot,you would be best to use ____ on Bill and ____ on Ted.

Anastasia is the lead singer in a band.Her band performs at local festivals and is known to take requests from the audience.During a rock anthem,she can get the crowd to shake their fists to the beat and scream "woo-hoo!" during the chorus.All of these behaviors underlie the process of ____.

Your roommate Perry is often cranky.One night you overhear Perry yelling at someone on his cell phone.You conclude that Perry is being his irritable self again and feel bad for the person he's talking to.You have made a(n)____ attribution for Perry's behavior.

Adam is teaching a new class with a diverse collection of students.To reduce potential prejudice in the classroom,he attempts to get the students working together in groups.If negative attitudes toward different categories of students within the classroom decrease,this approach would be support for the ____ hypothesis.

What is the most serious ethical objection to Milgram's studies on obedience?

In Milgram's original experiment on obedience,most subjects stopped administering shocks ____.

The three components of Sternberg's triangular theory of love are ____.

You are stuck on a desert island with a group of people after your three-hour cruise turned into a shipwreck.If you must help only one other person to survive,whom will you choose,according to the evolutionary theory of helping behavior?

Beatrice finds that one person working alone can scoop about 100 pounds of corn kernels per minute.When these people work in groups,each person's output drops to about 80 pounds per minute.What is this group process called?

Vince is driving home in heavy traffic after a stressful day at work.A car comes up quickly behind him and the driver is yelling and gesturing for Vince to get out of his way.Angry,Vince hits the brakes and causes the other driver to swerve.Then Vince honks and makes a few obscene gestures at the driver.According to ____,Vince becomes aggressive because he is stressed and experiencing unpleasant emotions and has received negative cues from his environment.

Maggie was raised in an Irish-Catholic home; she is very proud of her heritage and pleased when she hears that other Irish-Catholics are successful.Being Irish-Catholic is part of Maggie's ____ identity.

When Rolla met Roaa at a benefit dinner,he thought she was lovely and charming; he liked her.A few days later,when Roaa rudely demanded a refund for her dinner,Rolla most likely ____ his impression of her because ____.

Jeffrey is a serial killer,and brain scans have revealed that there is damage that makes it less likely that he will inhibit his aggressive tendencies.He most likely has damage to his ____.

Ed participated in a psychology experiment in which he turned pegs on a board for one hour.Although the task was very boring,the experimenter said,"I will pay you $1 if you tell the next participant that this experiment is the most exciting experiment that you have ever been in." Julie also participated in the same experiment; however,the experimenter offered to pay her $20 to lie to the next participant.According to cognitive dissonance theory,Ed will later report that experiment was ____,and Julie will report that it was ____.

Randa studies the impact of aggression on society.Her newest study corroborates other recent research findings that aggression itself is not inherited.Rather,people tend to inherit a temperament of ____ that often leads to aggressive behaviors.

Sabina does not like to drink.At a recent party,however,everyone was drinking,and they started to give her a hard time because she wasn't drinking.Because of all the pressure,Sabina decided to drink.Sabina's behavior is an example of ____.