Exam 16: Social Psychology

You are walking down the street and see someone lying motionless on the ground.You are most likely to help if you are ____.

While talking to his therapist,Bobby says,"I always feel tense! I'm trying to balance the need to be like others with a corresponding need to feel unique." His therapist says,"It appears as if your therapy is succeeding,as you just correctly defined the ____ theory."

Carol is shopping for the holidays when she slips on some ice and drops some of her packages.Which one of the following would most likely increase the likelihood of somebody stopping to help her?

Most psychologists believe that Milgram demonstrated a basic truth about human behavior-that ____.

Elvia and Britton are four years old and attend preschool together.Elvia is Latina and Britton is African American.Contact theory would predict Elvia and Britton to be less prejudiced under which of the following conditions? If their teacher ____.

Punjit works at a button-sorting factory.He feels bad that he can sort only twenty buttons a minute,when the average worker can sort thirty.To feel better about himself,Punjit compares his performance with Brant,who can sort only ten buttons a minute.This is an example of ____.

A person from your sorority calls and asks you to bake cookies for a bake sale to raise money for a local charity.You agree,but an hour later she calls you back and says that they have enough bakers; they need you to work at the bake sale for four hours.You agree,and as you hang up the phone,you think back to your psychology text and suddenly realize that you have been victimized by the ____ technique.

Two fishing companies are competing for fish.Each company wants to maximize its profits by harvesting as many fish as possible,but if both companies do this,the fish population will become depleted.If both companies agree to set limits on the number of fish that they harvest,they will achieve the best joint outcome.This situation is an example of ____.

Which of the following is not a component of an attitude?

Which of the following is the best example of social facilitation?

Chris and Ben are neighbors who often work together on their Neighborhood Watch committee.However,on the job,they work for rival advertising firms.On their Neighborhood Watch committee,Chris and Ben ____.At work,they often ____ with one another to win an advertising contract with a client,thus creating ____.

Eva and Juan have a strong commitment to each other as well as a high level of intimate communication and trust.According to Sternberg's triangular theory of love,which element of their relationship would they need to develop to achieve the ideal of consummate love?

Thirty-nine members of the Heaven's Gate cult committed suicide together in response to their leader's instructions that,only by doing so,could they follow the Hale-Bopp comet in a UFO.After their mass suicide,they were found dressed identically and neatly.Which principle of social influence best explains this mass suicide?

Jim has negative attitudes toward exam review sessions.Jim's instructor explains that review sessions can help to focus study efforts.Jim thinks carefully about this explanation and then changes his attitude using the ____ route to attitude change.

Renata starts grad school this fall and is locked into the program for the next three years because she has accepted a fellowship.Unfortunately,Renata discovers that she hates the field specialization she is in.According to cognitive dissonance theory,Renata is likely to ____.

Jessi asks Bill to take her pizza out of the oven while she is on the phone.Bill agrees.Later that week Jessi asks Bill for a ride to the mall,and he agrees.Finally,Jessi asks Bill to lie to her parents when they call and say that she's not home.Jessi is using the ____ to gain Bill's compliance.

When Kami's son Terence became increasingly violent during his teen years,Kami blamed it on hormones.Kami would most likely agree with a(n)____ theory of aggression.

Ben has been set up on a blind date.He knows his date works as a counselor,so when they meet,he pays special attention to how she talks to him,her body language,and her tone of voice.He is concerned she will interact with him as if he is a patient.Ben's reaction demonstrates the power that ____ have on our perception of others.

Mildred has fallen and she can't get up! Which factor will not increase the likelihood that Janet,a passer-by,will help?

According to the evolutionary approach,aggression ____.