Exam 16: Social Psychology

Frank often uses racial slurs and otherwise denigrates members of different ethnic groups because doing so makes him feel better about himself.This example illustrates a(n)____ theory of prejudice.

Booyoung believes that all Irish people have pale skin,speak with thick accents,and like corned beef and potatoes.She also believes that all motorcycle riders wear leather jackets.Booyoung is displaying ____.

Because Karen and Reliford are both affected simultaneously by events in each other's lives,they are ____.

Maya was told that her new roommate,Puja,is a lazy slob who won't clean up after herself.When Puja moves in,Maya begins to clean obsessively.While Puja does indeed try to clean up after herself,Maya never really gives her a chance to do so.Eventually,Puja stops trying and simply lets Maya do all the cleaning.This is an example of ____.

Research has indicated that when students who had recently learned about the bystander effect were confronted with a contrived emergency under circumstances unlikely to promote helping,their willingness to help ____.

Linda recently met Paulo,a new tenant living in her apartment building.She confides in you that she loves Paulo because Brazilian men are great athletes and lovers.Linda's attitude reflects her ____.

Kelly is a graduate student who is studying relationships.After interviewing over 100 dating couples,she noticed that a large number of these couples actually grew up together in the same neighborhood.This is not surprising to you because of your understanding of ____.

Connie is outside raking leaves and watching her son play with some neighborhood children.The children are playing football,and during one play it appears that several children have been injured.Connie rushes over to see if her son is okay first and then attends to the other children.Connie's reaction is best explained by ____.

In the most recent studies on factors affecting conformity,which of the following was found to have the least influence on whether a person will conform?

Guido is unaware of all the negative stereotypes he sees of African Americans on television.Because of this exposure,he is more likely to feel anxiety or fear toward someone who is African American if he is in a setting in which he is unfamiliar or already uncomfortable.This learned prejudice is a form of ____.

B.D.Check,a legislator,is being pressured to pass a bill to help curb the violence and aggressive behavior taking place in society.According to what you know about social psychology,this bill should include ____.

The fact that there are large differences in aggression from culture to culture best supports the ____ theory of aggression.

John and Sue are emotionally intimate and physically attracted to each other; however,neither of them thinks that they will stay together for a long period of time.They are experiencing ____ love.

Terrance,a Canadian,is watching the Olympics.Whenever his country wins an event,Terrance boasts about the skills and talents of the Canadian athletes.Whenever another country wins an event,he claims that the athletes of that country "got lucky." Terrance is demonstrating ____.

Ivan,a teacher,spends most of his time working with male students because he believes that they have the best chance of being admitted into the advanced program.As a result,the male students do perform better and are admitted more often than females.This example illustrates ____.

In the Asch experiment on judging the lengths of lines,the experimenter manipulated the subjects' perceptions by ____.

Abigail is learning a complex new computer program in her Computers in the Real World class.She finds that she made fewer errors when she was working alone than when she is in class.This difference in her performance can best be explained by the principle of ____.

Barry received an A on his first group project.He believes this grade is the result of his superior intelligence and hard work.He received a D on his second group project,and he attributes this grade to the other group members' poor work and stupidity.What attributional error is Barry demonstrating?

An example of an illusory correlation would be ____.

When he visits Japan,Anton does not remove his shoes upon entering the house,as do his Japanese hosts.Anton cannot understand why his hosts are no longer friendly.What did Anton do?