Exam 13: A: Social Psychologysocial Psychology

Asch's research showed that most people sometimes conform to the majority's opinion,even when they know the majority is wrong.

When people feel tension because of conflict between their attitudes and their behavior,they are feeling __________ ____________.

One explanation for why people often fail to help a person in distress is diffusion of _____________.

After a couple has been married for 30 years or so,passionate love is almost always replaced by companionate love.

If someone you don't respect suggests an idea,you might have more agreement with the idea later than you do at first.

​People in Western societies tend to underestimate the role of people's personality when trying to explain their behavior.

People who all favor the same position tend to become more extreme in their support after discussing it with one another.This tendency is called group _________.

If someone uses fear to persuade you to do something,more extreme danger makes you more likely to act.

The tendency to work less hard when you are sharing the job with other people is known as social ____________.

To evaluate people's moral reasoning,Lawrence Kohlberg examined whether the answers people gave to moral dilemmas matched their behavior in real-world situations.

​A situation in which people say nothing,assuming that everyone else in the group understands and fully agrees with what is going on,is known as pluralistic _______.

To measure the maturity of someone's moral judgments,Kohlberg devised a series of moral __________ that pit one moral value against another.

The tendency to explain other people's behaviors by internal attributions,even when we see good reasons for an external attribution,is called the __________ attribution error.

Explaining someone's behavior in terms of the person's attitudes,personality,and other characteristics is called __________ attribution.

The actor-observer effect is the tendency to attribute the behavior of other people mostly to ____________________ causes.

What is the difference between the central route to persuasion and the peripheral route? When are people more likely to follow the peripheral route?

Playing violent video games causes increased violent behavior in real life.

Explaining someone's behavior in terms of the situation,including factors that would influence almost anyone,is called ________ attribution.

People listening to a message on a topic that they consider important,and worth their effort to evaluate the evidence,will follow the ____________________ route to persuasion.

An unfavorable attitude toward a group of people is called ________.