Exam 13: A: Social Psychologysocial Psychology

How did Lawrence Kohlberg measure moral reasoning? And what are some reasons for doubt about his approach?

Describe Milgram's obedience study.

Suppose you hear someone you regard as unintelligent suggest a new idea.At first you ignore the idea,but later you forget who said it,and start to take it seriously.This tendency is known as the _________ effect.

People generally don't work as hard if they are sharing the job with others.

​Someone who is paid a small amount to do an unpleasant task will report liking the task more than someone who was paid a large amount.

Many people deny having racial or other prejudices,and it seems likely that many of them are reporting incorrectly.Name and describe a method that social psychologists use to measure prejudices or other attitudes that people don't want to admit.

People in Western societies tend to assume that people voluntarily chose to act as they did,even when the situation required that action.​

Sometimes a group pressures members into suppressing their doubts and supporting an ill-advised decision.This process is called _________.

The tendency to explain other people's behavior mainly by internal attributions and your own behavior mainly by external attributions is known as the ______-______ effect.​

Other things being equal,the first information we learn about someone influences us more than later information does.This is known as the ____________________ effect.

If a face has average nose,mouth,and other features,most people will regard that face as attractive.

By watching newlyweds interact with each other,you could predict with better than chance accuracy which couples will have successful marriages and which ones will divorce.

​In the prisoner's dilemma,the action that seems best to each individual is disadvantageous to the group.

​One method of measuring prejudices or other attitudes that people don't want to admit is the __________ association test.

​A group of people unanimously but moderately favor a certain idea.After they discuss it,most will become more extreme in supporting that idea

If someone replicated Milgram's obedience study today,far fewer participants would agree to give dangerous shocks.

Behavior that helps others,despite some cost or risk to yourself,is called ________.

If someone behaves the way you assume anyone else would,you give an external attribution for the behavior.If someone behaves in an unusual way,you look for an internal attribution.This criterion is called __________ information.

Other things being equal,mere familiarity with something makes us like it more.

People who know that someone is trying to persuade them of something become somewhat resistant to the message.This tendency is called the __________ effect.