Exam 13: A: Social Psychologysocial Psychology

​You are more likely to help a stranger when many people are around than when you are by yourself.

A policy of accepting,recognizing,and enjoying the differences among people and groups and the unique contributions each person can offer is known as _______________.

We want to understand why people behave as they do.One method we use is to draw inferences about their reasons.Attribution is the set of thought processes we use to assign causes to our own behavior and that of others.Define internal attribution and external attribution.Describe the three types of information that Harold Kelley proposed we rely on when deciding whether to make an internal or external attribution for behavior.

​Most people with mental illness are more dangerous than other people.

For a romantic couple to have long-term happiness,similarity of personalities is important.

Describe the fundamental attribution error and give an example.

Social psychology research has revealed that other people can encourage us to do something we would not have done on our own,and they can inhibit us from doing something that we would have done on our own.One example of this is social loafing.Define social loafing and describe two examples of situations when individuals do NOT engage in social loafing.

Attributions that we adopt to maximize credit for our successes and minimize blame for our failures are called ________-_________ biases.

People with mental illness are not especially dangerous,unless they abuse alcohol or other drugs.

Kohlberg's approach to understanding morality emphasized the emotional contributions to moral decisions.

Altruistic behavior toward nonrelatives is widespread in the animal kingdom.

​The basic lesson from Zimbardo's simulated prison study and from Milgram's teacher-learner study is that humans are crueler than previously realized.

​Even brief first impressions have better than chance accuracy.

Coercive techniques are a reliable way to get people to tell the truth.

​You are more likely to refer to personality when explaining other people's behavior than when explaining your own.

Theoretically,why does it make sense to choose a mate based partly on good looks?

​Low self-esteem is one of the main causes of violent behavior.

A common way of measuring attitudes is to have people check points along a line ranging from 1,meaning "strongly disagree" to 7,meaning "strongly agree." This rating scale is called a ____________________ scale.

Birds with brighter feathers and longer tails are "advertising" the fact that they are healthy.

A student learns about the results of Milgram's study of obedience and says,"Those participants were so cruel! I'm not cruel,so I would never deliver shocks to another person." This student is committing the fundamental attribution error.