Exam 10: Social Psychology

How are the initial attitudes of the group likely to affect group decision making?

What are three techniques used to gain compliance?

Which of the following is an example of prejudice?

Group discussion often results in members of a group shifting to a more extreme position in whatever direction they were leaning initially. What is this phenomenon called?

Stereotypes often arise from natural thinking processes that enable us to process social information more easily and efficiently.

The student radical group OUR-ED, known for noisy sit-in demonstrations held a meeting last week. Before the meeting began, as people gathered and talked, many individual members suggested that stronger actions had to be taken to increase funding to schools. The entire meeting was devoted to this topic. As a result of the meeting we could expect

Diffusion of responsibility deals with the effects of which of the following on helping behaviour?

A theorist's suggestion that Shefali and Samir will more than likely marry each other, because they live within a ten kilometre distance from each other, even though they do not know each other at this time, is which of the following theories of attraction?

List and explain four factors involved in interpersonal attraction.

Which of the following is a biological factor in certain types of aggression?

Based on Milgram's studies of obedience, it can be concluded that

Celine worked for a political candidate and voted for him. Later, Celine became convinced that the candidate was dishonest and immoral. The discomfort Celine feels is best explained by

Which of the following is not a finding reported by researchers who have studied persuasion?

People are more likely to receive help if they are physically attractive.

Lucy wants to stay out until midnight on Saturday night. The door-in-the-face technique suggests that she should

Messages are most persuasive if they cause ________ fear and provide definite actions that can be taken to avoid the feared outcome.

Which of the following attitudes would be the best predictors of behaviour?

In the low-ball technique for compliance, people are given a free sample that makes many feel obligated to participate.

Describe the concept of stereotypes?

Sherif and Sherif, in the Robber's Cave experiment, suggested one way to break down prejudice is to