Exam 16: C: Social Thinking and Social Influence

The psychologist who designed the experiment in which a "teacher" gave shocks to a "learner" with the experiment actually testing the "teacher's" obedience was __________.

When a friend tells you that she will be vacationing at a particular beach resort,you immediately tell her that you would never go back to that beach resort because on one trip it rained the whole time and the other you got sunburned and sick from the seafood; thus,your negative attitude regarding this beach resort was acquired through chance conditioning.

The degree to which one is willing to have contact with another person is measured by using a(n)__________ scale.

In Milgram's experiments,all of the following circumstances reduced obedience to lower levels EXCEPT

Dr.Vincent studies the human use of space,particularly in social settings,a field of study known as __________.

If you do something contrary to your beliefs or attitudes,you will experience the most cognitive dissonance when the amount of the reward or justification for your actions is low.

Recently,psychologist Jerry Burger partially replicated Milgram's study and obtained

Regarding obedience,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of true spiritual leaders?

Which of the following refers to an engineered or forced attitude change involving a captive audience?

Social comparison theory holds that desires for self-evaluation,self-protection,and self-enhancement provide motives for associating with others.

The lowball technique consists of getting a person committed to act and then making the terms of the request less desirable.

Geraldine is rehearsing the dialogue,posture,and gestures she will use to ask her boss for a raise.She practices in front of a mirror and then role plays the scene with a friend with the friend acting angry in some scenes and cooperative in others.Geraldine is practicing

A technique used in assertive training that involves repeating a request until it is acknowledged is known as the __________.

Regarding aggressive behavior,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Good ways to assertively respond to a "put down" include which of the following?

When the participants in Milgram's experiment received their orders over the phone,they

Since meeting her college roommates,Lisa has become an advocate for recycling and other environmental issues and has joined her roommates' environmental club; thus,Lisa's college roommates and the environmental club would be considered both membership and reference groups for Lisa.

Overestimating one's chances of being involved in a violent incident is known as the __________.

According to Singer,people are often persuaded to join cults