Exam 13: Social Psychology

The tendency for people to return in kind the feelings that are shown toward them is ____________________.

Implicit prejudice involves:

When Hank was practicing on his own, he was able to recite all his lines for the play without any errors.However, when he stepped on the stage, in front of an audience, his mind went blank and he couldn't remember any of his lines.The impairment in Hank's performance when he was in front of an audience is consistent with the concept of:

Researchers asked individuals from different cultural backgrounds to write self-descriptions as part of a research study.These researchers found that:

In the covariation model of attribution, three types of information are used in making decisions.Which of the following is NOT one of them?

We are more likely to be persuaded by source characteristics when we:

The congressional candidate asks for input about the upcoming election campaign.However, every time one of her advisors offers a suggestion that differs from the plan the candidate has in mind, that suggestion is ignored completely.In this instance, it is likely that the group working on the election campaign will experience the effects of:

Naomi is playing backgammon, and when she wins a game, she attributes her win to her skill and planning.However, when she loses a game, she attributes her loss to bad luck in rolling the dice.Naomi's attributions for her performance when she plays backgammon are consistent with:

Anabel had planned to buy a foreign car when one of her friends mentions that Tom Cruise drives a domestic car.Based on the assumption that Tom Cruise wouldn't buy anything that wasn't top quality, Anabel decided to buy the domestic car instead.In this instance, she reached her decision using the:

Attitudes do not always directly affect behavior.

Psychologists use the term ____________________ to refer to the fact that we tend to overestimate the influence of internal personal factors and underestimate the role of external situational factors.

John acts nervous when he talks with his psychology professor.If many other students also act nervous in that situation, the covariation model would describe the behavior as:

When a group's dominant point of view becomes stronger and more extreme over time, the process is referred to as:

The emotional feelings that an object or event engenders in individuals are part of:

Another name for the correspondence bias is the:

Gina is driving along her normal route when a police officer stops her and directs her to take a different route.She is not sure why she has to take the detour, but she does what the police officer tells her to do.The process that best explains Gina's actions in this instance is:

Darla's first impression of her blind date will be most strongly influenced by his:

If a person openly expresses a dislike of another person simply because of that person's group membership, that person's prejudice is:

According to cognitive dissonance theory, if there is a large discrepancy between what you believe and how you act, you will be motivated to change either your behavior or your beliefs.

When one is excluded and ignored by one's group, one is experiencing: