Exam 13: Social Psychology

Victor and his five friends are graduating college in June.All of them are involved in romantic relationships that started during college.It turns out that all of the couples met because they lived in the same dormitory as freshmen.This is an example of which of the following factors in romantic love:

Features of a person who is presenting a persuasive message, such as attractiveness, power, or fame are called ____________________.

The tendency to make internal attributions about one's own behavior when an outcome is positive and to blame the situation if one's behavior leads to something negative is the ____________________.

Which theory of attitude change proposes two routes to persuasion, a peripheral and a central route?

Jane is taking the difficult EE 300 course because it is required; Ellen is taking it as an elective.Cognitive dissonance theory would predict that:

Which of the following is one of the components of an attitude?

The term ____________________ refers to behaviors that are directed against members of a group.

Stereotypes can cause people to:

In a classic study involving students living in an apartment complex, Festinger and his colleagues (1950) found they could predict the likelihood of a friendship forming by noting:

Abigail has a favorable attitude toward Jack Smith, who is currently running for reelection.She knows he voted in favor of a number of issues that she supports, and she knows he has worked hard for local residents.This knowledge base forms part of:

Ebony thinks the idea her boss has proposed for increasing sales is really stupid.She listens as six of her coworkers praise the idea, and when her boss asks Ebony for her opinion, she says: "The idea is great! I wish I would have thought of it." The process that would best explain why Ebony said the plan was great, even though she thought it was stupid, is:

Diana is trying to determine whether her two-year old son reacts fearfully whenever any dog is barking.Which type of information is Diana using?

Dustin is working on a term paper with his best friend.Recent research that has investigated attributional biases suggests that under these circumstances, Dustin is:

Fiala and Chandler have been married for 40 years.They both live fairly separate lives and seldom see each other, except in passing.They have had separate bedrooms for the past 20 years, and they have been taking separate vacations for the past 15 years.Still, they both feel a strong commitment to remain in their marriage, and neither of them is seeking a new partner or a new relationship.According to Sternberg's triangular theory of love, at this point Fiala and Chandler have:

Ira is always in a better mood when he comes back from his exercise class.In this example, Ira's behavior has:

Doyle has never met Sierra, but he has heard that she is attractive and a lot of fun.When he calls her on the phone to arrange a date, he is charming and charismatic.In response to his manner, Sierra is poised and relaxed, just as he expected she would be.This situation illustrates the concept of:

General knowledge structures about social experiences or people are called:

Normally well-liked and accepted as a friend, a man now finds himself being excluded and ignored by his group because of he voiced opposition to a plan the group was formulating.The man is experiencing:

Describe deindividuation and its effects.Explain the role of diffusion of responsibility in deindividuation.

Arthur was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas.He communicates frequently with a friend he made over the Internet who was born and raised in Shanghai, China.Given the differences in their cultural background, we would expect Arthur would be more susceptible to: