Exam 13: Social Psychology

Helga, who lives in Boravia, holds a strong negative stereotype about people who live in the neighboring country of Moldravia.Because of this you would expect Helga will:

When Meghan and Rex were first introduced, she didn't think of Rex as a potential dating partner.However, Rex was always nice to Meghan and often did special things for her.All Meghan's friends told her that it was obvious that Rex liked her and, before too long, Meghan and Rex were involved in a long-term relationship.Meghan's change in feelings toward Rex can best be explained using:

Kim complained to Flo, "You mostly make an internal attribution concerning my behavior, but you make external attributions about your behavior." If Kim's accusation is true, Flo's behavior illustrates:

The affective component of an attitude represents what people know or believe about the object of their attitude.

The discipline that studies how people think about, influence, and relate to other people is ____________________.

If being given a free mug when you buy a particular brand of coffee-maker improves your attitude about that brand, your attitude change was influenced by:

Don is trying to determine whether his two-year old son reacts fearfully every time the neighbor's dog barks.Which type of information is Don using?

People tend to make an external attribution, one that appeals to external causes, when the behavior is high in ____________________, distinctiveness, and consensus.

Wanda listens as her neighbor plays his stereo at top volume, and she decides he must be thoughtless and self-centered if he doesn't realize how annoying the noise is for the rest of the neighborhood.Wanda's attribution for her neighbor's behavior is consistent with:

Benton is trying to decide which color to paint his house, so he looks at 10 other houses in his neighborhood.Every one of those houses is light brown or beige, so Benton decides to paint his house light brown as well.The process that would best explain Benton's behavior in this instance is:

The central route to persuasion operates in those situations in which people:

Outline the three major dimensions of love that were proposed by Robert Sternberg.Discuss how these dimensions combine to produce different types of love.

Since Charles was young, he has believed that Canadians are arrogant, smug people.He only has to find out that a person is from Canada and he draws the conclusion that that person is arrogant and smug.Charles is displaying:

Which type of attribution is a person making when a person's behavior is attributed to a personality trait or disposition?

Describe ostracism and its effects.How does our evolutionary past help explain ostracism?

Research has demonstrated that attitude changes that result from processing information through the peripheral route to persuasion tend to be stable and long lasting.

Nancy hates cigarettes.She knows they cause lung disease, and she feels ill when she smells them, so she refuses to sit in any area in which smoking is allowed.The cognitive component of this attitude is:

When an individual listens carefully to the arguments presented in a persuasive message, and evaluates the merits of the arguments that are presented, the message is being processed using the:

According to the elaboration likelihood model if persuasion occurs through the peripheral route, attitude change is:

The head of marketing often claimed, "Say it often enough, and people will start to believe it." This suggests she believes attitudes are influenced by: