Exam 13: Social Psychology

Prejudice occurs when beliefs about groups and their members lead to behaviors that are directed against members of the group.

When a person is not prejudiced at a conscious level, but unknowingly acts in a way that expresses dislike of another person because of that person's group membership, that person's prejudice is:

Which of the following is one of the types of information used in making an attribution in the covariation model?

The term ____________________ is used to describe any belief that is held about the personal traits and behaviors of individuals who belong to a specific group.

Some psychologists suggest that individuals sometimes act in a way that shows an unselfish concern for others because they anticipate that the favor will be returned in kind sometime in the future.This concept is known as:

Like everyone else in his botany class, Cecil is anxious just before the weekly quizzes.Based on Kelley's covariation model, in this example, there is:

Psychologists use the term ____________________ to refer to the enhancement in performance that is found when we perform in the presence of others.

When Jude is practicing on his own, he can run the 400 meters in 60 seconds.However, when he is running against a competitor he is able to run the 400 meters in just over 56 seconds.The improvement in Jude's performance when he runs against a competitor is consistent with the concept of:

The term ____________________ refers to when the group's dominant point of view-which is usually determined by the initial views of the majority-becomes stronger and even more extreme with time.