Exam 13: Social Psychology

Outline Langlois and Roggman's research into cross-cultural perceptions of attractiveness.Discuss why "prototypical" preferences might be adaptive.

Four key factors that influence liking and loving are ____________________, familiarity, proximity, and reciprocity.

Langlois and Roggman showed individuals pictures of faces that had been created using averaged values from a pool of different faces.These researchers found that:

People report preferring physically attractive partners, but most end up marrying someone who is approximately equal to them in their degree of physical attractiveness.

Discuss the main idea behind self-perception theory.Use an appropriate example to illustrate how this theory links behaviors with attitudes.

The term ____________________ refers to the loss of individuality that comes from being in a group and increases the chances of a person's engaging in deviant or destructive behavior.

The idea that when people know that others are present in a situation, they allow their sense of responsibility for action to spread out among those who are present is ____________________.

Adair is only in a good mood in the afternoons if he has the chance to work out over his lunch hour.In this example, Adair's behavior has:

If Anne makes the fundamental attribution error, she will explain her favorite politician's loss in the election by saying:

Describe self-fulfilling prophecies.Provide an appropriate example that illustrates the way in which self-fulfilling prophecies work.

A person working with others who are strangers is:

Edna has a favorable attitude toward the band OutKast.She buys every record they release as soon as it is available in stores, and she has been to eight of the band's live concerts.These actions form part of:

Anabel has a favorable attitude toward fishing.In explaining Anabel's attitude, a psychologist who took an operant conditioning perspective would consider:

Theories that are concerned with the processes that underlie inferences of cause and effect are called:

Which of the following refers to when one acts in a way that shows an unselfish concern for others?

Recent neuroimaging studies have suggested that social conformity may involve the area of the brain related to processing:

Four friends planned on seeing their first off-Broadway musical on a recent trip to New York.Jatana dressed in casual clothes, but when her friends came to pick her up they were all dressed in black evening clothes.Jatana quickly changed her outfit before the group left for the theater.Jatana's behavior is an example of:

Emil listens to a debate between two political candidates.He notices that one of the candidates has mismatched socks and often stutters when answering questions.Emil decides to vote for the other, more polished candidate.In this instance, Emil has processed the information contained in the debate using the:

Attitudes are positive or negative evaluations or beliefs that involve:

According to Festinger's (1957) theory of ____________________, inconsistent behavior produces tension.