Exam 13: Social Psychology

Four friends got together to debate which hockey team was the best: the Slashers or the Icers.When they started their discussion, they each thought that the Slashers were a slightly better team.After debating the merits of each team for over an hour, the friends have now come to the conclusion that the Slashers are a much better team, and they will probably take their division.The process that would best explain the strengthening of opinion that has occurred in this case is:

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

In the covariation model of attribution, which type of information provides an indication of whether a change occurs uniquely in the presence of an event?

A positive or negative belief about something is referred to as a(n):

Research has found that people tended to rate as most attractive, pictures of people:

Distinguish between implicit and explicit prejudice, and describe how implicit prejudice can be measured.

The tendency to exert less effort when working in a group, compared to working alone is called:

In a number of recent elections, the candidates have been criticized for creating advertisements that show their opponents in a negative light, instead of creating ads that present the candidate's views on key issues.Each of these two different campaign styles illustrates different aspects of:

A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when an individual:

The actor-observer effects refer to the overall tendency to attribute our own behavior to ____________________ sources but to attribute the behavior of others to internal sources.

Recent research suggests that one of the most effective ways to reduce both prejudice and discrimination is through teaching individuals to actively suppress their stereotypic beliefs.

In the covariation model of attribution, which type of information is being used when a person tries to determine whether a change occurs regularly when the causal event is present?

Rose has just moved to a new city.Her first friends are most likely to be people who live near her in her apartment building.This illustrates which of the following?

Evaluating someone in a negative way, simply because of his or her membership in a particular group, would constitute:

The predisposition to act toward objects or events in particular ways is part of:

One type of information that individuals assess when making attributions is distinctiveness.This means that individuals try to determine:

The term groupthink refers to when the members of a group seek ____________________ and ignore or suppress dissenting opinions.

When behavior is high in consistency, but low in distinctiveness or consensus, people tend to:

Negative attitudes about a group that are consciously endorsed are known as:

Group polarization occurs when group members express differing opinions on a given topic and the group cannot reach agreement on the best alternative.