Exam 25: Social Psychology

Tina needs some help in one of her classes.She decides to join a task-oriented study group.In Group A,the members have specific duties to perform,like writing practice questions and writing an outline of each lecture.In Group B,there is more emphasis on developing relationships,like making sure everyone shows up to the review sessions.Which group should Tina join?

During a study that used the Asch procedure,subjects' brains were scanned using fMRI.When subjects resisted group pressure,activity increased in the areas of the brain involved in ____.

Andy believes that he did not get a job because the interviewer didn't ask the right questions.Andy is making an attribution based primarily on:

A candidate for the Presidency wants to use the peripheral route for persuasion during her campaign.This candidate should focus primarily on:

Any belief that includes a positive or negative evaluation of some target,which predisposes us to act in certain ways toward the target,is defined by your text as a(n):

Self-perception theory suggests that we:

A group of executives meet to decide on cost-cutting options for the company.They eventually decide to fire 15 percent of the employees,a decision more extreme than any of the executives had previously advocated.The decision is an example of:

As you browse the Internet and read posts on various discussion boards and forums,you notice that people are very willing to discuss personal intimate details about their lives.What is the best explanation of this?

Most researchers agree that the primary motivation for rape is:

With regard to attitudes: cognitive component is to ____ as affective component is to ____.

Dr.Haines,a social neuroscientist,is asked to describe what happens neurologically when we experience empathy.What is the most likely description?

I don't want to use a great deal of energy and time thinking.So I take the easy way out when it comes to explaining behavior.From a social psychological perspective,I'm a(n):

At the gym,you run into Jake.Jake is unshaven and is wearing ragged clothes and no-name tennis shoes,and he is also very sweaty.He asks you if you want to play some basketball.You think that Jake is a loser and say no.This best illustrates:

The ____ says that when our pursuit of our goals is blocked,we become frustrated and we respond with anger and aggression.

If you were to measure the attitudes towards the wearing of seat belts in a state where wearing them was compulsory and compare those attitudes to those of people living in a state where it was not compulsory,self-perception theory would predict that people in the state with compulsory seat belt legislation tended to:

What recent development in Japan has led to increased organ transplants?

Kris sees that a child is trapped in a burning building,but is too afraid of fire to offer any assistance.Kris probably based her decision on:

Stereotypes are widely held beliefs that people have certain traits because:

You are watching a television commercial for a long-distance phone company.In it,two phone companies are being compared for price,service,and quality.This commercial uses the ____ route to persuasion.

____ is defined as any act that is intended to do physical or psychological harm,according to your textbook.