Exam 13: Social Behavior

When you are given a group assignment,do you work harder or less hard than you would alone? Why? Does the research on group productivity,including social loafing and describe group polarization and groupthink support your prediction?

The fundamental attribution error leads observers to attribute the crime and poverty of urban ethnic neighborhoods to the

Jane's eight-year-old son brought a note home from school stating that he was involved in a fight at recess.Which of the following is an example of an external attribution that Jane might make to explain her son's behavior?

In making a causal attribution,we first tend to decide if an event was due to

Social loafing is more likely to occur if the

According to evolutionary psychologists,which of the following characteristics in a prospective mate would be the LEAST important consideration for a woman seeking a mate?

In deciding what to believe,we also need to decide whom to believe,a task that requires assessing the ____________________ of the source of the information.

A number of studies have shown that attitudes are only mediocre predictors of behavior.One explanation for this finding is that

____________________ attributions ascribe the causes of behavior to personal dispositions and ____________________ attributions to situational demands.

Rick is very involved in his community and has a strong attitude concerning the mayor of his city.Which of the following statements illustrates the affective component of Rick's attitude concerning the mayor?

Most research on implicit attitudes has addressed the topic of

Skye scored 100% on her statistics midterm.According to Weiner's attributional model,if Skye makes an internal-stable attribution for her success,she is MOST likely to say

Conformity occurs when people

Two-sided arguments should be avoided,since the receiver shouldn't be informed that there is an alternative to the source's view.

In the research on romantic attraction which of the following did researchers discover to be the key determinant of a person's initial attraction to someone else?

Tally just heard that her neighbor,Rupert,was involved in an automobile accident.If Tally concludes that Rupert's reckless driving habits caused the accident,she has

While at the dentist,six-year-old Alex listens as his mom tells the dentist she flosses her teeth at least three times a week.Alex notices that the dentist smiled at and complimented his mom on her behavior.As a result of this brief encounter,Alex's mom will be likely to continue to floss as a result of ____ and Alex will be likely to have a favorable attitude concerning flossing as a result of ____.

Groupthink is more likely when the group

All of the following statements concerning stereotypes are accurate EXCEPT

According to the elaboration likelihood model of attitude change,when persuasion depends on factors such as the attractiveness and credibility of the source or emotional responses by the receiver,it is referred to as the