Exam 14: Social Psychology

Galen decided to join the Peace Corps after college and turned down three financially lucrative job offers in the process. He believed that joining the Peace Corps could assist more people than his job offers did in the field of advertising. Which of the following best describes Galen's decision?

_____ overemphasizes internal causes when explaining the behavior or others.

A strategy designed to first gain a favorable response to a small request at first, with the intent of making the person more likely to agree later to a larger request, defines _____

It is always frustrating to be in a group where you feel you are doing all the work or that other group members are not performing to their capacity. How could you use the principles of social facilitation and your knowledge of social loafing to improve these situations?

In the social psychological process of _____, individuals lose their sense of personal identity as a result of identification with a group.

Britta has a 5-year-old son and Ahbed has a 6-year-old daughter. Though they don't live by each other, Britta and Ahbed arrange play dates for their kids every Saturday morning because neither of them live around any other children. Over time, their children have developed a friendship. Which of the following factors likely had the most influence on the formation of that friendship?

We tend to like the people who also like us-or who believe like us-a phenomenon called _____

Which of the following prompted Stanley Milgram to create research on the topic of obedience?

_____ is the process of attending to, interpreting, and remembering information about ourselves and others.

Roland was having a bad day. He woke up late for his job interview because the power in his house went off due to a thunderstorm that surprised his state of Ohio. While he rushed around the house to get ready, he remembered he still had to stop at the gas station for some gasoline. As he was getting gas, some of it sprayed on his suit. Upon driving to the interview site, he ran into construction and had to sit in traffic. He forgot his cell phone at home, so he could not call to inform the company he was running late. By the time he made it to the interview, he was frustrated, late, and smelled like gasoline. What could Roland possibly do to still create a positive first impression?

Jordan and Doris are teenagers who live near six other teens. All eight of the teens tried out for the high school play, and all but Jordan and Doris were rewarded with a part in that play. Though Jordan and Doris were bummed about not getting a part, they were more upset by the behaviors of the other six teens. It seemed that all of the students in the play formed a strong bond and sense of togetherness. They did not want anything to do with other students who were not in the play. Because of that, Jordan and Doris rarely see the other six teens from the neighborhood anymore. According to research in social psychology, which of the following statements is true?

Katie's professor told a sexist joke in class. Though she was offended at the content of the joke, she found herself chuckling along with the other students. A moment later, however, she was frustrated at her own behavior. Katie's unpleasant emotional state is known as _____.

_____ is the tendency to explain one's own successes in terms of internal attributes, but blame one's failures on external causes.

A strategy in which someone makes an attractive initial offer to get a person to commit to an action and then makes the terms less favorable is known as _____

The tendency to attribute one's own behavior primarily to situational factors and the behavior of others primarily to dispositional factors is known as the _____

Tori did not really care for the new style of clothes advertised for the fall season. However, the more she saw them at the stores, the more she began to like them. The _____ best explains Tori's change in opinion.

Based on the triangular theory of love, _____ create(s)the concept of infatuated love.

Jaleel was looking forward to presenting his new product to a large audience at a conference. In an effort to catch the attention of the audience members, Jaleel was planning on using colorful and profane language. Based on research on persuasion, will his strategy work? Why or why not?

Based on the triangular theory of love, _____ create(s)the concept of fatuous love.

_____ and _____ are two of the many biological factors that can potentially explain the cause of aggression.