Exam 12: Social Psychology

Which technique is widely used by therapists to help clients recover lost childhood memories?

Dave believes all college professors are irritable,impatient,and uninterested in whether students learn.His belief is an example of:

Social categorization occurs without conscious awareness.

Prejudice is a/an _________,whereas discrimination is a/an ________.

According to Sternberg,consummate love requires only passion and intimacy.

Roberta is trying to decide whether to vote for a political candidate.Based on what she has read about him,she has concluded that he is not qualified for the position,but she agrees with his political positions.Also,she trusts him and likes his decisive personality.In fact,she likes him so much that she sent a small donation to his campaign.Her trust of the candidate represents the ______ component of her attitude toward him.

Which factor significantly decreased the likelihood of conformity in Solomon Asch's studies?

What is the relationship between expertise and persuasion?

An attitude has four major components.

The "jigsaw classroom" refers to an experiment aimed at reducing prejudice by forcing people from different ethnic backgrounds to work on a jigsaw puzzle together.

The realistic conflict theory focuses on conflict:

Laboratory studies using the recall of letters and numbers indicate that short-term memory is probably coded:

Which type of love is defined as having only intimacy and commitment?

Attributions are:

Which of the following would result in cognitive dissonance?

What is the main difference between obedience and compliance?

What term do psychologists use to describe our liking of other people?

Which of the following statements about sending a persuasive message is true?

Memories that concern events that are highly significant and are vividly remembered are called:

One technique that a person may use to reduce cognitive dissonance is changing their conflicting behaviors to match their attitudes.