Exam 12: Social Psychology

Recent research using the Asch paradigm has found less conformity in the United States than the original study found in the 1950s.The reason for this decrease in conformity may be that:

The greater the level of fear in a message,the more effective it will be in changing attitudes.

Roberta is trying to decide whether or not 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 sending a donation to the campaign represents the ______ component of her attitude toward him.

Which of the following is the correct definition of cognitive dissonance?

Alex is standing in line at Wal-Mart waiting to pay for his purchases.A man cuts in front of the line and drops his items on the counter.Alex says to his friend,"That man is incredibly rude." A social psychologist who is within earshot jots down a note so she can use the example in class.What does she write concerning Alex?

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 opinion that the candidate is not qualified represents the ______ component of her attitude toward him.

Which type of love is defined as commitment only?

Behaviour that is initiated or changed in response to a request as opposed to a command or direct order is an example of:

In Zimbardo's prison study,male college students agreed to participate in a two-week experiment to discover what would happen when they took on the roles of prisoners and guards.After the prisoners staged a revolt,the researchers found that:

The fact that it is easier to recall items at the beginning and end of a list of unrelated items is known as the:

Which of the following was observed by Jane Elliot in her "brown eyes,blue eyes" demonstration with elementary school students?

Dr.Cirillo divided her first-period class into two groups.One group had to read 20 pages in a boring psychology text but would get 2 extra points on the next test.The other group also read 20 pages but were given 25 points added to the next test.The class members were then asked to tell the second-period class how interesting the book was.According to the results of the Festinger and Carlsmith study,what predictions could one make about the remarks of the first-period class?

According to Darley and Latané,the main factor causing people to refrain from helping is not wanting to get involved.

Close,friendly groups usually work well together,but they may face a problem involving an extreme form of conformity called:

The group viewed as the one a person identifies with is called a/an:

______ is a response to pressure exerted by often unstated group norms.

A display of 12 letters is flashed on a screen in front of you followed by a tone.You attempt to recall a portion of the display based on the specific tone you heard.What aspect of your memory is this experiment designed to assess?

"I hate Disneyworld.Whenever I take the kids there,I realize how much I hate that place." Which method of attitude formation is involved in this example?

"I adore the girl next door." This phrase refers to what rule of attraction?

The term psychologists use for how close two people live to each other is: