Exam 13: Social Psychology

Mary is a very shy young woman.She wants to buy a dress to wear at a friend's wedding.Mary tries on many dresses but does not buy any of them because she feels that they all will make her attract too much attention from the opposite sex.In this scenario,Mary is giving into the feeling of

Which of the following experiments demonstrated the profound effect of obedience?

In the context of close relationships,proximity or physical closeness is not a strong predictor of attraction.

Lauren is watching a live golf tournament on television and sees a golfer frown after he makes his shot.Lauren would make the fundamental attribution error if she assumed that the golfer

Define and provide an example of persuasion using the central and the peripheral route.

Gary's mother tells him that he must complete his homework before he goes out to play.Gary does not like to disobey his mother,but he really wants to play.He tells himself that he can disobey his mother just this one time without feeling guilty as she has been mean to him lately.In this scenario,Gary changes his attitude to fit his behavior to reduce _____.

The weapons effect is best explained by the concept of

In a study based on Tajfel's theory of social identity,Cathy is randomly assigned to Group A,and Sara is randomly assigned to GroupB.When asked to award money to other study participants,both Cathy and Sara award money only to members of their own groups.This behavior is predicted by Tajfel's theory and best exemplifies

According to research in the area of health and social psychology,who among the following is likely to have the earliest death?

Lily and her classmates are asked to write an essay on what they want to be when they are older.Although Lily wants to be a florist,she does not write about it.Instead,she writes about wanting to be a doctor because most of her friends want to be doctors.In the context of social influence,Lily is best exhibiting

The hormone that is typically implicated in aggressive behavior is

Sally is very intelligent and has a great personality.However,she has always seen herself as unattractive and,as a result,is often depressed.Sally's depression is most likely facilitated by feelings of

According to the cognitive dissonance theory,when attitudes and behavior conflict,individuals are most likely to reduce cognitive dissonance by

Mr.and Mrs.Lee warn their new babysitter that their son,Dennis,is very aggressive and mischievous and must be strictly disciplined.As a result,Alison is overstrict with Dennis and does not let him out of her sight.This facilitates Dennis's aggressive and mischievous behavior.This scenario best illustrates

Joseph does exceptionally well in his math exam.Which of the following represents an internal attribution as an explanation for Joseph's good performance?

Which of the following statements is true of ethnocentrism?

Sympathy is a person's feeling of oneness with the emotional state of another.

Which of the following statements is true of the elaboration likelihood model of persuasion?

Which of the following statements is true of social comparison?

When groups of individuals work together on a shared goal,which then reduces tensions between the groups,it is known as