Exam 13: Social Psychology

________ occurs when an individual is aggressive towards an innocent target.

Aleta is looking at a stack of applications for the open position she has at her bakery. She called all of the applicants acting as if she were asking an important question about their application. Really, however, she wanted to know who had an accent so she could put those applications in the "no" pile. Aleta just engaged in ________.

If you're like ________ per cent of participants in the original Asch study, you'd conform to the incorrect norm on at least one of 12 trials.

Although he knew he was right, Paul changed his answer under pressure from the other three members on the panel. Paul's behaviour demonstrates the power of ________.

The typically negative behaviours an individual displays towards others based on membership in a particular group is referred to as ________; the typically negative attitudes an individual has towards others based on membership in a particular group is referred to as ________.

The ________ attribution error is a phenomenon in which people make an attribution based on character, even when they know that the behaviour is situational.

The ________ theory suggests that we humans have a biologically based need for interpersonal connections.

The Stanford prison study involved a total of ________ male undergraduates.

Georgina was coming home from work and could not help noticing a young woman who seemed to be driving in a reckless manner. She immediately wondered if the girl was in an emergency or if something important was going on to make her drive like that. Gianna just made a(n)________.

Tamika met Samantha, who was new to the school. Tamika began to develop a friendship with Samantha and soon they became good friends. Then Tamika learned that Samantha had been a troublemaker at her old school. Tamika liked Samantha, but now saw her as a troublemaker. Tamika finally resolved these conflicting emotions by deciding that Samantha should be admired for turning over a new leaf at her new school. This can be explained by

Emilio saw a wonderful all-in-one kitchen appliance for sale on TV. The appliance would allow him to get rid of six small appliances and leave more room in his kitchen. Emilio called the number and agreed to purchase the product. He then found out that the price only covered the product base and he would have to purchase each appliance add-on individually. When he did this, the product cost significantly more than he originally thought. This is known as the ________.

When we experience an unpleasant state of tension between two or more conflicting thoughts, we are experiencing ________.

________ theory suggests that we don't really change our attitudes, but that we report that we have done so, so as to appear consistent.

In his famous study, this researcher recruited college students to portray either guards or prisoners with some rather shocking results.

People over the years have claimed to see flying saucers, particularly when others in their community have made similar claims. This is an example of ________.

As the Stanford prison study was not carefully controlled, it was more of a demonstration than an experiment, and the prisoners and guards may have experienced demand characteristics to behave in their more assigned roles. Researchers have not been able to demonstrate Zimbardo's findings. This lack of research consistency is a problem for which of the six principles of scientific thinking?

What is the fundamental attribution error? Discuss the cultural influences on the fundamental attribution error.

In Milgram's famous shock experiment, ________ per cent of subjects displayed complete compliance.

The ________ technique involves asking for an unreasonably large request before asking for the small request you are hoping to have granted.

________ theory proposes that we acquire our attitudes by observing our behaviours.