Exam 15: Social Psychology

If you're like ___ percent of participants in the original Asch study,you would conform to the incorrect norm on at least once during testing.

Nabila was at a busy grocery store when she and many others saw a gentleman on the ground.She stopped to stare and thought to herself that surely someone had already called for help for this man.She decided that because so many people were present to see the gentleman,help was already on the way.Nabila's decision not to call for help can be best explained by

A psychologist who subscribes to the ___________________ perspective is most likely to explain altruistic behavior in terms of the social responsibility norm.

When half of his class earned Ds and Fs on the midterm exam,Professor Bush came back to the next class and delivered a stern lecture about their effort.He admonished the class for failing to meet their obligations,for being lazy,and for not taking their studies seriously.These attributions,which were all __________ attributions,did not really give any consideration to the fact that the students may have had other reasons for failing the exam that were beyond their immediate control.

If an individual had a seizure in a public place,they would be more likely to get help if there was just one person around rather than five people.

The guidelines for how to behave in social contexts are called

The fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency of people to

Society teaches that the value of helping goes beyond the benefits an individual might receive,and that individuals who cannot help themselves require special help.Based on _____,people feel compelled to help individuals who cannot help themselves such as the elderly and people with medical crises.

Social facilitation is most likely to occur when individuals

When we first meet a person,we usually rely on clusters of knowledge and expectations about individuals and groups called

_______ found that normal people in normal times will often follow orders to hurt innocent people.

Changing one's behavior in response to real or perceived social pressures is referred to as _______ by social psychologists.

Conceptually,_____ is the opposite of the fundamental attribution error.

What term do psychologists use for the phenomenon that occurs when people are less likely to aid a person in trouble if there are other people around who are also potential helpers?

Which one of the following activities will NOT reduce cognitive dissonance?

The fundamental attribution error is LEAST likely to be made by

In social psychology,the term person perception refers to

In 1954,Marian Keech convinced her followers that aliens from planet Clarion had sent her a message that the world was coming to an end on December 21,but that they could be saved.When the world did not come to an end,Mrs.Keech and many of her followers reduced cognitive dissonance by

Which of the following statements about thin slices is most accurate?

When a person assigns causes to another individual's behavior and assumes that the behavior is due to that individual's personal characteristics,a(n)________ is made.