Exam 10: Social Psychology

What process describes the use of social influence to cause other people to change their beliefs,opinions,positions,or actions?

The idea that we often learn about ourselves by comparing our performance with that of other people is reflective of:

Your best friend has been acting rather coolly toward you lately.As you try to figure out why,you are engaging in the process called ____________.

The theory that addresses the question of how people make judgments about the causes of behavior is __________ theory.

Collectivist cultures seem to be more conducive to conformity than individualistic cultures.

Which social psychology theory best explains the fact that the majority of the riots that took place following the trial of the police officers accused of beating Rodney King did not take place in white neighborhoods,but rather in the neighborhoods of Asian Americans and Asians who had recently immigrated to the United States?

Jaquan's parents have been talking to him about the negative aspects of drugs ever since he was a youngster.Now that he is a teenager,he knows that some of his friends smoke marijuana.At a party one night,a friend offers Jaquan a joint.Jaquan declines the offer,while stating that he hates drugs.Even though he has never tried drugs to form his own opinion of them,which method of attitude formation has kept him from making a mistake?

Which of the following is one of the three major components of attitudes?

According to the research of Latané and Darley,in which of the following situations would someone be the most to offer help?

Prejudice is to discrimination as _________.

The tendency of people to comply with a second,lesser request after refusing a larger one is called the ________ technique.

Research studying attitude change has focused on all of the following factors EXCEPT:

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.

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 extra points om 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?

When we make situational attributions we are identifying the cause of an action as something ________.

Which of the following qualities would make members of a target audience easier to persuade?

Asch found that the likelihood of conformity increased with group size until _______ confederates were present.

The tendency to give too much emphasis to personal factors when accounting for other people's actions is called _______.

"Look,Officer,I didn't see the stop sign back there because the sun was in my eyes." The police officer responds,"You were not paying attention." How would a social psychologist describe this situation?

"Mommy,mommy,mommy," your young son asks frantically."Can we please buy a new PlayStation®3 console with all of the games and the wireless controllers so that we don't have to sit near the television?" "No," you reply,"We can't afford to buy all of that!" Seemingly unperturbed by your rejection,your son comes back with "Then can we just buy one new game for our PlayStation®2?" "Okay,I guess so," you answer,not realizing that your son has taken a social psychology class and has just used the ___________ technique to get what he wanted.