Exam 12: Social Psychology

Daiyu is an international student from China who is dating an American student,Zach.Which of them is likely to have a more holistic take on the other person's behavior,and why?

Dissonance between two attitudes or between an attitude and a behavior causes:

Annabel just started working on a very difficult paper for her psychology class.Given what you know about social facilitation and the presence of others on performance,where should Annabel work on the paper to make the best progress?

Mandy believes all engineers are unimaginative.Working on the literary magazine,she meets Josiah,who is an engineering major and a writer of fascinating short stories.Mandy is likely to handle this contradiction by deciding that:

Steve was named captain of his school's basketball team.Because there were a number of players who did not know each other,the team lacked cohesion and did not play well together.Steve knew he would need to do which of the following to help his team succeed as a group?

According to Zajonc,the presence of other people affects performance because it ________ arousal,which ________.

In Milgram's obedience studies,about ________ percent of the participants administered the maximum shock,and ________ of them tried to quit the study.

Relationships tend to form between individuals that regularly come into contact with each other.This demonstrates the role of ________ in relationship formation.

Ruomei has never liked biology,but she has a crush on her lab partner and always enjoys going to class because she sees him there.Ruomei's friends are surprised to hear that Ruomei now likes biology and is planning to take another class in the subject.Ruomei's new liking for biology:

Humans evolved a need for groups,because group membership offered each of the following evolutionarily advantages EXCEPT:

Studies on the "culture of honor" showed that men raised in the South,as compared to men raised in the North,responded to verbally aggressive behavior by a confederate in a psychology study by:

When someone uses a stereotype,he or she is judging a person in terms of his or her:

In line with the social brain hypothesis,which of the following animals is likely to have the largest frontal cortex?

After studying social psychology,Kelly knows the dangers of groupthink.What can she do to ensure that the decisions of her group are not impacted by this phenomenon?

Fraternity hazing sometimes involves deindividuation,causing people to behave in uncharacteristic ways.Suppose a fraternity event that is to involve hazing is moved into a room with a wall of mirrors.What effect would you expect that change to make in the event,and why?

When Sinead meets Perry,she really likes him.When he tells her that he is on the university basketball team,she decides that he must not have many intellectual or academic interests.Sinead's views are based on:

Weiner's theory argues that in addition to being either personal or situational,attributions for behavior can vary on which dimensions?

Psychology researchers approached people who were standing in line to bet on a horse race and asked each person on which horse he or she planned to bet and why.Later,another researcher asked those people the same questions after they had placed the bets but before the race had begun.Given your knowledge of social psychology,you could predict that after placing the bets,people would be ________ positive about their chosen horses because of ________.

Renee and Yves have been together for just over a year.They are having sex much less frequently and feel much less passionately about each other.As their relationship transitions into a more companionate union,Renee and Yves need to:

Research on the bystander intervention effect using a smoke-filled room revealed that most people: