Exam 12: Social Psychology

Dao has been studying all day for her organic chemistry final.On the way home,she stops at the mall and buys a great dress on impulse.When Dao tells her husband,he is annoyed,but he decides that she was just reacting to the stress of the exam.Dao's husband was making a ________ attribution,a response that suggests they are a(n)________ couple.

People are often advised not to make hasty decisions about other people.The research on thin slices of behavior would suggest that this advice is:

When someone fails to conform to a group,it threatens his or her need to belong and creates a fear response that is evidenced by activity in the:

How would you rank the following social influence strategies in order of increasing degree of social pressure?

Inga is running for president of the student body of her university.The night before the election,she and her opponent have a debate in front of thousands of people.In reviewing the tape of the debate,Inga is most likely to attribute her own errors to ________ and to attribute her opponent's errors to ________.

Passionate love is associated with which brain structures?

Melissa knows that miscommunications are more likely when she uses text messages and emails,as compared to speaking to someone face-to-face.To ensure that her messages are clearly understood,she should do which of the following?

Which of the following factors is NOT among those included in Gottman's research on factors that create a good relationship?

James is a college sophomore who lives on campus.Given what you have learned about proximity,he is most likely to become friends with:

Differentiate between the fundamental attribution error and the actor/observer discrepancy.

Building from the principle of transitivity,you can assume that if Person A and Person B are friends and Person A strongly likes Person C,then Person B will ________ PersonC

The first day of class you are not sure if you are going to like your professor.However,by the end of the semester,you find that you feel positively toward her.This change is likely the result of:

Which of the following predictions would the kin selection hypothesis make?

Rebecca is studying in the library.She needs to leave her possessions to go to the bathroom.Which should she do to ensure that others help to guard her laptop and books while she is away?

Imagine you are recruiting people to volunteer to do part-time tutoring of elementary school kids.Dissonance theory would suggest that a successful strategy to enhance the commitment of the volunteers would be to pay them:

Which of the following statements is true about conflict in a relationship?

Naomi was raised by her parents as a vegetarian her entire childhood.When she gets to college she finds that all of her new friends eat meat.After her first year with these new friends,Naomi finds herself starting to eat meat as well.Naomi's situation demonstrates the effect of ________ on attitudes.

When white participants in a psychology study were shown pictures of black faces,the ________ was/were immediately activated.With more time,the ________ was/were activated.

Jagannath's best friend,Roger,really does not like Jagannath's new girlfriend,Malati.One way that Jagannath might change his friend's attitude is to:

Jed has been working so hard that he forgot Abby's birthday.Though Abby is disappointed,she is not hurt.She decides that he forgot her birthday because he is so dedicated to his work,not because he does not care about her.Abby is engaged in ________,by making a ________ attribution.