Exam 41: Stress and Illness

Feelings,often influenced by our beliefs,that predispose us to respond in particular ways to objects,people,and events are called

Poverty and unemployment are likely to be explained in terms of ________ by political liberals and in terms of ________ by political conservatives.

We are most likely to experience cognitive dissonance if we feel

Dr.Hirt investigates the mental processes we use to make sense of our social environment and form judgments attributions about the behavior of others.Dr.Hirt is most likely a ________ psychologist.

Professor Stewart wrote a very positive letter of recommendation for a student despite having doubts about her competence.Which theory best explains why he subsequently began to develop more favorable attitudes about the student's abilities?

Sixteen-year-old Gregory wrecked his parents' car on a snowy day.His parents assumed that the accident was caused by his carelessness and lack of concern for their car.Gregory's parents' assumption illustrates

Amir believes that his brother's grades are higher than his grades because his brother's classes are significantly less difficult.Amir's belief about his brother's grades is an example of

People are especially likely to demonstrate the fundamental attribution error in cultures that value

Dr.Strayer investigates the mental processes we use to make sense of our social environment and form judgments about the characteristics and motives of other people.Dr.Strayer is most likely a(n)________ psychologist.

When no weapons of mass destruction were found following the U.S.invasion of Iraq,some Americans revised their memories of the main rationale for going to war.We can best explain why people changed their memories in terms of

The mental process of inferring the causes of people's behavior,including one's own,is called

An adult's attitude toward church attendance is most likely to predict his or her likelihood of attending church if

Emma is a college freshman in the United States.She is very unhappy with her last psychology exam score.Which of the following attributions is she most likely to use?

Researchers filmed two people as they interacted.Then they showed each person a replay of their interaction-filmed from the other person's perspective.This reversed the participants' attributions of the behaviors.Seeing the world from the actor's perspective,the observers

Jonathan,as a new police officer,believed that his job was to help people in the community.His partner,who is an experienced officer,told Jonathan that being a good officer involved looking for any reason to arrest and detain others.Jonathan now spends his day trying to arrest as many people as possible.Based on the findings of Zimbardo's prison study,Jonathan's change in attitude about his job illustrates the impact of

Compared with how we explain our own actions,in explaining other people's behavior we are more likely to refer to

A child hits one of his older siblings,who is constantly teasing him.People from East Asian cultures would be more likely than people from individualist Western cultures to explain the younger child's behavior in terms of

Cognitive dissonance theory is most helpful for understanding the impact of

Observing yourself on a video replay is most likely to increase your tendency to attribute your behavior to

Opinion change resulting from incidental cues such as a speaker's attractiveness illustrates