Exam 12: Social Psychology

The manipulations in Milgram's studies that decreased obedience all involved:

Nadine does not really know Marcus, but she would like to. Research on friendship formation suggests that her best strategy might be to:

Shaina is walking to class when she sees a woman drop a large bag of groceries. Shaina is not inclined to help until she sees the woman looks directly at her. Shaina then goes over to pick up groceries because she:

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.

The reason that stereotypes are adaptive is that they:

Just before an election, a political candidate wants to create a positive image that will persuade voters who are still undecided to vote for him. He should:

Kyle was raised in a vegan family. Before he goes to university, his mother tells him that it will probably be impossible for him to maintain a healthy vegan diet in a university dorm and that eating a healthy diet is more important in that situation than eating a vegan diet. Kyle's mom is trying to protect him from experiencing the unpleasant effects of:

Mr. Lahore has hired four university students to paint his house. Which set of conditions will be likely to produce the best work?

Jodie is a member of a jury that is trying to decide whether to award a plaintiff $5,000 or $10,000 in damages. While most of the jury favours the smaller award, Jodie favours the larger one. Jodie is the last to respond when the foreman polls the jury. What would make Jodie most likely to maintain her own view?

Darius has volunteered to work 2 hours a week as a tutor. He tells the volunteer coordinator that he cannot do more. Gradually, he agrees to add an extra hour here and there, until finally he is tutoring 12 hours a week. Darius has gotten into this situation through the:

Comparisons across cultures of levels of violence support the conclusion that:

Which of the following factors is NOT involved in causing deindividuation?

In a recent study, participants were shown 30-second clips of two candidates for a past election with which they were not familiar. Each participant was asked to determine which candidate had won that election. How accurate do you think the participants were at predicting the winner of the election and why?

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 is a(n) ____________ attitude.

Intelligence analysts whose job is to predict the behaviour of people and groups in other countries need to overcome:

When the teacher in Milgram's obedience study received orders over the phone instead of face-to-face, the level of compliance:

Which of the following does NOT increase the stability of an attitude?

The discussion of the United States' policies needed to handle illegal immigration has been controversial. The claim has been made that many people who say they have no objection to immigration from Mexico so long as it is legal are really showing a bias against Mexican Americans. The best way to test this claim would be to have people who hold the belief that they object to illegal immigration but are not prejudiced against Mexican Americans:

Kwamie is interviewing for a job as a software engineer. He has been warned that the person doing the interview does not like Canadians of African descent and may be hard on him because of his race. Though Kwamie is determined not to let this warning affect him, he finds that he is stumbling in the interview. Research suggests that Kwamie may be performing poorly because he is:

The main reason that people make just world attributions is that they: