Exam 12: Social Psychology

Sources of information who are ____________ tend to be the most persuasive.

Christi will be starting university in the fall. She is filling out the questionnaire that will be used to match roommates. To maximize the probability that she and her roommate will become friends, Christi ought to:

Which of the following is NOT a question that would be investigated in social psychology?

Alyssa and Orlando have been together for 3 years. The first year was overwhelming. They spent all of their time together and every meeting was intense and arousing. Their relationship now is less intense, but involves deep caring and intimacy. According to Hatfield and Berscheid, Alyssa and Orlando have moved from ____________ love to ____________ love.

According to the elaboration likelihood model, the two methods of persuasion are:

Zuzu and Lars have been dating for almost a year. Zuzu loves Lars. She finds him warm, funny, and interesting. But she is thinking of ending the relationship because he is too emotionally demanding. He is constantly asking for reassurance that she is happy with him and he gives her no personal space. Lars most likely had a(n) ____________ attachment to his parents as a child.

Creativity is undermined when extrinsic motivation replaces intrinsic motivation. Which concept in social psychology could provide the best account for this finding?

Research would suggest that one of the best ways to make a romantic relationship work is to:

Annabel is working on a very difficult paper for her psychology class. Where would social facilitation theory suggest she ought to work on it to make the best progress?

Whose behaviour is LEAST likely to be helped by an antidepressant that raises levels of serotonin?

The Stanford prison study demonstrates that people:

In the cognitive-neoassociationistic model, frustration leads to aggression by which of the following paths?

Hazen and Shaver concluded that the pattern of attachment that a child had to his parents predicts important aspects of the relationships that child will have with adults. A major problem with this interpretation is that:

Larry came to university absolutely believing that it was wrong to ever drink alcohol. After a while, he starts to drink very moderately at parties even though doing so makes him anxious. What would dissonance theory suggest that Larry will do and why?

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

Orianna wants her boyfriend to agree to come visit her family with her for Thanksgiving. When he comes over that night, she has cooked his favourite meal, has on his favourite music, and is wearing his favourite dress. She is hoping that he will agree to her Thanksgiving plans if he is:

In a jigsaw classroom, students:

The United States has been involved in a series of wars, from Korea through Iraq, in which a large majority of the people concluded that the war had been a mistake, while the leaders who sent the country to war became ever more convinced of its necessity. Regardless of the actual merits of the war, what psychological concept could explain, in part, the tenacity of the leaders?

At what age do infants start to recognize only faces of their own racial group?

If the amygdala of a cat is stimulated with an electric probe, the cat will ____________; if the amygdala of a cat is damaged, it will ____________.