Exam 17: Social Psychology

The Milgram obedience study has been criticized on the basis of:

How are proximity to others and the establishment of friendships related?

Learned,relatively enduring feelings about objects,events,or issues are called ___________.

Even though he thought the Canadian Army Reserves' short hair regulation was silly,Ted really wanted the extra money Reserve duty provided to him,so he kept his hair short.This is an example of:

What percentage of subjects in Milgram's experiment on obedience actually completed the shock series?

Informational influence is motivated by the desire to be ________.

Normative social pressure is based on:

Even though Jane thought it was wrong to take from others,she didn't want to be rejected by her peers,so she began shoplifting along with them.Jane probably experienced ___________ when she stole.

In the Milgram experiment on obedience,the dependent variable was the:

The major problem with the groupthink theory is which of the following?

Asch had subjects judge the length of straight lines after they heard "fake" subjects consistently give the same incorrect length judgment.Under this kind of social influence,the real subjects conformed to a distorted view of reality on about ______ of the judgment trials.

Any group of people who feel a sense of solidarity and exclusivity in relation to nonmembers is __________.

Following orders is referred to as _________ by social psychologists.

Altruistic behaviour is behaviour that:

The most important situational variable in altruism is the _______.

The technique used for studying conformity was developed by:

Early studies indicated that women conformed more than men.Later research has shown that women's conforming behaviour is motivated by their desire to ________.

Social influence in its most direct and powerful form is known as __________.

Inferring characteristics of people based on their observable behaviour is called ___________.

Prejudice differs from discrimination in that it is: