Exam 8: Behavior in Social and Cultural Context

What theory was advanced by Festinger?

Deindividuation would be most likely to occur:

Behavior directed at helping others with no thought or expectation of personal gain is called _______ behavior.

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

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

To conform is to yield to __________.

Which of the following is an example of conformity?

The technique used for studying conformity was developed by:

Which of the following phenomena usually involves an excessively negative,overgeneralized assumption about a socially defined category of people?

According to Irving Janis,the Bay of Pigs fiasco occurred because of:

According to the text,the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba was a result of ___________.

The theory that addresses the question of how people make judgments about the causes of behavior is __________ theory.

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

A relatively stable organization of beliefs,feelings,and behavior tendencies toward something or someone else is a(n)__________.

Failure to critically evaluate ideas when concern is for reaching agreement is called _________.

Which of the following is NOT a step in making a decision to help?

Stereotypes can easily become the basis for ________.

Over-simplified generalizations about the characteristics of a group are called:

Even though he thought the Army Reserve's 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:

A major reason why people won't help when there are many bystanders is because: