Exam 8: Exstintion: Behavior in Social and Cultural Context

Ethnocentrism can be reduced by:

One common form of oversimplification is argument by anecdote.Anecdotes are often a source of stereotyping as well.Explain how an anecdote might be a source of stereotyping.Illustrate your explanation with an example which could show how a stereotype of a different generation could develop.

______________ reflects a behavioral expression of prejudice,a reluctance to get to close to another group.

Research on fundamental aspects of ethnocentrism shows that:

Milgram concluded that personality traits were virtually irrelevant to how people behave in his obedience experiment.

When students were held as "prisoners," how did they respond during the first days of the experiment? Why did the researchers end the study at Day 6,instead of Day 14 as initially planned?

A primary reason for the fundamental attribution error is that people rely on a single source of information to judge their behavior.

Deindividuation occurs when members of a group lose awareness of their own individuality.

Solomon Asch set up an experiment in which eight people were shown a 10-inch line and then had to choose the line that matched it in length from a choice of three other lines.Through this experiment,Asch was studying

Social _______________ refers to the effect of social influence on thought,memory,perception,and beliefs.

The "Big Lie" results from:

The belief that one's own ethnic group,nation,or religion is superior to all others is called self-serving bias.

The Stanford prison study demonstrates how a person's _______________ affects behavior.

_______________ occurs when a person chooses attributions for his or her own behavior that are favorable.

Social psychologist Erich Fromm stated,"Even the most sadistic and destructive man is human,as human as the saint." Mohamed Atta,one of the group of hijackers who attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11,2001,led a life that illustrates Fromm's quote.Explain how.

What really seems to be happening when people are in large crowds and anonymous situations is that:

In our book's first chapter we read about the critical thinking principles,"Don't Oversimplify" and "Consider Other Interpretations." How do these guidelines relate to social psychology in regard to attribution,especially when encounters occur with those from other cultures?

A relatively stable opinion,containing beliefs and emotional feelings about a topic,is called:

Each person has _______________ social role(s).

In Stanley Milgram's study on obedience,the "learners" actually received only very mild shocks.