Exam 8: Exstintion: Behavior in Social and Cultural Context

Benevolent sexism is affectionate,but patronizing.

One problem in studying prejudice is that not all prejudiced people are prejudiced in the same way.What varieties of prejudice are discussed in the textbook? Describe the two types of male "sexism."

The purpose of Milgram's study on obedience was to find out how many people would obey an authority figure when directly ordered to violate their own ethical standards.

The fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency of people to:

Social cognition is an area in social psychology concerned with social influences on thought,memory,perception,and other cognitive processes.

The tendency,in explaining one's own behavior,to take credit for one's good actions and rationalize one's mistakes is called:

Individuals are generally conscious of the social rules that they follow in their own society.

A gradual process in which individuals escalate their commitment to a course of action to justify their investment of time,money,or effort is called:

At the beginning of the book,we read about the critical thinking principle,"Examine the Evidence." How does this guideline relate to social psychology in regard to deindividuation? Does the evidence suggest that,because a mob is engaged in a criminal act,an individual perpetrator is not responsible for her or his actions? How mindless are mindless crowds?

People form cognitive schema of a group,believing that all members of a group share a common trait.The traits may be positive,negative,or neutral,but in each case they help organize experience.The problem is that sometimes this process can distort reality.Analyze three different ways that reality is distorted through stereotypes.How do cultural values play a role in affecting how people evaluate a particular action?

In variations of Stanley Milgram's study on obedience,people were more likely to disobey when the experimenter left the room.

In Milgram's obedience study,15 percent of the subjects refused to administer any shocks to the "learner."

Carlos and his work associates form a close,friendly group and they usually work well together.However,they may face a problem involving an extreme form of conformity called:

What "weapons" are used as advertisers,politicians,and friends try to influence attitudes? Analyze the role that the validity effect plays in friendly persuasion.

Recent surveys mentioned in your text have found that prejudice of all kinds has been increasing sharply.

The basic asymmetry in social perception is further widened by this process in your brain which makes you feel good about yourself even when you shouldn't.

Which of the following was NOT a criticism of Milgram's study?

In variations of Stanley Milgram's study on obedience,people's behaviors were not influenced by whether the person giving orders looked "ordinary" or looked like "an experimenter."

Routinization is a state of tension that occurs when a person's belief is incongruent with his or her behavior.

Joseph Goebbels,Hitler's propaganda minister,used a technique called "The Big Lie." He knew that people begin to believe that a statement is true simply because it has been repeated a number of times.The formal name for this technique is: