Exam 8: Exstintion: Behavior in Social and Cultural Context

Culture is defined as a program of shared _______________ that govern the behavior of people in a society as well as a set of shared values and beliefs.

Psychologists use the terms "brainwashing" and "coercive persuasion" interchangeably.

Explain the role played by deindividuation in the wild behaviors of college students spending their spring breaks in Key West or Cancun.

Rules that regulate human life (including social conventions,explicit laws,and implicit cultural standards)are called situational attributions.

What cultural differences have been found in regard to the fundamental attribution error?

Research suggests that you are more likely to:

It is widely believed that prejudice is the primary cause of conflict and war between groups.According to our text,is prejudice more likely to be a cause of war or a result of war? Explain your answer,illustrating your response by noting the rise and fall of attitudes toward Chinese immigrants in the nineteenth-century United States.

If a person had a sudden appendicitis attack in a public place,she would be more likely to be helped if:

Resistance to groupthink can be fostered by all of the following EXCEPT:

A group of officers fighting in Afghanistan must make an important military decision.Under what circumstances would groupthink be most likely to occur?

The fundamental attribution error is especially prevalent in collectivist cultures,such as India or Japan.

_______________ generally have the greatest conversational distance compared to other cultures; that is,they stand further apart when they converse.

When the leader of a close-knit group humiliates dissenters,then it is most likely that _______________ is occurring.

C.P.Snow said that "more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of _______________ than in the name of rebellion."

In the Milgram study,_______________ predicted that most people would refuse to go beyond 150 volts when administering shock to other people.

When Milgram and his team set up several variations of his original study,they found that people were more likely to disobey under all of the following circumstances EXCEPT:

According to Stanley Milgram,obedience is tied to the personalities of the participants rather than being tied to situational factors.

Becca is planning to study for a semester overseas and she knows that it is beneficial to be aware of another culture's customs.In her research of different customs she learns that:

When people in the United States are trying to find reasons for someone else's behavior,they tend to:

An implicit cultural standard has been violated when: