Exam 12: Social Psychology

The Robber's Cave experiment showed that ________.

Milgram's study on obedience has been criticized on the basis of ________.

It is 1951, and you are required to participate in a perception experiment. You join seven others seated in a room. You are shown a 12-inch test line and must choose the line that matches it in length from a choice of three lines. The experimenter, Solomon Asch, is studying ________.

In what way is compliance different from conformity?

In a crowded mall parking lot, dozens of people hear a female voice yell, "He's killing me!" Yet no one calls the police. What is the reason for the lack of action, according to Darley and Latané?

Which of the following is an example of conformity?

What do we call judgments about people, situations, objects, or thoughts?

What was the grade level of the students with whom Jane Elliott performed her famous blue eye-brown eye demonstration?

Group conformity is greatest when:

Which of the following would result in cognitive dissonance?

The prime minister notices that her closest advisors never seem to disagree with her or with each other on a lot of important issues, such as arms control. She worries that she is not getting the pros and cons of different issues because her advisors are engaging in ________.

The tendency of people to comply with a second, larger request after complying with a small request is called the ________ technique.

Which of the following qualities would make members of a target audience easier to persuade?

Close, friendly groups usually work well together, but they may face a problem involving an extreme form of conformity called ________.

A model used to understand how attitudes are changed is ________.

Marco accepts a request to play the piano at his church's Sunday services, even though he is still learning how to play. He plays a well-learned, simple piece. Happily, he performs very well in front of his congregation. Marco's behavior illustrates ________.

Bill thinks that drug use is bad, but he has friends who use illicit drugs and he sometimes gets high himself. Socializing with drug users and using drugs himself illustrate which component of attitude?

According to the text, we tend to ________ attractive people more than we do less attractive people.

What do social psychologists call the tendency to rely on internal characteristics for explanations of the behavior of others and to ignore the influence of the situation?

Rules that govern behavior and apply to all members of a group are called ________.