Exam 12: Social Psychology

What is one possible way to help promote contact among students from different backgrounds in a cooperative way?

Which of the following is NOT one of the processes associated with social identity theory?

The participants of Milgram's obedience study played the role of "learner" in the experiment.

The main task of the Solomon Asch studies was ________.

In Festinger and Carlsmith's (1959) classic study on cognitive dissonance, participants who were paid $20 for doing a boring task, in contrast to those who were paid $1 for doing the same task, ________.

What term do psychologists use to describe our liking of other people?

Giving in to indirect pressure to change your behavior and thoughts is called:

According to Darley and Latané, the main factor causing people to refrain from helping is not wanting to get involved.

Altruistic behavior is behavior that:

The greater the level of fear in a message, the more effective it will be in changing attitudes.

"I adore the girl next door." This phrase refers to what rule of attraction?

In Zimbardo's prison study, male college students agreed to participate in a two-week experiment to discover what would happen when they took on the roles of prisoners and guards. After the prisoners staged a revolt, the researchers found that ________.

You want to visit Argentina, but your attitude about Argentina is changing as you read the news about the kidnappings that have occurred there. Which component of attitude is being affected?

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

Prejudice can be formed just like any other attitude can be formed-through direct instruction, modeling, and other learning influences-according to ________ theory.

The foot-in-the-door approach encourages people to perform a larger or more costly act because:

Which of the following is the correct definition of cognitive dissonance?

When a group exerts such strong pressure to conform that it prevents people from expressing critical ideas, the group is suffering from ________.

What term do psychologists use for the phenomenon that occurs when people are less likely to aid a person in trouble if there are other people around who are also potential helpers?

Social influence in its most direct and powerful form is known as ________.