Exam 13: Social Psychology-Part C

Deindividuation has contributed to Ku Klux Klan members' participation in lynch mobs.

Aggression in women usually is more premeditated than it is impulsive.

Faced with a big,burly guy reciting his romantic poetry,many people would use subtyping to preserve their stereotype of "romantic poets."

Heuristic persuasion loses some of its power as we become more motivated to make a good decision.

Blaming a tennis loss on a bad call by the line judge is an example of a dispositional attribution.

A mother who sacrificed her life to save her children engaged in altruistic behavior.

The foot-in-the-door technique works because of reciprocating concessions.

We are most likely to report that another person is attractive in otherwise boring situations.

When you laugh along with others at a friend's joke,even when you don't understand it,you are likely being affected by informational influence.

We are most attracted to people with a similar educational background but with interests that differ from our own.

People generally are happiest in relationships when their cost-benefit ratios are slightly higher than those of their partners.

Playing violent video games can make people more aggressive.

There is a negative correlation between testosterone levels and aggression levels.

Most murders are motivated by trying to acquire or protect a resource.

Women are much more selective than are men in deciding on a marriage partner.

A teacher who offers rewards and threatens punishment is appealing to the accuracy motive.

The self-fulfilling prophecy is the tendency for people to see what they expect to see.

Systems of rewards and punishers usually are not effective at controlling human behavior.

Violent crime in the United States is more prevalent in the North than it is in the South.

Increases in testosterone are associated with a decrease in self-esteem.