Exam 13: Social Psychology-Part C

In Western cultures,people historically got married because of love.

In the prisoner's dilemma,if both partners cooperate with one another and do not confess to the police,neither partner will serve jail time.

Solomon Asch conducted the classic study on conformity.

The trait that we value the most in others is trustworthiness.

The norm of reciprocity might explain why some men feel that their dates "owe" them a kiss,particularly if they've paid for dinner.

Someone who helps a friend with the expectation that the friend will sooner or later return the favor is exhibiting reverse altruism.

Men with unrealistically high self-esteem are most prone to violence.

Attributing a basketball player's great game to his home court advantage is an example of correspondence bias.

We can decide not to use previously learned stereotypes.

The frustration-aggression hypothesis states that suppressed aggressive impulses lead to frustration.

It is easier to make a dispositional attribution than to make a situational attribution.

The correspondence bias is another term for the fundamental attribution error.

Situational attributions usually are made when an action is distinctive.

We tend to underestimate the variability among members of a category.

Direct observation of people rarely leads to inaccurate stereotypes.

Most of us are quick to blame our own shortcomings on our situation and the shortcomings of others on their disposition.

Kin selection does not constitute genuine altruism because we have been taught to assist family members in need.

Cognitive dissonance is typically reduced by heuristic persuasion.

The behavior of nonhuman animals provides little,if any,evidence of genuine altruism.

The correspondence bias states that we have a tendency to spin the situation to view ourselves positively.