Exam 12: Social Psychology

Which statement best describes an important finding of Milgram's classic research?

Your best friend has been acting rather cool toward you lately.As you try to figure out why,you are engaging in the process called ________________.

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

How does the jigsaw classroom operate?

Which of the following is NOT a form of social influence?

A social group of people viewed as competitors,enemies,or different and unworthy of respect is a(n)______.

Which one of the following activities will NOT reduce cognitive dissonance?

The advice to "keep it simple stupid" suggests that political and other messages should be simple so that the audience will understand the content without distractions.This is an example of which type of processing suggested by the elaboration likelihood model?

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

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

The purpose of Milgram's study on obedience was to find out how many people would obey an authority figure when directly ordered to violate their own ethical standards.

You receive a call at home from a telemarketer who wants you to listen to a pitch for aluminum siding.If you agree to listen,you are more likely to buy siding-a phenomenon known as the foot-in-the-door technique.

In March of 1964,Kitty Genovese was the victim of a brutal assault that led to her death in the entryway of her apartment complex.Police reports indicate that out of the 38 people who observed the attack happening,________ called 911 to request assistance.

You get a free sample of a new cereal in the mail.The company hopes you will try the cereal and then feel obligated to buy it.What term do psychologists use to describe this phenomenon?

Which social psychology theory best explains the fact that the majority of the riots that took place following the trial of the police officers accused of beating Rodney King did not take place in white neighborhoods,but rather in the neighborhoods of Asian Americans and Asians who had recently immigrated to the United States?

Social comparison occurs when _______________.

"Mommy,mommy,mommy," your young son asks frantically."Can we please buy a new PlayStation®3 console with all of the games and the wireless controllers so that we don't have to sit near the television?" "No," you reply,"we can't afford to buy all of that!" Seemingly unperturbed by your rejection,your son comes back with "Then can we just buy one new game for our PlayStation®2?" "Okay,I guess so," you answer,not realizing that your precocious son has taken a social psychology class and has just used the _____________ technique to get what he wanted.

"We" have all different types of personalities and lots of endearing little quirks,whereas "they" all think and act alike.This assumption would be an example of the cognitive schema called______________.

Experiments showing the effects of group pressure on conformity were conducted by ______.

Ralph,a white student who grew up in Maine,is about to enter the University of Southern California on an athletic scholarshi