Exam 12: Social Psychology

Jaquan's parents have been talking to him about the negative aspects of drugs ever since he was a youngster.Now that he is a teenager,he knows that some of his friends smoke marijuana.At a party one night,a friend offers Jaquan a joint.Jaquan declines the offer,stating that he hates drugs.Even though he has never tried drugs to form his own opinion of them,which method of attitude formation has kept him from making a mistake?

A car crash woke John from his afternoon na

John has practiced his difficult trumpet solo over and over before his performance.He has played it perfectly in his practice room.However,when he performs in public he makes mistakes due to his anxiety.John is a victim of ______.

Dr.Cirillo divided her first-period class into two groups.One group had to read 20 pages in a boring psychology text but would get 2 extra points on the next test.The other group also read 20 pages but were given 25 points added to the next test.The class members were then asked to tell the second-period class how interesting the book was.According to the results of the Festinger and Carlsmith study,what predictions could one make about the remarks of the first-period class?

When George Bush said,"Everything in Iraq is going as planned.Trust me,I am the president," he was using what form of the elaboration likelihood model?

What term do social psychologists use for the process of making people in an out-group responsible for the problems of people in the in-group?

The World-Will-End-on-June-7 group got together on June 7 to pray as the world ended.The next day the world did not end.The leader of the group said,"Our prayers saved the world." What process was responsible for the attitude change?

______ is a change of behavior in response to a direct request.

Social psychology is the scientific study of how a person's behavior,thoughts,and feelings are influenced by _______.

"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird.It's a plane.It's Superman!" If you looked up,would you be conforming?

The study of the judgments people make as to whether someone else's behavior is due to something about that person or due to the person's situation is called ______.

There is currently a long history of fighting between the Israelis and Palestinians,and many attempts to resolve these conflicts have failed.According to the ____________ theory,the prejudice and discrimination that exists between the two groups will continue to rise as the conflict over limited land in Israel continues.

In order to reduce groupthink,which of the following strategies would NOT be employed?

Stereotype threat is anxiety related to the phenomenon known as _____.

Social loafing occurs when a member of a team slows down,letting others work harder.

If you had young children who were attending Jane Elliott's class in the second grade,would you want them to undergo her blue eye-brown eye project? Why or why not? Do you think parents should have the right to prevent their children from going through such an experience? Is the pain that the children may experience worth the lessons they may learn from the project?

A state of tension that occurs when a person's attitudes do not match the person's actions is called __________.

A common strategy for gaining compliance used by car salespeople is the door-in-the-face technique.

The cliché "familiarity breeds contempt" contradicts which of the rules of interpersonal attraction?

In Darley and Latane's (1970)five step model of bystander intervention,help will be offered if the answer is "yes" to ________ of the five steps.