Exam 13: D: Social Psychology

Nora participated in a psychology experiment where she completed several psychological tests,and the researchers told her that her personality reflected that of someone who was likely to end up alone later in life.Compared with the students who did not receive such feedback,Nora is more likely to

An example of the power of ________________ is urban legends,such as the myth that gang members drive around with their lights off and shoot people who flash their lights at them.

What is the relationship between temperature and aggression?

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

You get on an elevator.Everyone is facing to the right.You turn and also face to the right.This is an example of

The tendency to overestimate the impact of dispositional influences is known as

With respect to pseudoscience marketing techniques to falsely enhance persuasion,_______ capitalizes on the rareness of an item as to why we should purchase it.

Your professor has just delivered a lecture that has left everyone in the class thoroughly confused.When the professor asks "Are there any questions?",students look nervously at each other but no one responds.This is an example of

Who is more likely to engage in physical aggression?

The tendency of people to alter their behaviour as a result of group influence or pressure is called

Which of the following is one of the best antidotes to social loafing?

Brain studies on conformity find increased activity in what part of the brain while conforming?

Which personality trait has been associated with an increased proneness to violence?

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 dual process model of persuasion?

________ creates a predisposition toward distrusting anything or anyone unfamiliar or different.

According to research by Frans de Waal,_______________ are models for prosocial behaviour and _______________ are models for antisocial behaviour in humans.

The approximate number of people that each of us knows reasonably well is

A dealer persuades a customer to buy a new car by reducing the price to well below that of his competitors.Once the customer has agreed to buy the car,the terms of the sale are shifted by lowering the value of the trade-in and requiring the purchase of expensive extra equipment.Now the car costs well above the current market rate.This is an example of the ______ technique.

________ is the treatment in which people are first introduced to the reasons why a belief seems to be correct,and then exposed to the reasons why the belief is incorrect.

Research has shown that there are gender differences in aggression.These findings suggest that