Exam 1: Introducing Social Psychology

At a dinner party,Marcia spilled wine on her boss's Persian rug.If Marcia is like most social psychologists who study construals,what will she ask herself in predicting how her boss will respond?

One application of Ross's idea of naïve realism is to assist the negotiations between long-time adversaries: Palestinians and Israelis.How would understanding naïve realism potentially help these parties negotiate more successfully?

Define the term "fundamental attribution error," and provide an example of this phenomenon that might occur in daily life.

The word "construal" refers to

Which of the following psychologists is considered the founding "father" of modern experimental social psychology?

A social psychologist is perplexed.Is it true that birds of a feather flock together,or do opposites attract? Confronted with these two contradictory pieces of folk wisdom,what is this social psychologist most likely to do?

Compare the importance that behaviorist and Gestalt approaches attach to such "mentalistic" concepts as thoughts and feelings.To which of these schools of thought is contemporary social psychology more closely related and why?

After reading Chapter 1,if you were to advise producers of a safe-sex television campaign,what would you tell them?

You've heard that members of a certain fraternity or sorority are snobs.Whenever you see members of that fraternity or sorority,you look down and hurry past them.When they don't greet you,you say to yourself,"Just like I thought-they're all arrogant snobs." You have experienced a phenomenon known as

Which of the following questions is most likely to be asked by a social psychologist?

According to the authors of your text,why did behaviorists not incorporate cognition,thinking,and feeling into their theory?

Social psychologists' emphasis on construals of social situations has its roots in ____ psychology.

When Mark goes to give Sven a congratulatory pat on the back after a job well done,he jumps and turns away.Mark has just read Chapter 1,and fancies himself something of a Gestalt psychologist.What is he likely to think about Sven's behavior?

Assume that,contrary to research findings,people who undergo a severe initiation to join a group actually like the group less than do people who undergo a mild initiation.If these findings were true,they would provide support for a ____ approach to social influence.

According to the authors of your text,one hazard of relying too heavily on folk wisdom is that

Given that there are several driving motives for behavior,explain how biological drives affect behavior.

Julie is eight months old,and her mother pretends her baby food is a train in order to convince her to eat it.Julie's mother is using a rather creative form of ____.

Why is a scientific approach preferable to reliance on folk wisdom and common sense?

Which of the following is an example of social influence?

Which of the following is an example of a direct persuasion attempt?