Exam 12: Social Psychology

Cade is driving his two roommates across the country.Each roommate believes that it is extremely dangerous to drive straight for 48 hours.However,as a group,they decide to drive straight for 48 hours.When the group makes this dangerous decision,they are showing

Mr.Lahore hired four college students to paint his house.Given what you know about social loafing,which set of conditions is likely to produce the best work by the group of students?

When running through the airport,Collin trips and spills all of his stuff out of his backpack.Lots of people see Collin trip and fall,but no one helps Collin pick up any of his stuff or checks to see if he is okay.The fact that others do not help in this case is best explained by

When attitudes influence feelings and behavior on an unconscious level they are called

A) Explain implicit and explicit attitudes. B) Describe one way to measure implicit attitudes.

Franklin sees that Sarah often goes to her math professor's office hours.Franklin thinks that Sarah must be terrible at math.This is an example of the

Mandy has a stereotype that engineers are dull.When she meets Matt,an engineer who writes exciting stories,she will likely create a subtype that

When Milgram modified his shock experiment so that the teacher could see the learner,the level of obedience

When Jack yells,his wife,Jill,either overlooks it or responds constructively.Jill is using ________ to keep her relationship happy.

You believe that smoking is bad for you,so you do not smoke and avoid places where people are likely to be smoking.In this case,you have a(n)________ attitude about smoking.

Lisa believes that drinking alcohol is wrong.However,her boyfriend,Mike,likes to drink beer after work.Instead of breaking up with Mike,she decides that drinking alcohol is not so bad after all.Lisa's attitude most likely changed because of

Victor has not started his paper,which is due tomorrow.He asks his friend Christy if she will write the first sentence.Then he asks her to write the next sentence.Next,he asks if she will write the next paragraph.Finally,he asks her to outline the whole paper and she agrees.Victor has just used the ________ technique to get Christy to help him.

When love develops slowly and is based on friendship,it is considered to be ________ love.

Alyssa and Orlando's first year together was intense and arousing.Three years later,their relationship involves deep caring and intimacy.Alyssa and Orlando's relationship has moved from ________ love to ________ love.

Which of the following is an example of an altruistic behavior?

Kat wants a new laptop.She asks her parents to buy a $2,500 laptop.When they refuse,she suggests that they buy her a used laptop for $500,which they do.By starting out with a higher-priced item,knowing her parents will think the lower priced item is a more reasonable request,Kat is using the ________ strategy to get her parents to buy her a laptop.

When explaining other people's behavior,the tendency to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situation factors is referred to as the

When the presence of others leads to enhanced performance,it is an example of

The main reason that people make attributions that reflect the just world hypothesis is that these explanations

A) Explain the difference between a personal and situational attribution. B) Explain how making a personal attribution influences the just world hypothesis.