A(n) ________ is a set of group expectations for appropriate thoughts and behaviors of its members.
  • social norm
  • attitude
  • confirmation bias
  • consistency
Behavior is a product of both the situation and the person. Which of the following is an example of a situation that might influence behavior?
  • Zimbardo did not use a control group.
  • feelings; behavior
  • different from each other, similar to each other
  • being in a crowd of bystanders when you witness someone fainting
Cognitive dissonance causes discomfort because it disrupts our sense of ________.
  • feelings; behavior
  • confirmation bias
  • social norm
  • consistency
It took a while, but Bruce finally gave in to his friends' requests to smash Halloween pumpkins in the neighborhood. Later that night, he was surprised he didn't resist their pressure to spray paint a police car. Bruce's experience best demonstrates the
  • confirmation bias
  • Zimbardo did not use a control group.
  • foot-in-the-door phenomenon
  • scapegoating
In California, undocumented migrants are often blamed for high unemployment in the state, although statistics show that high unemployment is not related to the number of illegal migrants. In this example, illegal migrants are victims of ________: the act of blaming an out-group when the in-group experiences frustration or is blocked from obtaining a goal.
  • confirmation bias
  • social norm
  • consistency
  • scapegoating
Which statement about Sternberg's triangular theory of love is most accurate?
  • different from each other, similar to each other
  • There are three components of love: intimacy, passion, and commitment.
  • benefits; costs
  • Leonard attributes earning a good grade in his psychology class to the fact that he is an exceptionally hard working student who is also incredibly smart. He blames the poor grade he received in his sociology class on having a bad teacher who gave hard exams.
Prejudice is to ________ as discrimination is to ________.
  • consistency
  • feelings; behavior
  • situational factors
  • confirmation bias
What did psychologists learn from the Teacher vs. Learner shock therapy experiment?
  • being in a crowd of bystanders when you witness someone fainting
  • social psychology professor at Yale who wanted to test the defense of "I was just following orders" typically used by accused Nazis
  • There are three components of love: intimacy, passion, and commitment.
  • Individuals obey authority figures, even when tasks require inhumane actions
A(n) ________ is the evaluation of or feelings toward a person, idea, or object that are typically positive or negative.
  • situational factors
  • attitude
  • social norm
  • consistency
When we seek out information that supports our stereotypes we are engaged in ________.
  • consistency
  • social norm
  • confirmation bias
  • situational factors
When is a person less likely to conform
  • Zimbardo did not use a control group.
  • social psychology professor at Yale who wanted to test the defense of "I was just following orders" typically used by accused Nazis
  • When the group cannot see how the person behaves
  • Individuals obey authority figures, even when tasks require inhumane actions
People tend to believe members of an ingroup are ______ and members of an outgroup are ________.
  • being in a crowd of bystanders when you witness someone fainting
  • situational factors
  • different from each other, similar to each other
  • confirmation bias
A self-fulfilling prophecy
  • A supervisor who doubts the competence of a new employee unwittingly criticizes everything the new employee does. If the new employee consequently performs poorly, which of the following will most likely have occurred?
  • Which scenario best illustrates the concept of modeling aggression?
  • Of the following students, who is most clearly demonstrating an internal attribution?
  • The scenario that best describes out-group homogeneity bias is
Cognitive dissonance was likely a contributing factor to the students' change in feelings.
  • Which method should be used by a researcher to test conformity? Assume in all groups that the researcher recruits participants and asks them to observe line X and line Y, where line X is clearly shorter than line Y.
  • Dr. Marcia assigned students a paper in which they had to support the side of a controversial topic they did not agree with. Before asking the students to write the paper, she gave them a survey to determine how strongly they disagreed with the topic. After the students wrote their papers, Dr. Marcia gave them another survey to rate their disagreement with the topic. She observed that the students' feelings about the topic became more strongly in agreement with the topic. Which of the following is the best conclusion?
  • Which of the following findings would support an interpretation of aggression as catharsis?
  • An example of proximity affecting interpersonal attraction is when
the fundamental attribution error
  • The tendency to develop a positive attitude toward a product that has been advertised repeatedly in the media is referred to as
  • Which of the following is the independent variable in Philip Zimbardo's classic Stanford Prison Experiment?
  • The tendency to believe that another person's behavior is caused by dispositional factors rather than by environmental factors is called
  • The more people present at a scene, the less likely it is that anyone will help a person in need. This phenomenon is a manifestation of
The hypothesis is not supported, because the results indicate that women are influenced more by the central route to persuasion than men are.
  • A researcher has a hypothesis that men are more likely to be influenced by the central route to persuasion when buying a car than women are. The researcher randomly selects thirty men and thirty women to observe while they buy a car, and the researcher finds that women pay attention to information about the reliability of the car, whereas men pay attention to available colors that the car comes in. Which conclusion can the researcher draw?
  • "It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured." This belief is best explained b
  • According to attribution theory, Pablo is most likely to attribute his high score on a difficult exam to
  • Ethnocentrism is described in which scenario?
Hal begins to like a certain sports car after seeing it frequently on the road, even though he did not like the car at first.
  • Which of the following findings would support an interpretation of aggression as catharsis?
  • Which of the following scenarios is the best example of the mere-exposure effect?
  • Which of the following situations best describes consummate love?
  • Which of the following was true of Solomon Asch's experiments on conformity?
The role of prisoner or guard
  • Which of the following scenarios best represents the frustration-aggression principle?
  • Which of the following regularities in behavior can most likely be accounted for by the existence of a group norm?
  • Which of the following examples describes groupthink?
  • Which of the following is the independent variable in Philip Zimbardo's classic Stanford Prison Experiment?
If the confederates' judgments were not unanimous, the degree of conformity by experimental subjects decreased.
  • Which of the following was true of Solomon Asch's experiments on conformity?
  • Which of the following scenarios is the best example of the mere-exposure effect?
  • Which of the following situations best describes consummate love?
  • Which of the following examples describes groupthink?
group members desire peace and harmony within the group
  • After discussing a topic, a group makes a decision that is more extreme than the average position of all of the group members prior to discussion. The group's action is an example of
  • Which of the following is the best interpretation of Solomon Asch's findings, pictured above, concerning conformity in perceptual judgments?
  • A basic assumption underlying the definition of groupthink is that
  • In Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments, subject were LEAST likely to deliver maximum levels of shock when the
Jeremy punches the steering wheel of his car because he is stuck in traffic.
  • Which of the following was true of Solomon Asch's experiments on conformity?
  • Which of the following scenarios is the best example of the mere-exposure effect?
  • Which of the following regularities in behavior can most likely be accounted for by the existence of a group norm?
  • Which of the following scenarios best represents the frustration-aggression principle?
Attribution theory
  • Which of the following is the independent variable in Philip Zimbardo's classic Stanford Prison Experiment?
  • Which of the following is most useful in under-standing an employer's interpretation of an employee's poor performance?
  • Which of the following regularities in behavior can most likely be accounted for by the existence of a group norm?
  • "It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured." This belief is best explained b
Craig and Niveah share many intimate details about their lives, are very attracted to each other, and celebrate with a commitment ceremony.
  • Which of the following regularities in behavior can most likely be accounted for by the existence of a group norm?
  • Which of the following examples best represents altruism?
  • Which of the following situations best describes consummate love?
  • Which of the following scenarios is the best example of the mere-exposure effect?
subject observed other subjects who refused to obey the experimenter's orders
  • In Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments, subject were LEAST likely to deliver maximum levels of shock when the
  • Leila saw a man treat a passerby rudely. Shortly after that, she saw him slip and fall to the ground. She immediately thought, "What a clumsy man," without acknowledging that he had walked onto a patch of ice. Leila is demonstrating the fundamental attribution error because
  • When his team wins a basketball game, Joe says it is because his team is so good; however, when his team loses, he says it is because the referees made a lot of unfair calls. Joe is most clearly demonstrating
  • Which of the following behaviors is most closely associated with the foot-in-the-door phenomenon?
Participants must be allowed to leave the experiment at any time, and in Milgram's study when the participants asked to leave, the experimenter said they must continue.
  • An example of proximity affecting interpersonal attraction is when
  • In Stanley Milgram's' classic study, a participant was placed in one room and a confederate was placed in another room where the participant could not see the confederate. Participants were told to shock the confederate when the confederate answered a question incorrectly. What was a major ethical violation of Milgram's study?
  • Dr. Marcia assigned students a paper in which they had to support the side of a controversial topic they did not agree with. Before asking the students to write the paper, she gave them a survey to determine how strongly they disagreed with the topic. After the students wrote their papers, Dr. Marcia gave them another survey to rate their disagreement with the topic. She observed that the students' feelings about the topic became more strongly in agreement with the topic. Which of the following is the best conclusion?
  • Which of the following concepts was advanced by social psychologists to help explain why people who are part of a crowd sometimes commit aggressive, antisocial acts that they would not commit if they were alone?
Booker stops to help someone even though it puts him in danger.
  • Which of the following scenarios best represents the frustration-aggression principle?
  • Which of the following examples describes groupthink?
  • Which of the following regularities in behavior can most likely be accounted for by the existence of a group norm?
  • Which of the following examples best represents altruism?
Martin distrusts a certain religion because it is uncommon in the country where he lives.
  • "It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured." This belief is best explained b
  • A researcher has a hypothesis that men are more likely to be influenced by the central route to persuasion when buying a car than women are. The researcher randomly selects thirty men and thirty women to observe while they buy a car, and the researcher finds that women pay attention to information about the reliability of the car, whereas men pay attention to available colors that the car comes in. Which conclusion can the researcher draw?
  • Which of the following is most useful in under-standing an employer's interpretation of an employee's poor performance?
  • Ethnocentrism is described in which scenario?
self-serving bias, because he sees his team as being better than it is
  • Leila saw a man treat a passerby rudely. Shortly after that, she saw him slip and fall to the ground. She immediately thought, "What a clumsy man," without acknowledging that he had walked onto a patch of ice. Leila is demonstrating the fundamental attribution error because
  • A teacher who is mistakenly informed that a student is learning disabled begins to treat that student differently from others. The teacher does not call on the student in class or help her with challenging material. The student's graded gradually decline. This result is an example of which of the following?
  • When his team wins a basketball game, Joe says it is because his team is so good; however, when his team loses, he says it is because the referees made a lot of unfair calls. Joe is most clearly demonstrating
  • In Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments, subject were LEAST likely to deliver maximum levels of shock when the
Because she saw her every day during class, Tracy began to like Angela and developed a friendship with her.
  • The scenario that best describes out-group homogeneity bias is
  • Which of the following scenarios best represents conformity?
  • Which of the following is the best example of scapegoating?
  • Which of the following best illustrates the mere-exposure effect?
Easy messages on television and difficult messages in newspaper
  • According to the graph above, the greatest degree of attitude change is likely to be produced by which of the following forms of advertising?
  • According to research on attraction, people are most likely to be attracted to others who are
  • Which of the following regularities in behavior can most likely be accounted for by the existence of a group norm?
  • The tendency to believe that another person's behavior is caused by dispositional factors rather than by environmental factors is called
cognitive dissonance theory
  • The failure of bystanders to give victims of automobile accidents needed assistance is sometimes explained as an instance of
  • Which of the following is most useful in under-standing an employer's interpretation of an employee's poor performance?
  • According to research on attraction, people are most likely to be attracted to others who are
  • "It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured." This belief is best explained b
his intelligence
  • Ethnocentrism is described in which scenario?
  • According to attribution theory, Pablo is most likely to attribute his high score on a difficult exam to
  • Which of the following is the independent variable in Philip Zimbardo's classic Stanford Prison Experiment?
  • A researcher has a hypothesis that men are more likely to be influenced by the central route to persuasion when buying a car than women are. The researcher randomly selects thirty men and thirty women to observe while they buy a car, and the researcher finds that women pay attention to information about the reliability of the car, whereas men pay attention to available colors that the car comes in. Which conclusion can the researcher draw?
Deindividuation
  • Which of the following concepts was advanced by social psychologists to help explain why people who are part of a crowd sometimes commit aggressive, antisocial acts that they would not commit if they were alone?
  • Which of the following is the independent variable in Philip Zimbardo's classic Stanford Prison Experiment?
  • Which method should be used by a researcher to test conformity? Assume in all groups that the researcher recruits participants and asks them to observe line X and line Y, where line X is clearly shorter than line Y.
  • Which of the following regularities in behavior can most likely be accounted for by the existence of a group norm?
After the pep rally, the students in the school had even more school spirit.
  • Which of the following was true of Solomon Asch's experiments on conformity?
  • Which of the following examples best represents altruism?
  • Which of the following best illustrates group polarization?
  • Which of the following scenarios best represents the frustration-aggression principle?
Martin, who says he earned a spot on the football team through his hard work.
  • Which of the following behaviors is most closely associated with the foot-in-the-door phenomenon?
  • Which of the following best illustrates the mere-exposure effect?
  • Of the following students, who is most clearly demonstrating an internal attribution?
  • The scenario that best describes out-group homogeneity bias is
Sutan asks his father for $5, and when he agrees, Sutan asks him for $15 more.
  • Which of the following is the best example of scapegoating?
  • Which of the following behaviors is most closely associated with the foot-in-the-door phenomenon?
  • Which of the following scenarios best represents conformity?
  • Which of the following best illustrates the mere-exposure effect?
The employees of a company did not want to disagree with one another by sharing their true opinions on paint colors, so the office was painted an ugly beige color.
  • Which of the following examples describes groupthink?
  • Which of the following examples best represents altruism?
  • Which of the following scenarios best represents the frustration-aggression principle?
  • Which of the following situations best describes consummate love?
Students tend to use less profanity with adults than they do with their peers.
  • Which of the following regularities in behavior can most likely be accounted for by the existence of a group norm?
  • Which of the following scenarios best represents the frustration-aggression principle?
  • Which of the following was true of Solomon Asch's experiments on conformity?
  • Which of the following scenarios is the best example of the mere-exposure effect?
Conformity increases as group size increases to about four persons.
  • Which of the following is the best interpretation of Solomon Asch's findings, pictured above, concerning conformity in perceptual judgments?
  • A basic assumption underlying the definition of groupthink is that
  • Which of the following behaviors is most closely associated with the foot-in-the-door phenomenon?
  • After discussing a topic, a group makes a decision that is more extreme than the average position of all of the group members prior to discussion. The group's action is an example of
she blamed his fall on his being clumsy
  • Which of the following behaviors is most closely associated with the foot-in-the-door phenomenon?
  • Leila saw a man treat a passerby rudely. Shortly after that, she saw him slip and fall to the ground. She immediately thought, "What a clumsy man," without acknowledging that he had walked onto a patch of ice. Leila is demonstrating the fundamental attribution error because
  • When his team wins a basketball game, Joe says it is because his team is so good; however, when his team loses, he says it is because the referees made a lot of unfair calls. Joe is most clearly demonstrating
  • A teacher who is mistakenly informed that a student is learning disabled begins to treat that student differently from others. The teacher does not call on the student in class or help her with challenging material. The student's graded gradually decline. This result is an example of which of the following?
Kara, who plays soccer, notices the uniqueness of her soccer teammates, but she thinks all basketball players are the same.
  • The scenario that best describes out-group homogeneity bias is
  • Of the following students, who is most clearly demonstrating an internal attribution?
  • Which scenario best illustrates the concept of modeling aggression?
  • Which of the following best illustrates the mere-exposure effect?
Candace is fond of Jerome because she lives next door to him.
  • Which of the following scenarios is the best example of the mere-exposure effect?
  • An example of proximity affecting interpersonal attraction is when
  • Which of the following situations best describes consummate love?
  • Which of the following was true of Solomon Asch's experiments on conformity?
Use nine confederates and one participant. The nine confederates go first and incorrectly say that line X is longer.
  • Which method should be used by a researcher to test conformity? Assume in all groups that the researcher recruits participants and asks them to observe line X and line Y, where line X is clearly shorter than line Y.
  • Which of the following scenarios is the best example of the mere-exposure effect?
  • Which of the following concepts was advanced by social psychologists to help explain why people who are part of a crowd sometimes commit aggressive, antisocial acts that they would not commit if they were alone?
  • Which of the following was true of Solomon Asch's experiments on conformity?
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