| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| As a field, social psychology focuses on ________ in predicting human behavior. | situational factors personality traits genetic predispositions biological forces |
| Making internal attributions for your successes and making external attributions for your failures is an example of ________. | self-serving bias actor-observer bias fundamental attribution error just-world hypothesis |
| Collectivistic cultures are to ________ as individualistic cultures are to ________. | autonomy; group harmony dispositional; situational situational; dispositional just-world hypothesis; self-serving bias |
| According to the actor-observer bias, we have more information about ________. | influences on our own behavior situational influences on behavior influences on others’ behavior dispositional influences on behavior |
| A(n) ________ is a set of group expectations for appropriate thoughts and behaviors of its members. | social role social norm script attribution |
| On his first day of soccer practice, Jose suits up in a t-shirt, shorts, and cleats and runs out to the field to join his teammates. Jose’s behavior is reflective of ________. | a script social influence good athletic behavior normative behavior |
| When it comes to buying clothes, teenagers often follow social norms; this is likely motivated by ________. | fitting in following parents’ rules saving money looking good |
| In the Stanford prison experiment, even the lead researcher succumbed to his role as a prison supervisor. This is an example of the power of ________ influencing behavior. | social roles scripts social norms conformity |
| Attitudes describe our ________ of people, objects, and ideas. | evaluations treatment cognitions knowledge |
| Cognitive dissonance causes discomfort because it disrupts our sense of ________. | consistency dependency unpredictability power |
| In order for the central route to persuasion to be effective, the audience must be ________ and ________. | analytical; motivated attentive; happy intelligent; unemotional gullible; distracted |
| Examples of cues used in peripheral route persuasion include all of the following except ________. | factual information celebrity endorsement positive emotions attractive models |
| In the Asch experiment, participants conformed due to ________ social influence. | normative informational inspirational persuasive |
| Under what conditions will informational social influence be more likely? | both when the answer is unclear and when the group has expertisewhen individuals want to fit in when the answer is unclear when the group has expertise |
| Social loafing occurs when ________. | both individual performance cannot be evaluated and the task is easy individual performance cannot be evaluated the task is easy none of the above |
| If group members modify their opinions to align with a perceived group consensus, then ________ has occurred. | groupthink group cohesion social polarization social loafing |
| Prejudice is to ________ as discrimination is to ________. | feelings; behavior thoughts; feelings feelings; thoughts behavior; feelings |
| Which of the following is not a type of prejudice? | individualism homophobia racism sexism |
| ________ occurs when the out-group is blamed for the in-group’s frustration. | scapegoating stereotyping in-group bias ageism |
| When we seek out information that supports our stereotypes we are engaged in ________. | confirmation bias scapegoating self-fulfilling prophecy in-group bias |
| Typically, bullying from boys is to ________ as bullying from girls is to ________. | physical harm; emotional harm emotional harm; physical harm psychological harm; physical harm social exclusion; verbal taunting |
| Which of the following adolescents is least likely to be targeted for bullying? | the captain of the football team a child with a physical disability a transgender adolescent an emotionally sensitive boy |
| The bystander effect likely occurs due to ________. | diffusion of responsibility desensitization to violence people not noticing the emergency emotional insensitivity |
| Altruism is a form of prosocial behavior that is motivated by ________. | selfless helping of others feeling good about oneself earning a reward showing bravery to bystanders |
| After moving to a new apartment building, research suggests that Sam will be most likely to become friends with ________. | his next door neighbor someone who lives three floors up in the apartment building someone from across the street his new postal delivery person |
| What trait do both men and women tend to look for in a romantic partner? | physical attractiveness sense of humor social skills leadership potential |
| According to the triangular theory of love, what type of love is defined by passion and intimacy but no commitment? | romantic love consummate love empty love liking |
| According to social exchange theory, humans want to maximize the ________ and minimize the ________ in relationships. | benefits; costs intimacy; commitment costs; benefits passion; intimacy |
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