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Social Psychology



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Question 1.
According to Heider, to what do we usually attribute someone's behavior?
 
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Question 2.
What is usually the most important factor in interpersonal attraction?
 
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Question 3.
The message which MOST likely will result in a change of attitude is a message with
 
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Question 4.
A behavioral rule shared by a whole society is called a
 
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Question 5.
Which of the following is LEAST likely to increase an individual's conformity to group behavior?
 
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Question 6.
There is so much pressure from the group to conform that people do not feel free to express critical ideas. What is this called?
 
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Question 7.
Someone who falls at work is MOST likely to attribute the fall to
 
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Question 8.
Rebecca consistently expresses her belief with little regard for the constraints imposed by the situation. She is probably a _______ self-monitor.
 
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Question 9.
When trying to change someone's opinion, it is generally better to
 
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Question 10.

A man is trying to get as many people as possible to sign a petition for a new law. He discovers that the great majority of people that agree to read information about the new law usually sign the petition. However, simply asking people to sign the petition without complying with his request to read the information first results in fewer signatures. He has just discovered a classic procedure known as
 
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Question 11.
The poor decisions made in the Watergate cover-up, the Challenger disaster and the Bay of Pigs invasion were due primarily to
 
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Question 12.
Mike is walking down the street on a sunny day. He happens to notice a young girl begging for food on a street corner. He turns the other way, walks into a restaurant, buys some food, and gives it to the young girl. Then, he simply walks away. This is an act of _______________ behavior.
 
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Question 13.
The study of the way thoughts, feelings and behaviors of a person are affected by the perceived characteristics of others is known as ___________ psychology.
 
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Question 14.
According to Jones and Nisbett, we tend to attribute our own actions to _____ factors and the behavior of others to ________ factors.
 
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Question 15.
The _______________ is when we place too much emphasis on personal factors when trying to explain other people's actions.
 
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Question 16.
The ___________________ effect is that people are more likely to comply with a second, larger request after complying with a first, small request.
 
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Question 17.
_____________ is a process by which people feel anonymous in a large group.
 
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Question 18.
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is the state of tension that occurs when a person simultaneously holds two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent, or when a person's belief is incongruent with her or her behavior. 
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Question 19.
The only situation that would motivate a person to try and reduce cognitive dissonance is the need to justify behavior that conflicts with your view of yourself.
   
 
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Question 20.
As soon as John got home from buying a car, he worried that he spent too much and second-guessed his decision. Johns "buyer remorse" is called __________.
 
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Question 21.
What statement best describes the significance of the Milgram obedience experiments?
 
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Question 22.
An illusion of invulnerability, self-censorship, pressure on dissenters to conform, and an illusion of unanimity are all symptomatic of which of the following concepts?

 
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Question 23.
The just-world hypothesis causes people to be sympathetic toward victims.
   
 
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Question 24.
Social loafing refers to the tendency of members of a work group to exert more effect in a larger group than in a small to make sure that their contribution is recognized.
   
 
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Question 25.
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are rules that regulate human life, including social conventions, explicit laws, and implicit cultural standards. 
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