Chapter 13: Quiz Questions – Flashcards

Social facilitation refers to the tendency to _____.

With respect to friendships, your friend believes that, in general, "opposites attract."? Is she correct?

Which of the following comments is most likely to be made in a group characterized by groupthink?

When a salesperson visits your home and asks you to try a free sample of a cleaning fluid, you agree. When he returns the following week and asks you to purchase an assortment of expensive cleaning products, you make the purchase. The salesperson appears to have made effective use of

Opinion change resulting from a thoughtful focus on the content of arguments illustrates

The ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next constitute

A psychologist who studies attributions is most likely to look for the causes of behavior in

The fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency of people to overestimate _____ factors and underestimate _____ factors when explaining the causes of other people's behavior.

Based on the research of Irving Janis, if you want to prevent groupthink from occurring in groups in which you are working, you should

The set of people perceived as different from "us" is called a(n)

Fred did very poorly on his last arithmetic test. The tendency to make the fundamental attribution error might lead his sixth-grade teacher to conclude that Fred did poorly because

Solomon Asch reported that individuals conformed to a group's judgment of the lengths of lines

Compared with central route persuasion, peripheral route persuasion tends to

Social loafing refers to the tendency for people to

Two important components to long-lasting, satisfying romantic relationships are _____.

A psychologist who studies attributions is most likely to look for the causes of behavior in

The enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through group discussion is called

In the classic social psychology experiment known as the Stanford Prison Experiment

The discomfort we feel when two thoughts are inconsistent is called

Unjustifiable and negative behavior toward a group and its members is called

The tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than the decisions that would be made by the members acting alone is known as

According to research on interpersonal attraction, if you want a person to like you, it would be a good idea to

A panhandler approaches you and your friend for some money. When your friend gives him a dollar, you explain to yourself that your friend did that because she is generous. You have made a(n) _____ attribution.

The set of prescribed behaviors associated with a particular social position is best described as a(n) _____.

Most people are likely to be surprised by the results of Milgram's initial obedience experiment because

Based on the theory developed by Leon Festinger, the state of conflict that someone experiences after taking an action, making a decision, or being exposed to information that is contrary to his or her beliefs is known as

Adjusting one's behavior or thinking toward a group standard is called

The presence of others does not always lead to social facilitation because

The branch of psychology called social psychology is most concerned with how people

Compared with people from East Asian cultures, those from individualist Western countries are more likely to demonstrate