PSYCH 2301 Chapter 11 – Flashcards

The branch of psychology that studies how people think, feel, and behave in social situations is called:

An important research study demonstrated the evil that good people can be readily induced into doing to other good people within the context of socially approved roles, rules, and norms. What was the research study?

Professional persuaders use a number of techniques to influence attitudes and behaviors. Which of the following is NOT one of those techniques?

During Stanley Milgram's original obedience study, most of the subjects:

How long did the Stanford Prison Experiment last before the situation became out of control ?

Behavior that is motivated by the desire to gain social acceptance and approval is referred to as:

Leslie is concerned about the environment and consistently sorts her garbage by placing paper, plastic, metal, and glass in their respective recycling containers. This example best illustrates the _____ component of attitudes.

The Focus on Neuroscience described an fMRI study in which participants were scanned while looking at photographs of different faces, some looking directly at the viewer (eye-contact) and some looking away (non-eye-contact). What did the results of this study show?

The self-serving bias is to _____ as the self-effacing bias is to _____.

When Susan learned that infants in Mayan families in Guatemala often sleep in their mother's bed until the child is two or three years old, she expressed her surprise that the Mayan culutre was so "backward" compared with American culture. Susan's views are a good example of ____ in action.

To remove any doubts about the legitimacy of the shock generator in Milgram's obedience study, the:

The textbook provides several practical suggestions to defend against being manipulated by various persuasion techniques. Which of the following is NOT one of the practical suggestions you can use making important decisions?

The bus is fairly crowded when you get on. You quickly decide to sit next to a well-dressed senior citizen because you think that he'll probably leave you alone. This example illustrates the process of:

Which of the following is NOT one of the factors that increases the likelihood of bystanders helping?

A middle-aged woman is sitting on a bench in the busy shopping mall, holding her head in her hands, visibly upset and crying. Nobody stops to see if she needs assistance. Based on what you read in the text, the most likely explanation for why nobody helps in this situation is:

Solomon Asch set up an experimental situation in which participants were asked to identify which of three comparison lines was identical to a standard line. His research was designed to answer a straightforward question, namely:

When people experience an unpleasant state of psychological tension resulting from two inconsistent thoughts or perceptions, they are said to be experiencing:

During a discussion about junk food with her two adolescent children, Mrs. Kozena made it very clear that she thought junk food was disgusting and that it upset her to see her children eat it. Mrs. Kozena's negative feeling about junk food best illustrates the _____ component of attitudes.

During lunch a group of computer science majors were discussing their choice of field. One student admitted that he had once considered becoming an accountant but decided against it because accountants are all boring number crunchers without an ounce of creativity. This statement best reflects the:

In Milgram's original obedience experiment, subjects who were assigned the role of teacher :

The common tendency in individualistic cultures to attribute the behavior of others to internal, personal characteristics, while ignoring or underestimating the effects of external, situational factors is called:

_____ is the tendency of people to believe that the world is fair and that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get.

Most of the Army Reserve soldiers who were convicted of mistreating prisoners at Abu Ghraib:

The Stanford Prison Experiment demonstrated the powerful influence of: