Chapter 12 mypsychlab quizzes – Flashcards
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Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love say that companionate love consists of:
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intimacy and commitment
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According to Strenberg, love consists of intimacy, passion, and ______.
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commitment
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Some research suggests that ____ is one of the main factors that influence people's choices for selecting people they want to know better.
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physical attractiveness
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____ is the attitude about members of a particular social group and ____ is the behavior that can result from that attitude
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Prejudice; discrimination
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the effect people's awareness of the stereotypes associated with their social group has on their behavior is
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stereotypes vulnerability
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The formation of in-groups and out-groups:
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begins in childhood
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Scapegoats are
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typically members of the out-group
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Strategies for overcoming prejudice include
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intergroup and equal status contact
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___ occurs when a person fails to take responsibility for action or inaction because of the presence of other people who are seen to share the responsibility
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diffusion of responsibility
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The sadistic behavior of the "guards" in Pilip Zimbardo's prison study
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highlight the influence that a social role can have on ordinary people
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In the Ligram study and several similar studies, ___ percent of the participants went all the way up to the 450 volt shock level
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65
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The war in Irag, the design of the ship Titanic and the Challenger disaster are all given in the textbooks as examples of:
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groupthink
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Research on conformity suggests that if a __ response is required, ___ show more conformity than___.
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public, women, men
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In Solomon Asch's study, confederates were instructed to
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give the incorrect answer to the line matching task
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A person demanding ___ has power or authority to command a Behavioral change, rather than just ask for a change
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obedience
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if your roomate asks you for a ride to campus and you agree, and then the next day asks if he can borrow your car, this is an example of the
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foot-in-the-door technique
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the fact that kitty genovese did not receive help was most likely due to
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the perceived presence of multiple witnesses
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Jim jumped into the ocean to save a drowning man, risking his own life in the process. He did so without any expectation of reward or getting anything in return for his actions. This is an example of
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altruism
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Cindy tastes peas for the first time and realizes she doesn't like them. Cindy formed her attitude about peas through the process of
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direct contact
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Karen intentionally tries to hurt lisa by spreading rumors about her. Karen is engaging in
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aggression
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Justin walks into the morning meeting 15 min late. His boss, Marco, assumes that traffic was bad this morning. Marco is using an example of
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situational cause
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Shawn and Tanya start talking after they've ridden on the dorm elevator several time together. This is a example of which rule of attraction
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proximity
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People can reduce cognitive dissonance by
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forming new cognitions to justify their behavior
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A person tries to change the belief, opinion, or course of action of another person through:
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persuasion
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Which of the following statement best describes attitudes
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Attitudes are learned through experiences as we live and work with others
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In one study collage students likes another student simply because they were told that the other student liked them. This is an example of which rule of attraction
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reciprocity
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___ love, bases on many years of shared responsibilities and experiences, is what binds many marriages together
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companionate
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Once someone has taken responsibility to help, the next step in the division-making process is
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planning a course of action
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jackie is assigned to a group project. It is her best subject and she find the material easy. Jackie will probably experience
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social facilitation
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according to your textbook, the ___ theory explains prejudice and discrimination between the Nazi soldiers and Jewish people during WWII
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realistic conflict
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according to the __, people either expand on what they hear or they pay attention to the surface characteristics of persuasive messages
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elaboration likelihood model
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Studies have found that in civil suits if individual members of a jury favor stiff penalties the deliberation process will result in even higher penalties this illustrates
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group polarization
