General Psychology chapter 8 & 9
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Which of the following is not a reason people obey an authority figure even when doing so goes against their values
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They want to be polite
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A state of tension that occurs when a person simultaneously holds two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent
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Cognitive dissonance
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Culture is defined as a program of shared __________ that govern the behavior of people in a society as well as a set of shared values and beliefs
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rules or norms
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_________ is a tendency for all people on a team or a mission together to agree with each other and suppress any dissension among their ranks
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Groupthink
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___________ reflects a behavioral expression of prejudice, a reluctance to get close to another group
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Social distance
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In the Stanford prison study, what was it that caused the guards to treat the prisoners harshly
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Social context
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Which of the following is not a type of error that is commonly made in explaining the causes of our own or other's behavior
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diffusion of responsibility
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Which 2 effects are common influences on how we come to believe the things we believe
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familiarity and validity
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What is the most common explanation of bystander apathy
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diffusion of responsibility
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The origins of prejudice suggests that
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it is a universal human experience
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A __________ is a unit of meaning made up of concepts that expresses a unitary idea
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proposition
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Informal reasoning involves
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dialectial reasoning
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In the _________ stages, people understand that some things can never be known with certainty and some judgements are more valid than others
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reflective
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__________ is the tendency for people to pay attention only to evidence that supports their beliefs
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Confirmation bias
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Which of the following is not a component of the triarchic theory of intelligence
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experiential intelligence
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Tacit knowledge involves practical, action-oriented strategies for achieving goals that are not usually formally taught. They are an aspect of
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contextual intelligence
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_____________ is the knowledge or awareness of one's own cognitive processes
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Metacognition
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Which of the following statements about the difference between formal and informal reasoning is correct
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Formal reasoning uses algorithms rather than heuristics
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__________ is the tendency to try to solve new problems by using the same heuristics, strategies, and rules that worked in the past on similar problems
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Mental set
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To qualify as a language, a communication system must meet all of the following criteria except
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metacognition
