Psych ch. 3 – Flashcards

In explaining our own behavior or the behavior of those we know well, we often resort to attributing the cause of that behavior to

We tend to feel discomfort when our thoughts are inconsistent with our actions and then act to reduce that discomfort. This is known as:

Students who were told that a young woman had been instructed to act in a very unfriendly way for the purposes of the experiment concluded that her behavior:

This person proposed cognitive dissonance theory.

The tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal dispositions on another's behavior is called:

His experiments on obedience at Yale University are some of the most famous, and involved deception.

A person in a group tends to exert MORE effort when he is individually accountable than when he is working with others toward a common goal. This is known as:

A gradual escalation of intimacy is MOST positively related to a gradual escalation of:

Erin looks down while sitting at the top of the Ferris wheel. She immediately feels her heart start to pound and simultaneously experiences fear. The theory that best explains this emotional response is the _____ theory.

When people are stimulated by an exciting soccer match, their excitement can fuel and intensify anger. This effect is known as the _____.

The _____ theory of emotion suggests that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli.

Which researcher confirmed that basic facial expressions are culturally universal?

Which theorist was the first psychologist to suggest that to improve mood we should act cheerful?