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The war in Iraq, the design of the ship Titanic, and the Challenger disaster are all given in the textbook 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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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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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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In the Milgram study 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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strategies for overcoming prejudice include:

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intergroup and equal status contract

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The formation of in-groups and out-groups:

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begins in childhood

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The effect that people's awareness of the stereotypes associated with their social group has on their behavior is:

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stereotype vulnerability

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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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scapegoats are:

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typically member of the out-group

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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 statements best describes attitudes?

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attitudes are learned through experiences as we live and work with others

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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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The sadistic behavior of the \"guards\" in Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Study:

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highlighted the influence that a social role can have on ordinary people

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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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Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love says that companionate love consists of:

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intimacy and 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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According to Sternberg, love consists of intimacy, passion and _____

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commitment

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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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If your roommate 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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Justin walks into the morning meeting 15 minutes 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 times together. This is an example of which rule of attraction?

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proximity

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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 does not like them. Cindy formed her attitude about peas through the process of:

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direct contact

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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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In Milgram's study, as the teachers became reluctant to continue, the experimenter:

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told them that they had to continue

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Studies have found that in civil suits, if individual members of the jury favor stiff penalties, the deliberation process will result in even higher penalties. This illustrates:

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group polarization

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The Challenger disaster is a classic example of groupthink because:

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some people knew the shuttle was not OK to launch, but they did not speak up and thereby disrupt group cohesion

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Julie is a psychologist involved in figuring out how to get people to purchase a certain brand of computer. Julie is involved in:

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consumer psychology

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Sheri's coworker, Stephanie, is very afraid of spiders and screams every time she sees one in the warehouse. After a few weeks of working closely with Stephanie in the warehouse, Sheri is afraid of spiders, too. This is an example of:

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vicarious conditioning

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Jackie is assigned to a group project. It is in her best subject, and she finds the material easy. Jackie will probably experience:

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social facilitation

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Harry's friend Logan studies a lot, so Harry assumes that Logan is smart. Harry's belief is based on:

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implicit personality theory??

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The presence of others heavily influences helping behavior when a situation is:

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ambiguous

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In one study, college students like 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, based on many years of shared responsibilities and experiences, is what binds many marriages together.

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companionate

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Studies have found that the ____ is particularly active when people have made a decision that reduces dissonance and then acted on that decision

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left frontal cortex

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In the Latane and Darley smoke-filled room study, participants were most likely to report the smoke when:

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they were the only ones in the room

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The \"jigsaw classroom\":

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is a technique that gives each individual only part of the information needed to solve a problem, so they must work with others to find the solution

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In order to teach her second grade students about _____, teacher Jane Elliot created in-groups and out-groups based on the superficial characteristic of eye color

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discrimination

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As we interact with others on a daily basis, our behavior, feelings and thoughts are often guided by:

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social influence

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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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The fundamental attribution error is less likely:

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in collectivist cultures

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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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The door-in-the-face technique involves:

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asking for a large commitment and then, after being refused, asking for a smaller commitment

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In his experiment on conformity, Asch found that:

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conformity increased with each new confederate, up to four confederates

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In Sternberg's theory, _____ encompasses the physical aspects of love.

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passion

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Once someone has taken responsibility to help, the next step in the decision-making process is:

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planning a corse of action

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A police officer comes to Jane's office to discuss personal safety with the employees there. Despite the seriousness of his message, the police officer jokes and laughs with the employees. Jane nevertheless takes what she learned seriously and begins to pay more attention to her safety. Jane used _____ when receiving the officer's message

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central-route processing??

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When parents tell their children that smoking cigarettes is dangerous and unhealthy, and the children develop negative attitudes toward smoking, this is an example of:

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direct instruction

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