Psychology Ch. 10 (Pre) Mastering – Flashcards
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The fact that Kitty Genovese did not receive help was most likely due to
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the presence of multiple witnesses
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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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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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Attitudes
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are learned through experience and contact 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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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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education and equal status contact.
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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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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, it is an example of the
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foot-in-the-door technique
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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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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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Karen intentionally tries to hurt Lisa by spreading rumors about her. Karen is engaging in
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agression
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Jim jumped into the ocean to save a drowning man, risking his own life in the process. This is an example of
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altruism
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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 change.
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obedience
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In the Milgram study and several similar studies, Between _____ percent of the participants went all the way up to 450-volt shock level.
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61 and 66
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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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_____ 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 formation of in-groups and out-groups
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beings 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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According to Sternberg, love consist of intimacy, passion, and
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commitment
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Sternbeg's Triangular Theory of Love says that companionate love consist of
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intimacy and commitment
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_____ occurs when a person fails to take responsibility for actions of for 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 "learner" in Milgram's study
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was an actor following a carefully arranged script
