Psychology Test Test Answers – Flashcards
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Minimal levels of father care are associated levels of...
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Aggression
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Unconsciously mimicking those around us is known as...
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The chameleon effect
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To a social psychologist, a perceived incompatibility of goals in indicative of...
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Conflict
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After watching a large number of sexually violent movies, Ollie will probably be...
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Less likely to believe that women are seriously harmed by rape
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In one experiment, White respondents typically took longer to identify words such as peace and paradise as "good" when the words were associated with Black sounding names rather than White sounding names. This best illustrates...
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Implicit prejudice
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Studies of implicit prejudice indicate that prejudice is often...
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Unconscious
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The mere exposure effect refers to the fact that people...
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Experience increasing attraction to novel stimuli that become more familiar
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Prejudice is most likely to develop as a way of justifying...
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Social inequalities
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The presence of others does not always lead to social facilitation because...
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Arousal inhibits the correct performance of difficult tasks
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If a cluster of people stand gazing upward, passerby will often pause to do likewise. This best illustrates...
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The chameleon effect
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Most children believe their school is better than the other schools in town. This best illustrates...
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In group bias
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Which of the following is most clearly supported by research on social attraction?
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Birds of a feather flock together
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According to the scapegoat theory, prejudice is likely to result from...
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Frustration
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An expectation that people will help those who depend on them is known as the...
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Social responsibility norm
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Comparisons of identical and fraternal twins highlight the impact of _________ on aggression
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Genetic influences
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To help people avoid social traps, psychologists should promote an increased awareness of...
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The social responsibility norm
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The Milgram obedience experiments were controversial because the...
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"Teachers" were deceived and frequently subjected to stress
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Behaving with unselfish concern for the welfare of others is called...
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Altruism
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Women are attracted to healthy looking men, but especially to those who seem to be...
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Mature
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Social loafing refers to the tendency for people to...
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Exert less effort when they are pooling their efforts toward a common goal
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The longer Chinese people have resided in a Western country, the less likely they exhibit...
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Social loafing
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The ill fated decision of President John F. Kennedy and his advisors to invade Cuba best illustrates the dangers of...
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Groupthink
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Ksana insists that her boyfriend's car accident resulted from his carelessness. Her explanation for the accident provides an example of...
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A dispositional attribution
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The fundamental attribution error refers to our tendency to underestimate the impact of __________ and to overestimate the impact of _________ in explaining the behavior of others
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Situational influences; personal dispositions
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Deindividuation refers to...
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A loss of self awareness and self restraint in group situations that fosters arousal and anonymity
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Aggressive behavior is most likely to be __________ by injections of testosterone and _____________ by consumption of food
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Increased; increased
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According to social exchange theory, altruistic behavior is guided by...
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Calculations of costs and benefits
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Only when experimental participants were informed that a woman was raped did they perceive the woman's behavior was inviting rape. This best illustrates that victim blaming is fueled by...
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Hindsight bias
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After 3 months of riding the 8:30 bus to work, Cindy has actually started to feel affection for the gruff and scowling old bus driver. Cindy's reaction best illustrates...
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The mere exposure effect
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Individuals who believe that the death penalty should be abolished meet to discuss the issue. Research on group interaction suggests that after discussion the individuals will be...
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Even more convinced that the death penalty should be abolished
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In one experiment, White Americans read a newspaper article about a foreign terrorist threat against all Americans. They subsequently expressed...
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Reduced prejudice against Black Americans
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The tendency to categorize people on the basis of their gender is most likely to lead Jack to believe that...
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Women all have pretty much the same attitudes about sex
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In Major League baseball games, the probability of batters being hit by a pitched ball increases with...
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Higher air temperatures
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Aggression replacement programs are most likely to advise parents to avoid...
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Modeling violence
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Prejudice is an _____________; discrimination is a _________
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Attitude; behavior
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The fundamental attribution error is likely to lead observers to attribute a stranger's...
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Act of kindness to a compassionate personality
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According to the text, aggression always involves...
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The intent to hurt
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Which of the following would be most consistent with a GRIT strategy?
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Announcing that defense expenditures will be cut by 5 percent and inviting the enemy to do likewise
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We are NOT likely to make the fundamental attribution error if we observe someone...
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In a variety of situations
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At a conscious level, Aaron doesn't think he's prejudiced. Yet he automatically feels uncomfortable in situations where he has to interact with people of different races from his own. Aaron's experience best illustrates the distinction between...
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Explicit and implicit attitudes
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A wide economic gulf between a country's rich and poor is especially likely to be associated with...
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High crime rates
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GRIT attempts to reduce conflict through...
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Conciliation
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Cassandra, who is attractive and likable, has just telephones Mike and asked him for a date. According to the 2 factor theory of emotion, Mike is likely to experience the most intense romantic feelings for Cassandra during their phone conversation if he has just...
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Completed a series of aerobic exercises
