ch 9 test

Four equally attractive women silently attended a 200-student class for zero, 5, 10, 15 class sessions. When shown slides of each woman, students in the class rated the women who had attended _______ class session as the most attractive.

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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

a dispositional attribution.

Prejudice is best defined as

an unjustifiable attitude toward a group and its members

An eagerness to believe that victims of a natural disaster are being punished by God for their sins is best explained in terms of

b. the just-world phenomenon.

Attribution theory suggests that we tend to attribute others' behavior either to their

dispositions or their situations.

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 races different from his own. Aaron's experience best illustrates the distinction between

explicit and implicit attitudes.

Six-year-old Ezra believes that boys are better than girls, while 5-year-old Arlette believes that girls are better than boys. Their beliefs most clearly illustrate

ingroup bias

Compared with central route persuasion peripheral route persuasion tends to

occur more rapidly.

Which branch of psychology is most directly concerned with the study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another?

social psychology

If poverty causes high rates of crime, the hight crime rates can be used to justify discrimination against those who live in poverty This vest illustrates

the blame-the-victim dynamic.