Chapter 12 wha

Rhonda and Jerome share each others thoughts and feelings and are prepared to support each other, but they do not feel any real passion towards each other. They have a relationship based on ____________ love.

Companionate

Suppose you are walking down the street. A women has fallen down, but because there are so many people around it does not occur to you that you should help. You just assume someone else is about to help her and keep walking. This is an example of ___________.

Diffusion of Responsibility

The field of social psychology studies topics at the intrapersonal level. These topics include _________.

Emotions and attitude, the self, and social cognition

The _________ hypothesis is the ideology common in the United States that people get the outcome they deserve.

Just-world

Suppose you hate reality shows, but you pretend to like them in order to fit in, feel good, and be accepted by your friends, who all love reality television. This is an example of ________ social influence.

Normative

What is the main point of the quizmaster study?

People will overlook obvious situational influences on behavior

The behavior of soldiers who abused prisoners at the Abu Ghraib facility during the Iraq war was predicted by the Stanford Prison Experiment that was overseen by social psychologist ____________.

Phillip Zimbardo

A negative attitude and feeling toward an individual that is based solely on that person's membership in a specific group is called __________.

Prejudice

Which of the following would effectively prevent group thinking.

Seeking outside opinions on group decisions

According to the frustration aggression theory, which of the following is likely to occur when Simon gets frustrated with his toilet training?

Simon bites his mother

What was the main conclusion drawn from the Stanford Prison Experiment?

Social roles are powerful determinants of human behavior

What is a main feature of the jigsaw classroom?

Students work together with others who are of different racial backgrounds or different ability sets

Which of the following is the best example of central route persuasion?

Ant-Smoking advertisements that use charts and graphs to show how many people die from smoking related causes each year

Why are girls more likely than boys to be victims of cyberbullying?

Because it is less direct and nonphysical form of bullying

Fantasia believes that people with blue eyes are somehow more creative than other people. Whenever Fantasia encounters a person that has blue eyes and is creative, she places greater importance on this evidence supporting her already existing belief. At the same time, Fantasia ignores any evidence that people without blue eyes might display exceptional creativity. This is called a ________.

Confirmation Bias

Ashley and Mikhail share their intimate thoughts and emotions, are physically attracted to each other and have an active and satisfying sex life, and are each deeply committed to supporting each other. They share ______________ love.

Consummate

Jasmin belongs to the chess club on her campus. She prefers to associate with other members of the chess club while avoiding people that do not belong to this group. Jasmin has a(n) ________ bias.

In-group

What is the main point in Milgram's obedience study?

Individuals will obey authority to the point of potentially causing serious harm to another person

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding social exchange theory?

People are dissatisfied if their social exchanges create more costs then benefits unless the relationship is an example of consummate love.

Erikah has just arrived at the funeral of her friends father. Even though Erikah is usually very outspoken and jovial, she keeps her voice down, expresses her sympathy to the family members, and sits quietly and respectfully during the religious service. Erikah is following the __________ of how to behave in this particular situation.

Script

During which kind of situation might a person be most likely to yield the effects of informational social influence?

When the correct choice is unclear

During the international coronavirus pandemic, many people began acting aggressively toward individuals of Chinese descent, blaming them for the virus even though most of those people had lived in the United States for their entire lives. Those Chinese-Americans were the victim of a process called ________.

Scapegoating

Kara gets an F on her social psychology exam. Then she goes home and gets into an argument with her roommate, Lee. Lee assumes Kara is yelling at him because she is just a nasty person, and does not consider that she may just have had a bad day and is venting. Lee is demonstrating ___________.

The fundamental attribution error

___________ is the strengthening of an original group attitude after the discussion of views within a group.

Group Polarization

Heather and Mike share the household chores as equally as possible. They take turns with the cooking and driving their son to daycare. Both of them work outside the home, and each of them takes responsibility for child care one night a week to give the other one a break. We can say that their relationship has a high level of ________.

Reciprocity