PSY 240 Exam 4
Social categorization is advantageous because it ________.
Frees up cognitive resources
Who is a risk for stigmatized targets?
Increase risk for long-term physical and mental health problems
What is the two stage model of attraction?
People first avoid dissimilar people and then seek out similar people
research on the impact of race on the decisions of undergraduates playing the role of a police officer to shoot or not to shoot shows that ________.
Racial bias affects decisions on later trials more than early trials
Commons dilemma is based on what two things?
Self interest and time
What is the dominant response?
The response that is most common for a given person in a given situation.
It is quite possible that the deeply rooted human impulse to form social groups was partly stimulated by competition among different groups.
True
transactive memory
a process by which members of a small group remember different kinds of information
Research on deindividuation and mob violence indicates levels of ______ predict aggression.
accountability
Relationships infidelities are viewed as _____.
consequence of the problems in relationships
Loneliness indicates that lonely people are _____ attractive and intelligent as compared to not lonely people
equally
People who experience social rejection tend to eat more unhealthy foods because social rejection triggers ______.
general breakdown in self regulation
When in conflict, women try to get their husbands to talk whereas men retreat?
illustrates demand withdrawal interaction pattern
Jigsaw method found?
improvement in minority group and maintenance of test scores for the majority
Nearly all research supports the view that men have stronger sex drive than women. Which is not true?
men separate love and sex more than women
Jane and Jean work together. Jane thinks Jean is not doing her share of the work. For this, Jane gives Jean more negative evaluation than is deserved. What is this an example of.
modern racism
Is self esteem related to longevity of relationship?
more or less unrelated
According to Sternbergs triangular theory of love as a framework, companionate love might be best described as consisting of?
passion, intimacy, and commitment
Keith and David are most likely to have a communal relationship if they are ______ and most likely to have an exchange relationship if they are ________.
romantic partners; strangers
Anxiety dimension of attachment is best described as referring to attitudes towards the _____.
self
Leaders that focus on planning, motivating, coordinating inputs, and providing feedback are _____.
task-oriented.
out group homogeneity effect
the assumption that out group member are more similar to one another than in group members are to one another
need to belong
the desire to form and maintain close, lasting relationship with other individuals
equity theory
the idea that each persons receives benefits in proportion to what he or she contributes
matching hypothesis
the proposition that people tend to pair up with others who are equally attractive
A group of people can be more prone to groupthink if _____.
there is a strong, directive leader.
What are the cost and benefits of attractiveness?
while attractiveness often brings social advantage to attractive individuals, it can cause them to doubt the sincerity of others praise of their work.