Psych Chapter 14 Quiz

Your friend yells at you for being five minutes late for lunch. Rather than believe your friend is a rude jerk, you decide that she may be having difficulties with her partner. Thus, her behavior is the result of:

a situational attribution

In the Milgram experiments, the level of obedience was highest when the "teacher" was __________ the experimenter and __________ the "learner."

close to; far from

When we adjust our own behavior or thinking so that it coincides with a group standard, we are exhibiting:

conformity

Using Asch's procedure, conformity to group judgments would be LEAST likely when:

participants are not observed by other group members when giving their answers.

People often commit the fundamental attribution error, especially when they explain:

the behavior of strangers who have been observed in only one type of situation

The fundamental attribution error best illustrates that we may often underestimate the importance of:

social control

The most widely used test to measure implicit attitudes and preferences is the _____, developed by psychologist Anthony Greenwald and his colleagues.

Implicit Association Test

Discrimination is a negative ___________, whereas prejudice is a negative ___________.

behavior; attitude

The tragic decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger resulted in part from the minimal expression of dissenting views among NASA personnel and advisors. This best illustrates the dangers of:

groupthink

After the events of 9/11, some Americans began boycotting Arab-American stores and lashing out at any person they perceived as Middle Eastern. This behavior is best explained in terms of:

the scapegoat theory