chp 11 launch pad activities

Conformity is to obedience as _____ is to _____.

Asch, Milgram

Rhonda has just learned that her neighbor Patricia was involved in an automobile accident at a nearby intersection. The tendency to make the fundamental attribution error may lead Rhonda to conclude that:

Patricia's recklessness has finally gotten her into trouble.

The gradually escalating levels of destructive obedience in the Milgram experiments BEST illustrate one of the potential dangers of:

foot in door

To "brainwash" captured American soldiers during the Korean War, the enemy made effective use of the:

foot-in-the-door phenomenon

When the temperatures go up in the summer, the rates of violent crimes increase. This is BEST explained in terms of the _____ principle

frustration-aggression

The tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal dispositions on another's behavior is called the _____ error.

fundamental attribution

Professor Gamer emphasized that aggressive behavior often involves the interactive influence of personal frustration, exposure to aggressive models, and heightened levels of arousal. The professor's emphasis BEST illustrates:

a biopsychosocial approach.

Social thinking is to _____ as social influence is to _____.

attitude, obedience

Social thinking is to social influence as _____ is to _____.

attribution, conformity

People develop _____ when they generate an explanation for their own or others' behavior.

attributions

Festinger is to Zimbardo as _____ is to role playing.

cognitive dissonance

A group of racially prejudiced high school students discussed racial issues. During the conversation, their attitudes became even more prejudiced. This BEST illustrates:

group polarization

People often accept other people's opinions about reality because they wish to be accurate. This is called _____ social influence.

informational

Which factor is a social-cultural influence on the expression of aggressive behavior?

minimal father involvement in the lives of children

Researchers find that conformity to the group does NOT increase when:

one is made to feel secure.

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

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

An aroused state of intense positive absorption in another is to _____ love as deep affectionate attachment is to companionate love.

passionate

_____ is an unjustifiable, usually negative, attitude toward a group and its members.

prejudice

A _____ is a set of behavioral expectations associated with a social position.

role

A gradual escalation of intimacy is MOST positively related to a gradual escalation of:

self disclosure

Parents who discipline their children with beatings are often teaching aggression through the process of:

modeling

Line length is to _____ as shock is to _____.

conformity, obedience

Internet communication that enables like-minded health care advocates to share their ideas also serves to strengthen their prevailing health care attitudes. This BEST illustrates:

group polarization

Louis is an expert on psychometrics and assessment; however, three of the clinicians disagree on his choice of scales. Louis decides to change his opinion for the good of the group. This BEST illustrates:

groupthink

is/are mutual views often held by conflicting people, as when each side sees itself as ethical and peaceful and views the other side as evil and aggressive.

mirror image perception