PS301 Unit 5 Quiz Social Psychology

Popular wisdom is often contradictory, as with the following two sayings: 1) "opposites attract" and 2) "birds of a feather flock together." Research on the relationship between similarity and liking suggests that

#2 is more accurate; people tend to be more attracted to those who are similar to themselves.

Electronic brainstorming may be more effective than face-to-face group brainstorming because it

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the idea that physical attractiveness is inherently subjective is supported by research demonstrating that

liking someone increases that persons perceived physical attractiveness

Aimee attends a large lecture section of Introductory Psychology every Tuesday and Thursday throughout her first semester at college. According to the mere exposure effect, Aimee should

more positively evaluate the face of the guy who sat in front of her in class all semester than the face of a stranger

according to your textbook, the single best predictor of whether two people will get together is

physical proximity

five students— Jalen, Chris, Juwan, Jimmy and Ray— move into a house together and discover they share the odd habit of drinking milk with ice in it every night before bed. they own several ice trays and make a pact to always refill the trays when they are emptied so that the supply of ice will never run out. but the five often do not have the time or energy to refill the trays, and after a few weeks, it becomes quite common for them to meet in the kitchen and discover that they have no ice. this would best be characterized as what type of dilemma?

resource dilemma

Conchita has good relationships with her boyfriend and with her parents. She is also able to form caring and supportive friendships. Conchita probably has a(n)

secure attachment style

the tendency for the presence of other people to increase performance on east tasks and impair performance on difficult tasks is known as

social facilitation

A shared system for remembering information that allows groups to demonstrate more efficient memory than individuals is known as

trans active memory

Kelly always remembers the information about family events birthdays, finances, and so forth. Her spouse Kirk always remembers the information about world history, politics, news events, and so forth. Together, they are able to remember much more than they would alone because they have developed a(n) ____ system

trans active memory