Social Psych Exam 3

Of the following famous sayings, the one that MOST accurately describes the similarity-attraction relationship is

Birds of a feather flock together

One day you are out biking on a relatively deserted trail. You see a fellow cyclist on the side of the trail with the bike's wheels in the air. When will you be most likely to help?

When you know a great deal about bikes and work at a bicycle repair shop

Bruce has a relatively high need for affiliation. As such, he would likely

Avoid making negative comments to fellow co-workers.

University alumni associations, as a group, have ________ for many of its members

considerable entativity

Since George, a college student, prefers privacy, he should choose to sit

In the back of the room away from others

Karen and James are taking the same social psychology class. Karen happened to be standing next to James in the college post office when he received a letter from home that contained an unexpected $50.00. A short time later, James was asked to evaluate Karen as part of a class project. His evaluation of Karen is higher than it otherwise might have been because of the

Associated effects of emotion

At school, Carl falls down the stairs and badly sprains his ankle. When will Carl most likely receive help?

Before school starts when only one other student is in the hallway.

Which of the following explains why a positive mood can decrease the probability of responding in prosocial ways?

Being in a good mood can lead us to interpret emergency situations as not really serious.

Angela and Becky are good friends. Carol greatly dislikes Angela but is not acquainted with Becky. Given this information, if Carol sees Angela and Becky interacting, Carol is MOST likely to react to Becky

By having a poor reaction to her

Different cultures have varying expectations regarding the parent-child relationship. In the United States,

Care for their children into adulthood

David sees a homeless person and thinks that "this guy has no one to blame but himself." Thus, David appears to believe that this homeless man's misfortunes are

Controllable

SooHee wants to open her own bakery. She will need at least $50,000 dollars for equipment and a year's worth of rent for a retail space on Main Street in her town. Instead of getting a loan through her bank, SooHee creates a website that asks people she knows, along with strangers, to contribute to her dream of opening a bakery. Each $5 donation can be redeemed for a muffin once the bakery opens. What process is SooHee taking advantage of?

Crowdfunding

Suppose Jamie lives in an apartment building. She has the BEST chance to become acquainted with the person who lives

Directly across from her

Marisa has relationships with men in which she feels worthy, but she inevitably has low expectations of the relationship, leading her to fear genuine closeness. Marisa has a ________ attachment style.

Dismissing

While walking down Madison Avenue, Thomas smelled smoke. Soon, Thomas saw flames leaping out of a third story apartment window. In a flash, Thomas saw another man run into the burning building and emerge, only a minute later, with a young girl in his arms. Witnessing this made Thomas feel hopeful about humans and our ability to help each other. Thomas felt

Elation

Who mostly benefits from crowdfunding?

Entrepreneurs and communities

Suppose that during a conversation with one of your best friends, you discover that she dislikes social psychology and your professor. You, on the other hand, like both of these things very much. Under these conditions, your relationship with your friend can be described as

Imbalanced

Family members other than a child's mother ________ in that child's social development.

Influence a child in a variety of ways.

According to balance theory, balance is achieved when two people

Like each other and are similar in some way.

Research shows that sexual attraction is a ________ but not ________ condition for being in love.

Necessary;sufficient

Allen is running late for his social psychology class. He is hurrying across campus and is thinking about the instructor's reaction to his tardiness on an exam day. He passed by a small group of students clustered around someone who is lying on the ground, clutching his chest and gasping for breath. Allen did not stop to help because he simply was not aware of what was happening at the time. This failure to engage in prosocial behavior was probably due to Allen's

Not paying attention to the situation

Jason is the owner of a furniture store in a small Southern town. He donated several hundred mattresses to the Red Cross immediately after hearing about the devastation caused in a neighboring state by a hurricane. He was motivated to do so by his desire to help others, by thoughts of the income tax deduction he could take, and by the recognition his store would receive from his act of charity. This is an example of

Prosocial behavior

The proportion of similarity is predictive of the degree of attraction between two people

Regardless of the importance of the of the topics they discuss.

Brenley and Mario have a short relationship over the summer. They feel very close emotionally and they have an intense physical attraction to each other. However, they decide not to commit to each other, and at the end of the summer, they end the relationship. What type of love did they experience?

Romantic love

Danya is in a really bad mood after receiving a low score on an exam. She mopes, complains, and is curt with her friends. Later in the day, Danya goes to volunteer at a local homeless shelter. Why would she do this?

She knows that helping others will make her feel better.

A professor, two students, and the president of the student government are all on an elevator. When one of the students passes out, who is most likely to be seen as having the responsibility to help?

The professor

Which of the following is true about individuals with a dismissing attachment style?

There self esteem rises when they are accepted by others.

John is learning to play the guitar. He is in the process of mastering several new songs. From the perspective of Zajonc's drive theory of social facilitation, John should practice

alone until mastery is achieved, and then perform in the presence of others.

Frank is a young musician who sometimes earns extra money by playing guitar on a downtown street corner during lunch hour. He sometimes puts a dollar and a few coins in his open guitar case before he starts playing. Frank does this because he

believes the presence of the money will act as a model for prosocial behavior for his audience.

Lisa admired the dress that Shelly was wearing and told Shelly that she looked absolutely stunning in that dress. Shelly felt very positive feelings toward Lisa after that compliment and tended to like her in other circumstances. Lisa had a(n) ________ effect on the attraction Shelly felt for her.

direct

Paul, Sarah, Deborah, and George are working on a research paper for their social psychology class. They can reduce social loafing by

ensuring that each member of the group contributes something that is different from the contribution of each other team member.

Paul, Sarah, Deborah, and George are working on a research paper for their social psychology class. They can reduce social loafing by

having each team member initial the parts of the paper she or he completed.

Emily, who is always slightly depressed, helps a little boy find his mom at the mall. Emily is surprised to find her mood has improved. This is likely because

helping a person often relieves a negative mood.

Omri, in his professional association, serves informally as a kind of "father confessor," listening attentively to members of that group. This best reflects ________ in(of) the group.

his role

Paul, Sarah, Deborah, and George are working on a research paper for their social psychology class. They can reduce social loafing by

holding periodic pep rallies for themselves in which each group member becomes increasingly committed to the project and its outcome.

John has violated a norm in his ________ group, while Li Qing has violated one in her ________ group. We would more likely expect ________ for John, and ________ for Li Qing.

individualist; collectivist; approval; disapproval

Ahmed belongs to his university's Student Senate, a group that is high in entitativity. It is likely that Ahmed feels that the Student Senate

is of great consequence to him.

The empathy-altruism hypothesis suggests that at least some prosocial behavior is

motivated solely by the desire to help someone in need, even if unpleasant or dangerous situations are involved.

Wayne and Cheryl were at a restaurant eating dinner when he noticed a faint smell of smoke coming from the air conditioning vent. No one else in the busy restaurant seemed to be concerned about the odor, and Wayne was not sure if it was the result of an electrical problem or of food scorching in the kitchen. Wayne's uncertainty, combined with the observation that others were not taking action, means that Wayne will probably

not take any action in the situation.

Suppose Roger, a religious fundamentalist, is told that three individuals—a gay man, an unwed mother, and a college student—are in need of aid due to employment problems. Roger would be MOST likely to believe that aid should go to

the college student.

William joined a small fraternity at his college. The initiation he faced was quite severe and somewhat dangerous. Now, he's a senior member of the fraternity and the college is investigating the fraternity for possible violations of the college's hazing policy. As a result, William finds that

the fraternity's cohesiveness has substantially increased.

Steven sees an emergency and then his empathy is aroused; he then provides help simply because the victim needed help and it felt good to provide help. This example illustrates the

Empathy-altruism hypothesis

Tomas is beginning his first year of college. As one of his goals is to meet people and make new friends in his classes, Tomas would be well-advised to

Sit between other students when possible

Jessica considers herself to be a private individual. Although she is taking college courses and working toward her degree, she doesn't enjoy interacting with her fellow students very much. In order to minimize interactions in the classroom, Jessica should

sit in the back of the room either in a corner or at the end of a row whenever possible.

Jason, Paul, and Mark are working on a group project for their social psychology class. Jason believes that Paul is not doing as much work on the project as he and Mark are doing. If Jason is accurate in his perception, Paul is engaging in

social loafing.

The matching hypothesis would say

Charles is seeking a partner that is about as attractive as he is

Ron and Elaine are walking down the street when they see someone helping an old man across the road. On the next block, they see a woman having difficulty in trying to get across the street. Elaine says, "We'd better give her a hand." The woman who initially helped the old man

Acted as a prosocial model

Walter has just watched the news of Hurricane Irene, including an interview with a man who is standing in knee-deep water in his basement. Walter decides to go to the store and on his way sees a stranded motorist. The empathy-altruism model predicts that Walter will

Stop and try to help because he knows how it feels to be stranded as well.

Your friend Gretchen is notoriously rude to her partner. She never says anything nice or complimentary and frequently embarrasses her partner in front of others. Gretchen calls and leaves a very distressed message for you letting you know that her partner has dumped her and she really needs someone to talk to about it. Will you call Gretchen back?

You feel Gretchen is responsible.

Since newborns are predisposed to look toward faces in preference to other stimuli, this offers evidence that there is

a neurobiological basis for the need to affiliate.