psych ch 13
____ is social behavior that has a goal of harming someone.
aggression
if you ask a person to agree to a small request and later ask the person to comply with a more important one, you have used which compliance technique?
foot-in-the-door technique
the fundamental attribution error is this tendency for observers to overestimate the importance of ___ and underestimate the importance of ___ when they seek to explain the behavior of others.
internal traits; external situations
a model of relationships that emphasizes the ways commitment, investment, and the availability of attractive alternative partners predict satisfaction in a relationship, is describing which of the following?
investment model
self-objectification is the tendency to view oneself as an ___ is the eyes of others.
object
the tendency to take credit for our successes and to deny responsibility for our failures is
self-serving bias
the fundamental attribution error is the tendency to explain the behavior of others in terms of their personalities rather than aspects of the ___
situation
jon got a b in his psychology exam. he isn't sure if this is good, so he asks Kate how well she did. Jon is using ___ to evaluate his performance
social comparison
which of the following best describe social exchange theory?
the equity in a relationship
T or F: many experts insist that TV violence can prompt aggression or antisocial behavior in children.
true
___ is a feeling of oneness with the emotional state of another person.
empathy
the peripheral route of the elaboration likelihood model involves non-message factors such as
1. attractiveness of source 2. credibility of source 3. emotional appeals
Shelley Taylor and her colleagues demonstrated that having positive illusions about the self is often related to which of the following?
1. being liked by others 2. heightened well-being
identify the five types of social identity
1.ethnicity and religion 2.vocations and avocation 3. personal relationships 4. political affiliation 5. stigmatized groups
___ is an unselfish interest in helping someone else.
altruism
cognitive dissonance is
an individual's psychological discomfort caused by two inconsistent thoughts.
social thinking involves not only perceptions and attributions but also ___ which are opinions and beliefs, about people, objects, and ideas, or simply put, how we feel about things.
attitudes
___ theory seeks to explain how we decide, on the basis of samples of an individual's behavior, what are the specific causes of that person's behavior.
attribution
what is the tendency for individuals to not help someone in need if other people are around?
bystander effect
the two main types of love are
companionate and passionate
a negative or harmful action towards a member of a group simply because they are a member of that group is called ___
discrimination
which compliance technique involves someone making a larger request, expecting it to be refused, and following it with a smaller request?
door-in-the-face technique
___ is an unjustified negative attitude toward an individual based on the individual's membership in a group.
prejudice