Module 11 Psych
Several factors that contribute to attraction are noted in the text, including which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
Similarity Acquaintance Proximity
______ ________ is the area of social psychology that explores how people select, interpret, remember, and use social information.
Social Cognition
The hormone related to aggression is which of the following?
Testosterone
The expectation of reciprocity _____.
can encourage altruism
A(n) _____ is purposely placed in a study by the experimenter in order to manipulate the situation the participants must engage in.
confederate
In Asch's famous research study, participants agreed with people making an incorrect choice in a line length judgment task. This study is a classic study of _____.
conformity
The genetic basis for aggression states that _____ are important in understanding the biological basis of aggression.
genes
The role of _____ in aggression is most easily seen in nonhuman animals and the process of selective breeding.
genes
The influence other people have on us because we want to be correct is referred to as _____.
informational social influence
When considering the factors of attraction identified in the text, there is physical closeness, otherwise known as
proximity
When considering the factors of attraction identified in the text, there is
proximity, acquaintance, similarity
A confederate is _____.
purposely placed in a study by the experimenter in order to manipulate the situation the participants must engage in
_____ aggression involves harming the social standing of another person through activities such as gossiping and spreading rumors.
relational
_____ love is also called passionate love and has strong components of sexuality and infatuation.
romantic
Lower levels of the neurotransmitter ____ have been linked to aggressive behavior.
serotonin
High levels of the neurotransmitter _________ are associated with prosocial behavior.
serotonin or oxytocin
_____ identity is a way individuals define themselves in terms of their group membership.
social
_______ _________ is the process in which individuals evaluate their thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and abilities in relation to other people.
social comparison
The ____ learning approach to aggression emphasizes that social and environmental conditions can teach individuals to be aggressive.
social or observational
Aggression is social behavior _____.
whose objective is to harm someone physically or verbally.
_____ involves trying to change someone's attitudes and/or behavior.
Persuasion
_____ is an unjustified negative attitude toward an individual based on his or her group membership.
Prejudice
_____ is a key aspect of altruistic behavior.
Reciprocity
What would a social psychologist be most likely to study?
Personal attitudes and the perception of others
In Milgram's classic obedience study, what percentage of participants eventually used the highest setting on the shock generator -- 450 volts -- to shock the learner?
65%
The limbic system and the frontal lobes are the brain structures related to which of the following?
Aggression
Which of the following summarizes the evolutionary psychology explanation of altruistic behavior?
Altruism is more likely to occur among family members, so helping a relative also means promoting the survival of the family's genes.
Prejudice is which of the following?
An unjustified negative attitude or a positive attitude toward an individual based on his or her group membership
__________ are evaluations of people behaviors, beliefs, and concepts.
Attitudes
_____ is a change in behavior or attitudes brought about by a desire to follow the beliefs or standards of other people.
Conformity
Which of the following neurotransmitters and/or neurohormones are associated with prosocial behavior? (Select all that apply.)
Dopamine Serotonin Oxytocin
_____ involves giving to another person to ensure reciprocity, to gain self-esteem, or to present oneself as powerful or caring,
Egoism
Which of the following best describes social exchange theory?
Equity in a relationship
Which of the following faces did participants rate as most attractive?
Faces that were an "average" (composite) of several other faces
Altruism is which of the following?
Giving aid to another person, even if it incurs a cost to oneself
_____ is a type of thinking in which group members share such a strong motivation to achieve consensus that they lose the ability to critically evaluate alternate points of view.
Groupthink
In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that school segregation, in which Whites and Blacks attended separate schools, was unconstitutional. This illustrates which strategy to diminish the effects of prejudice and discrimination?
Increasing contact between majority and minority groups
______ is a change in behavior in response to the commands of others.
Obedience
Which approach to aggression emphasizes the environmental conditions that teach individuals to be aggressive?
Observational learning
What type of love is a state of intense absorption in someone that includes intense physiological arousal?
Passionate
True or false: Kitty Genovese's murder inspired research on peoples' likelihood of helping a person in distress.
True
True or false: Many experts insist that TV violence can prompt aggressive or antisocial behavior in children.
True
Person perception is which of the following?
The processes by which we use social stimuli to form impressions of others
What is the definition of social psychology?
The study of how people think about, influence, and relate to other people
Attribution theory is which of the following?
The view that people are motivated to discover the underlying causes of behavior, theirs as well as others
What is a key emotion involved in altruism and happens when we feel a oneness with the emotional state of another?
empathy
The __________ perspective of reciprocity is to secure the survival of the family's genes, even if the helped individual isn't actually family.
evolutionary
Aggression, like other social behaviors, has _____ determinant(s).
multiple
Miko has just transferred to a new high school and starts to dress and act like the popular students there because she wants them to like her. This is an example of _______ social influence.
normative
Milgram's classic study involving teachers, learners, and electric shock was designed to examine the power of _____.
obedience
Hitting, punching, and kicking are examples of _____ aggression
overt
The murder of Kitty Genovese inspired researchers to examine whether _____.
people are less likely to help if other people are present
