Social Psych Exam 2

After her favorite professional football team wins the Super Bowl, Casey proudly wears the teams jersey for an entire week. Casey is engaging in?

Basking in Reflected Glory

The tendency to think that most victims of hurricane katrina were irresponsible and naive for not evacuating their homes before the storm hit is most likely to result from which of the following tendencies?

Belief in a just world (wont happen to me)

You are asked what percentage of psychology majors at your school are female. If you answer this question by thinking of how many female psychology majors come to mind quickly, you are relying on the

availability heuristic

the finding that moderately positive traits can dilute the impact of extremely positive traits on impressions is most consistent with the

average model of impression formation

Correspondent inference theory focuses on whether or not a perceiver can make a(n)___________ attribution for a particular behavior, whereas Kelley's theory of causal attribution also considers the possibility of a(n) _____________ attribution.

dispositional; Situational

Probably the best means of reducing prejudice and discrimination is via

education

The belief that 'theyre all the same' best epitomizes which of the following concepts?

outgroup homogeneity effect

Liston Believes that psychology professors are absentminded. Given the research on illusory correlations, he is likely to

overestimate how often his psychology professor forgets to bring materials to class

Positive or negative feelings directed at others strictly because of their membership in a particular school category is called..

prejudice

The ABCs of social psychology are affect, behavior, and cognition. Put the three major concepts of chapter 5 in this ABC order by considering whether they correspond to affect, behavior, or cognition.

prejudice, discrimination, stereotyping

In explaining the behavior of members of a group that they are prejudiced against, people tend to make

situational attributions for positive behaviors, but personal attributions for negative behaviors.

Carlos is nervous about giving a class presentation because he doesnt think he can communicate very well with everyone watching him. If carlos attempts to deal with his anxiety by self handicapping. he will most likely..

stay out all night partying the night before his presentation.

The Jets and the Sharks are two groups of local youth who regularly- and belligerently- compete against each other. THe Robbers Cave experiment would suggest that one way of healing the rift between these groups is to

have them work together on a goal that requires cooperative efforts

People enhance their self esteem in all of the following ways except.

heightening self awareness

Modern Racism can be distinguished from what has been termed "old-fashioned" racism in that modern racism is

less obvious than old fashioned racism

Dr. Mack reacts slower and less aggressively when treating chest pains in Sam, who is 76, than when treating the same symptoms in Ray, who is 54. He is demonstrating..

Ageism

The "ABCs of the self" refer to affect, behavior, and cognition. Which of these three concepts is most relevant to the idea of self-esteem?

Affect

All of the following are considered "primary" emotions except.

Anxiety

Michigan and Ohio State are rival universities. Students at the two schools only interact when the athletic teams they play for compete against each other. Sheriff Robbers Cave experiment suggests that the students will

Develop negative views of another and behave in a hostile manner

Lebron is eating at a restaurant on a first date when his date spills spaghetti all over her lap. Which of the following conclusions would lebron most likely to draw if he commits the fundamental attribution error?

His date is a slob

Professor Gross uses esoteric terms, makes fun of students' questions and comments, and refuses to explain complicated material. Professor Gross is using the ____________ tactic of self presentation.

Intimidation

THe "self" is important in social psychology because

It is formed through social interaction and, in turn, affects our interactions with others.

Kira hates her calculus class, as a social psychologist, which of these tactics would you recommend to kira to help her improve her mood during class?

Kira should force herself to smile throughout class

Alex is a high self monitor and Derek is a low self monitor, Derek is more likely than alex to

Maintain consistency in behavior

Marion is a sprinter on her high school track team. According to social comparison theory, Marion is most likely to look to which of the following groups to assess how fast a sprinter she is?

Other female high school track athletes

Which of the following is supported by research on deception

People are more accurate at detecting deception if they focus on body movements and voice quality, rather than facial expressions.

According to Kelley's covariation principle

People infer that something is the cause of a behavior if it is present when the behavior occurs and absent when it doesnt occur.

Some border town residents dislike illegal immigrants because they fear that immigrants will take jobs away from them. THese feelings can be best explained by

Realistic conflict theory

Yulia stands in front of a mirror. She notices a red spot on the forehead of the image she sees in the mirror. She then brings her hand up to her own forehead and touches the red spot, trying to brush it off. Yulia is demonstrating..

Self recognition

Marcia is unsure about whether Jan is her best friend. She thinks about how many times she has listened to Jan complain about her boyfriend, helped Jan study for difficult exams, and brought soup to Jan when she was sick. Marcia realizes that she speaks to Jan almost every night. After thinking about all this, Marcia concludes that Jan must be her best friend. The conclusion is based on a process described as..

Self- perception theory

The term self concept refers to the..

Sum total of a persons beliefs concerning his or her own personal characteristics

Which of the following is not one of the three assumptions of all theories of attribution?

THey assume we observe a person on more than one occasion.

George is leaving his job at Vandalay Industries, a latex manufacturer. According to correspondent inference theory, in which of the following scenarios would you learn the most about George?

The company is expanding as a result of record breaking profits, and compensation for employees in the sales department where george worked has increased 30% this year.

Physical appearance is extremely important to Adriana. When she enters a beauty contest, she beats all but one of the other contestants and finishes 2nd. However, the contestant that beats her is her neighbor and best friend, Lisa. Research by Tesser suggests that Adriana

Will denigrate Lisa's appearance

Samantha thinks that all social psychology professors are intelligent, attractive, and fabulously good dancers, this is an example of?

a stereotype

Which of the following is not discrimination?

believing that baby faced men are harmless

When ___________ is low, it is difficult for the perceiver to attribute behavior to either the person or the stimulus; instead, the best that can be said is that the behavior was caused by transient circumstances.

consistency

The actor-observer effect refers to the tendency to

explain other peoples actions in dispositional terms while viewing personal behavior as situationally determined.

Social Categorization is advantageous because it

frees up cognitive resources

Groups to which the self belongs are called _________, and groups to which the self does not belong are called ____________.

ingroups;outgroups

Schachter's two factor theory of emotion proposes that emotional experience

is based on physiological arousal and a cognitive label for that arousal

Behavior that communicates a persons feelings without words is called

non verbal behavior

The type of self presentational strategy that describes acts motivated to establish one's competence is

self promotion

One explanation for the primacy effect is that

the meaning of information obtained later is often altered to fit with earlier impressions

The believe that physically attractive individuals also possess desirable personality characteristics is called the

what-is-beautiful-is-good stereotype