Test 4- Ch 12 Pysch

A negative attitude and feeling toward an individual that is based solely on that person's membership in a specific group is called ________.

Prejudice

The ________ hypothesis is the ideology common in the United States that people get the outcomes they deserve.

just-world

Heather and Mike share the household chores as equally as possible. They take turns with the cooking and driving their son to daycare. Both of them work outside the home, and each of them takes responsibility for child care one night a week to give the other one a break. We can say that their relationship has a high level of ________.

reciprocity

During the international coronavirus pandemic, many people began acting aggressively toward individuals of Chinese descent, blaming them for the virus even though most of those people had lived in the United States for their entire lives. Those Chinese-Americans were the victim of a process called ________.

scapegoating

What was the main conclusion drawn from the Stanford prison experiment?

social roles are powerful determinants of human behavior

What is a main feature of the jigsaw classroom?

students work together with others who are of different racial backgrounds or different ability sets

What is the single most important fact that predicts the person with whom you will become friends or have a romantic relationship?

the amount of contact you have with people

Kara gets an F on her social psychology exam. Then she goes home and gets into an argument with her roommate, Lee. Lee assumes Kara is yelling at him because she is just a nasty person, and does not consider that she may just have had a bad day and is venting. Lee is demonstrating ________.

the fundamental attribution error

Which of the following is the best example of peripheral route persuasion? A. anti-smoking advertisements that rely on celebrity spokespeople advocating for reduction in cigarette use B. anti-smoking advertisements that use charts and graphs to show how many people die from smoking-related causes each year C. encouraging your parents to quit smoking by switching to chewing tobacco, then convincing them to chew less tobacco each week D. supporting your sister who has decided to go cold turkey in order to quit smoking

A. anti-smoking advertisements that rely on celebrity spokespeople advocating for reduction in cigarette use

Which statement about groupthink is correct? A. Group members modify their opinion to go against what they believe is the group consensus. B. Group members modify their opinions to match what they believe is the group consensus. C. Group members will never agree if there is a minority influence present. D. Group members will use brainstorming to discover the solution that most group members agree on.

B. Group members modify their opinions to match what they believe is the group consensus.

Which of the following is the best example of central route persuasion? A. anti-smoking advertisements that rely on celebrity spokespeople advocating for reduction in cigarette use B. anti-smoking advertisements that use charts and graphs to show how many people die from smoking-related causes each year C. encouraging your parents to quit smoking by switching to chewing tobacco, then convincing them to chew less tobacco each week D. supporting your sister who has decided to go cold turkey in order to quit smoking

B. anti-smoking advertisements that use charts and graphs to show how many people die from smoking-related causes each year

When Jacob came home from work upset about a disagreement he'd had with his boss, his wife Jodi sat down to listen to him. She imagined the argument that had occurred, and tried to understand how her husband was feeling. Jodi is demonstrating a high level of ________.

Empathy

T/F Discrimination is a negative attitude and feeling toward someone else based on their membership in a particular social group.

False

T/F Maria prefers to hang out with boys and not girls. This is an example of "in-group bias".

False

T/F The "dual attitudes model" states that people have two forms of attitudes: explicit attitudes and stereotypical attitudes.

False

Orlando shares with a friend that he does not like people who are homosexual, and that he goes out of his way at work to avoid helping customers who he suspects are gay. His friend says to him, "man, that isn't a cool way to be. You do realize that you're expressing a form of prejudice called ________, don't you?"

Homophobia

What is the main point of the textbook discussion of Milgram's obedience study?

Individuals will obey authority to the point of potentially causing serious harm to another person.

What is the main point of the quizmaster study?

People will overlook obvious situational influences on behavior.

The behavior of soldiers who abused prisoners at the Abu Ghraib facility during the Iraq war was predicted by the Stanford Prison Experiment that was overseen by social psychologist ________.

Philip Zimbardo

T/F A stereotype is a belief or assumption that someone may have about someone else based on the group they may belong to.

True

T/F Imagined social interaction can reduce anxiety associated with inter-group interactions.

True

Why are girls more likely than boys to be victims of cyberbullying?

because it is a less direct and nonphysical form of bullying

Rhona and Jerome share each other's thoughts and feelings and are prepared to support each other, but they do not feel any real passion toward each other. They have a relationship based on ________ love.

companionate

In Stanley Milgram's obedience research, the person playing the part of the "learner" was an accomplice, or ________, of the experiment. He was aware of the true purpose of the research, was never shocked, and was acting according to Milgram's instructions.

confederate

T/F Treating people according to stereotypic beliefs rarely leads to prejudice.

false