Georgia State University Intro to General Psych Ch. 12 End of the Chapter Test

Our first impressions of those we meet are most likely to be determined by their: A. physical appearance. B. intelligence. C. attitudes. D. superordinate goals.

A. physical appearance.

Parents who discipline their children physically are often teaching aggression through the process of: A. providing media models. B. modeling. C. hindsight bias. D. the frustration-aggression principle.

A. providing media models.

You are trying to convince your parents to finance your planned trip to Europe. First, you ask them for a small favor (a bus ticket to a local city), hoping that later they will be more willing to send you on the longer trip. This technique is known as: A. minority influence. B. getting a foot in the door. C. peripheral route persuasion. D. normative social influence.

B. getting a foot in the door.

Altruism is best described as: A. experiencing an increasing attraction to people as they become more familiar. B. aiming to maximize benefits and minimize costs. C. behaving unselfishly to enhance the welfare of others. D. giving in proportion to what's been received.

C. behaving unselfishly to enhance the welfare of others.

Mood linkage refers to: A. attitudes following actions. B. associating low levels of physical arousal with positive moods. C. sharing the moods of those around us. D. attributing others' moods to personal dispositions.

C. sharing the moods of those around us.

Verbal behavior intended to hurt another person is an example of: A. a social script. B. prejudice. C. ingroup bias. D. aggression.

D. aggression.

When a group of racially prejudiced high school students discussed racial issues, their attitudes became even more prejudiced. This best illustrates A. social facilitation. B. just-world phenomenon. C. groupthink. D. group polarization.

D. group polarization.

The most widely used test to measure _____ is the Implicit Association Test, developed by psychologist Anthony Greenwald and his colleagues. A. the frustration-aggression principle B. explicit attitudes C. discrimination D. implicit attitudes

D. implicit attitudes

Mrs. Crane frequently thinks she has to shout at her husband to get his attention, but he thinks she yells because she's angry. Mr. Crane typically feels he has to shout back at his wife to defend himself, but she thinks his screaming proves that he's hostile. This couple's experience best illustrates: A. superordinate goals. B. a conflict. C. a reciprocity norm. D. mirror-image perceptions.

D. mirror-image perceptions.

Researchers find that conformity to the group increases when all of the following occur EXCEPT: A. one admires the group's status. B. one admires the group's status and attractiveness. C. the rest of the group is unanimous. D. one is made to feel secure.

D. one is made to feel secure.

_______________ is an aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship.

Passionate love

____________ is an unjustifiable, usually negative attitude toward a group and its members.

Prejudice

Verbal behavior intended to hurt another person is an example of:

aggression.

Our attitudes are more likely to guide our actions when we:

can easily recall our attitudes.

Explicit associations are typically ________.

conscious

Following the introduction of school desegregation in the United States and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, White Americans expressed ___________ racial prejudice.

diminishing

In many ethnically diverse schools, ethnic groups segregate themselves in the lunchrooms. People in each group often think they would welcome more contact with the other group, but they assume that the other group does not reciprocate the wish. This pattern of thinking best illustrates:

mirror-image perceptions.

Mrs. Crane frequently thinks she has to shout at her husband to get his attention, but he thinks she yells because she's angry. Mr. Crane typically feels he has to shout back at his wife to defend himself, but she thinks his screaming proves that he's hostile. This couple's experience best illustrates:

mirror-image perceptions.