PSY 240 Exam 4

Social categorization is advantageous because it ________.

Frees up cognitive resources

Who is a risk for stigmatized targets?

Increase risk for long-term physical and mental health problems

What is the two stage model of attraction?

People first avoid dissimilar people and then seek out similar people

research on the impact of race on the decisions of undergraduates playing the role of a police officer to shoot or not to shoot shows that ________.

Racial bias affects decisions on later trials more than early trials

Commons dilemma is based on what two things?

Self interest and time

What is the dominant response?

The response that is most common for a given person in a given situation.

It is quite possible that the deeply rooted human impulse to form social groups was partly stimulated by competition among different groups.

True

transactive memory

a process by which members of a small group remember different kinds of information

Research on deindividuation and mob violence indicates levels of ______ predict aggression.

accountability

Relationships infidelities are viewed as _____.

consequence of the problems in relationships

Loneliness indicates that lonely people are _____ attractive and intelligent as compared to not lonely people

equally

People who experience social rejection tend to eat more unhealthy foods because social rejection triggers ______.

general breakdown in self regulation

When in conflict, women try to get their husbands to talk whereas men retreat?

illustrates demand withdrawal interaction pattern

Jigsaw method found?

improvement in minority group and maintenance of test scores for the majority

Nearly all research supports the view that men have stronger sex drive than women. Which is not true?

men separate love and sex more than women

Jane and Jean work together. Jane thinks Jean is not doing her share of the work. For this, Jane gives Jean more negative evaluation than is deserved. What is this an example of.

modern racism

Is self esteem related to longevity of relationship?

more or less unrelated

According to Sternbergs triangular theory of love as a framework, companionate love might be best described as consisting of?

passion, intimacy, and commitment

Keith and David are most likely to have a communal relationship if they are ______ and most likely to have an exchange relationship if they are ________.

romantic partners; strangers

Anxiety dimension of attachment is best described as referring to attitudes towards the _____.

self

Leaders that focus on planning, motivating, coordinating inputs, and providing feedback are _____.

task-oriented.

out group homogeneity effect

the assumption that out group member are more similar to one another than in group members are to one another

need to belong

the desire to form and maintain close, lasting relationship with other individuals

equity theory

the idea that each persons receives benefits in proportion to what he or she contributes

matching hypothesis

the proposition that people tend to pair up with others who are equally attractive

A group of people can be more prone to groupthink if _____.

there is a strong, directive leader.

What are the cost and benefits of attractiveness?

while attractiveness often brings social advantage to attractive individuals, it can cause them to doubt the sincerity of others praise of their work.