chp 11 launch pad activities
Conformity is to obedience as _____ is to _____.
Asch, Milgram
Rhonda has just learned that her neighbor Patricia was involved in an automobile accident at a nearby intersection. The tendency to make the fundamental attribution error may lead Rhonda to conclude that:
Patricia's recklessness has finally gotten her into trouble.
The gradually escalating levels of destructive obedience in the Milgram experiments BEST illustrate one of the potential dangers of:
foot in door
To "brainwash" captured American soldiers during the Korean War, the enemy made effective use of the:
foot-in-the-door phenomenon
When the temperatures go up in the summer, the rates of violent crimes increase. This is BEST explained in terms of the _____ principle
frustration-aggression
The tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal dispositions on another's behavior is called the _____ error.
fundamental attribution
Professor Gamer emphasized that aggressive behavior often involves the interactive influence of personal frustration, exposure to aggressive models, and heightened levels of arousal. The professor's emphasis BEST illustrates:
a biopsychosocial approach.
Social thinking is to _____ as social influence is to _____.
attitude, obedience
Social thinking is to social influence as _____ is to _____.
attribution, conformity
People develop _____ when they generate an explanation for their own or others' behavior.
attributions
Festinger is to Zimbardo as _____ is to role playing.
cognitive dissonance
A group of racially prejudiced high school students discussed racial issues. During the conversation, their attitudes became even more prejudiced. This BEST illustrates:
group polarization
People often accept other people's opinions about reality because they wish to be accurate. This is called _____ social influence.
informational
Which factor is a social-cultural influence on the expression of aggressive behavior?
minimal father involvement in the lives of children
Researchers find that conformity to the group does NOT increase when:
one is made to feel secure.
Using the Asch procedure, conformity to group judgments would be LEAST likely when:
participants are not observed by other group members when giving their answers.
An aroused state of intense positive absorption in another is to _____ love as deep affectionate attachment is to companionate love.
passionate
_____ is an unjustifiable, usually negative, attitude toward a group and its members.
prejudice
A _____ is a set of behavioral expectations associated with a social position.
role
A gradual escalation of intimacy is MOST positively related to a gradual escalation of:
self disclosure
Parents who discipline their children with beatings are often teaching aggression through the process of:
modeling
Line length is to _____ as shock is to _____.
conformity, obedience
Internet communication that enables like-minded health care advocates to share their ideas also serves to strengthen their prevailing health care attitudes. This BEST illustrates:
group polarization
Louis is an expert on psychometrics and assessment; however, three of the clinicians disagree on his choice of scales. Louis decides to change his opinion for the good of the group. This BEST illustrates:
groupthink
is/are mutual views often held by conflicting people, as when each side sees itself as ethical and peaceful and views the other side as evil and aggressive.
mirror image perception