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20 Cards in this Set
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Angela believes that people from Stovenia are basically dishonest. Angels is demonstrating. |
Stereotyping |
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The matching hypothesis predicts that Sandra will look for a partner who |
is similar to her in physical attractiveness |
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The tendency to adjust one's behavior to actual or perceived social pressures is called |
Conformity |
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Personal identity is to _____ as social identity is to _____ |
Individual identity; group identity |
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A judgement of either liking or disliking something or someone is an |
attitude |
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When John and Mary go on their first date, John revels extensive personal information to Mary. What is the likely result of John's self-disclosure? |
It will lead Mary to form a negative first impression of John. |
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Making friends with neighbors supports which influence of attraction? |
Proximity |
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When people explain their own behavior by making a situational attraction and the behavior of others by making a dispositional attribution is called |
the actor - observer effect |
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Similarity is important in a relationship because it |
Provides for validation of each person's self-concept |
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In Sternberg's model of love, the desire to maintain the relationship through good times and bad times is called
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commitment |
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According to _______, people are more likely to carefully evaluate a persuasive message when their motivational state is high and when they have the ability or knowledge to evaluate the information.
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the elaboration likelihood model |
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In groupthink, group members emphasize ______ over thoughtful consideration of the issues
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consensus - building |
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The stated task in the Asch study of conformity involved
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judging the length of lines |
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Sven believes that his co-worker was promoted to manager because of her hard effort and winning personality. What type of attribution has Sven made?
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Dispositional |
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A ______ is a mental image or representation that a person uses to understand her/his social environment.
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social schema |
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The contact hypothesis suggests that prejudice
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can be reduced by bringing groups into contact with each other.
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Paul believes his mother yelled at him because she had a headache. Paul's conclusion is an example of a(n)
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attribution |
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When people make dispositional attributions for their successes and make situational attributions for their failures, they are demonstrating
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a self-serving bias.
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Compared to people of higher intelligence, people of lower intelligence are generally
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easier to persuade.
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Which of the following is the best definition of obedience?
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Compliance with the commands of authority figures
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