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. The percentage of participants that obeyed the experimenter and administered shocks to the danger level in Milgram’s original obedience study was

1% correct incorrect

50% correct incorrect

65% correct incorrect

95% correct incorrect

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. This feeling results from a conflict between our attitudes and our behavior.

cognitive dissonance correct incorrect

self-serving bias correct incorrect

attribution syndrome correct incorrect

fundamental attribution anxiety correct incorrect

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. An attitude is more likely to predict your behavior if

the attitude is in contrast with your beliefs correct incorrect

the attitude emerges from personal experience correct incorrect

the attitude is learned from your peers correct incorrect

the attitude is learned from your parents correct incorrect

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. People are more likely to seek employment with companies whose names begin with the same letter as their own. This is evidence for the

self-serving error correct incorrect

name-letter effect correct incorrect

cognitive dissonance effect correct incorrect

anagram effect correct incorrect

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. Saying “I’ll pass, thanks” if you are trying eat healthy and you are offered a donut is an example of_____________________; deciding to follow in a physical training regimen is an example of __________________.

self-regulation; self-control correct incorrect

self-control; self-sabotage correct incorrect

self-control; self-regulation correct incorrect

self-regulation; self-change correct incorrect

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. Baumeister and colleagues used this analogy to describe the ability for one to exert self-control.

telepathic ability correct incorrect

physical strength correct incorrect

mental model correct incorrect

physical attractiveness correct incorrect

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. Janet Polivy and Peter Herman use this term to describe the result of repeated attempts at self-change that are based on unrealistically high expectations.

learned helplessness correct incorrect

hopelessness theory correct incorrect

false-hope syndrome correct incorrect

self-defeating bias correct incorrect

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. Computer-mediated communication is most beneficial to adolescent boys because it provides a safe place to experiment with

alternate identities correct incorrect

self-disclosure correct incorrect

passive aggression correct incorrect

casual sex correct incorrect

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. The tendency to attribute other people’s behavior to dispositional factors, while ignoring or underestimating the possibility of situational factors is called

the self-serving bias correct incorrect

the fundamental attribution error correct incorrect

the self-observer effect correct incorrect

the framing effect correct incorrect

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. Research on the fundamental attribution error is most limited by the fact that

most behavior is the result of situational causes correct incorrect

it is very difficult to define where a situation ends and a person begins correct incorrect

people often are not honest in attributing causes to their own behavior correct incorrect

situational causes are merely illusions correct incorrect

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. When we are attracted to mates that are similar to us, social psychologists refer to it as

positive attraction correct incorrect

opposite attraction correct incorrect

positive assortment correct incorrect

negative assortment correct incorrect

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. According to Robert Zajonic, it is adaptive to be cautious around unfamiliar objects and people, and to be more open to familiar stimuli and individuals. This is the hypothesized basis for the

attraction formation effect correct incorrect

mere exposure effect correct incorrect

foot-in-the-door effect correct incorrect

pursuant effect correct incorrect

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. In a study of the mere exposure effect using online chatting, participants who were randomly assigned to chat with the same partner for a greater number of consecutive days

grew to dislike their chatting partners correct incorrect

grew to like their chatting partners correct incorrect

could not remember the names of previous chatting partners correct incorrect

were unable to recall specific examples of conversations correct incorrect

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. According to research on age and attractiveness, it seems to be the case that

older women are judged to be more attractive than older men correct incorrect

facial attractiveness declines with age in both sexes correct incorrect

facial attractiveness declines with age only in men correct incorrect

younger women are judged to be less attractive than older men correct incorrect

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. Women tend to rate highly masculinized faces in all of the following contexts, EXCEPT:

when evaluating a male as a potential short-term partner correct incorrect

when evaluating a male during peak fertility in the menstrual cycle correct incorrect

when evaluating a male during before the onset of menopause correct incorrect

when evaluating a male as a potential long-term partner correct incorrect

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. When people bring their attitudes and behaviors in line with what is perceived as the norm for the group, it is known as

obedience correct incorrect

conformity correct incorrect

social loafing correct incorrect

normalization correct incorrect

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. This kind of influence on conformity is based on a rational desire to seek realistic information about some situation from the group and adjust behavior accordingly.

normative influence correct incorrect

motivational influence correct incorrect

informational influence correct incorrect

cognitive influence correct incorrect

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. This special kind of conformity results from group members not wanting to adversely affect group morale, make waves, or appear disloyal to the group leader.

group dynamics correct incorrect

groupthink correct incorrect

obedience correct incorrect

self-observer bias correct incorrect

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. The tendency of people to be less likely to help strangers in need if there are other people present at the scene is called the

bystander effect correct incorrect

self-serving bias correct incorrect

fundamental attribution error correct incorrect

sadism effect correct incorrect

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. In contrast with early research on the bystander effect, the more dangerous the circumstance and the more clear-cut the physical danger

the less likely an individual is to offer aid correct incorrect

the more likely an individual is to contribute to the assault correct incorrect

the less likely an additional crime will occur correct incorrect

the more likely an individual is to offer aid correct incorrect

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. The presence of others may reduce the effort a person gives to a cooperative task, such as a group assignment in a college course. This is called

reciprocal altruism correct incorrect

the bystander effect correct incorrect

social loafing correct incorrect

social contracting correct incorrect

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. This is the ability to take another person’s perspective, or to feel how that person feels.

apathy correct incorrect

compassion correct incorrect

empathy correct incorrect

social comparison correct incorrect

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. This is the tendency to favor and extend loyalty to members of one’s own group over members of other groups.

ingroup bias correct incorrect

outgroup bias correct incorrect

ingroup homogeneity correct incorrect

outgroup homogeneity correct incorrect

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. One way that dehumanization of outgroups may occur is through the emotion of

anger correct incorrect

disgust correct incorrect

frustration correct incorrect

sadness correct incorrect

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. The conclusions from most studies of intergroup relations, such as the Robber’s Cave experiment, are generally consistent with Gordon Allport’s

intergroup contact theory correct incorrect

theory of reciprocal altruism correct incorrect

social comparison theory correct incorrect

theory of ultimate causes correct incorrect

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. The conclusions from most studies of intergroup relations, such as the Robber’s Cave experiment, are generally consistent with Gordon Allport’s

intergroup contact theory correct incorrect

theory of reciprocal altruism correct incorrect

social comparison theory correct incorrect

theory of ultimate causes correct incorrect