Chapters 13 & 14

Question 0

When researchers pit statistical prediction such as predicting graduate school success using a formula that includes grades and attitude scores, against interviewers intuitive prediction

Answer 0

Statistical prediction is usually superior to expert intuition

Question 1

In Sherif’s Robber’s Cave research, The camper groups became hostile towards each other when

Answer 1

Competition between the groups was introduced

Question 2

_____ occurs when conflicted parties seek an agreement through direct negotiation

Answer 2

Bargaining

Question 3

In both the prisoners dilemma and the commons dilemma, people are tempted to explain their own behavior ____ and others behavior _____

Answer 3

Situationally; dispositionally

Question 4

Rosenhan and his colleagues (1973) six schizophrenic symptoms to infiltrate mental hospitals. Once they had been admitted and no longer complained of any fake symptoms,

Answer 4

The clinicians sought and found evidence in their histories and behaviors to confirm their admitting diagnoses

Question 5

According to the text, which of the following is a social psychological principle that can be applied to the treatment of some psychological difficulties

Answer 5

Attitudes follow behavior

Question 6

Which of the following theories most clearly predict that we will feel anxious when we are motivated to impress others but doubt our ability to do so

Answer 6

Self presentation theory

Question 7

Despite official government warnings of a severe water shortage, most citizens failed to conserve in the belief that there personal water consumption will have little effect on the communities total water supply. The eventual depletion of the communities water resources provides an example of

Answer 7

The tragedy of the commons

Question 8

What do you self-serving biases, group polarization, and negative stereotypes having in common

Answer 8

They are potential seeds of misperception

Question 9

_____ occurs when a neutral third-party studies a conflict and imposes a settlement

Answer 9

Arbitration

Question 10

Before they married, Melinda and Michael, who are both employed full-time and collect the same pay, agreed to share equally in routine household tasks such as cleaning and grocery shopping. In reality, Melinda is now doing about 80% of the household work. This situation is an example of

Answer 10

And inequitable relationship

Question 11

The relationship between the size of a group and a person’s feelings of responsibility for it is

Answer 11

Negative

Question 12

According to the text, shyness is a form of ____ characterized by self-consciousness and worrying about what others

Answer 12

Social anxiety

Question 13

_____ occurs when a neutral third-party attempts to facilitate communication and offer suggestions for how to resolve a conflict

Answer 13

Mediation

Question 14

After their town was ravaged by a disastrous tornado, two rival community group set aside their differences and work together on repairing the damage. This cooperation best illustrates the importance of

Answer 14

Superordinate goals

Question 15

The reciprocal views that parties in conflict often hold of one another are referred to as

Answer 15

Mirror image perceptions

Question 16

You must select students for graduate study in psychology from a pool of 100 applicants. According to the findings summarized your text you should

Answer 16

Bass selection on statistical criteria, such as GPA and test scores

Question 17

Psychology’s contribution to the interdisciplinary field of behavioral medicine is

Answer 17

Health psychology

Question 18

Maxwell, a junior in college, suffers from chronic depression. After learning that he has performed poorly on his chemistry test, he is most likely to say,

Answer 18

I’m incompetent and probably always will be

Question 19

The tendency of mildly depressed people to make accurate rather than self-serving judgments is referred to as

Answer 19

Depressive realism

Question 20

Which of the following explains the relationship between depression and negative thinking

Answer 20

Depressed moods can cause negative thinking and negative thinking can cause depressed mood

Question 21

Which of the following best illustrates an internal attribution for a failure or setback

Answer 21

It’s my fault

Question 22

In the prisoners dilemma, if both prisoners confess, each will get a_____ if neither confesses, each will _____

Answer 22

Moderate sentence; get a light sentence

Question 23

Pursuing one’s self interest to the collective detriment of one society or community is the central pattern in

Answer 23

A social dilemma

Question 24

Which of the following attributions regarding a failure or a setback illustrates the global quality of a depressed person’s explanatory style

Answer 24

It’s going to affect everything I do