Chapters 5 & 6

Question 0

Although there are many unoccupied tables in the restaurant read off decides to sit at the same table in the chair right next to James. James feels uncomfortable because Rudolph has violated

Answer 0

His personal space

Question 1

Seven-year-old Mary says thank you after opening each birthday present she receives because her family considers it proper behavior. This best illustrates the influence of a

Answer 1

Norm

Question 2

You read about an unsolved murder in the newspaper. Given what you have learned in social psychology you can reasonably predict a ____ committed the murder

Answer 2

Man

Question 3

Pat has qualities like assertiveness, a traditionally masculine trait, as well as nurturance, a quality associated with traditionally femininity. Pat could be described as

Answer 3

Androgynous

Question 4

The term gender role refers to

Answer 4

A set of behavior expectations for males and females

Question 5

____ implies that those genes that predispose traits that increase the odds of an individual surviving long enough to reproduce and nurture descendants will become more abundant in the population

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Natural selection

Question 6

The incest taboo is an example of

Answer 6

A universal Norm

Question 7

____ refers to enduring behaviors ideas traditions and attitudes that are shared by large groups of people and transferred generation to generation

Answer 7

Culture

Question 8

Which of the following is not a criticism against evolutionary psychology?
The series reinforce male female stereotypes.
They go against biological research.
They are hindsight based.
There is not enough empirical evidence to support its claims.

Answer 8

They go against biological research

Question 9

As an exchange student you notice that standards of beauty are much different in the country you’re visiting. Billboards and advertisements display women that are not as thin as in the United States. You conclude that this difference in standards of beauty is the result of different

Answer 9

Cultures

Question 10

Milgram’s studies explored ____ Asch’s studies explored ____

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Obedience; conformity

Question 11

The results of both the Sherif and Asch studies are startling because their studies do not employ any

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Open obvious pressure to conform

Question 12

When Milgrim conducted his first series of experiments with a staple of 20 to 50-year-old man he found that over 60% of them

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Went all the way to 450 volts

Question 13

In follow-up experiments to his initial study Milgram made the learners protest more compelling by having him complain of a heart condition then scream and plead for release and finally refusal to answer. With this added condition

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The majority of participants still fully obeyed the experimenters demands

Question 14

In a variation of the Milgram study teachers were required to force the learners hand into contact with the shock plate. Under these conditions

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There was a decrease in compliance to shock

Question 15

Research on group size and conformity has shown that there is more conformity within

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3-5 people than 1-2

Question 16

According to conformity research a group social power is deflated when

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Just one other person also differs from the majority

Question 17

The extent to which members of a group are bound together such as by attraction to one another is called

Answer 17

Cohesion

Question 18

In experiments people have been found to conform or when they must ____ then when they must ____

Answer 18

Respond publicly; write down their responses in private

Question 19

Compared to people in individualistic countries those in collectivist countries are

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More responsive to others influence

Question 20

High school students Aisha and Jared have been dating each other casually. When Aisha’s parents tell her to stop seeing Jared and ask her to go out with nicer boys she announces that she and Jared are actually in love and have decided to go steady. Her behavior most likely illustrates the effect of

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Psychological reactance

Question 21

All of the following factors increase the likelihood of obedience except
Age and gender of victim.
The distance of the victim.
The closeness of the authority.
Prestige of the institution/environment.

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Age and gender of the victim.

Question 22

Milgram's experiment made use of which technique? 
Foot in the door
Role-playing
The fundamental attribution error
Door in the face

Answer 22

Foot in the door

Question 23

A person who both acts and believes in accord with social pressure is demonstrating

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Acceptance

Question 24

Conformity that involves publicly acting in accord with an implied or explicit request while privately disagreeing is called

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Compliance