Module 42

Question 1

Is the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

Answer 1

social psychology

Question 2

Is tendency, when analyzing others’ behavior, to overestimate the influence of personal traits and underestimate the effects of the situation

Answer 2

fundamental attribution error

Question 3

fundamental attribution error is most likely to occur when – acts badly

Answer 3

stranger

Question 4

are feelings influenced by beliefs that predispose reactions to objects, people, and events.

Answer 4

attitudes

Question 5

uses incidental cues to try to produce fast but relatively thoughtless changes in attitudes.

Answer 5

peripheral route persuasion

Question 6

offers evidence and arguments to trigger thoughtful responses.

Answer 6

central route persuasion

Question 7

– can modify attitudes

Answer 7

actions

Question 8

People agreeing to a small request will find it easier to

agree later to a larger one

Answer 8

foot-in-the-door phenomenon

Question 9

T/F: attitudes follow behavior

Answer 9

true

Question 10

When attitudes do not fit with actions, tensions are often reduced by changing attitudes to match actions

Answer 10

cognitive dissonance theory

Question 11

is an explanation of the cause or the source of something that happens

Answer 11

attribution

Question 12

Automatic – helps people to empathize and feel what others feel.

Answer 12

mimicry

Question 13

The more we mimic, the greater our –, and the more people tend to like us.

Answer 13

empathy

Question 14

Solomon Asch have found that people are most likely to adjust their behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard when they feel – or insecure

Answer 14

incompetent

Question 15

Solomon Asch have found that people are most likely to adjust their behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard when their group has at least – people

Answer 15

3

Question 16

Solomon Asch have found that people are most likely to adjust their behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard when everyone else –

Answer 16

agrees

Question 17

Solomon Asch have found that people are most likely to adjust their behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard when they admire the group’s –

Answer 17

status and attractiveness

Question 18

Solomon Asch have found that people are most likely to adjust their behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard when they have not already committed to –

Answer 18

another response

Question 19

Solomon Asch have found that people are most likely to adjust their behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard when they know that they are being –

Answer 19

observed

Question 20

Solomon Asch have found that people are most likely to adjust their behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard when their culture encourages respect for –

Answer 20

social standards

Question 21

there is a relationship between arousal and performance; you have an optimal stress level

Answer 21

Yerkes-Dodson law