psych chapt 13 review Flashcards

1
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social psychologists study how people influence others’ __________ , ___________ and, _____________, for good and bad

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behaviour; beliefs; attitudes

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the idea that we have a biologically based need for interpersonal connections is known as the ___________ theory

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need-to-belong

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3
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the flying saucer craze is arguably one of the most widespread cases of what phenomenon

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collective delusion

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4
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what factors contribute to the rise and spread of urban legends?

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they fit our preconceptions, make good stories because they tug on our emotions, especially negative ones

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5
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we tend to form _________ in our desire to assign causes to other people’s behaviour

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attributions

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6
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the tendency to overestimate the impact of ______________ on others’ behaviour is called the fundamental attribution error

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dispositional influences

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7
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True or false: the fundamental attribution error doesn’t apply to people’s attributions about themselves

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True

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8
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changing your personal style, habits, or behaviour to fit into a social or peer group is an example of ________.

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conformity

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9
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according to research by Berns and his colleagues, conformity is associated with activity in the ________ and ________ lobes of the brain

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parietal; occipital

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10
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True or false: people with high self-esteem are especially prone to conformity

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false

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11
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researchers like phil zimbardo found that two prominent factors that contribute to deindividuation are a feeling of _______ and a lack of _________

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anonymity; individual responsibility

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12
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the stanford prison study results have been compared with the prison guard atrocities at ___________ in Iraq

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Abu Ghraib

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13
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NASA’s decision to launch the 1986 Challenger space shuttle despite warnings of potential problems from engineers may have resulted from:

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groupthink

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14
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the best way to resist the indoctrination that leads to cults is through the ___________, which involves first introducing reasons why the perspective might be correct, then debunking them

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inoculation effect

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15
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Milgram’s study testing the effects of “punishment on learning” was, in reality, designed to measure ________

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obedience

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16
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the presence of others tends to make people (less/more) likely to help someone in need

17
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As diffusion of responsibility occurs, each individual feels (more/less) accountable for helping someone in need

18
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the phenomenon in which people exert less effort on a task when in a group than when alone is known as __________

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social loafing

19
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prior exposure to psychological research (can/can’t) change an individuals real world behaviour for the better

20
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extroverted people are more/less likely to help others than introverted people

21
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aggresive behaviour at both the indivudal and group levels, in influenced by ______ and _________ factors

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situational; dispositional

22
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because warm temperatures increase _________, they may make people more likely to lose their tempers when provoked or frustrated

A

irritability

23
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___________ aggression is a form of indirect aggression that involves spreading rumours, gossiping, and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation

A

relational

24
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the major distinction between a belief and an attitude is that an attitude involves a(n) __________ component

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LaPiere's research suggested that people's stated attitudes (did/didn't) accurately predict their situational behaviour
didn't
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the _____________, which makes us more likely to believe something we've heard many times, generally reflects accurate information
recognition heuristic
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In Festinger and Carlsmith's test of cognitive dissonance theory, participants given less money enjoying the task (more/less)
more
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once a friend has agreed to help you select paint colours for your dorm room, asking her to help you actually paint the room is an example of the _________ technique
foot-in-the-door
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messages are especially persuasive if the messenger seems (similar/different) to us
similar
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by manufacturing ______________, advertisers can fool consumers into believing that a source is more trustworthy than it is
source credibility
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concluding that all Americans are loud, materialistic and arrogant without ever having spent time with any of them is an example of ___________
prejudice
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a belief that all cheerleaders are ditzy, flirty, and interested only in dating is an ________
stereotype
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our tendency to view all people outside of our group as highly similar is known as
out-group homogeneity
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believing without firsthand knowledge that teens with nose piercings who frequent the local mall are all troublemakers is a form of ___________, and refusing to serve them in your mall restaurant is a form of ___________
prejudice; discrimination
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according to the ________________, prejudice arises from a need to blame other groups for our misfortunes
scapegoat hypothesis
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the idea that our behaviours and attributions are based on the assumption that all things happen for a reason supports the ___________ hypothesis
just-world
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the ___________ is a technique to measure implicit prejudice
Implicit Association Test
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one condition for reducing prejudice is to (encourage/discourage) group members from becoming friends
encourage