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Which factor significantly decreased the likelihood of conformity in Solomon Asch's studies?


A) The task difficulty was increased.
B) The confederates were all adults.
C) One confederate gave a correct response.
D) The participants were given two chances at responding.

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Which of the following is one of Sternberg's components of love?


A) creativity
B) practicality
C) loyalty
D) commitment

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Which aspect of culture tends to decrease rates of conformity?


A) sex-role stereotypes
B) low socioeconomic status
C) high level of individualism
D) high levels of societal dependence

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Which of the following would result in cognitive dissonance?


A) I believe smoking is bad for my health; I love to smoke.
B) I believe exercising is healthy; I love to exercise.
C) I believe dresses are feminine; Nicole Kidman sometimes wears pants.
D) I believe profanity is childish; my father uses profanity.

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You observe a person at the grocery store get angry and yell at the cashier. Which of these attributions illustrates the fundamental attribution error?


A) the yeller is a mean, angry person
B) the cashier is overworked
C) the yeller has had a bad day
D) the cashier has had a bad day

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An individual who exerts less effort when working on a group task if individual contributions will not be evaluated is engaging in what is called _____.


A) social loafing
B) social idleness
C) social facilitation
D) the goof-off phenomenon

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Luis picks up a pack of cigarettes and reads, "Cigarette smoking is harmful to your health." Which one of the following statements leads one to believe Luis is actually having cognitive dissonance?


A) "I've been smoking my whole life and I don't have health problems."
B) "No one I know who smokes is sick."
C) "I know these cigarettes are killing me but I just can't stop."
D) "That is not true. Cigarettes are not that harmful."

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There is currently a long history of fighting between the Israelis and Palestinians, and many attempts to resolve these conflicts have failed. According to the ____________ theory, the prejudice and discrimination that exists between the two groups will continue to rise as the conflict over limited land in Israel continues.


A) realistic conflict
B) social diffusion
C) prosocial inhibition
D) genesis of bias

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Because Carrie is pressed for time, she's likely to rely on the peripheral route to process incoming information.

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"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman!" If you looked up, would you be conforming?


A) Yes. You would be looking up because you were told to do so.
B) No. Conformity requires that you base your behavior on what other people are doing, not being told to do so.
C) Yes. Conformity means doing what you are told or else.
D) No. Looking up only means you are curious.

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Which of the following statements about persuasion is correct?


A) Fast speakers are less persuasive than slow speakers.
B) Arousal of strong emotions, such as fear, is not persuasive if the message includes specific advice about how to produce a positive outcome.
C) People with high self-esteem are more susceptible to persuasion.
D) People who are perceived as honest are more persuasive.

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Experiments showing the effects of group pressure on conformity were conducted by ______.


A) Asch
B) Milgram
C) Luchens
D) Singer

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Research supports the idea that we tend to be most attracted to people who are our opposites instead of people to whom we are very similar.

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An example of ________ is the decision by NASA to launch the space shuttle Challenger despite widespread concerns about its booster rockets.


A) group polarization
B) groupthink
C) social loafing
D) social facilitation

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After a group of gang members learned that their friend had died in a seemingly random accident, several of the friends started blaming a rival gang for the death. Even though there was no evidence whatsoever that the death had been intentional, the more the friends talked, the more passionate they became in their belief that an act of revenge was necessary. What concept from social psychology may contribute to an act of violent revenge in this case?


A) social influence
B) prosocial behavior
C) altruism
D) groupthink

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What do social psychologists call the tendency to rely on internal characteristics for explanations of the behavior of others and to ignore the influence of the situation?


A) availability heuristic
B) augmenting principle
C) self-fulfilling prophecy
D) fundamental attribution error

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What is the term for an improvement in performance caused by the perception that others are watching?


A) social loafing
B) social idleness
C) social facilitation
D) social productivity

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The tendency of people to comply with a second, larger request after complying with a small request is called the ______ technique.


A) lowball
B) door-in-the-face
C) foot-in-the-door
D) response cue

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A social group of people viewed as competitors, enemies, or different and unworthy of respect is an example of a(n) ______.


A) pariah
B) ingroup
C) threat-group
D) outgroup

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Which compliance principle is the foot-in-the-door technique most closely related to?

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