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Psychology: Themes and Variations

Wayne Weiten

Chapter 13

Social Behavior - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

02:39

Problem 1

Stereotypes:
A. are often automatic products of normal cognitive processes.
B. are widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group.
C. are equivalent to prejudice.
D. both a and b.

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02:14

Problem 2

You believe that short men have a tendency to be insecure. The concept of illusory correlation implies that you will:
A. overestimate how often short men are insecure.
B. underestimate how often short men are insecure.
C. overestimate the frequency of short men in the population.
D. falsely assume that shortness in men causes insecurity.

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02:42

Problem 3

A father suggests that his son's low marks in school are due to the child's laziness. The father has made a(n) ______________attribution.
A. external
B. internal
C. situational
D. high consensus

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02:45

Problem 4

Bob explains his failing grade on a term paper by saying that he really didn't work very hard at it. According to Weiner's model, Bob is making an______________ attribution about his failure.
A. internal-stable
B. internal-unstable
C. external-stable
D. external-unstable

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02:06

Problem 5

The fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency of:
A. observers to favor external attributions in explaining the behavior of others.
B. observers to favor internal attributions in explaining the behavior of others.
C. actors to favor external attributions in explaining the behavior of others.
D. actors to favor situational attributions in explaining their own behavior.

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02:40

Problem 6

According to Hazan and Shaver (1987):
A. romantic relationships in adulthood follow the same form as attachment relationships in infancy.
B. those who had ambivalent attachments in infancy are doomed never to fall in love as adults.
C. those who had avoidant attachments in infancy often overcompensate by becoming excessively intimate in their adult love relationships.
D. all of the above.

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02:21

Problem 7

Cross-cultural similarities are most likely to be found in which of the following areas?
A. what people look for in prospective mates
B. the overall value of romantic love
C. passionate love as a prerequisite for marriage
D. the tradition of prearranged marriages

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02:04

Problem 8

Covert attitudes that are expressed in subtle automatic responses over which we have little conscious control are called ______________attitudes.
A. ambivalent
B. automatic
C. implicit
D. subtle

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01:47

Problem 9

Cognitive dissonance theory predicts that after people engage in counterattitudinal behavior, they will:
A. convince themselves they really didn't perform the behavior.
B. change their attitude to make it more consistent with their behavior.
C. change their attitude to make it less consistent with their behavior.
D. do nothing.

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02:26

Problem 10

The elaboration likelihood model of attitude change suggests that:
A. the peripheral route results in more enduring attitude change.
B. the central route results in more enduring attitude change.
C. only the central route to persuasion can be effective.
D. only the peripheral route to persuasion can be effective.

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01:06

Problem 11

The results of Milgram's (1963) study imply that:
A. in the real world, most people will refuse to follow orders to inflict harm on a stranger.
B. many people will obey an authority figure even it innocent people get hurt.
C. most people are willing to give obviously wrong answers when ordered to do so.
D. most people stick to their own judgment, even when group members unanimously disagree.

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01:51

Problem 12

According to Latané $(1981),$ social loafing is due to:
A. social norms that stress the importance of positive interactions among group members.
B. duplication of effort among group members.
C. diffusion of responsibility in groups.
D. a bias toward making internal attributions about the behavior of others.

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01:17

Problem 13

Groupthink occurs when members of a cohesive group:
A. are initially unanimous about an issue.
B. stress the importance of caution in group decision making.
C. emphasize concurrence at the expense of critical thinking in arriving at a decision.
D. shift toward a less extreme position after group discussion.

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02:18

Problem 14

Discrimination:
A. refers to a negative attitude toward members of a group.
B. refers to unfair behavior toward the members of a group.
C. is the same thing as prejudice.
D. all of the above.

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01:49

Problem 15

The foot-in-the-door technique involves asking people to agree to a ________ request first to increase the likelihood that they will comply with a ________ request later.
A. large; small
B. small: large
C. large; large
D. large; larger

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