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Question 21

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The tendency for people to exert less effort when they are pooling their efforts toward a common goal is known as

A) deindividuation.
B) cognitive dissonance.
C) social loafing.
D) the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.

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People's physical attractiveness is a good predictor of their

A) happiness.
B) academic competence.
C) frequency of dating.
D) altruism.

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Professor Stewart wrote a very positive letter of recommendation for a student despite having doubts about her competence.Which theory best explains why he subsequently began to develop more favorable attitudes about the student's abilities?

Initially prejudiced heterosexuals are likely to develop more accepting attitudes toward homosexuals following the experience of

In some countries,women who have been raped have sometimes been sentenced to punishment for having violated a law against adultery.This best illustrates

Social loafing is MOST likely to occur among

Although we often cannot directly control all of our feelings,we can influence our feelings by changing our behavior,according to

After hearing respected medical authorities lecture about the value of regular exercise,Raul,who has rarely exercised,begins to jog regularly.The change in Raul's behavior best illustrates the impact of

Cathy's friends see her as an emotional "downer." When she arrives at a party where everyone is laughing,the laughing and fun end.This change in her friends' behavior illustrates

Before Mark had even heard the details of Allison's car accident,he commented,"Allison is so absentminded,I'm sure it happened because she was probably talking on her cell phone and not paying attention." Mark's response illustrates

Professors Maksoud,Struthers,and Vasic each tend to think that obtaining a university degree is easier today than it was when they were students.After discussing the matter over coffee,they are even more convinced that obtaining a degree is easier today.This episode provides an example of

Conformity resulting from the acceptance of others' opinions about reality is said to be a response to

The brain regions that become active when people experience negative arousal also become active when they experience

Opinion change resulting from incidental cues such as a speaker's attractiveness illustrates

Carol is restless during class because her professor's distressed facial expressions lead her to believe that he dislikes teaching.The professor,on the other hand,is distressed because he sees Carol's restlessness as an indication that she lacks any motivation to learn.At this point,both student and professor should be informed of the dangers of

Parents who discipline their children with beatings are often teaching aggression through the process of

________ is an aroused state of intense positive absorption in another,usually present at the beginning of a love relationship.

We are likely to conform to group pressure when

New Zealanders of Chinese descent and European descent were asked to quickly classify faces with blended Chinese and Caucasian physical features.Compared with observers of Chinese descent,observers of European descent more readily classified ambiguous faces as

The tendency to favor "us" rather than "them" is called