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Two social norms that influence altruistic behavior are


A) reciprocity and social responsibility.
B) social responsibility and social exchange.
C) reciprocity and equity.
D) equity and social exchange.

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Although Frieda is typically very reserved,as part of a huge rock concert crowd she lost her inhibitions and behaved in a provocative way.Frieda's unusual behavior is best understood in terms of


A) social loafing.
B) social facilitation.
C) deindividuation.
D) group polarization.

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Although Americans' approval of interracial marriage has soared over the past half-century,many still admit that they would feel uncomfortable with someone of another race in socially intimate settings.This admission best illustrates


A) the other-race effect.
B) racial prejudice.
C) ingroup bias.
D) stereotyping.

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Which of the following describes a stereotype?


A) Vladimir is especially attracted to Latin-American women.
B) Peter feels very uncomfortable interacting with Black Americans.
C) Robin is convinced that university professors are usually impractical and forgetful.
D) Cyril never hires people younger than 16 to work in his restaurant.

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The impact of the foot-in-the-door phenomenon is most clearly illustrated by


A) the increased number of suicides shortly after Marilyn Monroe's highly publicized death.
B) President John F.Kennedy's ill-fated decision to invade Cuba.
C) the tragic murder of Kitty Genovese just outside her New York apartment.
D) the destructive obedience of participants in the Milgram experiments.

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Deindividuation refers to


A) a lack of critical thinking due to a strong desire for social harmony within a group.
B) the tendency to comply with a large request after agreeing to a small request.
C) a loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations that fosters arousal and anonymity.
D) the enhancement of a group's prevailing attitudes through group discussion.

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Studies of implicit prejudice indicate that prejudice is often


A) triggered by scapegoating.
B) a response to frustration.
C) unconscious.
D) unlearned.

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In group situations,the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint that fosters arousal and anonymity is called


A) cognitive dissonance.
B) social loafing.
C) deindividuation.
D) groupthink.

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Isabella is angry because her boyfriend is late meeting her at the movie theater.She thinks that it is because he is unreliable and inconsiderate,when in fact he is late because a meeting at work ran late.Isabella has committed


A) the fundamental attribution error.
B) an attitude.
C) the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
D) cognitive dissonance.

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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 talking on her cell phone and not paying attention." Mark's response illustrates


A) blaming the victim.
B) the just-world phenomenon.
C) social scripts.
D) ingroup bias.

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The tragic murder of Kitty Genovese outside her New York apartment stimulated social-psychology research on


A) altruism.
B) the mere exposure effect.
C) equity.
D) the effects of self-disclosure.

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The most powerful predictor of whether friendship begins is


A) attitude.
B) proximity.
C) self-disclosure.
D) altruism.

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Emma wants to ask Robert out but decides to wait for him to ask her out.Emma's behavior illustrates the power of


A) groupthink.
B) mood linkage.
C) social norms.
D) social facilitation.

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In Milgram's original obedience study,if the "teacher" protested that he wished to stop or that he was worried about the "learner's" safety,what did the experimenter do?


A) The experimenter immediately stopped the experiment.
B) The experimenter ignored the protests.
C) The experimenter said,"The experiment requires that you continue."
D) The experimenter offered the "teacher" more money to continue.

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Researchers filmed two people interacting with a camera behind each person.Then they showed each person a replay of their interaction-filmed from the other person's perspective.This reversed participants' attributions of the behaviors.Seeing the world from the actor's perspective,the observers


A) better appreciated the situation.
B) attributed the observed behavior to personality.
C) were less likely to attribute the cause of behavior to the situation.
D) were more likely to commit the fundamental attribution error.

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Jonathan,who attends Cloverdale High School,believes that all students at his school are friendlier than those who attend nearby Smith Valley High School.His belief best illustrates


A) scapegoat theory.
B) the just-world phenomenon.
C) groupthink.
D) ingroup bias.

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The odds of our helping someone are higher when we are in a ________ town and we are feeling ________.


A) small;frustrated
B) large;frustrated
C) small;guilty
D) large;guilty

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Connie reluctantly took a part-time job as a waitress,which she was certain she would hate.After giving her a uniform,her boss explained that,no matter what,she needed to be courteous to the customers.When she put on her uniform,she began smiling at and talking politely to the customers (just like her fellow employees) .Based on the findings of Zimbardo's prison study,Connie's change in attitude about her job illustrates the impact of


A) role-playing on attitudes.
B) peripheral route persuasion.
C) attributions.
D) cognitive dissonance.

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Compared with how we explain our own actions,in explaining other people's behavior we are more likely to refer to


A) their personality.
B) role-playing.
C) situational influences.
D) cognitive dissonance.

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Social loafing refers to the tendency for people to


A) perform a complex task more poorly when others are present.
B) exert less effort when they are pooling their efforts toward a common goal.
C) exert less effort when they are paid by the hour,not by the amount of work completed.
D) become more distracted from their tasks when working with friends than when working with strangers.

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