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Through the use of ________,Muzafer Sherif made boy camper enemies into friends.


A) contact
B) superordinate goals
C) bargaining
D) conciliation

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Mediators seek to establish ________ agreements that reconcile both parties' interests to their mutual benefit.


A) arbitrated
B) integrative
C) mirror-image
D) zero-sum

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According to Gifford and Hine's research with laboratory dilemmas,which of the following is a method for resolving social dilemmas?


A) competition
B) making a very large group
C) communication
D) conciliation

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In the commons dilemma,people often consume more than they realize when:


A) others take on a cooperative strategy.
B) resources are not partitioned.
C) the "commons" are divided into equal parts.
D) they belong to a small group.

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Santiago is a Mexican student and Pierre is an Egyptian student in an exchange program.Both are part of a team competing in an international quiz competition,and they prepare very hard and cooperate with each other despite their cultural differences.This scenario most likely exemplifies the importance of ________ in bringing interracial harmony.


A) implicit self-esteem
B) a superordinate goal
C) pluralistic ignorance
D) the jigsaw technique

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In the context of misperception,which of the following is true of mirror-image perceptions?


A) When two sides have clashing perceptions,at least one is misperceiving the other.
B) Positive stereotypes of the outgroup,once formed,are often resistant to contradictory evidence.
C) To a striking degree,the misperceptions of those in conflict are never mutual.
D) People in conflict attribute similar virtues to the other group and vices to themselves.

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Which of the following is an example of changing payoffs to resolve social dilemmas?


A) allowing carpoolers to drive in the faster freeway lane
B) requiring carpool cars and vans to park in special,larger parking lots farther away from the office building
C) lowering the price of gasoline to well below $1 per gallon
D) rewarding people who drive by themselves to work

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In the context of social dilemmas,which of the following is a feature shared by both the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Tragedy of the Commons?


A) Both tempt people to explain their own behavior dispositionally.
B) Participants tend to commit the fundamental attribution error.
C) Participants' motives remain unaltered when they are in a social trap.
D) Their profits and losses add up to zero.

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________ occurs when conflicted parties seek an agreement through direct negotiation.


A) Bargaining
B) Amelioration
C) Mediation
D) Arbitration

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In playing the laboratory version of the Prisoner's Dilemma,you would personally obtain the best payoff on any given trial if ________.


A) you confess and the other person does not confess
B) both you and the other person confess
C) you do not confess but the other person confesses
D) both you and the other person do not confess

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A

When Bush called Iraq "evil" in the buildup to the invasion,he was making which common misperception?


A) underestimating the strength of one's enemy
B) demonizing the enemy
C) rationalizing one's own motives
D) blaming the wrong people

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Identify a true statement about the contact that predicts the attitudes and tolerance of a group.


A) The more interracial contact South African Blacks and Whites have,the less sympathetic their political attitudes.
B) The more contact straight people have with gays and lesbians,the more accepting they become.
C) The more contact younger people have with older adults,the less favorable their attitudes toward older people.
D) Unlike direct contact,vicarious indirect contact is not effective in reducing prejudice.

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Joe and Stan are neighbors.Joe wants to put up a fence around his property,but a cherry tree resides directly on the property line.Because they cannot agree on what to do,they seek out a neutral third party to make the decision for them.This is an example of:


A) arbitration.
B) mediation.
C) subjugation.
D) integration.

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Punishing another person for noncooperation is most likely to result in:


A) zero-sum results.
B) peace.
C) retaliation.
D) surrender.

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In times of tension,such as during an international crisis:


A) views of the opposing side become more simplistic.
B) rational thinking becomes less difficult.
C) seat-of-the-pants judgments become less likely.
D) tendencies toward groupthink are weakened.

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Jonathan,the HR manager of a manufacturing company,asks all the employees to use public transportation and thus contribute to the reduction of the emission of greenhouse gases.However,the employees state that they lose time if they use public transport,and they continue to commute in private vehicles.In the context of social dilemmas,the employees' actions will result in ________ in this scenario.


A) the Prisoner's Dilemma
B) pluralistic ignorance
C) the Tragedy of the Commons
D) an illusion of transparency

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A goal that overrides people's differences from one another is called a(n) :


A) superior goal.
B) superordinate goal.
C) ingroup goal.
D) independent goal.

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Zoe and Lily,two college students,are roommates,and they split the rent and other expenses equally.Zoe likes to play music loudly,while Lily likes to spend her leisure time reading books.Which of the following is most likely exemplified by Zoe and Lily in this scenario?


A) conflict
B) an illusion of transparency
C) mirror-image perception
D) altruism

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Triandis (1994) reported that ________ immigrants felt more comfortable identifying with their ethnicity than ________ immigrants.


A) grandchildren of;second-generation
B) second-generation;grandchildren of
C) European;Asian
D) Asian;European

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In both the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Tragedy of the Commons,people are tempted to explain their own behavior ________ and others' behavior ________.


A) dispositionally;situationally
B) positively;negatively
C) situationally;dispositionally
D) negatively;positively

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