Question 1

The fundamental attribution error is illustrated in our tendency to underestimate the extent to which others' behavior is influenced by

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A)  genetics. 
B)  assigned roles. 
C)  their level of motivation. 
D)  personality traits.

Question 2

Whether a person exercises regularly is best predicted by his or her attitude about

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A)  sports training. 
B)  physical health. 
C)  exercise. 
D)  other people's opinions.

Question 3

Before she gave a class presentation favoring gun control legislation,Wanda opposed it. Her present attitude favoring such legislation can best be explained by

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A)  attribution theory. 
B)  cognitive dissonance theory. 
C)  reward theory. 
D)  evolutionary psychology.

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of the foot-in-the-door phenomenon?

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A)  To persuade a customer to buy a product a store owner offers a small gift. 
B)  After agreeing to wear a small "Enforce Recycling" lapel pin,a woman agrees to collect signatures on a petition to make recycling required by law. 
C)  After offering to sell a car at a ridiculously low price,a car salesperson is forced to tell the customer the car will cost $1000 more. 
D)  All of these are examples.

Question 5

Having observed participants in his simulated prison study,Philip Zimbardo offered an explanation for the destructive behavior of U.S. military guards at Iraq's Abu Ghraib Prison. Zimbardo's explanation best exemplified

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A)  a dispositional attribution. 
B)  the two-factor theory. 
C)  a situational attribution. 
D)  cognitive dissonance.

Question 6

Which theory describes how we explain others' behavior as being due to internal dispositions or external situations?

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A)  cognitive dissonance theory 
B)  reward theory 
C)  two-factor theory 
D)  attribution theory

Question 7

Attitudes are ________ that guide behavior.

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A)  norms and roles 
B)  cooperative goals 
C)  belief-based feelings 
D)  dispositional attributions

Question 8

Which branch of psychology is most directly concerned with the study of how people think about,influence,and relate to one another?

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A)  developmental psychology 
B)  social psychology 
C)  personality psychology 
D)  clinical psychology

Question 9

Fernando's favorable attitude toward capital punishment began to change when he was asked to offer arguments opposing it in a university debate class. His attitude change is best explained by ________ theory.

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A)  cognitive dissonance 
B)  social exchange 
C)  attribution 
D)  the two-factor

Question 10

A person's behavior is most likely to be consistent with his or her attitudes when

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A)  the attitudes are implicit rather than explicit. 
B)  external influences on behavior are minimal. 
C)  the person has not publicly communicated those attitudes. 
D)  the attitudes are discrepant with most other people's opinions.

Question 11

Vanna is tempted to shoplift a gold necklace even though she has negative feelings about shoplifting. Vanna is LEAST likely to steal the merchandise if

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A)  her negative feelings about shoplifting result from normative social influence. 
B)  she is suffering the effects of crowding. 
C)  she easily recalls her negative feelings about shoplifting. 
D)  she has recently shoplifted jewelry from several different stores.

Question 12

The fundamental attribution error involves

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A)  becoming more extreme in one's individual opinions following group discussion. 
B)  performing a complex task more poorly when in the presence of others. 
C)  underestimating situational constraints on another's behavior. 
D)  losing self-restraint in group situations that foster anonymity.

Question 13

The participants in Philip Zimbardo's simulated prison study

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A)  were assigned the roles of prisoner or guard on the basis of their personality test scores. 
B)  found it very difficult to play the role of prison guard. 
C)  were so endangered by their role-playing experience that the study was discontinued. 
D)  became a cohesive unit when they pursued superordinate goals.

Question 14

Attribution theory suggests that we tend to attribute others' behavior either to their

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A)  heredity or their environment. 
B)  biological motives or their psychological motives. 
C)  thoughts or their emotions. 
D)  dispositions or their situations.

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Which of the following is an example of the foot-in-the-door phenomenon?

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Attitudes are ________ that guide behavior.

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The fundamental attribution error is illustrated in our tendency to underestimate the extent to which others' behavior is influenced by

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Having observed participants in his simulated prison study,Philip Zimbardo offered an explanation for the destructive behavior of U.S. military guards at Iraq's Abu Ghraib Prison. Zimbardo's explanation best exemplified

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