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"Look,Officer,I didn't see the stop sign back there because the sun was in my eyes." The police officer responds,"You were not paying attention." How would a social psychologist describe this situation?


A) Both individuals were making fundamental attribution errors.
B) Both individuals were making situational attributions.
C) The driver was making a dispositional attribution;the officer was making a situational attribution.
D) The driver was making a situational attribution;the officer was making a dispositional attribution.

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Which type of love is defined as commitment only?


A) infatuation
B) consummate love
C) companionate love
D) empty love

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Attributions are __________________.


A) explanations that account for one's own behaviors and/or the behaviors of others.
B) innate personality traits
C) genetic predispositions to behave a certain way
D) physical qualities people have such as attractiveness

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Invulnerability,rationalization,and insularity are three characteristics of groupthink.

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Upon arriving at college and meeting your roommate,you sigh mightily as you listen to his endless droning on about how wonderful his girlfriend back home is."I miss her so much and I can't wait to see her during Thanksgiving break," he comments.Knowing a bit about social psychology and the rules of interpersonal attraction,what are you most likely to think to yourself?


A) This relationship is doomed,because the rule of proximity says that people are most attracted to those who are nearby,not far away.
B) I'm going to have to listen to this all year,because relationships that have some distance usually get stronger in the long run.
C) I wish he'd realize that everything he's saying makes it sound like they are too similar for each other,and people who date others with whom they share a lot of similarities usually end up breaking up.
D) This relationship will never work out because research suggests that students going away to college change so much that they become unrecognizable to those with whom they formerly had relationships.

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When members of a group give priority to the cohesiveness of the group over the facts of a situation,they are engaging in what social psychologists call _____.


A) groupthink
B) mass thought
C) consumerism
D) solidarity think

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An attitude has ______ major components.


A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four

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Analysis of the participants in Milgram's obedience study has indicated that which personality trait was highly related to the willingness to be obedient?


A) Hostility
B) Submissiveness
C) Aggressiveness
D) No one single personality trait has been found to be associated with high levels of obedience.

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The classic Robber's Cave study showed that prejudice can be reduced by ________.


A) mere exposure
B) relearning social norms
C) cooperating to meet a mutually beneficial goal
D) rethinking one's stereotypes

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Following their classic study,Festinger and Carlsmith (1959)reported that those who got $1 for a boring task said it was more interesting than those who got $20.

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In the Stanley Milgram obedience experiment,the teachers were given a "sample shock" of _______ volts.


A) 10
B) 25
C) 30
D) 45

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According to Sternberg,consummate love requires only passion and intimacy.

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All of the following are causes for groupthink EXCEPT ____________.


A) the belief that the group can do no wrong
B) the belief that the group is invulnerable
C) the belief that those who oppose the group have no worthwhile opinions
D) openness to differing opinions

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Dave believes all college professors are irritable,impatient,and uninterested in whether students learn.His belief is an example of _______________.


A) consensus
B) impressions
C) an attitude
D) a stereotype

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What term do psychologists use to describe our liking of other people?


A) love
B) appeal
C) interpersonal attraction
D) cognitive dissonance

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People from collectivist cultures are more likely to make attributions based on dispositions than are people in more individualistic cultures.

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Roberta is trying to decide whether to vote for a political candidate.Based on what she has read about him,she has concluded that he is not qualified for the position,but she agrees with his political positions.Also,she trusts him and likes his decisive personality.In fact,she likes him so much that she sent a small donation to his campaign.Her opinion that the candidate is not qualified represents the ______ component of her attitude toward him.


A) cognitive
B) feeling
C) intuition
D) behavioral

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What term is used to describe compliance with an initial small request followed by compliance with a larger request?


A) risky shift
B) foot-in-the-door effect
C) door-in-the-face effect
D) polarization phenomenon

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"I hate Walt Disney World.Whenever I take the kids there,I realize how much I hate that place." Which method of attitude formation is involved in this example?


A) direct contact
B) direct instruction
C) vicarious conditioning
D) observational learning

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Asch found that the likelihood of conformity increased with group size until ______ confederates were present.


A) three
B) four
C) five
D) six

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