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psych social psychology exam 3 Questions with Complete Solution The saying, "I scratch your back, you scratch mine." best fits with the concept of a) altruism. b) reciprocity. c) social exch ... ange. d) homophily. -Ans>>b) reciprocity. If someone cuts Stevie off on her drive to work, she gets angry and has a hard time getting over it. This is an example of the ________ component of an attitude. a) affective b) cognitive c) cognitive dissonance d) behavioral -Ans>>a) affective ________ designed the obedience study to test if subjects would give "learners" electric shocks when they missed test questions. a) Bandura b) Asch c) Zimbardo d) Milgram -Ans>>d) Milgram A person's knowledge about the appropriate behavior and sequence of events to follow in a new situation is called a/an ________. a) normative behavior b) social screenplay. c) social norm. d) attribution e) script. -Ans>>e) script. A person will be less likely to fall prey to the Asch effect if there is at least one other dissenter in the group, if the group is small, or if responses are made in ________. a) private b) sequence c) after hearing everyone else's responses d) Public -Ans>>a) private Wendy is a good runner. In her last half marathon, her speed improved at every mile marker, where people were there to cheer her on. Her improved performance can be explained by a) social loafing. b) Groupthink. c) group polarization d) social facilitation. -Ans>>d) social facilitation. Sternberg argues that the healthiest relationships have consummate love, which includes a) trust, attraction, and dedication. b) intimacy, passion, and commitment. c) passion + commitment. d) consistency, passion, and honesty. -Ans>>b) intimacy, passion, and commitment. Which of the following situations is an example of instrumental aggression? a) Darlington is mad at Jake and decides to hurt him by shoving him down the stairs. b) Jackson punches John for stepping on his musical instrument. c) John really wants his toy back from Evan, so he pushes him out of the way. d) Wilmer performs poorly at his lacrosse match and blames it on his teammate, Demarcus. Wilmer corners Demarcus and punches him. -Ans>>c) John really wants his toy back from Evan, so he pushes him out of the way. Intrapersonal things focus on topics like emotions, attitudes that things that affect the ________, whereas interpersonal things examine topics like prejudice, discrimination, relationships, and ________ behavior. a) social mind; physical mind b) mind; unintentional c) group; self d) self; group -Ans>>d) self; group Zoe believes that homeless people deserve to be homeless because she thinks they don't work hard enough. Her belief is an example of the a) self-fulling prophecy b) self-serving bias c) just-world hypothesis d) actor-observer bias -Ans>>c) just-world hypothesis The behaviors by the prison guards in the Stanford prison experiment coincided with expected________; the guards gave orders and expected the prisoners to follow them. a) social expectations b) social roles c) social norms. d) experimental procedures -Ans>>b) social roles A person is most likely to assist another a) when the costs of helping are low and the rewards are high. b) when the cost of helping and rewards are both high. c) when the cost of helping and rewards are both low. d) when the costs of helping are high and the rewards are low. -Ans>>a) when the costs of helping are low and the rewards are high. Fatuous love includes passion and commitment, but is lacking in a) honesty. b) intimacy. c) privacy. d) liking. -Ans>>b) intimacy. Those who examine external forces on behavior take the side of ________, while those who focus on internal factors take the side of ________. a) dispositionism; situationalism b) attribution; internal factor analysis c) confirmation bias; information avoidance d) situationism; dispositionism -Ans>>d) situationism; dispositionism [Show More]

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