Unit 9 Terms
Marissa is a good racquetball player, whose performance seems to improve as the crowd watching her gets larger. Her change in performance is an example of
What is social facilitation
In Asch's classic study on conformity, when all but one of the confederates gave obviously wrong answers, the true research participant was more likely to
Conform to what most of the group was saying, conform to the confederate to whom he was most attracted, stick with his perception of the correct answer
What is, stick with his own perception of the correct answer
Although Graham has not yet met his future college roommate, he learned that the roommate is a football player. He is anxious and unhappy about sharing a room with a football player because he expects that his roommate will be a party animal. Graham's attitude can be classified as
What is prejudice
When watching the Olympics most people cheer for athletes from their own country. Often, fans believe that athletes from other countries cheat but athletes from their own country would never cheat. Th is an example of
What is ingroup bias
Shortly after Noah learned that he had failed to make the high school football team, he vandalized the team's locker room and broke several classroom windows. His behavior is best explained by
What is the frustration-aggression principle
The consumption of alcohol ______ aggressive behavior, and injections of testosterone ________ aggressive behavior?
Think increase or decrease
What is increase and increase
Alana heard what sounded like cries for help from a swimmer located 30 yards from the ocean shoreline. She continues walking along the beach because she figured that one of the many swimmers in the area would help. Her reaction best illustrates
What is the bystander effect
One key to a gratifying and enduring relationship is when both partners reveal intimate details about themselves to one another. This is known as
What is self-disclosure
When visiting the Bergen-Belson concentration camp shortly after WWII, one German civilian was said to have remarked, 'what terrible criminals these prisoners must have been to receive such treatment.' This reaction is best explained in terms of
What is the just world phenomenon
Nancy represents the minority in her psy class when it comes to her opinion on whether or not Stanley Milgram's experiment was ethical. In order to sway the opinion of her fellow students, Nancy must
be able to convince the most attractive students, express her opinion as consistently as possible, just give up b/c you cannot sway the majority
What is, be as consistent as possible
Jessica believes that all boys are aggressive and insensitive. Her beliefs are an example of
What is stereotypes
Stephanie recently heard a persuasive speech of the benefits of recycling and has now begun recycling at home. This is an example of
What is informational social influence
Max sees a student in the hall drop all of his books and binders on the floor. Mas stops to ponder whether he should help the student pick his stuff up off the floor or if he should get to class before he is late. This best represents the
What is the social exchange theory
If Aristotle and Locke, who both believed that what we know is acquired from experience, were alive today, they would best agree with which psychological approach
What is the behavioral approach
Although the leaders of two enemy nations admit to a buildup of their own military forces, each sees the other country's actions as unreasonable and motivated by evil intentions. This best illustrates
What is the mirror-image perceptions
Chuck is walking down the street and someone asks him to sign a petition to put clean-air legislation on the next ballot. He decides to sign the petition. Then the person asks whether he would like to give a donation to the associated environmental group. This technique is an example of
What is foot in the door
When a group of racially prejudiced high school students discussed racial issues, their attitudes became even more prejudiced. This best illistrates
What is group polarization
A researcher determined that the less practice teenagers had driving, the more moving violations they received during the first year after receiving their drivers' license. This finding is an example of which of the following?
statistical significance, illusory correlation, negative correlation, positive correlation
What is, negative correlation
Dana and Sofia were sure that they had answered most of the multiple choice questions correctly because 'the questions required only common sense.' However, they each scored less than 60% on the exam on the exam. This best illustrates
What is overconfidence
Evidence that people exhibit heightened levels of prejudice when they are economically frustrated offers support for
What is the scapegoat theory