Exam 13: Behaviour in a Social Context

Under which of the following conditions do attitudes best predict behaviour?

Cognitive dissonance is more likely to occur when a person feels that her actions are coerced and when the counterattitudinal behaviour __________ her sense of self-worth.

The principle of group polarization refers to how:

The phenomenon of social facilitation refers to how people perform better on individual tasks when they perform in front of an audience or have co-actors.However,when people involved in a group task exert less effort than they would if they were performing individually,then ________________ has occurred.

Many people meet their spouse or current dating partner:

Jean is happy in a romantic relationship but feels that there could likely be another relationship that would make her even more content.If we only examine the comparison level of Jean's current relationship,we would predict that she would _________ the relationship.

All of the following were mentioned as ways that people can maintain prejudices when confronted with contradictory information EXCEPT:

Alan and Allison have been married ten years.According to research by Gottman and his colleagues,which of the following ways of dealing with their anger is likely to help keep their marriage happy?

Two common perspectives on attraction are that "birds of a feather flock together" and that "opposites attract." Scientific research on attraction has revealed that:

People who have a low need for _______ appear to be more strongly influenced by the peripheral route to persuasion.

Prejudicial attitudes create fear and self-consciousness among stereotyped group members that they will confirm other people's negative attitudes.This is considered _________________.

A study by Patterson et al.found that over 80 percent of aggressive behaviours were rewarding for the aggressor,a finding that clearly demonstrates that aggressive behaviour patterns are fostered by ___________.

The theory that assumes that when people infer their attitudes and beliefs by observing their own behaviours is:

Based on his triangular theory,Sternberg proposes that the "ultimate" form of love is:

Jared is very upset at the low score he received at his piano competition.Jared typically receives low scores but this time he thought he would do better.He begins to believe that the three judges were all against him from the start.In this case,Jared would be attributing his low score to the:

According to Leon Festinger,people strive for consistency in their cognitions.If they have two or more cognitions that contradict one another,they experience an unpleasant state of tension called _______________.

Normative social influence involves conforming in order to be accepted by others or to avoid social rejection,while people conforming to the behaviours or opinions of others because they believe that these others have accurate knowledge and know what is "right" involves ____________ social influence.

When explaining our own behaviour,when we make more personal attributions for successes and more situational attributions for failures,then ____________ has occurred.

What are the two major components of communicator credibility?

Theorists who take the evolutionary perspective assert that humans are social creatures because of the adaptive significance of this kind of behaviour for survival,while someone who emphasizes how socialization allows needed feedback concerning the relative strengths of our talents and abilities would hold the _______________ view.