Exam 4: Behaviour and Attitudes

If we provide students with just enough justification to perform a learning task and use rewards and labels to help them feel competent,we may _________ their enjoyment and their eagerness to pursue the subject on their own.

You are hosting a Weight Watchers party for people who have reached their goal weight.You want to provide tasty snacks,but you don't want to encourage over-eating either.How could you arrange things to help your friends eat sensibly,in accord with their new attitudes toward eating?

An analysis of social movements suggests that

According to the research by Burns Vaughan and John Lanzetta,you will feel more empathy for someone with whom you are interacting in person than for someone with whom you are interacting over the telephone because

The term ________ refers to prescribed actions expected of those who occupy a particular social position.

After Gertrude reluctantly agreed to type her boyfriend's psychology term paper,he told her that it might actually be 75 pages long.Gertrude appears to be a potential victim of

Mussweiler conducted a study where participants were instructed to move and act like how they believed someone who was obese would move,including wearing extra weights,and then give their impression about a target person.This study found that participants whose movements simulated obesity rated a described target person as

Which theory assumes that we observe our actions for clues about our own attitudes and beliefs?

Although dissonance theory successfully explains what happens when we act contrary to clearly defined attitudes,it does not explain

Research indicates that after making important decisions that involve choosing between equally attractive alternatives,we

Which of these actions have little or no effect on people's attitudes?

Research has shown that implicit attitudes and explicit attitudes help predict people's behaviours and judgments.

The low-ball technique is a strategy for

Disparaging an innocent victim leads an aggressor to justify further hurtful behaviour.Research studies show that this pattern occurs especially when the aggressor

Which of the following statements correctly explains the bogus pipeline strategy?

Creating a Canadian identity in children by teaching them to sing "O Canada" is an example of

The effects of an attitude on behaviour become more apparent when we look at a person's average behaviour over time.This fact describes

Sally has recently started to tease and hurt her sister.If this behaviour continues,it is likely that Sally will

Kristine and her brother Ed have a friendly bet about which team,the Pittsburgh Penguins versus the Detroit Red Wings,is going to win the NHL playoffs.Kristine places her bet on the Penguins,and Ed on the Red Wings.Right after making their bet,both Kristine and Ed become overconfident that their team is going to win.This is an example of

Research suggests that we often do not do,what we know and believe is the right thing to do.Daniel Batson calls this phenomenon