Exam 13: Behaviour in a Social Context

According to this theory, attitudes are relatively good predictors of future behaviour when people have positive attitudes towards their behaviours, when subjective norms support their attitudes, and when they believe that behaviours are under their personal control. This is the ______________.

In a groupthink situation, people tend to go along with the group's thinking in order to maintain a unanimous position. This is quite similar to the concept of

Medea and her friends go out for dinner at a sit-down restaurant. Their waiter is slow to greet them, confuses their drink orders, forgets to bring their appetizers, and is angry when they complain. Medea's friends begin to say that the waiter is a jerk and that they don't intend to tip him. Medea has waited tables in the past, and she tells them that the waiter is probably just having a rough night. She is making a ___________ attribution.

Paul is feeling very frustrated and angry with his boss. Rather than attacking his boss, Paul goes to the gym and engages in a very vigorous workout. After the gym, he feels much better. A psychodynamic interpretation of this activity would focus on the concept of

When she first hears a particular song on the radio, Madelaine hates it. A lot of other people like it, though, and the song is played often, so whether she wants to or not, Madelaine hears it over and over. One day she realizes that she actually kind of likes the song. She tells a friend that the song has grown on her. Madelaine's feelings about the song changed, due to the

The way in which the average opinion of groups of like-minded individuals tends to become more extreme when they discuss an issue follows the principle of group _______________.

Attitudes are relatively good predictors of future behaviour when people have positive attitudes toward their behaviour, when subjective norms support their attitudes, and when they believe that their behaviour is under personal control. This is known as ________.

When Tanek serves jury duty, he is astonished by how different the casual, talkative people he met in the waiting area behave when they enter the courtroom. They stand and sit straighter, fold their legs more formally, and say "yes, sir" or "yes, ma'am" rather than "yeah" when speaking to the judge or attorneys. The members of the jury pool are responding to

According to realistic conflict theory and social identity theory, what are the motivational roots of prejudice?

Don went to three different dances this past week. Prior to this, he had a slightly negative attitude towards dancing, but after observing his behaviour, he starts to conclude that he must in fact enjoy it, otherwise he wouldn't have attended so many dances. This change in Don's attitude is most consistent with the predictions of

Bree saw a person lying on the street. She felt the person's distress and decided to help. In doing so, she was able to reduce her own distress. This explanation of altruism is consistent with

You and four other group members have to prepare a presentation that either argues for or against increasing government spending. While everyone was in favour of increasing spending at the beginning, you expected that exploring some counterarguments (reasons to consider being against it) might change that. However, your discussion seemed to only reinforce what everyone already believed and afterwards the group was even more strongly in favour of taking that position than when they started. What could account for that?

When interacting with other individuals, our unfounded expectations can influence how we behave towards these individuals. This would shape the behaviour of these individuals in a way that confirms our expectations. The description above is representative of how self-fulfilling prophecies work.

Why did LaPiere's study raise doubts about attitude-behaviour consistency?

When we perceive that someone's negative behaviour toward us was intended or controllable, we are more likely to __________. As people who are generally angry and aggressive tend to perceive others as __________, this may contribute to a vicious cycle of aggression.

Josephine is sitting on a jury whose task is to decide whether or not to give the defendant a life sentence in prison. Most of the members of the jury feel the defendant can be rehabilitated and feel a twenty-year sentence would be appropriate. However, after listening to some of the members express their opinions about how detrimental prison life can be, the jury finally recommends a sentence of only ten years. In this case, which psychological principle may have shaped the opinion?

What does theory say about the role of the media in influencing aggression? What does research show regarding the impact on behaviour?

When Majan comes to class wearing his bathrobe, his classmates stare and laugh because he

All of the following marriage suggestions are supported by the results from marital research EXCEPT

Despite knowing the harmful effects of vaping, a student smokes several e-cigarettes a day. As the student is about to smoke a cigarette, they hesitate but smokes it, thinking, "Uncle John is 84 years old and a chain smoker; he is in good health, so smoking won't kill me either." The student has reduced mental tension using ___________.