Exam 13: Behaviour in a Social Context

All of the following are gender differences that have been found with regard to important characteristics for dating partners and spouses EXCEPT

Remaining independent in the face of pressure, being consistent over time, and appearing to maintain an open mind were all factors that

A person is more likely to retaliate and act aggressively if she perceives another person's negative behaviour as being intended and controllable.

Research on helping behaviour indicates that ____________ bystanders are more likely to help ______________.

A person is more likely to retaliate and act aggressively if she perceives another person's negative behaviour as being intentional.

The negative-state relief model is most relevant to which of the following?

The Asch conformity results involving the judgement of line lengths are all the more startling because the study did not employ any

In-group favouritism and the out-group homogeneity bias were both mentioned as possible contributing causes of

How can people maintain their stereotypes in the face of contradictory information?

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.

If I have a positive attitude towards calling my family every week, then I am more likely to continue calling them. This would be an application of theory of planned behaviour.

Which of the following is likely to promote groupthink?

Before asking you for a favour, your roommate vacuums the apartment and cleans the bathroom. Which of the following persuasion techniques is your roommate using?

A new babysitter is warned by a child's parents that their son is very aggressive and loud. As a result of this initial expectation, the babysitter behaves in such a way that these very behaviours are evoked from the child, thus confirming what the sitter was initially told. This example best demonstrates the phenomenon called

According to self-perception theory, why does counterattitudinal behaviour produce attitude change?

Groupthink occurs when the average opinion of a group of like-minded individuals becomes more extreme after discussing an issue.

Mary's mother is a non-smoker and she believes that the government should cut health care benefits to anyone who does smoke because they are responsible for any health problems they might experience-they deserve what happens to them. This is an example of

According to Harold Kelley's attribution theory, when are we likely to make a situational attribution?

Liam doesn't like the new iPhone. In order for us to make a situational attribution and assume that it really is something about the phone (and not just Liam's opinion), which of the following has to be true?

In subsequent experiments examining the factors that influence conformity, Asch determined that