Exam 13: Behaviour in a Social Context

When Sarah takes her new boyfriend home to meet her parents she is very nervous. Trying to explain that he is anxious about the meeting, she introduces Brendon, telling her parents that he is anxious, nervous, and very quiet. Later on, after having calmed down considerably, when her brother comes home she introduces Brendon as quiet because of his nervousness and anxiety about meeting her family. Based on the primacy effect, which of the following will be true about Brendon's impression on Sarah's parents and her brother?

In our evolving world of technology and social media, people these days are more likely to be influenced by fake news on social media platforms and conform to what other people think and decide. This is an example of central route to persuasion.

Which theory predicts that counter-attitudinal behaviours generate physiological arousal?

Prejudice is fostered in large part by competition for limited resources according to ______________ theory.

If Kelly takes the advice of another person because that person is perceived as having accurate knowledge, Kelly is being impacted by normative social influence.

Though Aleser, Fiodor, and Alan are from different countries and backgrounds, they have no trouble agreeing on which women they find attractive. Fascinated that skin, eye, and hair colour have no effects on the men's experience of beauty, Fiodor wonders what the beautiful faces have in common. After some research, he learns that attractive faces tend to be more __________ than others.

Explain how transfer of excitation can influence our feelings of love.

Explain the difference between informational and normative social influence.

In his famous study examining obedience, Milgram found that the majority of his participants

Leah decides to give speed dating a try. In the course of an hour, she will spend three minutes each talking with 20 different men. Without any additional information, which of the following qualities is most likely to make Leah want to date one or more of the men she meets?

All of your friends want to go out to the new Sushi restaurant for dinner. You don't. But you decide to go along anyway, even though you would prefer to go to the new steak house. Your behaviour is an example of

Which of the following was mentioned as one of the factors that can increase obedience?

A generalized belief about a group or a category of people is defined as a ____________.

Muzafer Sherif found that when groups of people viewed a stationary dot of light in a dark room, the people perceived the dot to move in a phenomenon called the autokinetic effect. When comparing their experiences in small groups after viewing the dot, groups came to slightly different conclusions regarding how much the dot had moved and provided some insight into how _________ are formed.

Dave is consistently ten to fifteen minutes late to work every morning. His wife explains to him that this is stealing from his employer. Dave has always considered himself to be an honest person, he therefore justifies the time theft by explaining to his wife that he is not paid enough for the hard work he does so he considers the time part of his salary. Dave changed his attitude in order to justify his actions thereby

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.

Suppose you are told that a guest lecturer who will be coming to your class is rather aloof and cold. When the lecturer does come, you find that the lecturer behaves in a way that is consistent with the expectations you have been given. While it may be that the lecturer is in fact cold and aloof, which of the following additional conclusions is most likely?

Describe deindividuation and how conditions in the Stanford Prison Study may have fostered it.

You are in the process of buying a new car and are discussing your future purchase with your friend Chris. With regard to a Ford car that you are considering, Chris tells you that he dislikes it very much; but of the other friends you have talked to, he is the only person who feels this way about the car. Chris has also told you that he dislikes every other car you are considering. Assuming that Chris continues to feel this way about the Ford, you would most likely make a ________.

Results from the Irwin and Gross study examining the impact of two different video games on aggressive behaviour obtained all of the following results for boys who played the violent video games EXCEPT