Exam 13: Behaviour in a Social Context

Alison is at a workshop where a presenter is attempting to persuade people to make a rather risky but potentially profitable financial investment. After carefully considering the presenter's arguments, Alison finds this person's ideas sound and compelling and decides to invest. This example best demonstrates

Social comparison can have the most negative impact on helping behaviour at which stage in the helping process?

What is social loafing and when is it most likely to occur?

Studies have indicated that attitudes are good predictors of behaviours when people are aware of their attitudes and when the attitudes are ____________.

The text makes an important distinction between ____________, which refers to a negative attitude toward people based on their membership in a group, and ____________, which is concerned with actually treating people unfairly based on their group membership.

Do birds of a feather flock together or do opposites attract? Describe the evidence.

Cross-cultural studies examining the consistency of the fundamental attribution error and the self-serving bias have shown that

If a friend of yours does poorly on this exam and you conclude that he is not really good at psychology, you are basing your explanation on

According to sociobiologists, what is the evolutionary basis of helping behaviour?

If you do poorly on this exam and conclude that it is really the professor's fault for making the exam too hard, you are basing your explanation on

Andy and Mark have been dating for several months and share their innermost thoughts and feelings. This behaviour is known as ___________.

A meta-analysis of 60 different studies examining the possible causal mechanisms of deindividuation revealed that _____________ was the primary factor that disinhibited behaviour.

According to this theory, people are social because they have a basic need to relate their behaviours, feelings, and beliefs to other people in order to help them assess the level of their abilities and to determine whether their responses are normal. This is the __________.

Two siblings grew up competitive of each other. They haven't seen each other for 10 years but met for their father's funeral to get their inheritance. One sibling believes that the other sibling would be greedy and would demand most of the inheritance. This overestimated role of factors would be an example of a fundamental attribution error.

You are trying to get an unobtrusive measure of perceived threat from an out-group member. Fortunately, you are able to monitor brain activity in real time. Which of the following brain areas would you look at to detect this perceived threat?

Studies showing that children who watch more violent TV programs are more likely to have committed a serious crime by the time they are 30 provide evidence that is most consistent with the ____________ view of aggression.

A sexist man assumes that an assertive and strong woman whom he has just met must be a "feminist" and thus he is able to maintain his more general belief that women are passive and dependent. This example best demonstrates

Many studies suggest that the tendency to attribute other people's behaviour to personal factors may reflect Western society's emphasis on individualism. This finding is most useful when attempting to explain why the _________________ is less common in _______________ cultures.

A psychologist who is discussing the causes of racism and prejudice argues that these negative beliefs are caused primarily by people's needs to enhance their self-esteem and to feel good about themselves. This psychologist's explanation is most consistent with

Prejudice is fostered in large part by competition for limited resources, according to the _________________ theory.