Exam 13: Behaviour in a Social Context

In many animal species, higher levels of ___________ usually increase the likelihood of ____________, which consists of unprovoked aggressive acts that are designed to establish a dominance hierarchy among members of a particular species.

The link between people's behaviour and personal factors is well established in a "Westernized" culture and this is not linked to the concept of individualism.

The tendency for people to work less hard when they are working in a group than when they are working alone is known as

What behaviour would involve increasing an already agreed upon cost?

Identify some situational factors that influence people's degree of conformity.

Based on his triangular theory, Sternberg proposes that the "ultimate" form of love is

Attitudes typically have a greater influence on behaviour when we are aware of them and when they are strongly held.

The tendency to prefer people in a group to which we already belong and to attribute more positive qualities to these individuals is called in-group favouritism.

As a researcher you approach couples at an amusement park and ask them how much they are in love. Some couples you ask before they get on the roller coaster, and other couples you ask as they get off. You find that people report they are more in love after they get off the roller coaster. How can you explain this?

Results of neuroscience research on stereotyping show greater activity in the area of the brain called the ____________ in response to a picture of someone from an 'out group' who may be stereotypically perceived as a potential threat.

On the first day of class, Corey is assigned to sit next to a man wearing athletic pants and a baseball cap with a sports logo. Because Corey is overweight, he assumes that his new classmate will treat him poorly, so he goes out of his way to ignore the other student. Corey's negative evaluative reaction is referred to as

You are in a relationship with a high degree of intimacy, but no commitment and no passion. According to Sternberg's triangular theory of love, you are experiencing

A woman with negative attitudes towards Asians usually relates to Asian individuals in such a way that they alter their behaviour and ultimately confirm to the woman's initial beliefs. This example best demonstrates how stereotypes can be perpetuated by

Sternberg's triangular theory of love can best be viewed as taking the original passionate-companionate love distinction and

Professor Price is concerned about the study habits of her students. She knows that many of them study while watching television. She decides to give them a study skills lecture but is unsure whether or not she should illustrate both sides of the issue or merely focus on her points. After reviewing the past research she decides that _______________ is generally a more effective way to persuade the students.

You are presenting an argument in favour of using solar power to group that does not really believe in global warming. Another individual will argue against the use of solar power. Research on attitude change suggests that in order for you to be most effective, it would be best for you to

How do mental sets shape the way we perceive people? How do stereotypes create mental sets?

Within the context of a person trying to explain why she did well on a psychology exam, a personal attribution is to a situational attribution as ________.

Carl Word and his colleagues (1974) found that white college students, who were assumed to already hold prejudiced attitudes toward blacks, sat farther away, conducted briefer interviews, and made more speech errors when interviewing black students. Which of the following constructs most readily explains the results of this study?

Results from the Roland Irwin and Alan Gross study (1995) examining the impact of two different video games on aggressive behaviour obtained all of the following results for boys who played violent video games, EXCEPT, they ___________.