Exam 19: Interpersonal, Group, and Intergroup Processes

A phenomenon known as 'diffusion of responsibility' may partly explain why participants behaved the way they did in Milgram's (1963) experiment.

Alike social facilitation, social __________ refers to the decreases in performance when people are being watched.

Which of the following statements about passionate love is false?

Passionate love is experienced during the early stages of a romantic relationship.

What are the two types of love, according to your textbook?

___________ racists hold egalitarian values, but they experience negative emotions, such as fear and discomfort, about members of other groups.

In which context did Muzafer Sherif study the causes of prejudice in the 1950s?

Intergroup contact may lead to 'subtyping' of individuals involved in the contact away from the group representation.

Social __________ refers to the way in which our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours change when in the presence of others.

Glick and colleagues (1997) found that men high in ambivalent sexism who were asked to think about a woman transcending traditional roles reported feelings such as:

People high in social ____________ orientation believe that some groups are better than others and that it is necessary for society to have high- and low-status groups.

The UCLA and USC football teams dislike one another because they are rivals competing for the college football championship. Which of the following theories best explains the negativity between UCLA and USC?

Which of the following factors increases a group's entitativity?

What's the name of the phenomenon by which people within a crowd are less likely to see themselves as idiosyncratic individuals and more likely to see themselves as anonymous group members?

____________ sexism refers to attitudes that are very positive on the surface but deep down reflect a view of women as inferior to men.

What is 'heterosexual intimacy' in the context of benevolent sexism?

Social facilitation refers to the tendency for people to perform better when in front of an audience.

Women with a(n) '_________' figure are considered to be especially physically attractive.

What waist-to-hip ratio should a woman have to be considered especially physically attractive according to Streeter's and McBurney's (2003) findings?

According to the _________ theory, people keep track of what they contribute to a relationship and what their partner contributes.