Exam 1: Introducing Social Psychology

Professor Jaffrey believes that children learn to be polite when they are rewarded for saying things like "please" and "thank you." Professor Jaffrey is most likely a ________ psychologist.

Dr.Diehl and Dr.Jzreck both study aggression.However, Dr.Diehl studies the topic from the standpoint of society at large; Dr.Jrzeck studies it from the standpoint of the individual.Who is most likely to be the social psychologist?

Liberman, Samuels, and Ross (2004) randomly assigned participants previously identified as cooperative or competitive to play a game that was labeled either the "Wall Street Game" or the "Community Game." If their results had indicated that, no matter what the game, participants who were identified as competitive behaved more competitively in both groups than did participants who were identified as cooperative, these findings would have suggested that

Jason's doctor recently told him that he needs to start eating healthier and lose some weight.If Jason is more motivated by the need for accuracy (social cognition approach), what would he likely think and do after this visit?

In the introduction to Chapter 1, you read about a number of social phenomena: a young man broadcast his suicide live online; a sister and brother disagreed on the attractiveness of the same fraternity; and more than 800 people committed mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.What do these examples have in common? They

Which of the following is an example of a direct persuasion attempt?

Thomas is scrupulously honest when it comes to not cheating on his tests and papers, but when a cashier accidentally gives him back too much change, he is likely to keep the extra money.A social psychologist would most likely say that Thomas's behavior

Why is a scientific approach preferable to reliance on folk wisdom and common sense?

When we commit the fundamental attribution error, we ________ the power of ________.

In commenting on the development of social psychology in the U.S., Dorwin Cartwright (1979) wrote, "If I were required to name the one person who has had the greatest impact on the field, it would have to be Adolf Hitler." By this he meant that

Social cognition is the study of how people

Social psychologists have identified two motives that are of primary importance in explaining our thoughts and behaviors.According to your textbook authors, these are the need to ________ and the need to ________.

From the perspective of Fritz Heider, you're not only reacting to the behavior of your roommate, but also

After the mass suicides related to the cults at Jonestown, people tended to blame the victims and accuse them of being psychologically unstable or deranged.Social psychologists are more likely to explain these mass suicides as being due to

Dimitri went through a lot of hard work during Basic Training in the Army.At times, drill sergeants yelled at him; he was physically exhausted and emotionally distressed.But, at the end of Basic Training, he felt that joining the Army had been a very good decision.The self-esteem explanation for Dimitri's feelings about Basic Training is that

Sheila shows up for a blind date with her hair disheveled and her clothes a mess.Her date, Jamal, thinks, "She must be a total slob!" Jamal's thought about Sheila is an example of

Social psychologists tend to be more focused on ________, and personality psychologists tend to focus more on ________.

To understand humans, one needs only to know about environmental rewards and punishments.This statement would most likely be endorsed by a strict

Human beings are often motivated to construe themselves and the social world accurately.The ________ approach is based on this assumption.

According to the authors of your text, in the experiment on self-fulfilling prophecies by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968), teachers were told that children labeled as "bloomers" were ________, when in fact they were merely chosen at random.