Exam 16: C: Social Thinking and Social Influence

Which of the following is usually the first step in assertiveness training?

All groups have unspoken rules of conduct,which establish acceptable behavior in most situations and are referred to as social __________.

Much of our behavior is regulated by statutory law and the fines and imprisonment it provides for wrongdoing; thus,much of our behavior is controlled by __________ power.

Which of the following involves standing up for one's rights by speaking out on one's own behalf,while also taking into account the feelings or rights of others?

The mass murder/suicide at Jonestown,the Branch Davidian tragedy at Waco,the Heaven's Gate group suicide in San Diego,and Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda movement are examples of the use of

Reverend Jim Jones People's Temple and David Koresh's Branch Davidian group are examples of

In order to avoid becoming flustered in a situation when asserting your rights,you should continue to practice the assertion skills even after you have initially mastered them,a process called

Which of the following is a common characteristic of adolescents and makes them more susceptible to recruitment by cults?

If you are forced to change your beliefs or your behavior against your will,you are

In assertiveness training,people learn to restate their request as many times and in as many ways as necessary until one is acknowledged.This technique is known as

Regarding self-assertion,which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

In Milgram's follow-up experiments,he tried various ways to reduce obedience.Describe each strategy and how effective it was in reducing obedience.

If someone insults you indirectly,Alberti and Emmons suggest that you should

Adolescence is an age when individuals are especially vulnerable to recruitment by cults because

If you have ever said yes when you wanted to say no or been afraid to question a grade that seemed unfair,you are exhibiting

The actor-observer bias refers to the tendency to assign external causes to other people's behavior and internal causes to our own behavior.

Lawanda is learning to practice honesty,disagreeing,and questioning authority.As her self-confidence improves,she and other members of the group will be taken on "field trips" to shops and restaurants where they practice what they have learned.Lawanda is receiving what type of training?

"Love bombing" is a technique often found in

Regarding cults,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following was a significant factor in determining the degree of obedience in Milgram's series of experiments?