Exam 13: Personality

The mere exposure effect most directly contributes to the positive relationship between ________ and liking.

Which of the following would be the best advice to give parents who are concerned about the frequent aggressive outbursts of their 6-year-old son?

Conformity to peer pressure may lead us to behave in ways that violate our own personal convictions. This best illustrates the impact of

One analysis revealed that pitchers were more likely to hit batters when the previous batter had hit a home run. This best illustrates

The tendency to favor "us" rather than "them" is called

Marilyn judges her professor's strict class attendance policy to be an indication of his overcontrolling personality rather than a necessity dictated by the limited number of class sessions in a course that meets only once a week. Her judgment best illustrates

In Milgram's first study of obedience, the majority of "teachers" who were ordered to shock a "learner"

The fundamental attribution error refers to our tendency to underestimate the impact of ________ and to overestimate the impact of ________ in explaining the behavior of others.

To analyze how people explain others' behavior, Fritz Heider developed

GRIT attempts to reduce conflict through

A passenger in a crowded subway train accidentally stepped on Arnold's foot. Research suggests that Arnold would be most likely to respond aggressively to this incident if he has a

The chameleon effect involves

Professors Maksoud, Struthers, and Vasic each tend to think that obtaining a university degree is easier today than it was when they were students. After discussing the matter over coffee, they are even more convinced that obtaining a degree is easier today. This episode provides an example of

The tendency to categorize people on the basis of their gender is most likely to lead Jack to believe that

The strategy of Graduated and Reciprocated Initiatives in Tension-Reduction was designed for the purpose of decreasing

The psychological processes underlying the impact of playing violent video games on subsequent displays of aggression are most likely to include

In Milgram's obedience experiments, "teachers" were MOST likely to deliver high levels of shock when

In Milgram's obedience experiments, "teachers" were LEAST likely to deliver the highest levels of shock when

Which of the following is NOT true regarding cultural diversity?

People tend to like the letters of their own name better than other letters. This is best explained in terms of