SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Social perception is influenced by: Contextual effects, change blindness, confirmation bias, all of the above

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all of the above

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Who conducted an experiment in conformity in which people were asked to judge the length of lines?

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Solomon Asch

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What is the difference between members of an in-group and an out-group?

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Members of the in-group identify with each other, but not with members of the out-group.

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Which of the following occurs when you agree to the request of another person even though you don’t think the request is right? Options: deindividuation, compliance, bystander effect, social loafing

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compliance

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The tendency to overestimate disposition & underestimate the situation when analyzing the behavior of others is known as ___.

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Fundamental Attribution Error

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___ is when one's attitudes don't match his/her feelings.

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Cognitive Dissonance

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Solomon Asch’s findings on conformity might best be used to explain why adolescents follow fads in dress and hairstyle.

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adolescents follow fads in dress and hairstyle

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In Stanley Milgram's research on obedience, the "teacher" routinely

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obeyed the authority figure

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The Stanford Prison experiment demonstrated

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the power that situations can have in changing how people feel, think, and behave.

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The tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal dispositions on another's behavior is called

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the fundamental attribution error