AP Psych - Social Psych

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Jessica is a serious runner bought shoes b/c the commercial she saw uses laboratory findings from three independent studies that support the commercial's claims about the shoes.

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This is central route persuasion.

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When a person experiences guilt or discomfort because he or she realizes that he or she is not being truthful with their friends, then this person may be experiencing: normative social influence, self serving bias, cognitive dissonance, the chameleon effect

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cognitive dissonance

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In Stanley Milgram's experiment on the role of obedience, the ___________ was the subject who was being observed and did not know what the experiment was about or what was being studied.

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teacher

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Someone knocks on your door & asks you to sign a petition.  A week later they ask if they can put a sign in your lawn.  This exemplifies:

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foot in the door

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An experiment in which "participants" unanimously choose the wrong line. It is clear to you that they are wrong, but they have all given the same answer.

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Solomon Asch Line Experiment

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This experimenter was interested in researching how far people would go in obeying an instruction if it involved harming another person.

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This was Stanley Milgram

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Failure to take action because of the presence of others is an example of

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the bystander effect.

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A business leader who welcomes a variety of opinions from her employees and invites expert critique of protocols would most limit what from developing in the company? Options: Cognitive Dissonance, Social Inhibition, Social Loafing, Groupthink

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Groupthink

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Tyler insists that his girlfriend's car accident was a result of her bad driving not the snowy conditions. This illustrates...

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Fundamental Attribution Error

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The Fundamental Attribution Error refers to our tendency to overestimate______ and underestimate _________.

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personal dispositions; situational influences