SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Social perception is influenced by: Contextual effects, the Halo Effect, 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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Agreeing to a small request that results in allowing greater requests later is called

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Foot-in-the-door phenomenon

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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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People will often create distortions in thought or provide elaborate justifications in their attitudes, feelings, or behavior to avoid the discomfort of

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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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Stanley Milgram's research involving "shocks" applied by a participant to a stranger demonstrated the power of ________________ in shaping behavior.

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obedience to authority

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The Stanford Prison experiment demonstrated

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

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If a student commits the fundamental attribution error, which of the following is most likely to be a student’s explanation for a classmate’s failing exam grade? the classmate was too lazy to study hard, the exam was too hard, the classmate was feeling ill, the classmate had no quiet place to study

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the classmate was too lazy to study hard

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In Stanley Milgram's experiment on obedience and authority, many participants administered the shocks because: they respected the professor's authority

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they respected the professor's authority