General Psychology Chapter 10 Review

What do we call the assignment of a person one has just met to a category based on characteristics the new person has in common with other people with whom one has had experience in the past?

• Stereotyping

• Profiling

• Social

  Categorization

• Labeling

What is the sense of discomfort or distress that occurs when a person's behavior does not correspond to that person's attitudes?

• A sense of harmony

• A feeling of satisfaction

• Cognitive dissonance

• A state of physical pain

Which of the following is NOT a symptom of "groupthink"?

• Group invulnerability

• Stereotyping those who disagree as having invalid opinions

• Carefully listening to the opinions and input of everyone

• Having a don't rock the boat mentality

Conformity is defined as:

• Changing one's own behavior to match that of other people.

• A state of being different from the group.

• The process of individualization.

• An act of rebellion against societal norms.

What was the most surprising result of Milgram’s famous study on obedience?

• Most participants refused to administer shocks.

• Participants were willing to comply with the "teacher" even when they believed the "student" was being harmed even to the point of death.

• The study had no significant findings.

• Participants were aware of the true nature of the study.

When the cause of behavior is assumed to be from external sources such as the weather, traffic, educational opportunities, and so on, it is said to be a __________ cause.

• internal

• external

• dispositional

• situational

What is impression formation?

• The forming of the first knowledge that a person has concerning another person.

• A technique used in art to create patterns

• A method of forming metal into shapes

• A type of memory recall

The primacy effect that occurs when people meet someone for the first time is often based on ___________ and persists even in the face of evidence to the _____________.

• verbal communication; contrary

• physical appearance; contrary

• emotional intelligence; contrary

• social status; contrary

Which of the following are components of an attitude?

• Affective

  Behavioral

  Cognitive

• Emotional

  Physical

  Logical

• Rational

  Emotional

  Physical

• Cognitive

  Emotional

  Physical

Which of the following is NOT seen as a factor that affects interpersonal attraction?

• physical attractiveness

• proximity

• "opposites attract"

• reciprocity of liking