You are at school and someone you know comes by, you say hello, and this person just gives you a quick, unfriendly "hello" and then walks away. You react to this situation by saying "What a Jerk!".

You just committed ____.

Affective feelings of liking or disliking toward an object (which can be basically anything) that has an influence on behavior.

The tendency for people to comply with some large request after first agreeing to a small request.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding Philip Zimbardo's prison study?

The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding Solomon Asch's study?

Influence resulting in the desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval.

An individual accept that the information provided is trustworthy and thus change their thinking, belief or behavior accordingly.

Which is a type of social influence that results in a change of behavior or belief in order to fit in with a group?

What were the results of Milgram's study of obedience?

The dangers of foot-in-the-door is phenomenon BEST illustrated by the ____

People perform certain tasks better on simple tasks, tasks people are good at already, or already learned tasks when they are in the presence of other people.

The tendency for people in a group to put less effort into the task when the effort is pooled (when they are all supposed to work on the task) compared to when they are all responsible for their own contributions.

A person’s loss of distinct awareness as well as lessened perception of responsibility when in a group.

When people are placed into a group to deal with some situation, the group as a whole typically has some overriding attitude toward the situation. Over time and with group discussion, the group's attitude toward that situation may change. When it changes in such a way that the group attitude is enhanced and strengthened, then _________ has occurred.

The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives.

One way to prevent groupthink is to

A prediction that causes itself to come true due to the simple fact that the prediction was made. This happens because our beliefs influence our actions.

A negative, usually unjustified attitude directed toward people simply because they are members of a specific social group.

A "fixed" way of thinking about people in which you classify others into specific categories without much room for individualism or variation.

The tendency for humans to be more helpful and positive towards members of their own group over members of an group.

______ is a social psychological term that relates to prejudice. According to this theory, people may be prejudice toward a group in order to vent their anger.

The tendency for people to believe that the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get.

Any form of behavior that is intended to harm or injure some person, oneself, or an object, that is not instinctive and can have cultural variations.

All of the following are true of aggression EXCEPT

Prolonged viewing of violence through T.V. or movies can lead to

Proximity and exposure to something or someone will increase your liking of the person or thing.

A deep, mature, affectionate attachment between people who love each other, like each other, and share equity and self-disclosure in the relationship.

Intimacy is most closely tied to

A social phenomenon in which a person (or persons) are less likely to offer help to another person (or persons) when there are more people around who can also provide assistance.

Goals that get people from opposing sides to come together and work toward a common end result

Factors that influence _____ include physical attractiveness, proximity, similarity, and reciprocity

A type of attribution in which you assign responsibility for an event or action to the circumstances of the situation.

A type of attribution in which you assign responsibility for an event or action to the person involved.

Focuses on facts and the content of the message in order to convince the listener, as opposed to relying on peripheral factors like the personality of the speaker, or how the message was delivered.

The unwritten but understood rules of a society or culture for the behaviors that are considered acceptable and expected.

The tendency to recall faces of one’s own race more accurately than faces of other races.

The longer Chinese people have resided in a Western country, the less they exhibit

Joe asks you to volunteer for 1 hour one time and one time only at the Food Bank. You agree. Then he asks you to volunteer 5 hours a week for the next three months. You agree.

What is this an example of?

The tendency for an observer, when interpreting and explaining the behavior of another person, to underestimate the situation and to overestimate the personal disposition.

If you go to a play, many times you will applaud when others do even if you didn't really like the play that much. You do this to avoid the disapproval of the other people.

What is this an example of?

Imagine that you see yourself as a fun person who everyone at work likes to be around. You then find out that your co-workers recently had a party and deliberately chose not to invite you. How would you feel? Quite likely, you would experience feelings of discomfort because what you now know—"Nobody wanted me at the party"—conflicts with what you previously thought—"Everyone likes me."

What you are experiencing in this situation

A 20-year-old college student drinks at a sorority party because all her friends are doing it and she does not want to be the odd one out.

Police often find themselves in situations of ambiguity and crisis. People will naturally turn to the police for advice in such situations.

What is this an example of?

I noticed that people in bicycle races went faster when they were competing against each other directly than when they were racing individually.

What is happening here?

On the road crew there are 10 on the crew, 3 are working hard, 2 are sort of working, and the other 5 are sitting around talking.

What is this an example of?

A student is in jail for shoplifting. He and his friends got so excited last night that they thought of committing a petty crime just for fun. Even if he didn’t initially want to do it, he got carried away by his peers’ influence and eventually did something that was very unlikely of his character.

What is this an example of?

A group of Republicans gather to discuss welfare reform and a new policy proposed by a democratic politician. In the beginning of the discussion, the group as a whole is somewhat against the welfare reform policy. After discussing the policy, the group indicates that they are now more against the policy than ever.

What is this an example of?

A deterioration of mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgment that results from in-group pressures that has led to mass suicides (like the Heaven's Gate suicides), poor political decisions (like the Bay of Pigs invasion), riots, and more.

A a woman thinks that her husband will leave her for another woman, so she gets jealous easily and gets upset he has women friends. She picks fights whenever she suspects he is cheating on her. Eventually, her actions will put a strain on their marriage and her husband leaves her.

What is this an example of?

"Lee should be put on the math team instead of Lisa because men are smarter in math than women"

This is an example of a ____ statement.

Jane believes that all Martians are smarter than humans. She has "fixed" way of thinking about Martians in which she classified them into a category.

What is this an example of?

When the Democrats or Republicans come down to two candidates during the Presidential primaries, two separate groups are formed. These groups supporting two individuals competing for the top job, show a strong bias against each other. Despite being from the same larger group, they look upon others as inferior.

This is an example of ____.

The Germans used the Jews as a reason for all of their countries problems, focused all of their anger on the Jews, allowed their anger and hatred to build.

This is an example of _____

Brianna watches Albert buy a lottery ticket. Albert later wins. Brianna thinks this is because Albert said "thank you" when buying the ticket.

This is an example of ____

When another car cuts you off in traffic and you begin yelling and berating the other driver you are experiencing ____.

When you hear a song on the radio for the first time, and you hate it. But then hear it many times over the next few weeks and you begin to like it.

This is an example of _______.

Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death outside her apartment; at the time, it was reported that dozens of neighbors failed to step in to assist or call the police.

This led to the ________ theory.

What could be a potential consequence of two polarized groups of people working towards a superordinate goal?

Large piercings through the face as decoration or indication of belonging to a particular group is the ____ for a some cultures.

In proportion to their familiarity or contact with the race as a whole, to an uninitiated white person, all East Asian people look alike, while to East Asian people, all white people look alike.

This is an example of