Which of the following provides evidence that the need to belong is a fairly universal human tendency?

What is the highest, most overarching level of analysis in psychology (i.e., “top of the chain”)?

Victor is attending a CPR class, and he watches as the instructor performs chest compressions on a mannequin. He watches for several minutes, and then repeats the behavior with almost perfect precision on a second dummy. Victor has obtained this skill through ________.

In order to study fear, a neuroscientist collects a saliva sample from Natividad and analyzes her genetic makeup. He finds that she carries a variant of a gene associated with heightened stress reactivity. At which level of analysis has this scientist made his observations?

In her research on social interactions, Dr. Fisher anticipates that people of the same racial background will interact more with each other than they will with people of different races. She then conducts research to test this idea. Dr. Fisher's prediction is an example of a(n) ________.

Which research technique is used in social psychology to avoid the problem of having participants change their thoughts or behaviors as a result of being watched?

The study of ________, which is a major topic of focus for social psychologists, examines the psychological processes involved in having a sexual interest in another person.

________ are opinions, feelings, and beliefs that a person holds about another person, a concept, or a group.

Jacinta beliefs that people who are military veterans are all brave, honorable, and respectable. She tends to treat them with an enhanced sense of consideration, and thanks them for their service whenever she can. These beliefs represent a(n) ________ that Jacinta has for veterans.

In her sociology class, Elena is asked to pick a partner for a project. She immediately chooses Marcus because she assumes that all older students are more responsible and hardworking. Elena’s mental shortcut is an example of a(n) ________.

During a psychology experiment on group pressure, a student in the room is secretly working with the researcher. When shown a set of lines, this student purposely gives the wrong answer to see whether the actual participant will conform. This person is called a ____.

Mitsue notices that all of the girls in her 6th grade class are wearing ribbons in their hair lately, and even though she doesn't really like the ribbons she starts wearing one too so that she can be like her friends. Mitsue is engaging in a form of social influence called .

The decision to follow the orders or requests of people who have authority of you is called ____.

What kind of research was historically considered to be the “gold standard” in psychology research?

Dru is reading about the different types of research. If he reads, “This type of research has the primary advantage of allowing a scientist to determine cause and effect relationships,” what kind of research method is he studying?

The ability to arrive at broad conclusions based on smaller ones is known as ____. It requires that the sample under investigation be representative of the larger population from which it was drawn.

Dr. Tylka is conducting research about the risk of developing eating disorders in adolescent boys. She concludes that her findings apply not only to the sample of high school boys she studied, but to other males in other settings and contexts. In this regard, Dr. Tylka is stating that her findings have high ____ validity.

What is the advantage of a field study over a laboratory study?

A researcher studies sleep by having participants spend the night in a highly controlled laboratory setting with wires attached to their heads. Critics argue that people usually don’t sleep this way at home, so the findings may not reflect typical sleep patterns in real life. This concern is about the study’s _____.

As a researcher, you decide that you are very interested in peoples’ everyday behavior (i.e., daily social interactions and activities). Therefore, you decide to use an electronically activated recorder, or EAR device, to capture the acoustic diary of participants’ days as they naturally unfold. In this scenario, you are:

Artrelle is taking part in a research study that examines her thoughts on the political election taking place in her country. Each night, before bed, she is to complete a questionnaire that gathers information on these topics. She submits her completed questionnaires to the researchers at the end of each week. What type of research method is being used?

Dr. Fikshunal is interested in how our bodies respond to being excluded from a group. Therefore, she decides to monitor the heart rate and cortisol levels of participants as they engage in their environment and indicate experiences when they felt ostracized. In this scenario, Dr. Fikshunal is:

A phenomenon in which a person’s blood pressure or heart rate increases in a clinical or research setting, often due to the presence of a medical professional or researcher, is called:

The field of _________ emphasizes methods that focus on the brain to understand how we think and act toward other people.

When Lev is out to lunch at a restaurant he sees a woman with very short hair, facial piercings, and several tattoos. He thinks to himself, "She must be into motorcycles." Lev has engaged in the process of __________.

Which of the following is NOT a difficulty in studying social categorization?

Which type of instrument would be useful for measuring the electrical activity that is generated by the brain's neurons?

Jamal is sitting in his dorm room thinking about the group project meeting later in the day and imagining how he will interact with his classmates. If his brain were being monitored with an fMRI while he has these thoughts, you would expect to see activity in his ____.

Which type of brain imaging technique measures changes in the oxygenation of blood flowing in the brain?

Leila is about to give a big presentation. Her hypothalamus releases CRH, her pituitary releases ACTH, and her adrenal glands release cortisol to help her respond to the stress. This chain of events is an example of the: