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According to the text, which of the following can help overcome prejudice?

  • Equal status and power in contact settings (correct)
  • Internal attributions
  • Stereotypical thinking
  • Less rational thinking

    • According to the text, when is rational (explicit) thinking more likely to occur?

  • When an audience is not motivated/interested in a topic
  • When an audience is motivated/interested in a topic (correct)
  • When an audience is not interested and has to make a quick decision
  • When an audience has time to make a decision

    • According to the text, what does the central route to persuasion focus on?

  • Number of arguments made
  • Facts, logic, and the content of the message (correct)
  • Attractiveness of the person delivering the message
  • Features of the issue/presentation that are not factual

    • According to the text, what does the peripheral route to persuasion focus on?

    <p>Features of the issue/presentation that are not factual</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what does the identifiable victim effect refer to?

    <p>Being moved to action by the story of a single suffering person</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which system of the dual process model operates implicitly, quickly, and intuitively, predominantly emotional?

    <p>Experiential system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social norm refers to the tendency to repay others?

    <p>Reciprocity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the 'Door-in-the-Face Technique'?

    <p>Asking for something relatively big, followed by a request for something relatively small</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the 'Foot-in-the-Door Technique'?

    <p>Making a simple request, followed by a larger request</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bias refers to the tendency to project one's self-concept onto the social world?

    <p>False Consensus Effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term describes the biased ways of processing self-relevant information to enhance our positive self-evaluation?

    <p>Self-Serving Biases</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which attribution explains the behavior of another person in terms of an innate quality?

    <p>Internal Attributions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which attribution explains the behavior of another person as the result of the situation?

    <p>External Attributions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the tendency to over-emphasize internal attributions and underemphasize external factors when explaining other people's behavior?

    <p>Fundamental Attribution Error</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term describes the preference for one's own social groups and the motivation to view them as superior to outgroups?

    <p>Ingroup Bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a cognitive structure that guides how we process information about our social world and includes beliefs about the characteristics of a specific social group?

    <p>Stereotype</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, why do we follow social norms?

    <p>To gain social approval and avoid ostracism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of mimicry in social interaction?

    <p>To serve as 'social glue' and help coordinate behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is synchrony in the context of social psychology?

    <p>When two individuals' speech, language, and physiological activity become similar during social interaction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are social roles?

    <p>Guidelines that apply to specific positions within a group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between behavior and the person and environment, according to Kurt Lewin's equation?

    <p>Behavior is a function of the person and the environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are social norms usually characterized as?

    <p>'Unwritten', implicit, or implied</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the potential consequences of violating social norms?

    <p>Disciplinary action and social disapproval</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon occurs when a group member's performance is affected by the presence of others?

    <p>Social facilitation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon occurs when individuals change their behavior to fit in with a group?

    <p>Conformity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon refers to the reduced personal responsibility felt by individuals when more people are present in a situation?

    <p>Diffusion of responsibility</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon states that individuals are less likely to help when there are other people present who are also not helping?

    <p>Bystander effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon refers to the change in behavior to adopt a group's perspective in order to be accepted by the group?

    <p>Normative influence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon occurs when individuals have a genuine interest in the information provided by a group and privately accept it?

    <p>Informational influence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon refers to the change in behavior due to the influence of an authority figure?

    <p>Obedience</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the function of mimicry in social interaction?

    <p>To establish rapport and affiliation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what are social norms?

    <p>Unwritten guidelines for how to behave in social contexts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what are the potential consequences of violating social norms?

    <p>Ostracism and exclusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the identifiable victim effect?

    <p>The tendency to over-emphasize internal attributions and underemphasize external factors when explaining other people's behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, why do we follow social norms?

    <p>To gain social approval and acceptance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what social psychology phenomenon occurs when a group member's performance is affected by the presence of others?

    <p>Social facilitation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what term describes the biased ways of processing self-relevant information to enhance our positive self-evaluation?

    <p>Self-serving bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon refers to the tendency to view the world from the perspective of our own self-concept?

    <p>Naïve Realism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon refers to the biased ways of processing self-relevant information to enhance our positive self-evaluation?

    <p>Self-Serving Biases</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon refers to the tendency to over-emphasize internal (dispositional) attributions and underemphasize external (situational) factors when explaining other people’s behavior?

    <p>Fundamental Attribution Error</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon refers to the motivation to view one's own social groups as superior to outgroups?

    <p>Ingroups and Outgroups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what term describes a cognitive structure that guides how we process information about our social world and includes beliefs about the characteristics of a specific social group?

    <p>Stereotype</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what term describes emotionally charged responses toward outgroup members, including holding negative attitudes and making critical judgments of other groups?

    <p>Prejudice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what term describes behavior that disadvantages members of a certain social group, such as racism, classism, and sexism?

    <p>Discrimination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon occurs when individuals change their behavior to fit in with a group?

    <p>Conformity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon refers to the change in behavior due to the influence of an authority figure?

    <p>Obedience to authority</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon refers to the reduced personal responsibility felt by individuals when more people are present in a situation?

    <p>The bystander effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, which social psychology phenomenon occurs when a group member's performance is affected by the presence of others?

    <p>Social facilitation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what are schemas in the context of social cognition?

    <p>Organized clusters of knowledge, beliefs, and expectations that influence our attention and perceptual processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what are heuristics in the context of social cognition?

    <p>Best guess problem solving strategies based on prior experiences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is person perception in the context of social cognition?

    <p>The process by which individuals categorize and form judgments about other people</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the focus of the Central Route to Persuasion?

    <p>Facts, logic, and the content of the message</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the focus of the Peripheral Route to Persuasion?

    <p>Features of the issue/presentation that are not factual</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the Identifiable Victim Effect?

    <p>People are more powerfully moved to action by the story of a single suffering person than by information about a whole group of people</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the Experiential System in the Dual Process Model?

    <p>Operates implicitly, quickly, and intuitively, predominantly emotional</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the Analytic System in the Dual Process Model?

    <p>Operates explicitly, slower and more methodical, uses logic to understand reality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the 'Door-in-the-Face Technique'?

    <p>Asking for something relatively big followed by a request for something relatively small</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the 'Foot-in-the-Door Technique'?

    <p>Making a simple request followed by a larger request</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the effect of reciprocity?

    <p>A strong social norm to repay others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the effect of consistency?

    <p>It is hard to say 'no' after saying 'yes'</p> Signup and view all the answers

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