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| After wating in line for an hour to buy to buy concert tickets, Teresa is told that they are sold out. In her anger she pounds her fist on the counter, frightening the clerk. Teresas behavior is best explained by: |
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| the frustration-agression principle |
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| Before she gave a class presentation favoring gun control legislation, Wanda opposed it. Her present attitude favoring legislation can best be explained by: |
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| cognitive dissonance theory |
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| Which of the following would most likely be subject to social facilitation? |
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| running quickly around a track |
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| Jane and Sandy were best friends freshan year. Jane joined a sorority and Sandy didn't. By the end of their senior year, they found that they had less in common with each other than with the other members of their circles of friends. Which of the following phenomena most likely explains their feelings? |
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| Which of the following strategies would be most likely to foster positive feelings between two conflicting groups? |
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| have the groups work on a superodinate goal |
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| Josiah is the one student member on the college board of trustees. At the boards first meeting, Josiah wants to disagree with the others on several issues but in each case decies to say nothing. Studies on conformity suggest all except one of the following are factors in Josiahs not speaking up. Which one is NOT a factor? |
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| The members are already aware that his and the student bodys views disagree with their views |
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| Given the tendency of people to categorize information according to preformed chemas, which of the following stereotypes would Juan, a 65 year old politcal liberal and fitness euthusiast, be most likely to have. |
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| young people today have no sense of responsibility |
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| Ever since their cabin lost the softball competition, the campers have become increasingly hostile toward one camper in their cabin, blaming her for every problem in the cabin. This behavior is best explained in terms of: |
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| Maria recently heard a speech calling for a ban on aerosol sprays and endanger the earths ozone layer. Marias subsequent decision to stop using aerosol sprays in an example of: |
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| informational social influence |
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| Mr and Mrs smith are constatnly fighting, and each perceieves the other as hard-headed and insensitive. Their conflict is being fueled by: |
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| Which of the following situations would produce the greatest cognitive dissonance? |
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| a student volunteers to debate an issue, taking the side he personally disagrees with |
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| Professor Wilsons students did very poorly on the last exam. The tendency to make the fundamental attribution error might lead her to conclude that the class did poorly because: |
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| Students at State University are convinced that their school is better than any other, this most directly illustrates: |
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| Concluding her presentation on deindividuation, renee notes that dindividuation is less likely in situations that promise: |
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| Albert and Milly are on a blind date. Which of the following will probably be most influential in determining wheter they like each other? |
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| their physical attractiveness |
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| Opening her mail, Joan discovers a romantic greeting card from her boyfriend. According to the two-factor theory, she is likely to feel the most intense romantic feeling if, prior to reading the card, she has just: |
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| Summarizing his report on the biology of regression, Sam notes that: |
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| hormones and alcohol influence the neurtral systems that control agression |
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Having read the chapter, which of the following is best borne out by research on attraction? |
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| birds of a feather flock together |
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| Alexis believes that all male athletes are self-centered and sexist. Her beliefs are an example of: |
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| Which of the following is an example of the foot-in-the-door phenomenon? |
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| After agreeing to wear a small "enforce recycling" lapel pin, a women agrees to collect signatures on a petition to make recylcing required by law |
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