FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH

CH 14 EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -36 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: reciprocity-of-liking effect

Answer:

a tendency to like those who like us

Question 2: compliance

Answer:

behavior that occurs in response to direct social pressure

Question 3: dispositional causes

Answer:

perceived causes of behavior that are based on internal traits or personality factors

Question 4: situational causes

Answer:

perceived causes of behavior that are based on environmental factors

Question 5: aggression

Answer:

the intentional injury of, or harm to, another person

Question 6: social supporter

Answer:

a group member whose dissenting views make nonconformity to the group easier

Question 7: conformity

Answer:

a change in behavior or attitudes brought about by a desire to follow the beliefs or standards of other people

Question 8: diffusion of responsibility

Answer:

the tendency for people to feel that responsibility for acting is shared, or diffused, among those present

Question 9: cognitive dissonance

Answer:

the conflict that occurs when a person holds two contradictory attitudes or thoughts(cognition's)

Question 10: I/O psych

Answer:

focused on work and job related issues, including worker motivation, satisfaction, safety, and productivity

Question 11: status

Answer:

the social rank help within a group

Question 12: social cognition

Answer:

the cognitive processes by which people understand to make sense of others and themselves

Question 13: peripheral route processing

Answer:

message interpretation characterized by consideration of the source and related general info rather than of the message itself.

Question 14: interpersonal attraction

Answer:

close relationship, positive feelings for others, liking and loving

Question 15: altruism

Answer:

helping behavior that is beneficial to others but clearly requires self-sacrifice.

Question 16: compassionate love

Answer:

the strong affection we have for those with whom our lives are deeply involved

Question 17: obedience

Answer:

a change in behavior in response to the commands of others

Question 18: prosocial behavior

Answer:

helping behavior

Question 19: fundamental attribution error

Answer:

a tendency to overattribute others' behavior to dispositional causes and the corresponding minimization of the importance of situational causes

Question 20: schemas

Answer:

sets of cognitions about people and social experiences

Question 21: groupthink

Answer:

a type of thinking in which group members share such strong motivation to achieve consensus that they lose the ability to critically evaluate alternative points of view

Question 22: group

Answer:

two or more people who interact with one another, perceive themselves as part of a group, and are interdependent

Question 23: halo effect

Answer:

knowing one positive trait causes on to infer other uniformly positive characteristics

Question 24: attitudes

Answer:

evaluations of a particular person, behavior, belief, or concept

Question 25: attribution theory

Answer:

the theory of personality that seeks to explain how we decide, on the basis of samples of an individuals behavior, what the specific causes of that person's behavior are

Question 26: prejudice

Answer:

a negative, or positive, evaluation of a group and its members

Question 27: catharsis

Answer:

the process of discharging built-up aggressive energy

Question 28: central route processing

Answer:

message interpretation characterized by thoughtful consideration of the issues and arguments used to persuade