Social Psychology Questions

who is more likely to engage in self enhancing strategies?

factors that interfere with aggression inhibition

Claire and Matt are involved in a romantic relationship. Matt has recently given Claire a gold bracelet. Because there was no special occasion, Claire now feels the need to reciprocate the gift. The __________ theory of relationships is most applicable in this case.

__________ theory posits that relationship satisfaction is determined by people's perceptions of costs and rewards, their beliefs about what kind of relationship they deserve, and their estimated chances of a better alternative relationship.

Julianna likes to contribute to worthy charities because she can help others and, at the same time, get a tax deduction. Julianna is engaging in __________.

The social exchange theory of interpersonal attraction can be considered to be a(n) __________ model.

The groups of people who live among those who are __________ may be more likely to survive than those people who live among groups of people who are __________. This idea is referred to as __________.

Jonah was driving his car on the road when he saw a man fall through the ice on a nearby pond. He stopped his car and crawled on his stomach on the ice out to the man who had fallen through. He helped save the man from the icy water. This is considered __________.

In order to best predict whether people will help another person, it is best to know something about __________ and __________.

According to the bystander effect, if you just witnessed a mugging, you will be most likely to call for help if you __________.

The main tenet of social exchange theory is that we will help others when __________.

According to research on the effects of mood on helping, good moods are likely to __________ the odds that we will spontaneously help another, and bad moods are likely to __________ the odds that we will spontaneously help.

Juanita sees a crowd of people gathered around a man lying on the ground. She thinks about whether to call an ambulance, but then reasons that somebody else has probably already done so. This is an example of

Toby publicly agrees with his friends that Ahmed, a senior, would make the best Student Senate President. On the secret ballot, however, he actually votes for Yoram. Toby'spublic conformity to his friends' opinion best illustrates the power ofA. informational social influenceB. social facilitationC. the mere exposure effectD. normative social influenceE. deindividuation

The just-world phenomenon often leads people toA. believe that victims of misfortune deserve to sufferB. work to resolve and lessen social injusticesC. dislike and distrust those who are wealthyD. express higher levels of prejudice after suffering frustrationE. respond with kindness to those who mistreat them

When researchers performed an fMRI on participants looking at pictures of someone they were in love with, they found that the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and caudate nucleus were activated, and that they were more strongly activated the more intensely participants indicated that they loved the person in the photo. These particular areas of the brain are associated with the __________.

The rules of a culture for accepted and expected behavior areA. self-disclosureB. stereotypesC. prejudiceD. normsE. attitudes

What is one of the simplest determinants of interpersonal attraction?

Whereas __________ specify how all group members should behave, __________ specify how individuals in particular positions should behave.

The three components of prejudice areA. schemas, attributions, and social scriptsB. beliefs, emotions, and predispositions to actionC. inequality, frustration, and aggressionD. social loafing, group polarization, and groupthinkE. ingroup bias, mirror-image perceptions, and deindividuation