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The field that studies how the actual, imagined, or implied presence of other people affect one another's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors is: |
| | A) | social psychology |
| | B) | sociology |
| | C) | psychiatry |
| | D) | forensic psychology |
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The cognitive process by which we infer the causes of both our own and other people's social behavior is known as: |
| | A) | stereotype |
| | B) | social schema |
| | C) | social cognition |
| | D) | causal attribution |
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A social schema that incorporates characteristics, which may be positive or negative, supposedly shared by almost all members of a group is a: |
| | A) | stereotype |
| | B) | social schema |
| | C) | social cognition |
| | D) | causal attribution |
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A cognitive structure comprising the presumed characteristics of a role, an event, a person or a group is a: |
| | A) | stereotype |
| | B) | social schema |
| | C) | social cognition |
| | D) | causal attribution |
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The tendency to make dispositional attributions for one's successes and situational attributions for one's failures is known as: |
| | A) | self-fulfilling prophecy |
| | B) | social schema |
| | C) | self-serving bias |
| | D) | stereotype |
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The tendency for one person's expectations to influence another person to behave in accordance with them is known as: |
| | A) | self-fulfilling prophecy |
| | B) | social schema |
| | C) | self-serving bias |
| | D) | stereotype |
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One of the factors that determines liking, _____ increases the likelihood of interpersonal attraction due to frequent encounters with persons who live close to you, work with, or attends the same classes as you. |
| | A) | similarity |
| | B) | physical attractiveness |
| | C) | familiarity |
| | D) | proximity |
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The factor that determines interpersonal attraction due to mere exposure is: |
| | A) | similarity |
| | B) | physical attractiveness |
| | C) | familiarity |
| | D) | proximity |
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Love characterized by feelings of affection and commitment to a relationship with another person is: |
| | A) | unrequited love |
| | B) | romantic love |
| | C) | passionate love |
| | D) | companionate love |
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A theory of persuasion that considers the extent to which messages take a central route or a peripheral route is the: |
| | A) | elaboration likelihood model |
| | B) | self-perception theory |
| | C) | cognitive-dissonance theory |
| | D) | two-factor theory of love |
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According to Janis, _____ occurs when people are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group, and when the members' strivings for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative |
| | A) | social facilitation |
| | B) | groupthink |
| | C) | persuasion |
| | D) | social loafing |
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When working together on a task, ____ decreases individual effort exerted by group members. |
| | A) | social facilitation |
| | B) | groupthink |
| | C) | persuasion |
| | D) | social loafing |
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The improvement in a person's task performance when in the presence of other people is: |
| | A) | social facilitation |
| | B) | groupthink |
| | C) | persuasion |
| | D) | social loafing |
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Behaving in accordance with group expectations with little or no overt pressure to do so is: |
| | A) | groupthink |
| | B) | social loafing |
| | C) | persuasion |
| | D) | conformity |
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The process of ________ occurs when group members become less aware of themselves as individuals and less concerned about being socially evaluated. |
| | A) | groupthink |
| | B) | deindividuation |
| | C) | conformity |
| | D) | social loafing |
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education