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To understand humans, one needs only to know about environmental rewards and
punishments. This statement would most likely be endorsed by a strict - ANSWER
behaviorist
Several presidents have been given conflicting advice during wartime. Some
advisers urged the president to pursue a peaceful solution; others urged him to
escalate bombing to overcome the enemy. These presidents did not want to go
down in history as the first U.S. president to lose a war, so they chose to escalate,
thereby prolonging the war. According to your text, this decision was most likely a
consequence of the motive to - ANSWER justify previous actions
Why is a scientific approach preferable to reliance on folk wisdom and common
sense? - ANSWER Folk wisdom and common sense are filled with contradictions
Sometimes when we encounter behavior that is unpleasant or unexpected, we
assume that something about the person—and not the situation—caused the
behavior. In this sense, lay people are most like - ANSWER personality
psychologists
Professor Jaffrey believes that children learn to be polite when they are rewarded
for saying things like "please" and "thank you." Professor Jaffrey is most likely a
________ psychologist - ANSWER behavioural
The social cognition approach compares people to amateur - ANSWER detectives
You've heard that members of a certain fraternity or sorority are snobs. Whenever
you see members of that fraternity or sorority, you look down and hurry past them.
When they don't greet you, you say to yourself, "Just like I thought—they're all
arrogant snobs." You have experienced a phenomenon known as - ANSWER the
self-fulfilling prophecy
Which of the following questions is most likely to be asked by a social
,psychologist? - ANSWER What situations cause people to behave rudely?
How would a personality psychologist most likely explain the mass suicide in
Jonestown? - ANSWER People who have traits of being unstable are more likely to
join cults.
Rahid's server in the restaurant just can't seem to get his order right. If Rahid has
just read Chapter 1 on social influence and is thinking more like a social
psychologist than before, what would he be most likely to think? - ANSWER "This
person must have had a bad morning."
According to the definition of social psychology presented in your text, social
psychology is the study of how ________ affects the thoughts, feelings, and
behaviours of humans. - ANSWER the presence of real or imagined others
Assil has an educated guess about the social behaviour of teenagers when their high
school team wins the football game. That means that she has a(n) ______ about
how the teens behave. - ANSWER hypothesis
Rashim is viewed by most people he knows as rude, brusque, and completely
unconcerned with other people's feelings. He, in contrast, describes himself as
efficient and task-oriented. Rahim's self-description best reflects the motive to -
ANSWER justify our past behavior.
The word "construal" refers to - ANSWER personal interpretations.
The tendency most people have to discount situational explanations of behavior in
favor of personality characteristics or traits is called the - ANSWER fundamental
attribution error.
Karen returns home from her first year of college and is very proud of her first-year
GPA. She earned a 3.0 ("B") average. She's unhappily surprised to discover that her
parents are disappointed that she didn't perform better. This difference in
interpretation illustrates the power of ________ in explaining social behaviour. -
ANSWER construals
Ross and colleagues (2004) randomly assigned participants previously identified as
either competitive or cooperative to one of two games: the "Wall Street Game" or
, the "Community Game." They found that two-thirds of the players in the "Wall
Street Game" behaved competitively compared to one-third of people who played
the "Community Game" who behaved competitively. What do these findings
suggest? - ANSWER Seemingly minor aspects of a social situation can override
personality differences.
In trying to make sense of the mass suicide in Jonestown, a behaviourist would
probably examine the - ANSWER rewards and punishments that Jim Jones used to
influence his followers.
Complete the following analogy, based on information from your text:
behaviourism: ________ as Gestalt psychology: ________. - ANSWER rewards;
perceptions
Consider the following research question: "Have no-fault divorce laws increased
the rate of divorce in the United States?" This question is most likely to be asked by
a - ANSWER sociologist.
By degree of their level of analysis, which of the following reflects the narrowest to
broadest focus? - ANSWER personality psychology, social psychology, sociology
Which research method allows the researcher to focus on causality? - ANSWER
experimental methods
Which of the following is the best illustration of a self-fulfilling prophecy? -
ANSWER Ryan heard that Grace is opinionated; upon meeting her, he strikes up a
conversation about politics and finds that she is willing to express her opinion.
Social psychologists have identified two motives that are of primary importance in
explaining our thoughts and behaviours. According to your textbook authors, these
are the need to ________ and the need to ________. - ANSWER be as accurate as
possible; feel good about ourselves
Recall that Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) told teachers that some of their students
were "bloomers." Consequently, those students actually performed better than
students who were not labeled as bloomers. This finding suggests that - ANSWER
teachers' expectations were powerful in influencing the bloomers' behaviours
When researchers say that there is a relationship between two variables, this means
- ANSWER that you can predict one from the other.
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