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The hormone that is typically implicated in aggressive behavior is


A) estrogen.
B) thyroxin.
C) testosterone.
D) oxytocin.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Sally is very intelligent and has a great personality.However,she has always seen herself as unattractive and,as a result,is often depressed.Sally's depression is most likely facilitated by feelings of


A) egoism.
B) altruism.
C) social contagion.
D) self-objectification.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following statements is true of ethnocentrism?


A) It refers to the tendency to favor one's outgroups over one's ingroups.
B) It encourages people to think in terms of ingroup and outgroup.
C) It discourages people to think in terms of "we" and "they."
D) It refers to the tendency to focus on the similarities between one's ingroups and one's outgroups.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Mr.and Mrs.Lee warn their new babysitter that their son,Dennis,is very aggressive and mischievous and must be strictly disciplined.As a result,Alison is overstrict with Dennis and does not let him out of her sight.This facilitates Dennis's aggressive and mischievous behavior.This scenario best illustrates


A) the self-fulfilling prophecy.
B) altruism.
C) the false-consensus effect.
D) self-objectification.

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following experiments demonstrated the profound effect of obedience?


A) Asch's experiment
B) Milgram's experiment
C) the robbers cave experiment
D) the little Albert experiment

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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In the context of close relationships,proximity or physical closeness is not a strong predictor of attraction.

A) True
B) False

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The weapons effect is best explained by the concept of


A) loafing.
B) stereotyping.
C) priming.
D) labeling.

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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Lily and her classmates are asked to write an essay on what they want to be when they are older.Although Lily wants to be a florist,she does not write about it.Instead,she writes about wanting to be a doctor because most of her friends want to be doctors.In the context of social influence,Lily is best exhibiting


A) conformity.
B) obedience.
C) reactance.
D) altruism.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following statements is true of the elaboration likelihood model of persuasion?


A) The central route is effective when people lack the time or energy to think about the message.
B) The central route works by engaging the audience thoughtfully with a sound,logical argument.
C) The central route involves factors such as the source's attractiveness or the emotional power of an appeal.
D) The central route is often used by television advertisers to persuade the viewers into buying their products.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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According to the cognitive dissonance theory,when attitudes and behavior conflict,individuals are most likely to reduce cognitive dissonance by


A) changing their attitudes to fit the behavior.
B) moving on to a different task.
C) ignoring theconflict.
D) consulting others.

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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Gary's mother tells him that he must complete his homework before he goes out to play.Gary does not like to disobey his mother,but he really wants to play.He tells himself that he can disobey his mother just this one time without feeling guilty as she has been mean to him lately.In this scenario,Gary changes his attitude to fit his behavior to reduce _____.


A) social contagion.
B) cognitive dissonance.
C) deindividuation.
D) egoism.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Joseph does exceptionally well in his math exam.Which of the following represents an internal attribution as an explanation for Joseph's good performance?


A) his hard work
B) an easy test
C) his good luck
D) a good teacher

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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When groups of individuals work together on a shared goal,which then reduces tensions between the groups,it is known as


A) the mere exposure effect.
B) effort justification.
C) the investment model.
D) task-oriented cooperation.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Which of the following statements is true of social comparison?


A) When engaging in social comparison,people try to act like others and lose their true identity.
B) Social comparison provides distinctive characteristics of a person and helps in building an identity.
C) In downward social comparison,people consider themselves to be inferior and compare themselves to people superior to them.
D) Social comparison is an individual's fast-acting,self-fulfilling fear of being judged based on a negative stereotype about his or her group.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Sympathy is a person's feeling of oneness with the emotional state of another.

A) True
B) False

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Define and provide an example of persuasion using the central and the peripheral route.

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The central route to persuasion works by...

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Mary is a very shy young woman.She wants to buy a dress to wear at a friend's wedding.Mary tries on many dresses but does not buy any of them because she feels that they all will make her attract too much attention from the opposite sex.In this scenario,Mary is giving into the feeling of


A) altruism.
B) egoism.
C) self-objectification.
D) social contagion.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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According to research in the area of health and social psychology,who among the following is likely to have the earliest death?


A) a person with a large family
B) a chronically lonely person
C) a married person
D) a person with a lot of friends

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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In a study based on Tajfel's theory of social identity,Cathy is randomly assigned to Group A,and Sara is randomly assigned to GroupB.When asked to award money to other study participants,both Cathy and Sara award money only to members of their own groups.This behavior is predicted by Tajfel's theory and best exemplifies


A) ingroup favoritism.
B) ethnocentrism.
C) cultural bias.
D) group polarization.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Lauren is watching a live golf tournament on television and sees a golfer frown after he makes his shot.Lauren would make the fundamental attribution error if she assumed that the golfer


A) just missed a putt.
B) has a volatile personality.
C) was thrown off by the flash of a camera.
D) thought it looked like it would rain.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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