Social Psychology MCQ
1. People tend to prefer a(n) ________ image of themselves.
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Mirror-image; actual
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2. In comparison to women, men fall in love more _______ and out of love more _______.
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Readily; slowly
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3. Political liberals tend to be economic _______ and moral _______.
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Collectivists; individualists
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4. People tend to choose friends and romantic partners who ____.
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Are similar in race, ethnicity, religion, values, education, and age
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5. In the context of self-concept, _____ are mental templates by which we organize our worlds.
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6. In the context of persuasion, education is more _____, whereas propaganda is more _____.
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Factual; coercive
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7. In the context of dual processing, automatic thinking is _____.
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8. In the asch study, ______ was highest when the subjects said their answers out loud.
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Conformity
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9. The daily flag salute by school children in the u.s. is an attempt to use _____ to build _____.
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Public conformity; private beliefs
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10. In contrast to other fields within psychology, social psychology emphasizes _____.
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The effects of social forces on behavior
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11. The core subject of ______ also includes civics and government studies.
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12. "mindful people" show more activation in the _____ cortex.
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Prefrontal
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13. We judge ourselves based on __________.
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Reference groups
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14. We tend to _________ attractive people more than we do less attractive people.
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15. We are most likely to ________ the diversity among members of an ________.
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Underestimate; outgroup
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16. Stereotypes and in-group/out-group bias form the _____ basis for prejudicial attitudes.
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Cognitive
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17. A judgment of either liking or disliking something or someone is a(n) ____.
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18. _________________ psychologists explore how we think about, influence, and relate to one another.
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19. _____ psychologists investigate human cognition, emotion, and behavior in relation to other people.
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20. The results of milgrams research suggest that _____ will follow orders to hurt someone.
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A majority of normal people
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21. The hormone that is typically implicated in aggressive behavior is _____.
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Testosterone
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22. Monoamine oxidase a (maoa) is sometimes called the ________ gene.
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23. Deficits in the functioning of the _____ are associated with aggression.
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Frontal lobes
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24. ______ is a change of behavior in response to an explicit request.
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Conformity
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25. The _____ phase of attachment lasts from birth to about three months.
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Initial-preattachment
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26. The two major ways that a person may self-handicap are ________ and ________.
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Creating real obstacles to success; making excuses in advance
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27. Express is to ________ as interpret is to ________.
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Encode; decode
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28. Explicit attitudes are ________, while implicit attitudes are ________.
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In conscious awareness; involuntary and sometimes unconscious
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29. Some psychologists argue that men are more likely to take risks than females because ___________.
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More men generally have elevated levels of testosterone and serotonin
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30. Impression management is to _______ as cognitive dissonance is to _______.
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Self-presentation; self-justification
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31. If you volunteered for milgram's study, you would have been appointed "by chance" as ______.
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The teacher
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32. Given its prevalence, _____ is the common cold of psychological disorders and ____ is the headache.
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Depression;loneliness
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33. Compared to other species, humans are _______ restricted by their genetics.
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34. By the definitions in the book, education is more _____, whereas propaganda is more _____.
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Factual; coercive
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35. By about a ______ ratio, people preferred supporting, rather than challenging, information.
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36. Both men and women desire _______ in their relationships.
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Kindness and love
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37. Beliefs are to ______ as attitudes are to ______.
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Stereotypes; prejudices
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38. Anorexia occurs _____ times more in females than in males.
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39. Affectionate love is also called _____ love.
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Companionate
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40. According to your text, facial and body ____ appear to be key elements in attractiveness.
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41. A theory is an organized set of principles that ______ observations and ______ events.
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Organizes; predicts
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42. If you want to ________, you should rely on attitude inoculation.
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Increase your resistance to attitude change
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43. A key function of verbal and physical aggression is to __________.
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Inflict costs on same-sex rivals
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44. A communicator is said to be _______ when he or she is perceived as both an expert and trustworthy.
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45. A behaviorist would be most likely to focus on the role of ________ in influencing behavior.
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Objective properties of the environment
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46. We are more likely to be persuaded by the _____ route to persuasion when we are distracted or busy.
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Peripheral
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47. Believing that others are right is to ________ as conforming without believing is to ________.
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Private acceptance: public compliance
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48. Those living _______ prefer more personal distance space than those living _______.
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Farther away from the equator; closer to the equator
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49. "mindful people" show less activation in the _____.
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50. Women often cite ___________ as a key cause or precipitating context of spousal abuse.
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Male sexual jealousy
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51. Victims of female-perpetrated aggression are typically _____________.
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Other women
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52. Two factors that influenced the growth and popularity of museums were ____ and ____.
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Aesthetics and education
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53. The greatest amount of research supports the notion of ________ over the notion of ________.
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Similarity; complementarity
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54. Seven in ten infants exhibit _______ attachment.
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55. Mechanisms producing aggression should lie dormant unless ____________.
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Contexts that trigger aggression are encountered
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56. Majorities tend to rely on ________, whereas minorities tend to rely on ________.
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Normative social influence, informative social influence.
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57. Decision making is simpler, faster, and less stressful when ____ exist(s) to serve as ones guide.
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Attitudes
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58. Female same-sex verbal derogation occurs most often in ______________.
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High-school
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59. The _____ is the overestimation of the degree to which everybody else thinks or acts the way we do.
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False consensus effect
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60. ___________ are the key links between ___________ in ajzens theory of planned behavior.
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Intentions; attitudes and planned behavior
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61. Fear-arousing persuasive messages are targeted to the ________ component of attitudes.
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Affective
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62. The antianxiety medication with the trade name _____ is not a benzodiazepine.
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63. Mcgregor recognized that ________.
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Their attitude toward workers affected how managers proceeded to motivate
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64. Job satisfaction results in stronger ______ and lower levels of ______.
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Organizational commitment; perceived stress
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65. The primary difference between staging and undoing is ________.
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The reason behind the action.
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66. The most basic determinant of a person's wants and behavior are embedded in a consumers __________.
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67. The _____ provides a "safe haven" for our recollections of threatening events.
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Unconscious
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68. The _____ involves whether putting effort into a task will lead to high performance.
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E -> P expectancy
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69. Strong, relatively uncontrollable feelings that affect our behavior are known as _____.
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70. Some research suggests that pessimism might prove more adaptive than optimism in ________.
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Collectivistic cultures
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71. Sexual reproduction includes a reproductive pattern called _____.
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Hermaphroditism
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72. Sex has been determined as a bona fide occupational qualification (bfoq) for ________.
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Guards in male prisons
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73. Psychological profiling mostly relies on _____ of a particular profiler.
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Intuition
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74. One general conclusion that surfaces from leadership research is that ________.
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Effective leaders do not use any specific style
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75. One effective strategy to advance our capacity for media literacy is to ________
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Make use of multiple sources of information
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76. Introverted people have a higher level of ____________ than do extraverted people.
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Cortical arousal
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77. In testing, ______ is to consistency of results as ______ is to accuracy of results.
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Reliability; validity
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78. Freud used the term _____ to refer specifically to sexual energy or motivation.
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79. A ________ selection device indicates that the device measures the same thing consistently.
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80. The _________ stage focuses on creating message maps and listening protocols on social media.
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Preparation
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81. When researchers replicate a study, they are seeking to __________.
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Support or reject the hypothesis upon which the study was founded
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82. Positive life decisions are usually based on __________
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Good mental and emotional health
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83. Social responsiveness refers to the capacity of a firm to ________.
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Address some pressing public need
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84. Individualistic cultures have _______ divorce rates than communal cultures.
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85. In general, the more _______ a decision between alternatives, the ______ post-decision dissonance.
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Permanent; greater
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86. Dissonance theory explains attitude _____, whereas self-perception theory explains attitude _____.
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Change; formation
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87. Stanley milgram's study of obedience took on a special importance in the wake of ________.
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The atrocities committed by soldiers in Nazi Germany
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88. Social loafing is likely to impair performance ________ and to enhance performance ________.
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On simple tasks; on complex tasks
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89. Children of _______ have less stereotyped views of men and women.
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Employed women
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90. Employment is _____ adult psychosocial health.
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One factor contributing
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91. A business message that primarily relies on the _____ shows that the message is self-centered.
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92. In the drive-reduction theory, motivation decreases once _____ occurs.
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Homeostasis
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93. A family that consists of one or two grandparents with no parents present is a(n) _____.
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Skipped-generation family
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94. Your coworkers and your supervisor both deserve the same ______.
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95. When people engage in _______________, they use their words to attack or demean those around them.
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Verbal aggression
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96. When older americans move, they are most likely to move _____.
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Not far from their old residence.
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97. When marx argued that capitalism "reproduces the class structure," he meant that ________
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Society operates and carries class differences from one generation to the next
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98. Viruses, adware, and spyware are referred to collectively as ________.
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Grayware.
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99. Using elderspeak when engaging in conversation with an older adult _____.
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Is demeaning, patronizing -reduces communication
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100. Unpredictable policies can result in conflict because employees may ______.
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All of the above
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101. To interpret _____, we consider facial expressions, posture, and gestures.
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Body language
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102. Those most likely to be liberal on social issues (say, by supporting feminism) are ________
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Rich,highly-educated people
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103. These days, the biggest threats to it security are from ________.
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Organized groups that have ample resources,
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104. The theory that is contrary to disengagement theory is _____ theory.
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105. The style of grandparenting is the most common in the united states is the _____ style.
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Companionate grandparents
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106. The sexual counterrevolution had begun in the united states by ________
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107. The second phase of an advanced persistent threat attack is _____.
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Incursion
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108. The purpose of advanced persistent threat (apt) usually is to ____.
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Steal money
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109. The old order amish of the united states exemplify a(n) _____ community.
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Gemeinschaft.
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110. The number-one iu preparation-and-prevention strategy is ____.
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Organizational policy
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111. The least likely victim of family violence is a woman of _____________ race/ethnicity.
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112. The hayflick limit is a natural limit to the _____.
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Number of times cells can divide
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113. The cranial nerve with a cervical origin (spinal cord) is the ________.
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Women are sexually assaulted
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114. Prostitution is regarded by many people in the united states as a ________
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Victimless crime.
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115. Primary aging _____.
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Secondary aging,
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116. People include as "kin" others to whom they are linked by ________
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Ancestors , adoption, and marriage
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117. Medicare is a ______ program; medicaid is a ______ program.
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Contributory; noncontributory
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118. It is estimated that over ___________% of all crashes in the u.s. are caused by driver distraction.
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119. In the united states, the trend has been toward _____ nursing home residents.
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120. In 1972, _____________ percent of the population identified as catholic or protestant.
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121. Gender is a basis of social stratification for ______ society(ies) in the world.
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122. Following structural-functional theory, the family ________
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Is important enough to be called the backbone of society.
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123. Fbi-related scams involve ________.
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People pretending to represent official organizations such as the department of homeland security
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124. Ethicalism is the ________; examples of it are ________.
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125. Erikson called the final crisis of development _____.
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Integrity versus despair
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126. Each year about ______ percent of adolescent girls becomes pregnant.
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127. Currently in developed nations, most grandparents try to be _____.
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Easygoing and helpful
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128. Couples who cohabit due to convenience are _____.
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Less likely to have a happy marriage.
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129. Compared to what it was a century ago, the u.s. divorce rate is now ________
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About three times higher.
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130. Child neglect is _____ times more common than overt abuse.
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Child neglect is..
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131. Blogs and wikis fundamentally differ in terms of _________.
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Their size
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132. Around _____ of people have reported remaining sexually active into their 80s.
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133. An individual?s __________ age is based on actual competence and performance.
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Functional
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134. Among american indians who migrate from reservations to cities, a common pattern is ________
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Beliefs and practices concerning what is sacred.
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135. All of the following were top cybercrimes reported to the ic3 in 2012 except ________.
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Identity theft.
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136. All of the following are ways that can infect your computer with a virus except ________.
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Logging into e-mail
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137. After ?no fault? divorce laws, there was a spike in divorces, and then the rate ________.
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Decreased sharply
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138. According to william ogburn, _____ is a new way of seeing reality.
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Discovery.
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139. According to the text, people who marry today have a ________ percent chance of getting divorced.
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140. According to the text, individuals must create a _____________ identity to interact with the state.
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141. According to neil smelser, several conditions must be in place for _________________ to occur?
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Collective behavior
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142. According to goffman's scheme, we have _____ where we can have some privacy and let our hair down.
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Bleachers (audience
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143. According to erikson, integrity versus despair is the focus of _____.
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Late adulthood
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144. According to erikson, each new experience throughout life requires _____.
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A reassessment of identity.
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145. According to erickson, generativity in middle adulthood involves _____.
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Expanding one's concern beyond the immediate family group to the next generation.
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146. According to alfred kinsey's sexual orientation scale, most people __________.
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Heterosexual
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147. A(n) ________ takes advantage of file transport methods, such as e-mail, to spread on its own.
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148. A social-exchange analysis states that ________
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High income nations.
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149. A basic need addressed by _____ is to regulate reproduction.
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The family
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150. A ________ is a virus that is triggered on a certain date.
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Time bomb
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151. A _____ is a programming routine built into a system by its designer or programmer.
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152. __________ are the most likely of all ethnic/racial categories to intermarry.
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Hispanics
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153. _______ occurs when conflicted parties seek an agreement through direct negotiation.
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Bargaining
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154. _____ is a standalone, self-replicating, malicious program designed to spread to other computers
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Computer worm
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155. When we commit the fundamental attribution error, we ________ the power of ________.
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Overestimate; underestimate
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156. When opposites attract, it is said that they have __________ characteristics.
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157. The frustration-aggression hypothesis predicts that _____.
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If a desired goal is blocked, you may aggress
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158. Research suggests that one of the best ways to decrease prejudice is to encourage _____.
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Cooperation.
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159. Pointing to someone in a crowd to call the police increases helping by _____.
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Decreasing the diffusion of responsibility
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160. One explanation for why people commit the fundamental attribution error is _____.
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The saliency bias
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161. In negative self talk, polarizing is when a person _______.
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See themselves as a failure for not living up to impossible standards
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162. _____ is often considered the first feminist psychologist.
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Karen Horney
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163. The ________ personality is anxious, self-conscious, artistic, thoughtful, quiet, and private.
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Ectomorph
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164. The ________ classifies people's personality according to carl jung's personality types.
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
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165. The ____ are involved in personality, intelligence, and the control of voluntary muscles.
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Frontal lobes
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166. The larger the crowd, the _______ a person tends to be _______.
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More; aroused
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167. Hatfield defines _______ as a state of intense longing for union with another.
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168. We are more prone to ingroup biases when our group is _______ and _______ relative to the outgroup.
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Small; low in status
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169. The text defines social psychology as the scientific study of how people ________ one another.
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Think about, influence, and relate to
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170. The _______ effect occurs when we remember the message but forget the reason for discounting it.
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171. _____ are culturally provided mental instructions for how to act in various situations.
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Social scripts.
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172. _____ are especially vulnerable to displaced aggression.
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Teenagers
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173. Simplified and inaccurate beliefs about groups of people are called ______.
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Stereotypes
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174. ______ is an example of aggressive driving.
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Erratic and sudden lane changes
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175. ________ is to aggression as ________ is to cooperation.
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Cognitive dissonance; empathy.
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176. The idea of complementarity is that we are attracted to people who _____.
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Have different interests and needs that round out our own
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177. In freud's model of the mind, the _____ consists of a pool of primal psychic energy.
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178. Most murders are considered _____ aggression.
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179. According to the text, physical anonymity _______ results in antisocial behavior.
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Sometimes
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180. The mechanistic explanation for the effectiveness of goal setting includes _______.
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Mobilizing and directing efforts towards improvement
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181. Under the zero-sum approach, rewards are distributed such that ________.
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Rewards increase for a group at the expense of loss for another group.
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182. _______________ is a constructive response to another's self-disclosure.
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183. Milgram's studies explored _______; asch's studies explored _______.
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Obedience; conformity.
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184. Your unique combination of attitudes, behaviors, and characteristics make up your _____.
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Personality
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185. The way a message is delivered is what social psychologists refer to as the _____ of communication.
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186. Social-exchange is a _______ theory, while social norms is a _______ theory.
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Psychological; sociological
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187. In nonverbal communication, the term __________ refers to movements of the body and face.
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188. Distance is to ________ as familiarity is to ________.
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The propinquity effect; the mere exposure effect
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189. In ____ conditioning, it is what comes ____ the behavior that is critical.
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Operant; after
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190. The idea of cognitive dissonance explains how we ____.
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The central route for persuasion
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191. Psychologists believe that the social facilitation effect occurs because _____.
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The presence of other individual arouses us
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192. People often conform to gain approval. this phenomenon is known as _____ social influence.
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Normative
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193. Obedience is best defined as following _____.
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A direct command or order
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194. Negative behavior directed at members of a group is known as _____.
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Discrimination
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195. In groupthink, the decision is ____ than ____.
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Less important; reaching agreement
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196. The mere exposure effect increases liking because _____.
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It increases proximity
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197. In both social facilitation and social impairment, the key factor is ___________.
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198. Attributions are __________________.
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Explanations that account for one's own behaviors and/or the behaviors of others
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199. In robert sternberg?s typology, __________ love is composed of all three dimensions of his theory.
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Consummate
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200. ________ is to deindividuation as ________ is to self-awareness.
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Wearing a mask; seeing oneself in a mirror
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201. _____ is a researcher of social influence who took advantage of the autokinetic phenomenon.
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Muzafer Sherif
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202. The kitty genovese case depicts ________.
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The bystander effect
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203. Women derogate their rivals more than men on the dimension of __________.
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Physical appearance
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204. The term psychologists use for how close two people live to each other is ______.
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Proximity
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205. The study of obedience took on a renewed importance in the wake of ________.
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The atrocities committed by soldiers in Nazi Germany
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206. The state of a ""dual attitude system"" exists when we have differing _______ and _______ attitudes.
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Explicit; implicit
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207. The main task of the solomon asch studies was ____________________.
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Judging line sizes
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208. Many paraphilias are ________ because the activities are _______________.
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Nonvictimizing; solitary or involve consenting adults
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209. Most adolescents from ethnic minority groups develop a _____ identity.
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Bicultural.
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210. Normative influence tends to produce ____, whereas informational influence leads to ____.
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Public conformity; private conformity
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211. ________ occurs when a person is thwarted on the way to an expected goal or gratification.
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Frustration
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212. __________ and __________ are two related aspects of the self-concept.
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Self-efficacy.
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213. According to bowlby, the basis of love is ________.
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Attachment
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214. A(n) ________ is a group with which individuals identify and of which they feel they are members.
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215. A negative behavior describes ________; a negative attitude describes ________.
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Discrimination; prejudice
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216. ______ beliefs about a certain group of people are stereotypes
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217. The social group viewed as the one with which a person identifies is called a(n) ________.
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218. Achievement motivation is usually defined as ____.
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A desire to excel or outperform others
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219. The stanford prison experiment demonstrated the power of obedience to ____________.
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Roles and the situation
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220. The _____ theory proposes that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame.
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The scapegoat theory
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221. Social psychologists have accurately predicted that _______ will exhibit less social loafing.
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222. Sets of cognitions about people and social experiences are called _____.
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223. In determining the causes of others' behavior, we overemphasize _____ factors; this is the _____.
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Person; fundamental attribution error
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224. All of the following are causes for groupthink except ____________.
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Openness to differing opinions.
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225. _____ refers to a negative (or positive) evaluation of a particular group and its members.
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Prejudice
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226. Stanley milgram was investigating _____ in his classic teacher-learner shock study.
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Obedience to authority
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227. The _____ perspective highlights the kinship that results from our shared human nature.
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Evolutionary
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228. ________ are the cognitive structures we use to organize our knowledge of the social world.
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229. Self-handicapping helps individuals make ________ attributions for their performance.
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230. Prejudice is to ________ as discrimination is to ________.
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Feelings; behavior
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231. Prejudice is about ____________, while discrimination is about ____________.
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Attitudes; behaviors
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232. People with low self-esteem ______ than those with higher self-esteem.
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Are more dependent on others
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233. People in _______ cultures exhibit less social loafing than people in _______ cultures.
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Collectivistic; individualistic
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234. Ingroup bias best illustrates the impact of our ________ on prejudice.
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Social identities
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235. Individualistic cultures tend to be _________ context cultures.
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236. In our culture, ______ are perceived as more attractive when they are smiling.
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Both men and women
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237. Compliance _____ occurs unconsciously.
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238. Central processing of a persuasive message leads to ________ than peripheral processing.
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More enduring attitude change
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239. When a model experiences a consequence, those watching the model experience __________.
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Vicarious consequences
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240. Altruism is a form of prosocial behavior that is motivated by ________.
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Selfless helping of others
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241. Exchange theory stresses the importance of __________ in family relationships.
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How family members use their resources to trade with other family members
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242. Stress may be characterized _____.
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By muscle tension and acute anxiety
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243. Stress in the workplace is an adverse reaction that people have in response to ________.
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Demands, constraints, and opportunities
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244. Sociocultural psychology is the study of the _____ .
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Influence of culture and social interactions on people's behavior
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245. Attitudes are composed of three components: ________, affect, and behavior.
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Cognition
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246. Attitudes are ________.
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Innumerable
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247. Attitudes are ________ that guide behavior.
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Beliefs and feelings
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248. Equity theory discusses individuals' perceptions about the relationship between ____ and ____.
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Inputs, outcomes
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249. _____ is based on a person's desire to be liked by a group.
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Normative social influence
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250. _____ emphasized the importance of one's self-concept.
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Carl Rogers
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251. ____________ is the social need to influence others.
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252. _____ refers to intentional efforts to change people's attitudes or behaviors.
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Persuasion
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253. Cognitive dissonance theory states that in order to reduce dissonance, individuals _____.
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Try to align their attitudes and behavior
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254. When a color is associated with hot or cold we refer to this as color ________.
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Temperature
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255. Hindsight bias contributes to and reinforces the _____ explanatory pattern.
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Blame the victim
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256. You would be expressing a ""stereotype"" if you ________
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Described everyone in some category in the same way.
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257. Deindividuation is _____ likely when self-awareness is _____.
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Less;high
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258. To achieve ?zero population growth? each woman of childbearing age would have ___ children.
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259. When people _____ the variability of human categories, they feel _____ in using stereotypes.
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Underestimate; justified
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260. Theories help social psychologists _____ their observations and _____ their hypotheses.
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Organize; test
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261. Typically, bullying from boys is to ________ as bullying from girls is to ________.
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Physical harm; emotional harm
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262. Social learning theory involves learning through ________.
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Observing models
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263. Behavior that is beneficial to others is called ______ behavior.
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Prosocial behaviour
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264. A hypothesis ________ , while a theory ________.
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Is tested by a specific study; encompasses a body of related research
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265. ________ is to affect as ________ is to cognition.
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Prejudice; stereotype
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266. The secretion of ghrelin ________ appetite, and the secretion of obestatin ________ appetite.
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Stimulates; suppresses
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267. The results of milgram?s research suggest that _____ will follow orders to hurt someone.
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A majority of
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268. The bystander effect likely occurs due to ________.
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Diffusion of responsibility
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269. The bystander effect is most likely to occur _____.
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When someone is witnessing an emergency and there are several other people present
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270. The availability heuristic is based on the principle of using ________ as a cue to probability.
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Accessibility
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271. Stereotype is to discrimination as _____ is to _____.
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Cognition; behavior
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272. Social psychology differs from psychology in its focus on ________.
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Influences of the social world
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273. Sherif is to the study of _____ as asch is to the study of _____.
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Norm formation; group pressure
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274. Proposing reasons for behaviors and mental processes is an example of _____
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Explanation
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275. Prejudice is _____; discrimination is _____.
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Attitude; behavior
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276. In the asch experiment, participants conformed due to ________ social influence.
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Normative
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277. In general, research suggests that physicians have a(n) ______ attitude toward advance directives.
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278. In general, prejudice is ______ and discrimination is ______.
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Attitude, behavior
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279. Examples of cues used in peripheral route persuasion include all of the following except ________.
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Factual information
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280. Discrimination is to _____ as prejudice is to _____.
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Feelings; behavior
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281. Deception is _____ in social psychological research.
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Sometimes necessary
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282. Compared with males, the average female has ______ percent more fat.
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283. Collectivistic cultures are to ________ as individualistic cultures are to ________.
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Situational; dispositional
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284. Cognitive dissonance causes discomfort because it disrupts our sense of ________.
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Consistency
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285. Attitude is to discrimination as ____ is to ____.
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Behavior; Prejudice
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286. Attitude is to behavior as _____ is to _____.
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Prejudice; discrimination
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287. As a field, social psychology focuses on ________ in predicting human behavior.
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Situational factors
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288. Altruism is to _____ as prosocial behavior is to _____.
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Helping another person with no expectation of reward; either selfless or self-serving behavior
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289. Altruism is to _____ as egoism is to _____.
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Another's welfare; one's own welfare
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290. According to your textbook, biochemical influences on aggression include _____ and _____.
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Testosterone; alcohol abuse
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291. According to the actor-observer bias, we have more information about ________.
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Influences on our own behavior
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292. A(n) ________ is a set of group expectations for appropriate thoughts and behaviors of its members.
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Social norm
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293. ""prison"" study is to ""shock"" study as _____ is to _____.
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Zimbardo; Milgram
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294. _______ are the expectations we have about what behaviors are right or wrong.
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295. _____ is a negative attitude; _____ is a negative behavior.
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Prejudice; discrimination
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