• 01

    The process through which a person understands and categorizes the behavior of others is called social __________.

  • 02

    According to Heider’s attribution theory, when we come across a behavior we don’t immediately understand, either in others or in ourselves, how do we seek to understand or explain those behaviors?

  • 03

    A preexisting __________ is a set of ideas of beliefs about others that leads a person to perceive others in a way that conforms to that person’s expectations.

  • 04

    Have you ever failed an exam and blamed the teacher for not doing a good job of clarifying the material or for writing an unfair exam? Maybe you got a better grade on the next test and congratulated yourself for your study skills, your intelligence, and your tremendous effort. This might be considered an example of the __________ bias.

  • 05

    Research into social __________ focuses on the underlying processes, such as attention and memory, which make social behavior possible.

  • 06

    There is a famous book that was published in 1985 entitled The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat that documented a case of an individual who was suddenly unable to recognize the features of his wife’s face. This condition is called __________.

  • 07

    _________is a person’s understanding that his or her behavior and that of others reflects a person’s mental states.

  • 08

    __________ neurons help us in mentalizing, as they fire both when we perform an action and when we watch others performing that same action. This, in turn, helps us relate our actions and intentions to those of others.

  • 09

    Which of the following is not a motive that is linked to the concepts of social pressure and influence?

  • 10

    What has research found about the nearly universal human desire to be accepted and well-liked by others?

  • 11

    Which of the following personal characteristics is most likely to result in resistance to the effects of conformity?

  • 12

    If you are driving along and you get a flat tire, in which of the following circumstances are you most likely to receive help?

  • 13

    The obedience experiment that demonstrated the dangers of obedience was conducted in the 1960s by psychologist __________.

  • 14

    __________ is a change in a person’s behavior that occurs in response to a direct request.

  • 15

    The __________ effect is a phenomenon that occurs when a person forgets the unreliable source of a piece of information but remembers the information itself. This leaves that individual with the impression that the information is, in fact, trustworthy and reliable even though it may not be.

  • 16

    One form of a self-fulfilling prophecy is called a stereotype __________, where people who are aware of a negative stereotype directed against them might perform down to the level of expectation that they believe exists about them.

  • 17

    In New York City, a basketball league was devised to create friendship between groups of young black boys and young Jewish boys. Because these kids all had to work together to create friendly competition and a fun environment, the prejudices that existed between the two groups slowly started to fade away. This is an example of the __________ effect.

  • 18

    The frustration-__________ hypothesis states that frustration occurs when people feel blocked in obtaining their goals.

  • 19

    A __________ is a situation in which conflicting parties all try to win a conflict by engaging in mutually destructive behaviors, resulting in no one winning.

  • 20

    Stanley was sitting on his front porch when he saw a child run into the street after a stray ball. The child did not see that there was a car coming, and Stanley knew something very bad was about to happen. He jumped off of his porch, ran into the street, and just snatched the child out of the way before the car hit them. Stanley and the child were fine, but his action, taken without concern for his own safety, is an example of __________.

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