Kohanna thinks that everyone who smiles must always be happy, and those people who are quiet must be naturally shy. Such assumptions are the basis for

a. stereotypes. b. implicit personality theory. c. attribution theory. d. attitudes.

How might someone who unknowingly is committing the fundamental attribution error explain Stanley Milgram’s obedience study?

a. Subjects in that study were highly influenced by the power of Milgram and his team. b. Subjects in that study desired a high degree of positive reinforcement. c. Subjects in that study wanted to be part of Milgram’s group. d. Subjects in that study must have been the kind of people that like to hurt others.

Which of the following represents the affective component of an attitude?

a. “I love to go to the clubs—it makes me so happy!” b. “Tonight, we’re going to that new club downtown.” c. “It is interesting to watch people when I’m out at a club.” d. “I’m going to wear a new outfit to the club tonight.”

If calorie intake stays the same, as the basal metabolic rate decreases, the weight set point

a. decreases. b. increases. c. stays the same. d. varies up and down.

Which of the following is not a component of an attitude?

a. cognitive

b. genetic

c. affective

d. behavioral

Conner needs just $20 more to go out with his friends. He asks his mother for$50, but she tells him he can have $30 instead. In the end, Conner ended up with$10 more than he originally planned. What technique did Connor use?

a. foot-in-the-door technique b. door-in-the-face technique c. lowball technique d. planned obedience

Follow-up research to Stanley Milgram’s original study has found that $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ of “teachers” will deliver shocks up to the point of being lethal.

a. less than 30 percent b. 40 percent c. 65 percent d. 80 percent

Which of the following would not be effective in minimizing groupthink?

a. Caroline wants her team to openly vote by a show of hands either for or against her business plan. b. Karen openly invites input from all team members and even those outside her team. c. Annina reminds her team that everyone will be held responsible for the ultimate decision of her group. d. Juanita works hard to remain impartial to all ideas no matter what they are.

In Asch’s study, conformity decreased when

a. at least four confederates were present. b. at least one confederate agreed with the participant. c. the participant was a male. d. the participant had high self-esteem.

Which of the following represents the affective component of an attitude? a. "I love to go to the clubs-it makes me so happy!" b. "Tonight, we're going to that new club downtown." c. "It is interesting to watch people when I'm out at a club." d. "I'm going to wear a new outfit to the club tonight."

One of the keys to deindividuation is

a. group polarization.                 c. conformity. b. group protection.                 d. anonymity.

Which of the following represents the cognitive component of an attitude? a. "I just love Italian food!" b. "I'm going to bake lasagna tonight." c. "Italian food is the best of the European cuisines." d. "Tonight we're going to a new Italian restaurant."

How do people high in self-efficacy differ from people low in self-efficacy in terms of their ability to cope with life?

As examples of what might be required as parts of specific projective tests, the $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ asks clients to look at a picture and tell a story while the $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ asks clients to report everything they see in an ambiguous figure.

a. Rorschach; Thematic Apperception Test b. MMPI-2-RF; Thematic Apperception Test c. MMPI-2-RF; NEO-PI-3 d. Thematic Apperception Test; Rorschach