1. When we make attributions about the behavior of others (trying to determine why others act they way the do), we often overestimate dispositional influences (personality factors) and underestimate situational influences. When we do this, we are demonstrating the:

Jonas Complex
fundamental attribution error
cognitive dissonance
proximal error

2. Sometimes people change their behaviors to coincide with the request or behavior of others, even though they may disagree with this new behavior. When they do this, they are engaging in:

acceptance
compliance
conformity
submission

3. Research has indicated that people are more likely to conform when the group is all of the following EXCEPT:

unanimous
cohesive
three people or more
aggressive

4. Research has shown that, in general, the more familiar we are with a person, even if we have never met them in person, the more likely we are to:

like them
dislike them
understand them
want to be like them

5. Recently the county sent some workers to my house to remove a tree. Although six men showed up to do this job, three of them worked the whole time, one worked a little bit, and the other two just sat and watched the entire time. This type of behavior is known as _______, and is a phenomenon in which each individual in a group puts in less effort than if he/she were acting alone.

effort justification
social effort
social loafing
group polarization

6. People who are perceived as being physically attractive are also often viewed as more intelligent, more kind, and more successful. This is called:

dissonance
the halo effect
social comparison
conformity

7. Carl Festinger found that feelings of tension arise when one is simultaneously aware of two inconsistent cognitions (e.g., dating someone even though you think that person is mean and selfish). He called this:

cognitive dissonance
cognitive compliance
cognitive conformity
cognitive obsolenscence

8. I recently saw a woman fall down while walking on a crowded street. She stayed on the ground for quite a while and appeared to be hurt. However, nobody offered her any help. According to the ________, this woman would have been more likely to get help if there was only one other person around when she fell.

cognitive dissonance
prosocial effect
bystander effect
aggressive theory

9. Lots of times groups make really bad decisions. Just think of mass suicides like the Heaven's Gate situation from a few years ago, the Bay of Pigs disaster, and more. One factor that may lead groups to make such bad decisions is that a group may become so cohesive that individual and critical thinking seem to vanish. This type of behavior is called:

group polarization
social loafing
groupthink
in-group bias

10. Most research on attraction, loving, and liking has indicated that people who are _____ to you, are the ones you are most likely to end up liking (and/or loving).

aggressive
thin
open and share personal feelings
near or close to you (proximity)

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