Statements is correct regarding social exchange theory

1. ________ holds that our behavior is determined by internal factors like personality or temperament.

Attribution

Dispositionism

Situationism

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2. Where you you be least likely to encounter the fundamental attribution error?

China

Brazil

The United States

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3. The belief that people get the outcomes they deserve is called the ________.

self-serving bias

actor-observer bias

just-world hypothesis

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4. Evan was annoyed because Erika tagged him in a picture he found embarrassing. He untagged himself so that others wouldn’t see, but Erika tagged him again. Erika broke one of the ________ of Facebook.

social norms

social expectations

scripts

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5. What is the main point of the Stanford prison experiment?

students cannot be relied upon to act appropriately

Zimbardo was an unethical researcher

social roles are powerful determinants of human behavior

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6. The ________ component of an attitude compels us to act a certain way to align our behavior with our belief.

behavioral

affective

cognitive

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7. ________ is the process of changing our attitude toward something based on some kind of communication.

Attitude change.

Persuasion.

Cognitive dissonance.

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8. Which type of persuasion involves an indirect route that relies on association of peripheral cues to associate positivity with a message?

foot-in-the-door

peripheral route

cognitive route

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9. Suppose you hate reality shows, but you pretend to like them in order to fit in, feel good, and be accepted by your friends, who all love reality television. This is an example of ________ social influence.

group

normative

informational

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10. During the Vietnam war era, Lt. William Calley was convicted of ordering his men to shoot women and children during the My Lai massacre. This incident most resembles the work of which of the following researchers?

Solomon Asch’s line matching studies

Albert Bandura’s observational learning studies

Stanley Milgram’s obedience studies

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11. Which statement about groupthink is correct?

Group members modify their opinions to match what they believe is the group consensus.

Group members will never agree if there is a minority influence present.

Group members will use brainstorming to discover the solution that most group members agree on.

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12. There are three friends – Masako, Elida, and Renata – who notice that one of the boys in their class looks very sad one morning and is holding back tears. Each of the girls thinks the others will ask him what is wrong and be supportive and so none of them say a word. This failure to act because they thought others would is called ________.

cost-benefit analysis

diffusion of responsibility

bystander apathy

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13. Consummate loves includes

trust, attraction, and dedication.

consistency, passion, and honesty.

intimacy, passion, and commitment.

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14. Which of the following statements is correct regarding social exchange theory?

Most people are dissatisfied if their social exchanges create more costs than benefits.

People are motivated to maximize the costs of social exchanges, or relationships, and minimize the benefits.

People are dissatisfied if their social exchanges create more costs than benefits unless the relationship is an example of consummate love.

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15. Believing that women with blonde hair are dumb is an example of ________, while refusing to hire a woman with blonde hair is an example of ________.

discrimination; a stereotype

a stereotype; discrimination

prejudice; a stereotype