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Question 91

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Which of the following are Japanese subjects more likely to engage in than American subjects?

A) self-effacing bias
B) self-serving bias
C) fundamental attribution error
D) individualism

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Question 92

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Which of the following terms is defined as yielding to real or imagined social pressure?

A) cognitive dissonance
B) conformity
C) obedience
D) groupthink

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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What percentage of people who have used online dating sites have had "mostly positive" experiences with internet dating?

The purveyors of miracle tonics and psychic advice tend to rely on which of the following forms of evidence?

Paulo was laid off from his job over six months ago and, even though he has applied for more than 40 positions since then, he is still out of work. His landlord believes that Paulo must be lazy because, if he were truly motivated, he would have found a job by now. Which of the following is illustrated by the landlord's explanation?

What type of love involves complete absorption in another that includes tender sexual feelings and the agony and ecstasy of intense emotion?

Which of the following is NOT one of the major components of an attitude?

If Stanley holds the implicit attitude that men are smarter than women, what is likely to happen if he completes the Implicit Association Test?

Maria has strong feelings about a new bylaw because it affects her personally. What aspect of an attitude does this example reflect?

According to Festinger's cognitive dissonance research, which of the following should result in the greatest attitudinal change?

Philip has a favourable attitude toward a politician who is currently running for re-election. Philip knows that the candidate voted in favour of a number of issues that he supports, and works hard for local residents. What component of Philip's attitude does this illustrate?

Skye scored 100 percent on her statistics midterm. According to Weiner's attributional model, if Skye makes an internal-stable attribution for her success, what is she most likely to say?

Which of the following individuals would be most likely to persuade you to buy stock in Company X?

Which of the following results in a behaviour change that is considered to be conformity?

In Milgram's research on obedience, what was the teacher's perception of what would happen when the learner made a mistake?

What type of attribution is blaming your friend's car accident on the weather conditions an example of?

What is the term for putting group goals ahead of personal goals and defining one's identity in terms of the groups one belongs to?

Mort is trying to convince his parents that he should enrol at a university in another province, rather than the local university. He has made five strong points that support his position, but his parents are not convinced. Based on the research into factors that influence persuasion, what should Mort do?

You are working with a group of teenagers living in a residential treatment facility. They share the attitude that it is better to protect yourself than to cooperate with others. This is an attitude that you wish to change, in order to help them become more contributing members of society. Which of the following techniques might you use if you were to employ the self-perception theory for the purpose of attitude change?

Which of the following social influence techniques involves getting someone to commit to an attractive proposition before its hidden costs are revealed?