Deck 25: Extenssion: Social Cognition and Behavior

Question 1

The peripheral route uses facts,figures,and arguments to persuade.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Cognitive dissonance is an unpleasant feeling that motivates us to change.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

You start with a small request and then a large request in the foot-in-the-door technique.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Mirror neurons are responsible for our ability to feel aggression toward a person.

Question 5

Part of the decision-stage model of helping is determining the costs and rewards of helping.

Question 6

A "good environment" cannot compensate for "bad genes."

Question 7

Social inhibition often occurs when the response is new or complex.

Question 8

Social cognitive theory emphasizes that children model aggression.

Question 9

Mindguards increase the odds that groupthink will occur.

Question 10

According to the Milgram study,most people refused to obey an order to hurt someone.

Question 11

An example of discrimination would be to think that a woman could not be president.

Question 12

In groupthink,the groups are most concerned with making good decisions.

Question 13

An internal attribution would be an explanation based on the situation.

Question 14

Group polarization occurs when the group's point of view becomes stronger.

Question 15

Genetic factors predispose individuals to develop aggressive behaviors.

Question 16

The affective component of an attitude refers to emotional feelings.

Question 17

A stereotype saves time and energy in terms of thinking about people.

Question 18

Conformity occurs when you change behavior because of group pressure.

Question 19

An attractive face is actually related to averaging many faces.

Question 20

Attributions are explanations for behaviors.

Question 21

TMS is a technique that works to activate or suppress brain activity.

Question 22

Discuss the interaction between genetic factors and environmental factors in aggressive behavior.

Question 23

Describe how to use principles of persuasion to get teenage girls to receive a vaccination against HPV?

Question 24

Why is deindividuation an important factor in rioting?

Question 25

Differentiate between stereotypes,prejudice,and discrimination by giving an example of each term.

Question 26

The primary objective against mandatory vaccination for HPV is that the vaccine may cause ADHD.

Question 27

Catharsis is effective in reducing anger or aggression.

Question 28

Create an advertisement for a product using the central and peripheral routes of persuasion.

Question 29

The most common type of rapist is the power rapist.

Question 30

Using the Asch and Milgram studies,describe the power of groups and authority figures.

Question 31

Discuss why people help or do not help,using the decision-stage model and arousal-cost-reward model.

Question 32

Using your life experiences,describe cognitive,affective,and behavioral components of an attitude.

Question 33

Use real-life examples to illustrate the common biases we make in attribution.

Question 34

Explain how we are cognitive misers in person perception and stereotypes.

Question 35

Aggressive children tend to accurately explain other children's aggressive behaviors.