Question 1

According to __________ ,we evaluate our beliefs,abilities,and reactions by comparing them to those of others.

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Question 2

__________ explains why Kit,who is an average tennis player,does fine when she is playing with her friends,but struggles during tournaments when there are lots of spectators.

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Question 3

__________ is the study of how people influence others' behavior.

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Question 4

Karyn is part of a class project that requires each member of the class to draw a different animal,which will then be combined to create a mural.What type of classroom is Karyn a part of?

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Jigsaw

Question 5

The Robbers Cave study and the jigsaw classroom underscore a lesson confirmed by many other social psychology studies; that is,

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increased contact between racial groups is rarely sufficient to reduce prejudice.

Question 6

__________ refers to the tendency to overestimate the impact of dispositional influences on others' behavior.

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Question 7

Alexandra wants to know the simplest way to improve her running time.You should tell her to run with a(n)__________.

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Question 8

The mere presence of others can enhance our performance in a phenomenon known as __________.

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Question 9

What idea is represented by the belief that a scantily dressed rape victim got what she deserved?

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Just-world hypothesis

Question 10

Tristan is driving down the road and sees a woman standing beside her broken down car.Tristan keeps on driving __________ attempts to explain why Tristan chose to keep driving.

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Question 11

At the end of the first week of school,Bart notices that almost all the students are using the new backpacks with wheels.He comes home Friday and asks his mom to take him to the store to buy a new backpack.Bart is displaying __________.

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Question 12

Zhuo,who believes in a just world,believes that Zander is responsible for his getting AIDS because of his lifestyle.This phenomenon is known as

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blaming the victim.

Question 13

Sherif's "Robbers Cave" experiment demonstrated that prejudice can be reduced by

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engaging the groups in activities that required them to cooperate to achieve a goal.

Question 14

Characters in the story of "Chicken Little" were convinced that the sky was falling.This is an example of a(n)__________.

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Question 15

The __________ suggests that we humans have a biologically based need for interpersonal connections.

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Question 16

Being surprised when you discover that your favorite actor committed a serious crime is most likely the result of the __________.

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Question 17

__________ is the tendency of people to change their behavior as a consequence of group behavior.

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Question 18

The Robbers Cave study and Elliott Aronson's work on jigsaw classrooms confirm an important lesson that

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