Researchers asked some participants to think of six times they had behaved assertively and asked other participants to think of twelve times they had behaved assertively, and then asked all participants to rate how assertive they thought they really were. Participants who tried to generate six examples of assertive behaviors rated themselves as more assertive than did participants who tried to generate twelve examples. The point that this study illustrates is that

________ conformity is to the desire to be right as ________ conformity is to the desire to be liked.

In a controlled experiment, Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) informed grade school teachers that some of their students (called “bloomers”) would show great academic improvement in the upcoming year. In reality, the “bloomers” were chosen randomly by the researchers, and were no smarter than any of the other students. Which of the following best describes the results of this study? At the end of the year,

Recall that even when participants in an experiment conducted by Jones and Harris (1967) were told that people were assigned to write an essay sympathetic to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, they still were willing to assume that the essay reflected the writer’s true “pro-Castro” attitudes. These findings illustrate

When we decide that there is something about the situation that is causing a behavior, we are making a(n) ________ attribution.

Although psychologists usually refer to stereotypes only in a ________ sense, it is possible for a person to have a ________ stereotype about a particular group.

________ posits that increased prejudice and discrimination result from limited resources and consequent intergroup conflict.

Who is more likely to use the central route to persuasion when attending to a communication about health insurance reform?

We rely on schemas the most when a situation is:

Based on results of Darley’ s and Batson’ s (1973) “Good Samaritan” experiment, who is MOST likely to help an elderly women who has slipped on the ice?