Which of the following statements is MOST accurate regarding how people form evaluations of other people and of other stimuli?
Early research in social psychology conducted by Max Ringelm…
Early research in social psychology conducted by Max Ringelmann revealed that people ____ when they work as part of a group (e.g., pushing a car off of the road with two other people) compared to when they work alone at the same task.
When people want to suppress a thought, the automatic mind…
When people want to suppress a thought, the automatic mind works to ____.
Wei-Shin was mugged while he was walking across campus alone…
Wei-Shin was mugged while he was walking across campus alone one evening. The event left him with his wallet and identity stolen, and a broken nose and rib. Wei-Shin thinks to himself, “What kind of world is this, where someone will mug a poor college student?” Wei-Shin is having trouble coping because this traumatic event has challenged his ____.
Ursula believes that traits and abilities as fixed at birth…
Ursula believes that traits and abilities as fixed at birth and remain the same no matter what. By contrast, Yuri believes that people develop their traits and abilities across time, and that they can become better and better with practice. Social psychologists would say that Ursula is a(n) ____ while Yuri is a(n) ____.
When people suspect that their spouses have been cheating on…
When people suspect that their spouses have been cheating on them, they are often correct. However, among cohabitating partners, approximately ____ are wrong (they think their spouse is cheating when in fact their spouse has not cheated).
Research on the brain sizes of different animals would sugg…
Research on the brain sizes of different animals would suggest that (domesticated) cats have ____ than (wild, pride-living) lions after adjustment for differences in weight.
Researchers dropped 100 unsealed envelopes containing money…
Researchers dropped 100 unsealed envelopes containing money around the campus of a Swedish university. Half the letters were addressed to a person with a common Swedish surname (A. Andersson), whereas the other half of the letters were addressed to a person with a common Muslim surname (A. Abdullah). The researchers found that ____.
Dr. Hurtado and Dr. Yashari have recently conducted a study…
Dr. Hurtado and Dr. Yashari have recently conducted a study and found a positive correlation between music-listening and dancing ability: People who listen to lots of music tend to be excellent dancers. The correlation is statistically significant. Can they conclude that listening to music causes people to be better dancers? Why or why not?
Which of the following is the best example of “cognition”?
Which of the following is the best example of “cognition”?