Our expectations of a person sometimes influences their behavior toward us, which then confirms our beliefs about them.

According to anthropologists, which of the following is true of human behavior?  

Social psychology is only interested in social relationships.

Marina has a crush on Josiah but is afraid to ask him out because she does not think he is interested in her. Josiah has a crush on Marina but hasn’t asked for her phone number because he thinks she’ll say “no.” This is a case of _______.

Social psychology is defined as the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another.

Children and adults with strong feelings of self-efficacy are more ________ than those with low self-efficacy.

According to natural selection, those with genes best suited to an environment are likely to survive and reproduce.

Scientific method is what differentiates social psychology from common sense.

According to Social Psychology, a true statement about objective reality is that______.

In a psychological experiment, the participants were shown a collection of pictures depicting both pleasant and unpleasant aspects of their lives. They were instructed to smile whenever they saw an unpleasant picture. At the end of the experiment, the participants reported that they felt happy despite seeing the unpleasant pictures. Which of the following is exemplified in this experiment?