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Our desire to be liked and accepted by a group is called the bystander effect.

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An investigation determined that neighbors did not help Kitty Genovese when she was attacked because they had their windows closed and could not hear her cries for help.

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Before Mark had even heard the details of how Allison's car accident happened, he commented, "Allison is so absentminded, I'm sure it happened because she was probably talking on her cell phone and not paying attention." Mark's response illustrates an attributional pattern called:

The Robbers Cave Experiment showed that an effective way to reduce prejudice and tension between members of different groups was to:

Complying with slightly objectionable requests will make it easier for you to resist requests that are more objectionable.

On numerous occasions in the past, Destiny strongly advocated alternative energy sources and less reliance on fossil fuels. So her friend Sara was surprised to see Destiny drive up in a large gas-guzzling SUV. Sara asked, "So Destiny, how do you guys like your new SUV?" Without a moment's hesitation, Destiny replied, "You know, we really needed a bigger vehicle to haul the kids and all their soccer stuff around. And I sure don't have any problems fitting all the grocery sacks in the back!" Destiny's change in attitude to match her behavior reflects:

Collectively, the mental processes people use to make sense of their social environment are called:

While studying in the crowded library, Arlene hears a crashing noise and then someone moaning. The commotion appears to come from behind closed doors marked "Staff Only." Nobody near Arlene seems concerned, so Arlene goes back to her studying. This situation is an example of:

Milgram's first obedience study was conducted with 40 male subjects. Andrea is participating in a replication of one of Milgram's obedience experiments, in which the 40 subjects are all female. You can safely predict that:

While researching a term paper, Marcie read some interesting research on the mental processes we use to form judgments and draw conclusions about the characteristics and motives of others. Marcie was reading about:

The textbook defines _____ as a cluster of characteristics that are associated with all members of a specific social group, often including qualities that are unrelated to the objective criteria that define the group.

The tendency to take credit for our successes and to distance ourselves from our failures is called the self-effacing bias.

_____ is the social psychologist who is best known for his pioneering studies of conformity.

When we are uncertain or doubt our judgment, we may look to our reference group as a source of accurate information, which is called informational social influence.

Real estate agents promoting a new recreational development offer a free breakfast and the opportunity to win a trip to Hawaii for attending a short sales promotion meeting. It would appear they are using the _____ persuasion technique.

An important social psychology concept is your sense of _____, which is an individual's unique sense of identity that has been influenced by social, cultural, and psychological experiences.

In variations of his original obedience experiment, Milgram found that if the experimenter left the room, destructive obedience greatly decreased.

The tendency to attribute successful behavior to internal, personal characteristics is to _____ as the tendency to blame ourselves for our failures while downplaying our successes is to _____.

In Stanley Milgram's original obedience experiment, none of the subjects stopped shocking the "learner" before the 300-volt level.

Although the two dual-player DVD players were almost identical in price and features, once Noah had selected the SuperSonic DVD player, he increased his positive evaluation of that player and decreased his evaluation of the other DVD player he had been considering. This is an example of cognitive dissonance.