PSY 105 Quiz 5 (2)

PSY 105 Quiz 5 (2) Recent

• Question 1

 

Which of the following speakers is most likely to change the attitudes of members of an audience?

• Question 2

 

The term __________ refers to the fact that close neighbors are more likely to like each other.

• Question 3

 

Advertisements that are designed to sell by having a “star” endorse the products are using the __________ route to persuasion.

• Question 4

 

An effort to increase your appeal to a target person before you ask that person to grant a request is called

• Question 5

 

The central route to persuasion refers to

• Question 6

 

The topics of attribution, prejudice, social influence, and love are most likely to be studied by __________ psychologists.

• Question 7

 

A type of social influence in which individuals change their attitudes or behavior in order to adhere to existing social norms is known as

• Question 8

 

Suppose you see a mother grab her child and pull him back sharply. If you decide the mother has done this to protect the child from a passing car, you have made a(n) __________ attribution.

• Question 9

 

Cognitive frameworks consisting of knowledge and beliefs about specific social groups  frameworks suggesting that by and large, all members of these groups possess certain traits  are called

• Question 10

 

According to realistic conflict theory, prejudice

• Question 11

 

Cognitive rules-of-thumb we create for making judgments or decisions very quickly are called

• Question 12

 

The correspondence bias is the tendency to explain the behavior of others in terms of __________ causes.

• Question 13

 

Milgram’s studies of obedience indicate that in response to an order to harm another person,

• Question 14

 

Serious errors in group decision making that result from a lack of dissent in the group is known as __________.

• Question 15

 

The tendency of a supervisor to give an employee lower ratings than their performance deserves is termed the __________.

• Question 16

 

Research on group processes suggests that a group decision made in the absence of group dissent

• Question 17

 

Charisma is a characteristic of transformational leadership that involves __________ self-confidence and __________ vision.

• Question 18

 

Which of the following is a reason as to why the assessment center method is not used to select all employees?

• Question 19

 

Which of the following occupations were shown through job analysis to have similar job dimensions to that of “homemaker”?

• Question 20

 

A goal of industrial/organizational psychology is to

• Question 21

 

You notice that a coworker at the desk next to you is always late and often steals items from work. You would expect this person to be

• Question 22

 

A person analysis assesses

• Question 23

 

Social loafing __________ as the team grows bigger in size.

• Question 24

 

Positive work behaviors, including helping coworkers and volunteering for extra assignments are also known as __________.

• Question 25

 

An employee about to have a performance appraisal would hope for a supervisor who shows the __________ and hope to avoid one who shows the __________.

• Question 26

 

Which of the following is an example of utility?