Question 1

Christina and Massimo have been saving money since they got married.Now Massimo wants to buy a new car,but Christina wants to continue saving for a new house.Massimo and Christina

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A)  are experiencing conflict.
B)  are experiencing dissonance.
C)  have mirror-image perceptions.
D)  are developing superordinate goals.

Question 2

What is your ideal definition of justice in an intimate relationship? Is it the same as your ideal definition of justice in the realm of economics? Why or why not?

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Question 3

The smaller the group,the more

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A)  responsible each person feels for it.
B)  intense the conflict among individual members.
C)  apathetic people are about its preservation.
D)  the more likely communication will take the form of intimidation and deception.

Question 4

Attempting to explain one's own behavior situationally is a characteristic of

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A)  the Prisoner's DilemmA.
B)  the Commons Dilemma.
C)  both dilemmas.
D)  neither dilemma.

Question 5

In playing the laboratory version of the Prisoner's Dilemma,you would personally obtain the best payoff on any given trial if you _______ and the other person _______.

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A)  confess;does not confess
B)  confess;confesses
C)  do not confess;confesses
D)  do not confess;does not confess

Question 6

Situations in which both players can win and both can lose are called

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A)  non-zero-sum games.
B)  zero-sum games.
C)  mirror games.
D)  equity games.

Question 7

In general,all but one statement is a way of improving relations toward peacemaking.Which of the following is NOT one of the predictors for decreasing prejudice?

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A)  increase contact
B)  indirect contact
C)  the extended-contact effect
D)  distance

Question 8

In the commons dilemma,people often consume more than they realize when

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A)  others take on a cooperative strategy.
B)  resources are not partitioned.
C)  the "commons" is divided into equal parts.
D)  everyone cooperates.

Question 9

Which of the following best illustrates a superordinate goal?

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A)  A college student who has been failing English gets an A on a paper.
B)  A woman beats her husband at tennis.
C)  Apartment dwellers install a television antenna they can all use.
D)  An obese person loses 20 pounds in two weeks.

Question 10

Which one of the following is an example of a non-zero-sum game?

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A)  the Prisoner's Dilemma
B)  the Commons Dilemma
C)  both the Prisoner's and the Commons Dilemmas
D)  neither the Prisoner's nor the Commons Dilemmas

Question 11

Research on laboratory dilemmas reveals that cooperation is facilitated if

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A)  one person is 100 percent cooperative.
B)  the opponents can communicate with one another.
C)  the game is changed into a zero-sum game.
D)  the size of the payoffs is increaseD.

Question 12

Which statement is true?

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A)  Because of the greater social pressure,people are more likely to act cooperatively in large rather than small groups.
B)  The Tragedy of the Commons occurs only in individualistic societies.
C)  Most competitive situations can be considered non-zero-sum games.
D)  Sherif's study of boys at camp indicated that competition triggers conflict.

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT cited in the text as a method for resolving social dilemmas?

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A)  regulation
B)  making the group smaller
C)  communication
D)  competition

Question 14

Conflict is defined as

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A)  perceived incompatibility of actions or goals.
B)  dissatisfaction with relationship outcomes.
C)  hostility that results from frustrating interaction.
D)  competition for mutually exclusive goals.

Question 15

If an attorney creates a Prisoner's Dilemma for two suspects,the attorney's goal is to

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A)  trick either one of them into revealing what really happened.
B)  create an incentive for one of them to confess while the other maintains innocence.
C)  create an incentive for both of them to confess privately.
D)  achieve the greatest punishment for both suspects.

Question 16

All the following statements are true about GRIT EXCEPT

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A)  GRIT aims to de-escalate international tensions.
B)  GRIT requires that all actions by the initiating party be conciliatory in nature.
C)  GRIT allows each side to maintain its retaliatory capability.
D)  GRIT works by intensifying the reciprocity norm.

Question 17

Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic that conflict expert Deutsch (1993) advises negotiators to exhibit?

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A)  fairness
B)  firmness
C)  friendliness
D)  faithful

Question 18

Desegregation could be expected to have poor results when contacts were competitive,unsupported by authorities,and unequal.Contact should be _____.

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A)  unequal in status
B)  equal in status
C)  short-term
D)  long-term

Question 19

Some individuals have many children so that they can ensure someone will take care of them in the future.However,this contributes to the collective devastation of overpopulation.This is an example of

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A)  mirror-image perception.
B)  the jigsaw problem.
C)  perceived injustice.
D)  a social dilemma.

Question 20

In the Prisoner's Dilemma,each person is better off

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A)  remaining silent.
B)  confessing.
C)  bargaining.
D)  mediating.

Exam 13: Conflict and Peacemaking

Christina and Massimo have been saving money since they got married.Now Massimo wants to buy a new car,but Christina wants to continue saving for a new house.Massimo and Christina

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Conflict is defined as

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Which of the following is NOT cited in the text as a method for resolving social dilemmas?

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Attempting to explain one's own behavior situationally is a characteristic of

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Research on laboratory dilemmas reveals that cooperation is facilitated if

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Desegregation could be expected to have poor results when contacts were competitive,unsupported by authorities,and unequal.Contact should be _____.

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Situations in which both players can win and both can lose are called

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What is your ideal definition of justice in an intimate relationship? Is it the same as your ideal definition of justice in the realm of economics? Why or why not?

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Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic that conflict expert Deutsch (1993) advises negotiators to exhibit?

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In general,all but one statement is a way of improving relations toward peacemaking.Which of the following is NOT one of the predictors for decreasing prejudice?

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The smaller the group,the more

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Which one of the following is an example of a non-zero-sum game?

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Which statement is true?

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All the following statements are true about GRIT EXCEPT

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In playing the laboratory version of the Prisoner's Dilemma,you would personally obtain the best payoff on any given trial if you _______ and the other person _______.

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In the commons dilemma,people often consume more than they realize when

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Some individuals have many children so that they can ensure someone will take care of them in the future.However,this contributes to the collective devastation of overpopulation.This is an example of

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Which of the following best illustrates a superordinate goal?

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In the Prisoner's Dilemma,each person is better off

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