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Daisy listens carefully to a debate between two political candidates.She evaluates the merits of the arguments that each candidate presents, and she decides which candidate to vote for on the basis of that candidate's position on key issues.In this instance, Daisy has processed the information contained in the debate using the:


A) peripheral route
B) cognitive dissonance model
C) self-serving route
D) central route

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If Jess acts cranky only when she has been up late the previous night, crankiness has:


A) high distinctiveness
B) high consensus
C) low consensus
D) low consistency

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Companionate love is an intense emotional state in which the individual is enveloped by a powerful longing to be with the other person.

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Obedience occurs whenever:


A) individuals show a tendency to ignore or suppress dissenting opinions
B) individuals conform to gain approval, or avoid rejection, in social settings
C) individuals conform to be correct or accurate in their responses
D) people respond to the orders of an authority figure

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Research suggests that compared to people from Eastern cultures, people raised in Western cultures appear to be more susceptible to:


A) the fundamental attribution error
B) the self-serving bias
C) the actor-observer effect
D) deindividuation

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Amy is trying to figure out why Rory is acting so strangely.Amy is going through the process known as:


A) attribution
B) formation
C) elucidation
D) facilitation

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The peripheral route to persuasion operates in those situations in which people:


A) are motivated to process an incoming communication with care and attention
B) have strong attitudes toward the topic
C) have not yet developed an attitude toward the topic
D) are unable or unmotivated to process an incoming message systematically

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A positive or negative evaluation that predisposes us to act in certain ways is a(n) ____________________.

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According to Sternberg's triangular theory of love, the emotional component that involves closeness, connectedness, and feelings of warmth is:


A) passion
B) intimacy
C) commitment
D) reciprocation

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Which of the following factors is LEAST likely to play a role in determining who someone will form a relationship with?


A) proximity
B) similarity
C) reciprocity
D) diversity

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Which type of attribution is a person making when a person's behavior is attributed to a situation in the environment?


A) internal
B) external
C) distinctiveness
D) consensus

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When people explain their own behavior by providing internal attributions for actions that produce positive outcomes and external attributions for actions that produce negative outcomes:


A) they are making the fundamental attribution error
B) they initiate a self-fulfilling prophecy
C) they experience cognitive dissonance
D) they are showing a self-serving bias

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Attitudes have three components.Which of the following is NOT one of the components?


A) the cognitive component
B) the affective component
C) the behavioral component
D) the internal component

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According to Sternberg's triangular theory of love, passion is:


A) the motivational component that underlies arousal and sexual attraction
B) the emotional component that motivates people to seek closeness
C) the decision-making component that motivates people to remain in the relationship
D) the behavioral component that involves positive actions toward the other person

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A person who is in a good mood is:


A) less likely to show the self-serving bias
B) more likely to make the fundamental attribution error
C) less likely to make the fundamental attribution error
D) less likely to initiate a self-fulfilling prophecy

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Erik just heard that his neighbor, Alexis, was involved in an accident, and Erik decides that Alexis' reckless driving habits were the cause of the accident.His attribution for the cause of the accident is consistent with:


A) a self-serving bias
B) the fundamental attribution error
C) a self-fulfilling prophecy
D) information integration theory

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Although Chu has never actually met anybody who is Irish, he is convinced that all Irish individuals are lazy drunks who can't hold a job.He has heard his father make these types of statements for as long as he can remember.In this case, Chu's prejudiced attitude appears to have formed through the process of:


A) operant conditioning
B) classical conditioning
C) observational learning
D) cognitive dissonance

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If you were working for a political candidate and wanted voters to form relatively stable, long-lasting positive attitudes toward the candidate, you would want to base your advertising campaign around the:


A) peripheral route
B) classical route
C) central route
D) operant route

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Attribution theories are concerned with:


A) implicit cognitions underlying prejudiced attitudes
B) the processes that determine attitudes toward objects
C) explicit cognitions underlying prejudiced attitudes
D) the processes that underlie inferences of cause and effect

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Stereotypes consist of:


A) beliefs about the personal traits and behaviors of individuals who belong to specific groups
B) expectations about the actions of others that can induce individuals to act in atypical ways
C) inferences about the causes of behavior in other people
D) behaviors that prevent other people from having equal access to social opportunities

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