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Question 181

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Doing a favor for someone because they have helped you in the past illustrates

A) conflict.
B) cost-benefit analysis.
C) the reciprocity norm.
D) the social-responsibility norm.

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Question 182

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The mental process people use to explain their behavior and the behavior of others is called

A) an attribution.
B) an attitude.
C) cognitive dissonance.
D) the fundamental attribution error.

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Question 183

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After she noticed that girls in her sorority wear their sorority pins every day,Mia began wearing her pin daily.Mia's behavior is an example of

In explaining our own behavior or the behavior of those we know well,we often resort to

Those who assert their freedom by refusing to yield to conformity pressures best illustrate

A failure to assume personal responsibility for helping in an emergency situation often plays an important role in the

Neuroscientists have detected implicit prejudice in an emotion-processing center known as the

The foot-in-the-door phenomenon refers to the tendency to

When no weapons of mass destruction were found following the U.S.invasion of Iraq,some Americans revised their memories of the main rationale for going to war.This suggests that we can best explain why people changed their memories in terms of

Professor Stewart wrote a very positive letter of recommendation for a student despite having doubts about her competence.Which theory best explains why he subsequently began to develop more favorable attitudes about the student's abilities?

Michelle and Janice are high school friends.Michelle helps Janice with her studies,and Janice,who is a popular cheerleader,brings Michelle with her to various social gatherings.This mutually beneficial relationship can best be explained by

In Milgram's first study of obedience,the majority of "teachers" who were ordered to shock a "learner"

We are most likely to ________ the diversity among members of an ________.

People heavily exposed to violent pornography are likely to engage in sexually aggressive behaviors that reflect a misleading

The difference between prejudice and discrimination is most similar to the difference between

In Milgram's obedience experiments,"teachers" were LEAST likely to deliver the highest levels of shock when

John believes that African-American males commit more violent crime.In his view,this justifies the police shooting of unarmed African-American men.This is an example of

If you were a participant in Milgram's original obedience experiment,it is very likely that you would

In one experiment,White Americans read a newspaper article about a foreign terrorist threat against all Americans.The White Americans subsequently expressed

Ingroup bias best illustrates the impact of our ________ on prejudice.