The ________ hypothesis is the ideology common in the United States that people get the outcomes they deserve.
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just-world
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Ashley and Mikhail share their intimate thoughts and emotions, are physically attracted to each other, and agree to support each other. Their love is called ________.
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consummate
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Which of the following is an example of a self-serving bias?
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Leonard attributes earning a good grade in his psychology class to the fact that he is an exceptionally hard working student who is also incredibly smart. He blames the poor grade he received in his sociology class on having a bad teacher who gave hard exams.
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Which of the following is the best example of the foot-in-the-door technique of persuasion?
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getting your parents to agree to cut their smoking down by a few cigarettes, then asking them to quit altogether
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Which of the following is an example of actor-observer bias?
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Akbar believes he is unable to stop gambling because his friends all gamble and are a bad influence, yet Tim is unable to stop gambling because he is addicted to gambling.
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What is the main point of the Stanford prison experiment?
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social roles are powerful determinants of human behavior
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Mona works at a bank. When Luis, a Colombian man, arrives to drop off his paycheck she pretends to be busy and directs him to another teller. She does this whenever a non-White person wants assistance. This is an example of ________.
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discrimination
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Rhona and Jerome share each other's thoughts and feelings and are prepared to support each other, but they do not feel physical attraction. Their love is called ________.
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companionate
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Who was Stanley Milgram?
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social psychology professor at Yale who wanted to test the defense of "I was just following orders" typically used by accused Nazis
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Which of the following best defines the Asch effect?
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influence of the group majority on an individual's judgment
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Kara gets an F on her social psychology exam. Then she goes home and gets into an argument with her roommate, Lee. Lee assumes Kara is yelling at him because she likes to bully him, not because she had a bad day. Lee is making a ________.
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fundamental attribution error
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What was the major flaw in the Stanford prison experiment?
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Zimbardo did not use a control group.
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