Social Psychology Questions

Which statement is true? I. Forming a new and more inclusive in-group works best in solving intergroup conflict if the original groups can retain some distinctiveness rather than merging completely. II. Cooperation works at multiple levels: increasing the salience of a new in-group, and decreasing the salience of group memberships in general.

________ goals or negative emotions often set the stage for aggression.

According to the "______ ________ " view, it is "human nature" to be aggressive.

________  is the single most important background factor in aggression, including murder.

________ , or people with very high, but insecure, self-esteem, are highly likely to commit aggression.

A culture of _________ involves a special readiness to respond with aggression to perceived insults or threats of material loss.

Situations that favor ______ thinking often favor aggression.

________ norms and the actions of others play a major role in initiating or restraining aggression.

Anything that increases a group’s feeling of identity can boost its ________.

People use ______ comparisons to determine acceptable levels of resources.

Egoistic relative deprivation is the sense that you are doing less well than other individuals, while _______ relative deprivation is the sense that one’s group is not doing as well as other groups.

Once conflict starts, poor _______ can make it worse.

The process in which group members’ views get more and more extreme because they talk with like-minded others is called group _________.

A policy of _________ is a political strategy in which one side threatens to use force in the hope of preventing an adversary’s use of force.

Aggressive posturing or the "________ _______ syndrome" is a preoccupation with appearing powerful, prestigious, tough, and courageous.

Groups often fail to recognize how often _________ motivates out-group actions.

One strategy that can lead to integrative solutions is log-_______, in which each party gives up on issues that it considers less important but that the other group views as crucial.

________ is reciprocal communication designed to reach agreement in situations in which some interests are shared and some are in opposition.

Reactive _________, an obstacle to integrative solutions, is the process that when one side proposes a solution, the other side automatically views it less favorably.

_______  (GRIT) is a technique that can be used to de-escalate conflicts.

Mediators help the opponents focus their discussion on the issues and reach a voluntary agreement, while in ________ the third party has the power to hand down a decision.

One of the reasons that people in the country help each other more than in the big cities is that:

Helping because you hear that your whole neighborhood helps is an example of:

Studies on bystander intervention in emergencies show that men are more likely to help than women. According to Eagly and Crowley (1986), this is because:

The negative-state relief model suggests that most helping behavior arises from:

Harry is in a bad mood. Studies show that he would be more inclined to help someone if:

Studies suggest that people in a good mood are less inclined to help if:

What prediction does the empathy-altruism theory (Batson et al., 1981) make about helping behavior?

What is true about altruism?

People don't like the process of donating blood, but it is needed for society as a whole, so people do it. This is an example of:

A "social dilemma" is a situation in which:

Which statement is correct? I: Choices aimed at self-interest in a public-goods dilemma seem to be inspired mainly by greed. II: Women and men differ in their reactions to a social dilemma.

What is true for social dilemmas?

Cooperation is most likely when:

Which statement is correct? I: Only people who are able to systematically (instead of superficially) process information in an emergency will offer help. II: So far, studies have not found support for the idea that there are individual differences in helping behavior.

Darley and Latané (1968) suggested that the negative relationship between the number of bystanders and the propensity to help can be ascribed to:

Personality differences related to helping and cooperation include differences in:

Help is not experienced in a positive way when:

Helping can send a mixed message. People may feel gratitude but can also feel less competent. Alvarez and Van Leeuwen (2011) call these opposing messages:

Which of the following strategies is NOT aimed to increase prosocial behavior?