Social Psychology Flashcards
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According to the empathy-altruism hypothesis (Batson), true altruistic motivation is elicited by:
Answer: Empathic concern for another's welfare
Batson argued that empathic concern — other-focused emotion — produces genuinely altruistic motivation, distinct from egoistic helping driven by personal distress reduction.
The 'illusion of transparency' refers to the tendency to:
Answer: Overestimate how detectable one's own internal states are to others
People overestimate the extent to which their emotions and thoughts 'leak out' and are apparent to observers.
Which of the following factors most reliably INCREASES interpersonal attraction according to social psychological research?
Answer: Mere exposure to a person
Zajonc's mere exposure effect shows that repeated exposure to a stimulus, including a person, increases positive evaluation of it.
In the context of persuasion, 'inoculation theory' (McGuire) suggests that resistance to attitude change is best built by:
Answer: Exposing individuals to weakened counterarguments that they can refute
Like biological inoculation, exposing people to a mild form of an attack allows them to develop cognitive 'antibodies' to defend their attitudes.
Research on implicit attitudes using the Implicit Association Test (IAT) primarily measures:
Answer: Automatic associative evaluations that may differ from explicit reports
The IAT measures the strength of automatic mental associations between concepts, which can reveal attitudes people may not consciously endorse.
Which of the following BEST characterizes 'realistic group conflict theory' as an explanation for intergroup hostility?
Answer: Competition over scarce resources generates negative attitudes between groups
Sherif's realistic group conflict theory holds that intergroup competition for limited resources is the root cause of prejudice and hostility.
According to self-categorization theory (Turner), social identity becomes salient when:
Answer: The ratio of intergroup differences to intragroup differences is high
Self-categorization theory predicts that a social category becomes psychologically salient when differences between groups are large relative to differences within groups.