Liberty UniversityPSYC 101Quiz 12 Complete SolutionsCorrect Answers Key5 different versionsChapter 12Question 1 According to _______, people are more likely to carefully evaluate a persuasive messagewhen their motivational state is high and when they have the ability or knowledge to evaluate theinformation.Question 2 A researcher compares cross-cultural differences in the fundamental attribution errorby showing a film of someone stealing and then asking participants to explain why the personstole. Participants from East Asian cultures are most likely to make which attribution?Question 3 The failure of witnesses to help Kitty Genovese when she was viciously attacked mayhave been due to the tendency to believe that others would act and so they wouldn’t need to.This explanation is based on the principle of _________.Question 4 ______ play(s) a role in explaining why people obey immoral commands.Question 5 Jahrul’s instructor was very rude the first day of class. Jahrul assumed the instructorwas a rude woman. He did not know that she had woken up late, had a car accident on the wayto work, and had been locked out of her office. Jahrul is demonstratingQuestion 6 JoAnne goes to the local electronics store to purchase a $30 DVD player that wasadvertised in the paper. Upon arriving, the salesperson tells her that they have just run out andoffersto showJoAnne some othermodels. JoAnne endsuppurchasinga $150DVDplayer.JoAnne has been the victim of which technique of persuasion?Question 7 Personal identity is to ______ as social identity is to ______.Question 8 According to the text, one of the most common ways to reduce cognitive dissonanceis toQuestion 9 When people explain their own behavior by making a situational attribution and thebehavior of others by making a dispositional attribution it is calledQuestion 10 Contemporary theorists are least likely to choose which factor to explain humanaggression?Question 11 Regarding attributions, which of the following statements is FALSE?Question 12 Discrimination represents which attitudinal component of prejudice?Question 13 A salesperson used a persuasive technique that was not based on the principle ofPreview Mode
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