The principal of a local elementary school plans to implement a “Reading for Cash” program, whereby children would be given cash rewards for reading. Before investing in this plan, the principal asks for your assessment. Because ______ tend to ______, you would probably tell her that the program would not be an effective way to increase interest in reading.

Joe knows that smoking is bad for him, yet he smokes anyway. This attitude-discrepant behavior creates a great deal of cognitive dissonance for Joe. If Joe followed the “path of least resistance” described in lecture, he would most likely reduce his dissonance by _________.

Whereas the Realistic Conflict Theory suggests that ____________ is the main source of intergroup friction (prejudice and discrimination), the Social Identity Theory suggests that identification with an ingroup can trigger it.

On his way to work, Shige witnesses a serious car accident. He is tempted to stop to help, but keeps on driving as he says to himself, “I’ll be late for my meeting and may even have to be interviewed by police and even asked to testify in court later. That’s just too much to ask.”  Which of the concepts below best reflects Shige’s calculation of rewards and costs of providing help?

Even non-prejudiced participants in research by Patricia Devine (1989) can recognize such negative stereotypes as “African Americans are hostile.”  Still, nonprejudiced participants do not endorse those stereotypes. This is because the activation of stereotypes is ___________, whereas the refutation (or suppression) of stereotypes is ___________.

You’re about to start your vacation and your brother agreed to drive you to the airport.  Unfortunately, he was running late, and you discover at the airport that your flight to Jamaica has already left. According to Frustration-Aggression Theory, under which of the following conditions would you be most likely to want to aggress against your brother?

Suppose you’re conducting a longitudinal study of the causes of inter-partner violence among men. First, you find that boys whose fathers abused their partners are more likely to report that violence is normal and a good way to solve problems. Later, you find that boys who report that violence is normal and acceptable are, in turn, more likely to abuse their partners as adults. These results provide the MOST support for which antecedent of aggression?

According to the lecture and your textbook, which of the following people is NOT MORE likely to display aggression than the average person?

Some evolutionary psychologists focus on the phylogenetic origins of social behavior and claim that people help their offspring and siblings more than strangers. This perspective explains __________.

In the Southern U.S., spanking unruly children is more acceptable than in the Northern U.S.  According to Dov Cohen (1996), this corporal punishment is a modern-day manifestation of___________.