Social Psychology: Popular wisdom is often contradictory, as with the following two sayings: 1) “opposites attract” and 2) “birds of a feather flock together.” Research on the relationship between similarity and liking suggests that:

Social Psychology: Which research result would provide evidence that aggression is a heritable trait?

Social Psychology: Of these real-world phenomena, the confirmation bias best explains the observation that people:

Social Psychology: Better performance by an individual on difficult tasks in the presence of others can be encouraged the most when the individual’s arousal level is _______ and evaluation pressure on the individual is _______.

Theories: In cognitive therapy, client resistance is seen as stemming from:

Ethics: A difficult dilemma that private practitioners must carefully monitor is the inherent dual role of:

Social Psychology: Stereotypes are reinforced by which?

Social Psychology: The theory that behavior is learned through the observation of others as well as through the direct experience of rewards and punishments is called ____ theory.

Social Psychology: An attorney has a copy of a videotape that shows her client being beaten very violently by two men. Her client is suing these men. The jury has already seen this video several times during the trial, and the attorney is considering showing it many more times. However, an expert social psychologist should warn the attorney that replaying the videotaped beating many more times may reduce the likelihood of winning a large amount of money because the jurors might:

Ethics: In psychotherapy fee situations, a “third-party” relationship exists whenever: