Author: Anonymous

​Suppose that you are a research participant in a laboratory study that is looking at fear and social support. The researcher shows you an extremely scary movie and then asks you whether you feel like talking to anyone (and if so, who) once the movie is over. Although you are in a laboratory setting the whole time, which does not resemble “real life” at all, you become engrossed in the procedures of the study and almost forget that you are in a study. Thus, in your experience, this study is ____.

​Most social psychologists perform research by ____.

Alicia and her friends are singing karaoke. Alicia is an extremely talented singer—much better than her friends. She feels awkward about being so good, however, so she sort of “fakes bad”; she doesn’t want her friends to be envious of her singing talent. Social psychologists would say that Alicia is experiencing ____.​

​The so-called “fear of success” theory—the idea that many people fear being too successful at work lest they turn off potential romantic partners—____.

What percent of women wash their hands after using the restroom if they believe no one else is in the restroom?​

​People who have severe brain damage sometimes approach objects in the world as if they are seeing them for the first time. That is, instead of seeing a “chair,” for example, these people see “a wooden object with four legs.” Similarly, instead of seeing two dogs, such people might see “a small tan animal with fur and a large brown object with its tongue hanging out.” One might conclude that people with this kind of brain damage ____.

Which conclusion is most accurate regarding the research on violence in the mass media and aggression?​

Compared to people with low intelligence, people with moderately high levels of intelligence tend to be ____ when they encounter persuasive messages.​

For which group(s) is there a strong association between overeating and being in a bad mood?​

​”Social brain theory” states that ____.