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Murphy recently was denied a promotion at work. He hastily concluded that this was because his boss hated him. Murphy’s conclusion demonstrates the:

While taking his Psy100 exam, Emerson has to generate one reason people engage in aggressive behavior. He recalled a recent news story about a school shooter who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder; in thinking of the story, he decided to write down “psychological disorders” as his answer. His wrong answer demonstrates the use of which of the following?

Deidre recently met an international student from Israel. Prior to this introduction, Deidre had never known anyone from outside of the United States. After hanging out with this student for a few weeks, Deidre’s attitudes towards people from Israel became more positive. Her increasingly positive attitudes arising from regular interaction with this student can best be explained by:

Alexandra was born and raised in the Midwest region of the United States. Now that she lives Florida, she often is excited to meet other people from the Midwest, feeling a generally sense of positivity towards them. Her feelings towards other Midwesterners best demonstrates:

As a newly hired attorney at a large firm, Tyler feels pressure to remain quiet, even when he disagrees with his more experienced colleagues. Because Tyler – along with other younger attorneys – never speaks up, an illusion of unanimity occurs, which can impair overall group decision-making through a process known as:

Professor Deeds teaches math and believes that women are inherently bad at the subject matter. When women in his class reach out for assistance, he invests minimal effort in helping them. Not surprisingly, his female students tend to do poorly. Rather than assuming the women’s performance is attributed to their ability level, which might better explain the women’s grades?

After Prof. Farris publicly calls out William for texting during a lecture, William is angry. When it comes time to complete course evaluations, William feels comfortable writing several hurtful personal attacks against his professor, knowing that his remarks are anonymous. However, William would never say these things to his professor’s face. Which of the following aspects of social psychology best explains his aggression against his professor via the course evaluations?

Professor Anderson is teaching in LS331 and notices that the bulb on the projector is burnt out.  She assumes someone else will alert IT regarding the problem and decides not to do anything. Her lack of prosocial behavior in this situation can best be explained by which concept?

Which of the following concepts both rely on people’s need/desire for consistency?

While driving, Ira is listening to music with explicit lyrics, occasionally shouting out some curse words himself as he sings along. When another driver signals to move over in front of Ira, despite the other driver having sufficient space, Ira quickly gets upset and starts yelling at the other driver. His aggressive overreaction to this minor event can best be explained by which of the following cognitive processes?