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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?

Tiffany enrolls in college as an engineering major. During her orientation, she realizes she’s one of only a few women in the program. This experience heightens her awareness of her own gender, as well as the belief that women cannot succeed in the field. Throughout her first semester, Tiffany was afraid if she failed, it would only serve to confirm the unfair assumption. Tiffany’s experience demonstrates the idea of:

Which of the following is true regarding the relation between prejudice and -isms (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism)?

Marta recently met a student who identified as gender fluid. Without realizing it, Marta experienced an automatic negative reaction towards the individual. Marta’s prejudice reaction is best described as:

Informational social influence is most similar to which type of learning?

Amelia failed a test and said it was because the questions were “tricky”; Oscar passed the same test and said it was because he studied hard. Which of the following statements is true?

The fundamental attribution error tends to be predominantly observed within:

John hypothesizes that people’s inclination to watch violent movies will predict their interest in violent video games. What type of study should he conduct to test his hypothesis?