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Which of the following is one of the purposes of hypotheses?

In the context of evolutionary psychology, which of the following statements is true of gender and mating preferences?

People with low self-esteem are more likely than people with high self-esteem to take a negative view of everything.

You read about an unsolved murder in the newspaper. Given what you have learned in social psychology about aggressiveness, you can reasonably predict a(n) _____ committed the murder.  

Which of the following theories assumes that people, especially those who self-monitor their behavior hoping to create good impressions, will adapt their attitude reports to appear consistent with their actions?

For racial attitudes, explicit self-reports are a better predictor than implicit self-reports.

In the context of social thinking, which of the following illustrates a dispositional attribution?

Marina has a crush on Josiah but is afraid to ask him out because she does not think he is interested in her. Josiah has a crush on Marina but hasn’t asked for her phone number because he thinks she’ll say “no.” This is a case of _______.

Sherif’s study (autokinetic) of individuals watching a pinpoint of light indicated that ___________. 

In a variation of the Milgram study, the learner (person getting shocked) was in the same room as the teacher. Under these conditions ___________.