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After working at the university library for most of the semester, Cassandra notices a woman who is often studying during her shift. When they strike up a conversation, the woman reveals that she has been studying at the library all semester. She asks Cassandra out on a date, and finding her attractive, Cassandra accepts. What’s the most likely reason why Cassandra finds the other woman attractive? According to _______.

Joe knows that smoking is bad for him, yet he smokes anyway. This attitude-discrepant behavior creates a great deal of cognitive dissonance for Joe. If Joe followed the “path of least resistance” described in lecture, he would most likely reduce his dissonance by _________.

The principal of a local elementary school plans to implement a “Reading for Cash” program, whereby children would be given cash rewards for reading. Before investing in this plan, the principal asks for your assessment. Because ______ tend to ______, you would probably tell her that the program would not be an effective way to increase interest in reading.

Which of the following lists includes the four conditions that Gordon Allport hypothesized should improve intergroup contact?

You’re about to start your vacation and your brother agreed to drive you to the airport.  Unfortunately, he was running late, and you discover at the airport that your flight to Jamaica has already left. According to Frustration-Aggression Theory, under which of the following conditions would you be most likely to want to aggress against your brother?

According to the lecture and your textbook, which of the following people is NOT MORE likely to display aggression than the average person?

Even non-prejudiced participants in research by Patricia Devine (1989) can recognize such negative stereotypes as “African Americans are hostile.”  Still, nonprejudiced participants do not endorse those stereotypes. This is because the activation of stereotypes is ___________, whereas the refutation (or suppression) of stereotypes is ___________.

Even though Erin has repeatedly asked her neighbor to keep his dog, Rika, out of her garden, she finds that Rika has destroyed her plants for the third time this month. Erin is feeling angry and vindictive, and wants to teach her neighbor a lesson. Based on lecture material about gender differences in aggression, Erin (a woman) is most likely to __________.

Golec de Zavala & Lantos (2020) explains how collective narcissism is associated with intergroup hostility. According to the authors, people who score high in collective narcissism are likely to__________.

Assume for the moment that racial prejudice and hate crimes rise during economic crises, when jobs are scarce and unemployment is high. This phenomenon is most compatible with which concept below?