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Jack has been in a 10 year relationship with Jill. Other people say she’s mean and doesn’t treat him right. When Jack is asked why he is with her, he thinks about his long history with her and replies, “Well, I’ve been with her so long, I must see some redeeming qualities in her.” What theory best explains this scenario?

People rarely try to engage Beth in a debate because she refuses to be persuaded by other people’s arguments. She believes what she believes and this will not change with the company she keeps. Some might consider her principled, others might say she’s stubborn. Social psychologists might say she’s

Sasha was recently fired from her dream job that she worked for 5 years to obtain. She is very upset and feels like she will never get over such a loss. According to the durability bias, what will most likely happen?

“Opposites attract” and “Birds of a feather flock together” are examples of common sense explanations of social behavior. Why do these explanations create difficulties?

Upward social comparisons:

In order for a finding to be considered significant, what percent probability are most psychologists willing to accept as the probability that the results of a study are due to chance?

The extent to which research findings can be generalized to actual social situations is called ________ validity.

In order for a finding to be considered significant, what percent probability are most psychologists willing to accept as the probability that the results of a study are due to chance?

Joe is conducting a study concerning people’s racial attitudes and in order to gain honest information from people, he must use deception. Which of the following is a BAD way to reduce the negative (i.e., unethical) aspects of deception. 

Daryl is paid to do what he loves, read books. He is an editor of a publishing company and is paid a high salary. However, after years of being paid millions, he has noticed that he no longer likes to read for fun. What can explain this?