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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 ___________.

Ye-jun, a young immigrant from South Korea, works in the United States. He avoids co-workers who are vegetarians and prefers to eat with his nonvegetarian friends. Ye-jun, in this scenario, is following the _____ of his culture.