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In Phillip Zimbardo’s classic Stanford prison experiment, the behavior of the college students selected as participants was attributed to:

Research studies on factors that influence prosocial behaviors indicate that guilt:

Fritz Heider filmed a clip of a large triangle and a small triangle moving around, and out of a larger square that had an opening. When the researchers asked people what was going on in the clip, what were the findings?

All of the following represent a high level of source credibility EXCEPT which source of medical information?

Simone wants to help a struggling student, but on the other hand she is reluctant because she knows it will take time out of her busy schedule. What theory explains why she did NOT help?

Tomas is a recent graduate of Texas State University in political science. He has decided to run for a political office in his hometown and wants to increase the persuadability of his message. To do this, Tomas must focus on all of the following audience characteristics EXCEPT _______________.

Several historical social psychology experiments examine the impact of World War II and the Holocaust to better understand human behavior. For example, part of Nazi propaganda portrayed Jews as disease-carrying rats which is an example of:

Manual has been a professional ballet dancer with the Houston Ballet Company for the past decade . Having an audience watch him dance is most likely to:

Dianne and Marvin had an okay time at their 20th anniversary party. The next year, however, they remembered the anniversary party as fabulous. This is called:

Playboy magazine and Victoria Secret have been criticized in the past for specifically focusing on the cultural value placed on women’s appearance. These examples would BEST represent ___________.