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People are most likely to form behaviorally based attitudes when the initial attitude is ________ and there are no ________ justifications for the behavior .

It could be argued that participants in Muzafer Sherif’s (1936) study converged in their estimates of the amount of movement of a point of light because they were avoiding public embarrassment or social censure from other participants. Sherif demonstrated that this was unlikely when he found similar results

The Ben Franklin effect would predict that you would most like someone ________ , whereas behaviorist theories would predict that you would most like someone ________ .

In a series of studies by Solomon Asch (1951, 1956), when participants judged the lengths of lines alone rather than in a group of confederates, their judgments were accurate about 99 percent of the time. Still, when other participants made judgments in a group of people who gave the wrong answers, they reported incorrect judgments. These findings suggest that

When a profiteer attempts to create the sense of obligation in you by giving you a free gift, they are hoping to exploit the principle of…

At the new-car dealership, Josh asks the salesperson a number of questions: “How good is the gas mileage on this model? What does Consumer Reports say about this make and model? Does this car hold its resale value?” The ________ component of Josh’s attitude toward the car is most likely to inform his questions.

The contrast principle represents the idea that….

True or false? The reciprocity principle works in similar ways for both short-term and long-term relationships.

The president of the Noodle Dome Charitable Trust has just resigned in disgrace, leaving the workings of the organization pretty much on track, but also leaving a large number of employees angry and upset. Bolstered by his previous successes in turning things around, Fred has stepped in to fill the president’s role. Fred should adopt a ________ of leadership in this case.