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Eric does not know how to answer the cognitive dissonance essay question on his psychology test. He decides to write as many random facts as he can recall about attitudes instead of actually writing about cognitive dissonance theory, hoping the professor will not read the essay closely but will be sufficiently impressed by the length of the essay to give him a good score.  Eric is hoping to take advantage of the:

Mazarin Banaji (co-creator of the IAT) suggests racial sensitivity training seminars often required in corporate and law enforcement settings are:

Generalizing from conclusions stemming from Sherif’s ‘Robbers Cave’ study, which of the following would be an example of superordinate goals?

Groupthink is a widely researched topic in social psychology and many studies have recreated groupthink in laboratory settings.

Hutchings and Haddock conducted research on perceptions of racially ambiguous face photos (where it was unclear whether the face was a black or white man).  The results found that when white subjects were shown photos of racially ambiguous faces they tended to categorize the faces as:

Which of the following situations is likely to generate the most cognitive dissonance?

Angela and David gave speeches on opposing sides in a debate on legalization of marijuana. Angela spoke first, then David spoke immediately after. Two weeks later, audience members were surveyed on their views on the legalization issue. How might the order of the speeches affect the audience’s attitudes?

The results of Festinger & Carlsmith’s classic cognitive dissonance study indicated that:

In her group, Melanie is always the one who breaks tension with a funny story and provides emotional support in times of stress. Her role can be described as playing a(n):

An analysis of years of police records by Ross (2015) found that unarmed African Americans are ______ times more likely to be killed by police than unarmed white persons.