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diffusion of responsibility Ans: spreading out responsibility in a group
while WORKING
De-individualisation Ans: acting in a mob
altruism Ans: behavior that benefits another without benefiting yourself
kin selection Ans: evolution selects individuals who cooperate with
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relatives
reciprocal altruism Ans: expecting a behavioral benefit in return
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hedonic motive Ans: experience pleasure, avoid pain
normative influence Ans: rely on others behavior to provide info on
what is appropriate
norm of reciprocity Ans: ex: you bought me lunch, ill buy you lunch
door in the face technique Ans: start out with big request, then ask for
smaller ultimately desired request
conformity Ans: people change their behaviors as a result of a group
obediance Ans: people follow orders/ instruction from a higher
authority
accuracy motive Ans: we strive to have the correct beliefs and attitudes
informative influence Ans: another person's information tells you when
you are right
persuasion Ans: having beliefs and attitudes influenced by another
consistency Ans: people evaluate accuracy on old beliefs
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foot in the door technique Ans: asking for another request after a
previous smaller request was offered. ex: charities \
cognitive dissonance Ans: when someone recognizes their
inconsistency and the feeling that comes with it.
-you either change or amend the truth
situational attribution Ans: the reason for this is because the
environment is affecting this person. (external source)
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dispositional attribution Ans: the reason for this is because another
person dislikes me (internal source)
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correspondance bias Ans: tendency to think dispositional attribution is
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the cause
actor-observer bias Ans: tendency to think situational attribution for
ourselves, and dispositional attribution for others.
phonemes Ans: the smallest recognized sound as speech
deep structure Ans: what a sentence means
surface structure Ans: how a sentence is worded
fast mapping Ans: children map a word onto an underlying concept
after only one exposure to the word.
telegraphic speech Ans: ex: throw ball
nativist theory Ans: language is a unique biological capacity
genetic dysphasia Ans: inability to learn a language despite normal
intelligence
linguistic relativity hypothesis Ans: language shapes how you think
OSU Psych 1100 Final exam Questions and Correct
Answers | Latest Update
diffusion of responsibility Ans: spreading out responsibility in a group
while WORKING
De-individualisation Ans: acting in a mob
altruism Ans: behavior that benefits another without benefiting yourself
kin selection Ans: evolution selects individuals who cooperate with
© 2026 Assignment
relatives
reciprocal altruism Ans: expecting a behavioral benefit in return
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hedonic motive Ans: experience pleasure, avoid pain
normative influence Ans: rely on others behavior to provide info on
what is appropriate
norm of reciprocity Ans: ex: you bought me lunch, ill buy you lunch
door in the face technique Ans: start out with big request, then ask for
smaller ultimately desired request
conformity Ans: people change their behaviors as a result of a group
obediance Ans: people follow orders/ instruction from a higher
authority
accuracy motive Ans: we strive to have the correct beliefs and attitudes
informative influence Ans: another person's information tells you when
you are right
persuasion Ans: having beliefs and attitudes influenced by another
consistency Ans: people evaluate accuracy on old beliefs
, 2 for specific request mail
foot in the door technique Ans: asking for another request after a
previous smaller request was offered. ex: charities \
cognitive dissonance Ans: when someone recognizes their
inconsistency and the feeling that comes with it.
-you either change or amend the truth
situational attribution Ans: the reason for this is because the
environment is affecting this person. (external source)
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dispositional attribution Ans: the reason for this is because another
person dislikes me (internal source)
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correspondance bias Ans: tendency to think dispositional attribution is
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the cause
actor-observer bias Ans: tendency to think situational attribution for
ourselves, and dispositional attribution for others.
phonemes Ans: the smallest recognized sound as speech
deep structure Ans: what a sentence means
surface structure Ans: how a sentence is worded
fast mapping Ans: children map a word onto an underlying concept
after only one exposure to the word.
telegraphic speech Ans: ex: throw ball
nativist theory Ans: language is a unique biological capacity
genetic dysphasia Ans: inability to learn a language despite normal
intelligence
linguistic relativity hypothesis Ans: language shapes how you think
