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11) ________________ social comparison involves comparing yourself with someone who seems inferior to you in some way. a. Downward b. Upward c. Horizontal d. Vertical 12) ________________ social comparison involves comparing yourself with someone who seems superior to you in some way. a. Downward b. Upward c. Horizontal d. Vertical 13) A community member reports seeing a spaceship the night before crop circles were discovered in a local farmer’s field. Suddenly, multiple members of the community are reporting that they have seen spaceships in other areas of the county. They are convinced that aliens are making the crop circles. This is an example of a. a fundamental attribution error. b. an urban legend. c. a collective delusion. d. an upward social comparison. 14) Examples such as UFO sightings, cow mutilations by aliens, and crop circles demonstrate how _________________ can lead to mass hysteria and collective delusions. a. fundamental attributions b. social comparisons c. conformity d. obedience 15) An example of the power of ________________ is urban legends, such as the myth that gang members drive around with their lights off and shoot people who flash their lights at them. a. conformity b. social comparison c. fundamental attribution d. social influence 16) The tendency to overestimate the impact of dispositional influences is known as a. social facilitation. b. social influence. c. the social comparison theory. d. the fundamental attribution error. 17) You observe a person at the grocery store get angry and yell at the cashier. Which of these attributions illustrates the fundamental attribution error? a. The yeller is a mean, angry person. b. The cashier is overworked. c. The yeller has had a bad day. d. The cashier has had a bad day. 18) Which statement is the best explanation of the fundamental attribution error? a. We attribute most of what people do to the influence of situations. b. We rely on the first information we receive to make internal attributions. c. We are more likely to attribute another’s behaviour to internal rather than to situational causes. d. We tend to attribute our successes to our own efforts and failures to the shortcomings of others. 19) What do social psychologists call the tendency to rely on internal characteristics for explanations of the behaviour of others and to ignore the influence of the situation? a. Social facilitation b. Social influence c. The social comparison theory d. The fundamental attribution error 20) While watching Jeopardy, your roommate says, “Alex Trebek knows all the answers. He must be a genius.” You tell your roommate she probably would not have said that if she had attended class the day the instructor discussed the topic of ______. a. social facilitation b. social influence c. the social comparison theory d. the fundamental attribution error