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2. Milgram's research is noteworthy because it demonstrated the power of __________ in influencing important forms of social behaviour

  • the foot-in-the-door technique
  • obedience to authority
  • groupthink
  • reciprocity

3. Personality attributes that seem to be the most representative of a person are called

  • primary impression
  • central traits
  • schemata
  • stereotypes

4. Angela is a vegetarian who works in a hamburger restaurant, she says it was the only job she can find and is making more money than other jobs, in this instance Angela:

  • is probably still experiencing a great deal of dissonance
  • reduced dissonance by justifying her behaviour
  • reduced dissonance by identifying with her boss
  • has probably not experienced any cognitive dissonance

5. After making what you thought was a great deal on a new car, the salesperson tells you that there has been a mistake in his addition and that the car is really going to cost you considerably more than you had originally agreed to. This technique is:

  • foot-in-the-door
  • low-balling
  • norm of reciprocity
  • door-in-the-face

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