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By emphasizing the contribution Jackie Robinson might make to the Brooklyn Dodgers' winning the 1947 pennant,Branch Rickey used ________ to reduce racial prejudice and conflict among team members.


A) a superordinate goal
B) an integrative agreement
C) an arbitration
D) the GRIT strategy

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Who is most likely to suffer from low self-esteem?


A) Manuel,who has a bicultural identity
B) Sarah,who has a marginal identity
C) Phil,who has a strong ethnic identity but a low cultural identity
D) Angela,who has a weak ethnic identity but a strong cultural identity

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John believes that he is hardworking and his wife Rachel is lazy.Rachel believes that she is hardworking and John is lazy.This is an example of:


A) an equitable relationship.
B) mirror-image perceptions.
C) perceived injustice.
D) a social trap.

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The reciprocal views that parties in conflict often hold of one another are referred to as:


A) mirror-image perceptions.
B) stereotypical inclinations.
C) complementary images.
D) cognitive illusions.

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According to social psychologists' peacemaking strategies,which of the following is one of the four Cs of peacemaking?


A) competition
B) correction
C) conciliation
D) callousness

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Which of the following statements is true about improving racial attitudes through desegregation?


A) Exposure to other-race faces produces decreased liking for other-race strangers.
B) People are more likely to befriend dissimilar people if their outgroup identity is initially maximized.
C) In conflicts at all levels,from couples to rival teams to nations,even shared threats fail to create unity.
D) Positive contact is more commonplace,but negative experiences have greater effect.

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According to social psychologist Osgood's alternative of conciliation,which of the following statements are true about GRIT strategy?


A) GRIT aims to de-escalate international tensions.
B) GRIT requires that all actions by the initiating party be retaliatory in nature.
C) GRIT requires both sides to stop communicating.
D) GRIT works by discouraging the reciprocity norm.

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Which of the following actions are ways to resolve social dilemmas?


A) increasing competition
B) developing rules to safeguard one's own goals
C) improving communication
D) developing reciprocity norms under all conditions

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In real life,which of the following parallels the Tragedy of the Commons?


A) water pollution
B) gun control
C) the death penalty
D) online auctions

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Olivia and Hannah,two friends who are medical practitioners,buy a car by contributing $1000 each.Olivia takes the car when she goes to work in the morning,whereas Hannah takes it to work in the evening.According to some social-psychological theorists,Olivia and Hannah most likely exemplify ________ in this scenario.


A) an equitable relationship
B) the Tragedy of the Commons
C) a zero-sum relationship
D) the Prisoner's Dilemma

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Which of the following best illustrates a superordinate goal?


A) A college student who has been failing English gets an A on a paper.
B) A woman beats her husband at tennis.
C) Apartment dwellers install a satellite dish they can all use.
D) An obese person loses 20 pounds in two weeks.

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