Question 1

Any effect on performance, whether positive or negative, that can be attributed to the presence of others is defined as

Accepted Answer

A)  social loafing. 
B)  compliance. 
C)  social facilitation. 
D)  group polarization. 
A)  social loafing. 
B)  compliance. 
C)  social facilitation. 
D)  group polarization.

Question 2

In the foot-in-the-door technique, people are asked to comply with a large request first, and then once denied, they become more likely to comply with the desired, smaller request.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Both Sigmund Freud and Konrad Lorenz believed that aggression

Accepted Answer

A)  is learned by modelling one's parents. 
B)  is a human instinct. 
C)  is not a basic part of human nature. 
D)  always results from frustration. 
A)  is learned by modelling one's parents. 
B)  is a human instinct. 
C)  is not a basic part of human nature. 
D)  always results from frustration.

Question 4

What are some strategies for reducing prejudice and discrimination?

Accepted Answer

The following are strategies for reducin

Question 5

Proximity is an important factor in attraction because it helps us overcome extremely negative first impressions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

According to realistic conflict theory, prejudice is

Accepted Answer

A)  more prevalent in good economic times, because people focus on material acquisitions rather than on human values. 
B)  fairly consistent regardless of societal or economic circumstances. 
C)  less evident in hard times because need draws people closer together. 
D)  more evident in times of economic hardship because increased competition contributes to prejudice. 
A)  more prevalent in good economic times, because people focus on material acquisitions rather than on human values. 
B)  fairly consistent regardless of societal or economic circumstances. 
C)  less evident in hard times because need draws people closer together. 
D)  more evident in times of economic hardship because increased competition contributes to prejudice.

Question 7

David grew up in home where all outsiders (anyone other than his ethnic group) were seen as different, potentially hostile, and untrustworthy. He heard his parents use racial slurs against other groups. When David was an adult, he found it difficult to befriend people outside of his ethnic group. He found he held a negative attitude to people who were different from himself. Which theory would suggest that this result was to be expected, given his family upbringing?

Accepted Answer

A)  realistic conflict theory 
B)  in-group, out-group theory 
C)  social learning theory 
D)  prejudice theory 
A)  realistic conflict theory 
B)  in-group, out-group theory 
C)  social learning theory 
D)  prejudice theory

Question 8

What happens when we hold two opposing attitudes, or hold an attitude but do the opposite, and how can the tension be resolved?

Accepted Answer

We can resolve cognitive disso

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of prejudice?

Accepted Answer

A)  Danielle thinks all whites are racists. 
B)  To make his Asian employees feel good, Mr. Jones, who is white, gave them higher bonuses than he gave his white employees. 
C)  Justine was promoted because the firm needed one French-Canadian manager. 
D)  Olga's salary is $5000 less than that of her male counterpart. 
A)  Danielle thinks all whites are racists. 
B)  To make his Asian employees feel good, Mr. Jones, who is white, gave them higher bonuses than he gave his white employees. 
C)  Justine was promoted because the firm needed one French-Canadian manager. 
D)  Olga's salary is $5000 less than that of her male counterpart.

Question 10

The social learning theory of aggression holds that people learn to behave aggressively by observing aggressive models and by having their aggressive responses reinforced.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which strategy would involve trying to gain compliance by making a large request that you know will be refused before coming back with a more reasonable request?

Accepted Answer

A)  obedience technique 
B)  ingratiation technique 
C)  foot-in-the-door technique 
D)  door-in-the-face technique 
A)  obedience technique 
B)  ingratiation technique 
C)  foot-in-the-door technique 
D)  door-in-the-face technique

Question 12

Taking personal credit for our successes and blaming our failures on external or situational causes describes the

Accepted Answer

A)  self-serving bias. 
B)  false consensus effect. 
C)  availability heuristic. 
D)  fundamental attribution error. 
A)  self-serving bias. 
B)  false consensus effect. 
C)  availability heuristic. 
D)  fundamental attribution error.

Question 13

What about the design of the Stanford Prison Experiment eliminated the possibility that sadistic students ended up as guards and compliant students ended up as prisoners.

Accepted Answer

The student should discuss the

Question 14

In the summer of 2000 in Burnt Church, New Brunswick, a community entered a state of turmoil as First Nation and non-First Nation fishers (as well as the RCMP and government officials) wrestled with the issue of First Nations' right to fish according to treaty. Confrontations were hostile, even violent, and acts of vandalism from both sides were committed. One way to understand the animosity between the two sides is to apply the ideas of

Accepted Answer

A)  reverse discrimination. 
B)  scapegoating. 
C)  co-action effect. 
D)  us-versus-them thinking. 
A)  reverse discrimination. 
B)  scapegoating. 
C)  co-action effect. 
D)  us-versus-them thinking.

Question 15

Which of the following biases seems to stem from a desire to protect our self-esteem and look good in the eyes of others?

Accepted Answer

A)  priming 
B)  false consensus 
C)  fundamental attribution 
D)  self-serving 
A)  priming 
B)  false consensus 
C)  fundamental attribution 
D)  self-serving

Question 16

Which of the following is not a finding reported by researchers who have studied persuasion?

Accepted Answer

A)  The more often a message is repeated, the more persuasive it becomes. 
B)  Persuasion can be enhanced by fear-arousing messages. 
C)  People who stand to profit from their positions are more persuasive than those who don't stand to profit. 
D)  Experts are more persuasive than non-experts. 
A)  The more often a message is repeated, the more persuasive it becomes. 
B)  Persuasion can be enhanced by fear-arousing messages. 
C)  People who stand to profit from their positions are more persuasive than those who don't stand to profit. 
D)  Experts are more persuasive than non-experts.

Question 17

When we attribute someone's behaviour to a personal trait, motive, or attitude, we are making

Accepted Answer

A)  an external attribution. 
B)  a situational attribution. 
C)  a dispositional attribution. 
D)  an inaccurate attribution. 
A)  an external attribution. 
B)  a situational attribution. 
C)  a dispositional attribution. 
D)  an inaccurate attribution.

Question 18

To get subjects to continue increasing the level of shock in the Milgram study, the experimenters

Accepted Answer

A)  stated, "You have no choice, you must go on." 
B)  told the subjects that the other person wasn't really being shocked. 
C)  threatened to shock the subjects for failure to comply. 
D)  threatened not to pay the subjects if they didn't increase the level of shock. 
A)  stated, "You have no choice, you must go on." 
B)  told the subjects that the other person wasn't really being shocked. 
C)  threatened to shock the subjects for failure to comply. 
D)  threatened not to pay the subjects if they didn't increase the level of shock.

Question 19

Highly attractive people have general advantages, but they do not carry over to job interviews.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to one theory, when we say one thing but do another, or discover inconsistencies in our attitudes, we

Accepted Answer

A)  experience cognitive dissonance. 
B)  exaggerate our tendencies for self-confirmation. 
C)  become more resistant to persuasion. 
D)  reduce cognitive dissonance. 
A)  experience cognitive dissonance. 
B)  exaggerate our tendencies for self-confirmation. 
C)  become more resistant to persuasion. 
D)  reduce cognitive dissonance.

Any effect on performance, whether positive or negative, that can be attributed to the presence of others is defined as

In the foot-in-the-door technique, people are asked to comply with a large request first, and then once denied, they become more likely to comply with the desired, smaller request.

Both Sigmund Freud and Konrad Lorenz believed that aggression

What are some strategies for reducing prejudice and discrimination?

Proximity is an important factor in attraction because it helps us overcome extremely negative first impressions.

According to realistic conflict theory, prejudice is

What happens when we hold two opposing attitudes, or hold an attitude but do the opposite, and how can the tension be resolved?

Which of the following is an example of prejudice?

The social learning theory of aggression holds that people learn to behave aggressively by observing aggressive models and by having their aggressive responses reinforced.

Which strategy would involve trying to gain compliance by making a large request that you know will be refused before coming back with a more reasonable request?

Taking personal credit for our successes and blaming our failures on external or situational causes describes the

What about the design of the Stanford Prison Experiment eliminated the possibility that sadistic students ended up as guards and compliant students ended up as prisoners.

Which of the following biases seems to stem from a desire to protect our self-esteem and look good in the eyes of others?

Which of the following is not a finding reported by researchers who have studied persuasion?

When we attribute someone's behaviour to a personal trait, motive, or attitude, we are making

To get subjects to continue increasing the level of shock in the Milgram study, the experimenters

Highly attractive people have general advantages, but they do not carry over to job interviews.

According to one theory, when we say one thing but do another, or discover inconsistencies in our attitudes, we

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Exam 10: Social Psychology

Any effect on performance, whether positive or negative, that can be attributed to the presence of others is defined as

In the foot-in-the-door technique, people are asked to comply with a large request first, and then once denied, they become more likely to comply with the desired, smaller request.

Both Sigmund Freud and Konrad Lorenz believed that aggression

What are some strategies for reducing prejudice and discrimination?

Proximity is an important factor in attraction because it helps us overcome extremely negative first impressions.

According to realistic conflict theory, prejudice is

What happens when we hold two opposing attitudes, or hold an attitude but do the opposite, and how can the tension be resolved?

Which of the following is an example of prejudice?

The social learning theory of aggression holds that people learn to behave aggressively by observing aggressive models and by having their aggressive responses reinforced.

Which strategy would involve trying to gain compliance by making a large request that you know will be refused before coming back with a more reasonable request?

Taking personal credit for our successes and blaming our failures on external or situational causes describes the

What about the design of the Stanford Prison Experiment eliminated the possibility that sadistic students ended up as guards and compliant students ended up as prisoners.

Which of the following biases seems to stem from a desire to protect our self-esteem and look good in the eyes of others?

Which of the following is not a finding reported by researchers who have studied persuasion?

When we attribute someone's behaviour to a personal trait, motive, or attitude, we are making

To get subjects to continue increasing the level of shock in the Milgram study, the experimenters

Highly attractive people have general advantages, but they do not carry over to job interviews.

According to one theory, when we say one thing but do another, or discover inconsistencies in our attitudes, we

Introduction to Psychology

Biology and Behaviour

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Development

Motivation and Emotion

Personality, Theory and Assessment

Health and Stress

Psychological Disorders

Therapies

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