Question 1

According to the authors of your text,one hazard of relying too heavily on folk wisdom is that

Accepted Answer

A)  "common sense" is frequently wrong or oversimplified. 
B)  journalists and other communicators of "common sense" information are hopelessly biased. 
C)  "common sense" is useless to most social psychologists. 
D)  "common sense" is often indistinguishable from folk wisdom. 
E)  "common sense" is only useful for thinking about social interactions. 
A)  "common sense" is frequently wrong or oversimplified. 
B)  journalists and other communicators of "common sense" information are hopelessly biased. 
C)  "common sense" is useless to most social psychologists. 
D)  "common sense" is often indistinguishable from folk wisdom. 
E)  "common sense" is only useful for thinking about social interactions.

Question 2

When we commit the fundamental attribution error,we ________ the power of ________.

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A)  overestimate; personality traits 
B)  overestimate; the situation 
C)  ignore; luck 
D)  overestimate; social influence 
E)  underestimate; personality traits 
A)  overestimate; personality traits 
B)  overestimate; the situation 
C)  ignore; luck 
D)  overestimate; social influence 
E)  underestimate; personality traits

Question 3

Bill is viewed by most people he knows as rude,brusque,and completely unconcerned with other people's feelings.He,in contrast,describes himself as efficient and task-oriented.Bill's self-description best reflects the motive to

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A)  justify our troublesome past behaviours. 
B)  justify our failed efforts. 
C)  perceive the world accurately. 
D)  justify other's perceptions. 
E)  succeed at any cost. 
A)  justify our troublesome past behaviours. 
B)  justify our failed efforts. 
C)  perceive the world accurately. 
D)  justify other's perceptions. 
E)  succeed at any cost.

Question 4

Which of the following is a shortcoming of a personality approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  Research has not validated personality concepts like "extraversion" or "defense mechanisms." 
B)  Personality psychology ignores individual quirks. 
C)  Personality psychologists rely too much on philosophy. 
D)  Personality psychologists don't use the scientific method. 
E)  Personality psychologists underestimate the power of social influence. 
A)  Research has not validated personality concepts like "extraversion" or "defense mechanisms." 
B)  Personality psychology ignores individual quirks. 
C)  Personality psychologists rely too much on philosophy. 
D)  Personality psychologists don't use the scientific method. 
E)  Personality psychologists underestimate the power of social influence.

Question 5

Tom saw a fad weight-loss program advertised on late night television.The ad claimed that deep breathing exercises would speed up metabolism,causing people to lose weight.He mailed a cheque for $99.95.When the plan arrived,Tom rearranged his day so that he could complete the breathing exercises as scheduled.They made him nauseated and dizzy,and before long,Tom's friends began to think that he was "dizzy," and they started avoiding him.After the end of the ten-week program,Tom got on the scale and saw that he hadn't lost an ounce! Still,he remained enthusiastic and thought,"I may not have lost any weight,but I feel so much healthier!" This situation is best explained by

Accepted Answer

A)  the self-fulfilling prophecy. 
B)  delusional thinking. 
C)  self-defeating perceptions. 
D)  the justification of suffering. 
E)  accurate self-perceptions. 
A)  the self-fulfilling prophecy. 
B)  delusional thinking. 
C)  self-defeating perceptions. 
D)  the justification of suffering. 
E)  accurate self-perceptions.

Question 6

Sometimes our expectations about the social world are fulfilled simply because we believe them to be true.Which example best illustrates this point?

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A)  Jill expected to fail her psychology exam, so she studied extremely hard. 
B)  Karen expected her blind date to be funny, so she cracked a lot of jokes. He laughed along and told some jokes of his own. 
C)  Luke expected his girlfriend to be angry when he arrived two hours late, and she was. 
D)  Hoda expected the social psychology exam to be easy, and she earned an "A." 
E)  Jaime expected his blind date to be beautiful. After paying for an expensive meal, he convinced himself that she was. 
A)  Jill expected to fail her psychology exam, so she studied extremely hard. 
B)  Karen expected her blind date to be funny, so she cracked a lot of jokes. He laughed along and told some jokes of his own. 
C)  Luke expected his girlfriend to be angry when he arrived two hours late, and she was. 
D)  Hoda expected the social psychology exam to be easy, and she earned an "A." 
E)  Jaime expected his blind date to be beautiful. After paying for an expensive meal, he convinced himself that she was.

Question 7

Which of the following questions is most likely to be asked by a social psychologist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Are some characteristics genetically determined? 
B)  Do some types of people make better leaders than others? 
C)  What situations cause people to behave rudely? 
D)  Are some people more vulnerable to mental disorders? 
E)  Are some kinds of people more susceptible to recruitment into cults? 
A)  Are some characteristics genetically determined? 
B)  Do some types of people make better leaders than others? 
C)  What situations cause people to behave rudely? 
D)  Are some people more vulnerable to mental disorders? 
E)  Are some kinds of people more susceptible to recruitment into cults?

Question 8

One of the tasks of the social psychologist is to

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A)  ignore the notion of human consciousness. 
B)  make educated guesses about specific situations. 
C)  seek agreement with one another. 
D)  use folk wisdom to understand the social world. 
E)  integrate folk wisdom into modern psychology. 
A)  ignore the notion of human consciousness. 
B)  make educated guesses about specific situations. 
C)  seek agreement with one another. 
D)  use folk wisdom to understand the social world. 
E)  integrate folk wisdom into modern psychology.

Question 9

Julia eats granola bars and avoids chocolate bars,even though the granola bars contain 50% more fat and 15% more sodium than the chocolate bars.According to a social cognition approach,why might that be?

Accepted Answer

A)  Julia needs to justify paying more for the granola bar. 
B)  Julia would score low on a test of intelligence. 
C)  Julia is motivated to convince her friends that she is a healthy person. 
D)  Julia failed to seek out all the relevant facts about the nutrition value of those snacks. 
E)  Julia is motivated to see herself as a healthy person. 
A)  Julia needs to justify paying more for the granola bar. 
B)  Julia would score low on a test of intelligence. 
C)  Julia is motivated to convince her friends that she is a healthy person. 
D)  Julia failed to seek out all the relevant facts about the nutrition value of those snacks. 
E)  Julia is motivated to see herself as a healthy person.

Question 10

From across the room,J.T.sees his mother sigh and he approaches to give her a hug in the hopes of cheering her up.In this case,J.T.'s behaviour is an example of ________ social influence attempt.

Accepted Answer

A)  an unintended 
B)  a direct 
C)  an ineffective 
D)  a covert 
E)  an indirect 
A)  an unintended 
B)  a direct 
C)  an ineffective 
D)  a covert 
E)  an indirect

Question 11

Which of the following people have fallen prey to the fundamental attribution error?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tim, who points to a person who fell down and says, "What a clumsy oaf!" 
B)  Sophie, who explains her poor exam performance by pointing out how hard the questions were. 
C)  Don, who attributes his loss in a chess game to bad luck. 
D)  Alex, who explains his girlfriend's tears by saying, "She didn't get enough sleep last night." 
E)  Beatriz, who points to an erratic driver and says, "Look at that! The roads are slick tonight." 
A)  Tim, who points to a person who fell down and says, "What a clumsy oaf!" 
B)  Sophie, who explains her poor exam performance by pointing out how hard the questions were. 
C)  Don, who attributes his loss in a chess game to bad luck. 
D)  Alex, who explains his girlfriend's tears by saying, "She didn't get enough sleep last night." 
E)  Beatriz, who points to an erratic driver and says, "Look at that! The roads are slick tonight."

Question 12

Which of the following situations is at odds with the self-esteem approach to understanding human behaviour?

Accepted Answer

A)  Geoff fails an exam in his physics course and is mocked by the professor, but decides to stick with the course and work harder. 
B)  Rachel studied for years to pursue a career for which she was poorly suited. She works 60 hours a week in the sleet and hot sun. Still, she says that she is thrilled with her job. 
C)  John absolutely hates the fraternity he pledged. As part of his initiation, he carried bricks up and down stairs, got paddled, wore funny hats, and sang silly songs. 
D)  Susan drives 200 miles to buy a dress that most people would call incredibly ugly. She loves it and can't wait to wear it to the next party. 
E)  Jim can't stand his social psychology course, but suffers through the entire semester. At the end of the semester, when he evaluates the course, he gives it high marks. 
A)  Geoff fails an exam in his physics course and is mocked by the professor, but decides to stick with the course and work harder. 
B)  Rachel studied for years to pursue a career for which she was poorly suited. She works 60 hours a week in the sleet and hot sun. Still, she says that she is thrilled with her job. 
C)  John absolutely hates the fraternity he pledged. As part of his initiation, he carried bricks up and down stairs, got paddled, wore funny hats, and sang silly songs. 
D)  Susan drives 200 miles to buy a dress that most people would call incredibly ugly. She loves it and can't wait to wear it to the next party. 
E)  Jim can't stand his social psychology course, but suffers through the entire semester. At the end of the semester, when he evaluates the course, he gives it high marks.

Question 13

Marta left a party feeling very upset.Rather than trying to recall each conversation she had during the party,Marta tried to explain her feelings by reflecting on the party as a whole.The process Marta used resembles the approach used by ________ psychologists.

Accepted Answer

A)  behavioural 
B)  health 
C)  social 
D)  personality 
E)  Gestalt 
A)  behavioural 
B)  health 
C)  social 
D)  personality 
E)  Gestalt

Question 14

In an effort to convince more women to get mammograms,few public service ads on television work to scare women into taking advantage of that procedure to detect breast cancer.Instead of focusing on the ravages of cancer,such ads often point to the benefits of early detection and consequent cure.From a social-psychological perspective,this makes sense because

Accepted Answer

A)  people are more motivated to prevent a health problem than to detect one. 
B)  messages that evoke fear seldom if ever are successful at influencing behaviour. 
C)  people will not fully watch an ad that evokes fear. 
D)  frightened women might underestimate the odds that they would contract breast cancer. 
E)  when it comes to health, people are more motivated to be accurate than to feel good. 
A)  people are more motivated to prevent a health problem than to detect one. 
B)  messages that evoke fear seldom if ever are successful at influencing behaviour. 
C)  people will not fully watch an ad that evokes fear. 
D)  frightened women might underestimate the odds that they would contract breast cancer. 
E)  when it comes to health, people are more motivated to be accurate than to feel good.

Question 15

Liberman,Samuels,and Ross (2004)found that people playing the "Wall Street Game" were ________ competitive than people playing the "Community Game." Individual differences in competitiveness and cooperativeness ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  less; did not affect the results. 
B)  more; affected the results a lot. 
C)  less; affected the results a lot. 
D)  less; affected the results only a little. 
E)  more; did not affect the results. 
A)  less; did not affect the results. 
B)  more; affected the results a lot. 
C)  less; affected the results a lot. 
D)  less; affected the results only a little. 
E)  more; did not affect the results.

Question 16

According to social cognition researchers,we sometimes have difficulty making sense of the social world because we

Accepted Answer

A)  choose to ignore the relevant facts. 
B)  ignore simple decisions in favour of complex decisions. 
C)  lack the time and stamina to seek out all the relevant facts. 
D)  do not have the intellectual capacity to understand the relevant facts. 
E)  are inherently flawed in our reasoning. 
A)  choose to ignore the relevant facts. 
B)  ignore simple decisions in favour of complex decisions. 
C)  lack the time and stamina to seek out all the relevant facts. 
D)  do not have the intellectual capacity to understand the relevant facts. 
E)  are inherently flawed in our reasoning.

Question 17

Concepts like "institutions," "sociometric status," and "social class" are most closely associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  psychology. 
B)  sociology. 
C)  social work. 
D)  economics. 
E)  political science. 
A)  psychology. 
B)  sociology. 
C)  social work. 
D)  economics. 
E)  political science.

Question 18

The ________ approach portrays humans as akin to sleuths like Sherlock Holmes,who try their best to accurately make sense of the facts.

Accepted Answer

A)  esteem enhancement 
B)  self-esteem 
C)  social cognition 
D)  psychoanalytic 
E)  rational-economic 
A)  esteem enhancement 
B)  self-esteem 
C)  social cognition 
D)  psychoanalytic 
E)  rational-economic

Question 19

Ted likes Diane and smiles at her every chance he gets.Diane wonders why Ted is always smirking at her sarcastically and studiously avoids him.Ted thinks he's being friendly and cannot understand Diane's standoffishness; Diane thinks Ted is a jerk and cannot figure out why he won't leave her alone.This situation best represents the power of ________ in explaining social behaviour.

Accepted Answer

A)  construals 
B)  biases 
C)  beliefs 
D)  social influence 
E)  attitudes 
A)  construals 
B)  biases 
C)  beliefs 
D)  social influence 
E)  attitudes

Question 20

How might a personality psychologist explain the mass murder-suicide of the members of the Order of The Solar Temple?

Accepted Answer

A)  The group members came from poor socio-economic backgrounds. 
B)  An increasingly complex and mobile society creates confusion and a need to belong to a group at any cost. 
C)  The leaders' control over their followers increased slowly over time. 
D)  She wouldn't try to explain it; personality psychologists are not interested in murder-suicide. 
E)  People who are characteristically unstable join cults. 
A)  The group members came from poor socio-economic backgrounds. 
B)  An increasingly complex and mobile society creates confusion and a need to belong to a group at any cost. 
C)  The leaders' control over their followers increased slowly over time. 
D)  She wouldn't try to explain it; personality psychologists are not interested in murder-suicide. 
E)  People who are characteristically unstable join cults.

According to the authors of your text,one hazard of relying too heavily on folk wisdom is that

When we commit the fundamental attribution error,we the power of .

Bill is viewed by most people he knows as rude,brusque,and completely unconcerned with other people's feelings.He,in contrast,describes himself as efficient and task-oriented.Bill's self-description best reflects the motive to

Which of the following is a shortcoming of a personality approach?

Sometimes our expectations about the social world are fulfilled simply because we believe them to be true.Which example best illustrates this point?

Which of the following questions is most likely to be asked by a social psychologist?

One of the tasks of the social psychologist is to

Julia eats granola bars and avoids chocolate bars,even though the granola bars contain 50% more fat and 15% more sodium than the chocolate bars.According to a social cognition approach,why might that be?

From across the room,J.T.sees his mother sigh and he approaches to give her a hug in the hopes of cheering her up.In this case,J.T.'s behaviour is an example of ________ social influence attempt.

Which of the following people have fallen prey to the fundamental attribution error?

Which of the following situations is at odds with the self-esteem approach to understanding human behaviour?

Marta left a party feeling very upset.Rather than trying to recall each conversation she had during the party,Marta tried to explain her feelings by reflecting on the party as a whole.The process Marta used resembles the approach used by ________ psychologists.

Liberman,Samuels,and Ross (2004)found that people playing the "Wall Street Game" were competitive than people playing the "Community Game." Individual differences in competitiveness and cooperativeness ______.

According to social cognition researchers,we sometimes have difficulty making sense of the social world because we

Concepts like "institutions," "sociometric status," and "social class" are most closely associated with

The ________ approach portrays humans as akin to sleuths like Sherlock Holmes,who try their best to accurately make sense of the facts.

How might a personality psychologist explain the mass murder-suicide of the members of the Order of The Solar Temple?

Methodology

Social Cognition

Social Perception

The Self Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

Attitudes and Attitude Change

Conformity

Group Processes

Interpersonal Attraction

Prosocial Behaviour

Aggression

Prejudice

Social Psychology in Action 1

Social Psychology in Action 2

Social Psychology in Action 3

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Exam 1: Introduction to Social Psychology

According to the authors of your text,one hazard of relying too heavily on folk wisdom is that

When we commit the fundamental attribution error,we ________ the power of ________.

Bill is viewed by most people he knows as rude,brusque,and completely unconcerned with other people's feelings.He,in contrast,describes himself as efficient and task-oriented.Bill's self-description best reflects the motive to

Which of the following is a shortcoming of a personality approach?

Sometimes our expectations about the social world are fulfilled simply because we believe them to be true.Which example best illustrates this point?

Which of the following questions is most likely to be asked by a social psychologist?

One of the tasks of the social psychologist is to

Julia eats granola bars and avoids chocolate bars,even though the granola bars contain 50% more fat and 15% more sodium than the chocolate bars.According to a social cognition approach,why might that be?

From across the room,J.T.sees his mother sigh and he approaches to give her a hug in the hopes of cheering her up.In this case,J.T.'s behaviour is an example of ________ social influence attempt.

Which of the following people have fallen prey to the fundamental attribution error?

Which of the following situations is at odds with the self-esteem approach to understanding human behaviour?

Marta left a party feeling very upset.Rather than trying to recall each conversation she had during the party,Marta tried to explain her feelings by reflecting on the party as a whole.The process Marta used resembles the approach used by ________ psychologists.

Liberman,Samuels,and Ross (2004)found that people playing the "Wall Street Game" were ________ competitive than people playing the "Community Game." Individual differences in competitiveness and cooperativeness ______________.

According to social cognition researchers,we sometimes have difficulty making sense of the social world because we

Concepts like "institutions," "sociometric status," and "social class" are most closely associated with

The ________ approach portrays humans as akin to sleuths like Sherlock Holmes,who try their best to accurately make sense of the facts.

How might a personality psychologist explain the mass murder-suicide of the members of the Order of The Solar Temple?

Methodology

Social Cognition

Social Perception

The Self Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

Attitudes and Attitude Change

Conformity

Group Processes

Interpersonal Attraction

Prosocial Behaviour

Aggression

Prejudice

Social Psychology in Action 1

Social Psychology in Action 2

Social Psychology in Action 3

Filters

When we commit the fundamental attribution error,we the power of .

Liberman,Samuels,and Ross (2004)found that people playing the "Wall Street Game" were competitive than people playing the "Community Game." Individual differences in competitiveness and cooperativeness ______.