Question 1

The process of predicting how one will feel in response to future emotional events is called

Accepted Answer

A)  anticipation. 
B)  affective forecasting. 
C)  terror management. 
D)  dialecticism. 
A)  anticipation. 
B)  affective forecasting. 
C)  terror management. 
D)  dialecticism.

Question 2

According to the SOKA model, we should know ourselves better than others on traits that are

Accepted Answer

A)  internal. 
B)  evaluative. 
C)  subjective. 
D)  easy to observe. 
A)  internal. 
B)  evaluative. 
C)  subjective. 
D)  easy to observe.

Question 3

Twenge and colleagues (2012) found that American culture is

Accepted Answer

A)  more individualistic now than it was a half a century ago. 
B)  less individualistic now than it was a half a century ago. 
C)  equally individualistic now as it was a half a century ago. 
D)  more collectivist now than it was a half a century ago. 
A)  more individualistic now than it was a half a century ago. 
B)  less individualistic now than it was a half a century ago. 
C)  equally individualistic now as it was a half a century ago. 
D)  more collectivist now than it was a half a century ago.

Question 4

Marion is a sprinter on her high school track team. According to social comparison theory, Marion is most likely to look to which of the following groups to assess how fast a sprinter she is?

Accepted Answer

A)  Other female high school track athletes 
B)  Other female students at her school who are not on the track team 
C)  Male members of her track team 
D)  U.S. Olympic track team members 
A)  Other female high school track athletes 
B)  Other female students at her school who are not on the track team 
C)  Male members of her track team 
D)  U.S. Olympic track team members

Question 5

According to David Dunning (2005), the problem concerning self-assessment is that people tend to

Accepted Answer

A)  pay too little attention to past successes in evaluating future prospects. 
B)  overestimate their own skills, prospects for success, and opinion accuracy. 
C)  underestimate their own skills, prospects for success, and opinion accuracy. 
D)  dwell too much on past failures in assessing present competencies. 
A)  pay too little attention to past successes in evaluating future prospects. 
B)  overestimate their own skills, prospects for success, and opinion accuracy. 
C)  underestimate their own skills, prospects for success, and opinion accuracy. 
D)  dwell too much on past failures in assessing present competencies.

Question 6

An individual who tends to self-verify is more likely to be ____ than an individual who does not.

Accepted Answer

A)  high in public self-consciousness 
B)  more introspective 
C)  a low self-monitor 
D)  schematic with regard to many aspects of the self-concept 
A)  high in public self-consciousness 
B)  more introspective 
C)  a low self-monitor 
D)  schematic with regard to many aspects of the self-concept

Question 7

Schachter (1959) examined the preferences of participants who were expecting to receive a series of painful electric shocks. He found that these participants preferred to wait in a room

Accepted Answer

A)  by themselves. 
B)  with participants who were not expecting shocks. 
C)  with participants who were also expecting shocks. 
D)  with participants who had already received shocks. 
A)  by themselves. 
B)  with participants who were not expecting shocks. 
C)  with participants who were also expecting shocks. 
D)  with participants who had already received shocks.

Question 8

Which is an example of a temporal comparison that would enhance self-esteem?

Accepted Answer

A)  Joan compares herself to her roommate, who has a much lower GPA than she does. 
B)  Xavier compares himself to his roommate, who has a much higher GPA than he does. 
C)  Anna compares her present GPA to her freshman year GPA, which was much lower. 
D)  Rod compares his present GPA to his freshman year GPA, which was much higher. 
A)  Joan compares herself to her roommate, who has a much lower GPA than she does. 
B)  Xavier compares himself to his roommate, who has a much higher GPA than he does. 
C)  Anna compares her present GPA to her freshman year GPA, which was much lower. 
D)  Rod compares his present GPA to his freshman year GPA, which was much higher.

Question 9

One of the benefits of high self-monitoring is that such individuals tend to be

Accepted Answer

A)  flexible. 
B)  principled. 
C)  forthright. 
D)  fickle. 
A)  flexible. 
B)  principled. 
C)  forthright. 
D)  fickle.

Question 10

Supriya considers it more important for her new boss to value her skills than to like her. The self-presentational strategy she is most likely to use is

Accepted Answer

A)  self-verification. 
B)  self-handicapping. 
C)  ingratiation. 
D)  self-promotion. 
A)  self-verification. 
B)  self-handicapping. 
C)  ingratiation. 
D)  self-promotion.

Question 11

According to research on perceptions of the self, people have a tendency to

Accepted Answer

A)  underestimate their intellectual and social abilities. 
B)  rate negative traits as more self-descriptive than positive ones. 
C)  exaggerate their control over life events. 
D)  rate themselves less positively than others rate them. 
A)  underestimate their intellectual and social abilities. 
B)  rate negative traits as more self-descriptive than positive ones. 
C)  exaggerate their control over life events. 
D)  rate themselves less positively than others rate them.

Question 12

Prior to the championship basketball game, Jocelyn reminds everyone that she really isn't as good a player as everyone thinks, that their opponent has had an undefeated season, and that it is unlikely she and her teammates will triumph. Jocelyn is engaging in

Accepted Answer

A)  sandbagging. 
B)  implicit egotism. 
C)  downward social comparison. 
D)  cutting off reflected failure. 
A)  sandbagging. 
B)  implicit egotism. 
C)  downward social comparison. 
D)  cutting off reflected failure.

Question 13

Which of the following is not a self-serving tendency used to enhance self-esteem?

Accepted Answer

A)  People tend to take credit for their successes, but not their failures. 
B)  People underestimate the probability of positive outcomes and overestimate the probability that they will experience negative outcomes. 
C)  People overestimate the extent to which they can control personal outcomes. 
D)  People bolster their optimism by linking their individual attributes to desirable outcomes. 
A)  People tend to take credit for their successes, but not their failures. 
B)  People underestimate the probability of positive outcomes and overestimate the probability that they will experience negative outcomes. 
C)  People overestimate the extent to which they can control personal outcomes. 
D)  People bolster their optimism by linking their individual attributes to desirable outcomes.

Question 14

Jenna is fairly high-strung. This attribute conflicts more with Jenna's ideal self than with her ought self. Jenna is more likely to experience ____ than she is to experience ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  disappointment; fear 
B)  anxiety; sadness 
C)  fear; anxiety 
D)  sadness; disappointment 
A)  disappointment; fear 
B)  anxiety; sadness 
C)  fear; anxiety 
D)  sadness; disappointment

Question 15

Newman is having a very bad day-he overslept for his final exam, spilled coffee on himself at work, and got a speeding ticket on the way home. According to the facial feedback hypothesis, what will happen if he increases tension in the facial muscles normally active during frowning?

Accepted Answer

A)  It will intensify his negative emotional experience. 
B)  Because he is already in a bad mood, it will have no impact on his emotional experience. 
C)  It will create a competing positive emotion. 
D)  It will reduce the intensity of his negative emotional experience. 
A)  It will intensify his negative emotional experience. 
B)  Because he is already in a bad mood, it will have no impact on his emotional experience. 
C)  It will create a competing positive emotion. 
D)  It will reduce the intensity of his negative emotional experience.

Question 16

When people overestimate the strength and duration of their emotional reactions, it is due to

Accepted Answer

A)  the overjustification effect. 
B)  implicit egotism. 
C)  the impact bias. 
D)  basking in reflected glory. 
A)  the overjustification effect. 
B)  implicit egotism. 
C)  the impact bias. 
D)  basking in reflected glory.

Question 17

Schachter (1959) found that participants expecting to receive painful electric shocks preferred the company of others who were in the same situation. These results suggest that

Accepted Answer

A)  social comparison processes are used to evaluate emotions. 
B)  emotions have a strong physiological component. 
C)  self-handicapping is more about self-presentation than self-enhancement. 
D)  people are relatively inaccurate at affective forecasting. 
A)  social comparison processes are used to evaluate emotions. 
B)  emotions have a strong physiological component. 
C)  self-handicapping is more about self-presentation than self-enhancement. 
D)  people are relatively inaccurate at affective forecasting.

Question 18

The process by which we seek to control or alter our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and urges in order to live an acceptable life is called

Accepted Answer

A)  self-handicapping. 
B)  self-verification. 
C)  self-presentation. 
D)  self-regulation. 
A)  self-handicapping. 
B)  self-verification. 
C)  self-presentation. 
D)  self-regulation.

Question 19

The need for positive self-regard is ____; the drive toward self-enhancement is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  universal; culturally ingrained 
B)  culturally ingrained; universal 
C)  universal; universal 
D)  culturally ingrained; culturally ingrained 
A)  universal; culturally ingrained 
B)  culturally ingrained; universal 
C)  universal; universal 
D)  culturally ingrained; culturally ingrained

Question 20

According to theories regarding self-perception of emotions, what would be the likely effect of sitting at your desk slumped over in the chair with a bowed head?

Accepted Answer

A)  You would make other people frown in response. 
B)  You would feel proud. 
C)  You would buffer your self-esteem against potential future threats. 
D)  You would feel dejected. 
A)  You would make other people frown in response. 
B)  You would feel proud. 
C)  You would buffer your self-esteem against potential future threats. 
D)  You would feel dejected.

The process of predicting how one will feel in response to future emotional events is called

According to the SOKA model, we should know ourselves better than others on traits that are

Twenge and colleagues (2012) found that American culture is

Marion is a sprinter on her high school track team. According to social comparison theory, Marion is most likely to look to which of the following groups to assess how fast a sprinter she is?

According to David Dunning (2005), the problem concerning self-assessment is that people tend to

An individual who tends to self-verify is more likely to be ____ than an individual who does not.

Schachter (1959) examined the preferences of participants who were expecting to receive a series of painful electric shocks. He found that these participants preferred to wait in a room

Which is an example of a temporal comparison that would enhance self-esteem?

One of the benefits of high self-monitoring is that such individuals tend to be

Supriya considers it more important for her new boss to value her skills than to like her. The self-presentational strategy she is most likely to use is

According to research on perceptions of the self, people have a tendency to

Prior to the championship basketball game, Jocelyn reminds everyone that she really isn't as good a player as everyone thinks, that their opponent has had an undefeated season, and that it is unlikely she and her teammates will triumph. Jocelyn is engaging in

Which of the following is not a self-serving tendency used to enhance self-esteem?

Jenna is fairly high-strung. This attribute conflicts more with Jenna's ideal self than with her ought self. Jenna is more likely to experience than she is to experience .

Newman is having a very bad day-he overslept for his final exam, spilled coffee on himself at work, and got a speeding ticket on the way home. According to the facial feedback hypothesis, what will happen if he increases tension in the facial muscles normally active during frowning?

When people overestimate the strength and duration of their emotional reactions, it is due to

Schachter (1959) found that participants expecting to receive painful electric shocks preferred the company of others who were in the same situation. These results suggest that

The process by which we seek to control or alter our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and urges in order to live an acceptable life is called

The need for positive self-regard is ; the drive toward self-enhancement is .

According to theories regarding self-perception of emotions, what would be the likely effect of sitting at your desk slumped over in the chair with a bowed head?

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The process of predicting how one will feel in response to future emotional events is called

According to the SOKA model, we should know ourselves better than others on traits that are

Twenge and colleagues (2012) found that American culture is

Marion is a sprinter on her high school track team. According to social comparison theory, Marion is most likely to look to which of the following groups to assess how fast a sprinter she is?

According to David Dunning (2005), the problem concerning self-assessment is that people tend to

An individual who tends to self-verify is more likely to be ____ than an individual who does not.

Schachter (1959) examined the preferences of participants who were expecting to receive a series of painful electric shocks. He found that these participants preferred to wait in a room

Which is an example of a temporal comparison that would enhance self-esteem?

One of the benefits of high self-monitoring is that such individuals tend to be

Supriya considers it more important for her new boss to value her skills than to like her. The self-presentational strategy she is most likely to use is

According to research on perceptions of the self, people have a tendency to

Prior to the championship basketball game, Jocelyn reminds everyone that she really isn't as good a player as everyone thinks, that their opponent has had an undefeated season, and that it is unlikely she and her teammates will triumph. Jocelyn is engaging in

Which of the following is not a self-serving tendency used to enhance self-esteem?

Jenna is fairly high-strung. This attribute conflicts more with Jenna's ideal self than with her ought self. Jenna is more likely to experience ____ than she is to experience ____.

Newman is having a very bad day-he overslept for his final exam, spilled coffee on himself at work, and got a speeding ticket on the way home. According to the facial feedback hypothesis, what will happen if he increases tension in the facial muscles normally active during frowning?

When people overestimate the strength and duration of their emotional reactions, it is due to

Schachter (1959) found that participants expecting to receive painful electric shocks preferred the company of others who were in the same situation. These results suggest that

The process by which we seek to control or alter our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and urges in order to live an acceptable life is called

The need for positive self-regard is ____; the drive toward self-enhancement is ____.

According to theories regarding self-perception of emotions, what would be the likely effect of sitting at your desk slumped over in the chair with a bowed head?

What Is Social Psychology

Doing Social Psychology Research

Perceiving Persons

Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Attitudes

Conformity

Group Processes

Attraction and Close Relationships

Helping Others

Aggression

Law

Business

Health

Filters

Jenna is fairly high-strung. This attribute conflicts more with Jenna's ideal self than with her ought self. Jenna is more likely to experience than she is to experience .

The need for positive self-regard is ; the drive toward self-enhancement is .