Question 1

Vivica finds Dion physically attractive. Judging from his appearance, she assumes that he is also outgoing and honest. Vivica is displaying the

Accepted Answer

A)  complementarity hypothesis. 
B)  mere exposure effect. 
C)  halo effect. 
D)  counterbalancing principle. 
A)  complementarity hypothesis. 
B)  mere exposure effect. 
C)  halo effect. 
D)  counterbalancing principle.

Question 2

The strongest support for the claim that we have a need to belong comes from the finding that

Accepted Answer

A)  when we lose a friendship, we do not seek out new friendships. 
B)  only humans form long-lasting relationships. 
C)  relationships are vital to our physical and mental well-being. 
D)  relationship styles vary among cultures. 
A)  when we lose a friendship, we do not seek out new friendships. 
B)  only humans form long-lasting relationships. 
C)  relationships are vital to our physical and mental well-being. 
D)  relationship styles vary among cultures.

Question 3

Recall that Leon Festinger and his colleagues conducted research at a university housing project called Westgate West. Among other things, they examined friendship formation among apartment residents. Results showed that the residents living near stairwells formed twice as many friendships with upstairs neighbors as those living in the middle apartments, which were further from the stairs. These results illustrate the impact of ________ on friendship formation.

Accepted Answer

A)  physical distance 
B)  similarity 
C)  functional distance 
D)  sociometric distance 
A)  physical distance 
B)  similarity 
C)  functional distance 
D)  sociometric distance

Question 4

In a study conducted by Art Aron and his colleagues, married couples engaged in one of two tasks: either they were tied together with Velcro and required to move a soft ball positioned between their heads across a long mat, or they each had to push a ball on their own across the mat with a stick. Couples in the first condition reported higher marital satisfaction after completing the task compared to couples in the second condition. How did the researchers interpret these results?

Accepted Answer

A)  The first task encouraged participants to capitalize on the good in their relationship. 
B)  The first task made couples physically closer, which led them to feel psychologically closer. 
C)  The first task was more arousing, leading to a misattribution of arousal to feelings about one's partner. 
D)  The first task was more challenging, leading couples to feel more pride after completing it. 
A)  The first task encouraged participants to capitalize on the good in their relationship. 
B)  The first task made couples physically closer, which led them to feel psychologically closer. 
C)  The first task was more arousing, leading to a misattribution of arousal to feelings about one's partner. 
D)  The first task was more challenging, leading couples to feel more pride after completing it.

Question 5

Recall that through either photographic or computer technology, researchers can make a composite (or "averaged") face out of any number of individual faces. When people are asked to rate the attractiveness of composite faces relative to individual faces,

Accepted Answer

A)  men tend to prefer composite faces, but women tend to prefer individual faces. 
B)  men tend to prefer individual faces, but women tend to prefer composite faces. 
C)  regardless of sex, people tend to prefer individual faces. 
D)  regardless of sex, people tend to prefer composite faces. 
A)  men tend to prefer composite faces, but women tend to prefer individual faces. 
B)  men tend to prefer individual faces, but women tend to prefer composite faces. 
C)  regardless of sex, people tend to prefer individual faces. 
D)  regardless of sex, people tend to prefer composite faces.

Question 6

Shira comes home from work and tells her husband that she just got promoted. Her husband responds with enthusiasm and asks her questions about her new position. Shira's husband's behavior is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  attribution. 
B)  anxious attachment. 
C)  capitalization. 
D)  idealization. 
A)  attribution. 
B)  anxious attachment. 
C)  capitalization. 
D)  idealization.

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT evidence for the need to belong?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prisoners tend to be happier when they focus on their preexisting family ties rather than forming kinship-like ties with other prisoners. 
B)  Suicide rates are higher for single and divorced individuals. 
C)  Partnered gay men and women are happier than single gay men and women. 
D)  Mortality rates are higher for divorced, unmarried, and widowed individuals. 
A)  Prisoners tend to be happier when they focus on their preexisting family ties rather than forming kinship-like ties with other prisoners. 
B)  Suicide rates are higher for single and divorced individuals. 
C)  Partnered gay men and women are happier than single gay men and women. 
D)  Mortality rates are higher for divorced, unmarried, and widowed individuals.

Question 8

Which of the following is most likely to be due to the mere exposure effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  Museum visitors have especially favorable attitudes toward paintings that they view at the end of their visit. 
B)  The public immediately prefers a company's new logo to the existing logo. 
C)  Radio listeners like a song the station plays multiple times more than they like a song the station plays only once or twice. 
D)  Students memorize humorous poems faster than dramatic poems. 
A)  Museum visitors have especially favorable attitudes toward paintings that they view at the end of their visit. 
B)  The public immediately prefers a company's new logo to the existing logo. 
C)  Radio listeners like a song the station plays multiple times more than they like a song the station plays only once or twice. 
D)  Students memorize humorous poems faster than dramatic poems.

Question 9

A natural experiment involves

Accepted Answer

A)  using self-selection to increase the validity of study results. 
B)  observing what happens under naturally occurring conditions. 
C)  randomly assigning participants to different conditions. 
D)  studying participants only when they are outdoors. 
A)  using self-selection to increase the validity of study results. 
B)  observing what happens under naturally occurring conditions. 
C)  randomly assigning participants to different conditions. 
D)  studying participants only when they are outdoors.

Question 10

The adult attachment style characterized by excessive attempts to get closer to others and frequent worry about relationships is

Accepted Answer

A)  secure. 
B)  anxious-ambivalent. 
C)  avoidant. 
D)  communal. 
A)  secure. 
B)  anxious-ambivalent. 
C)  avoidant. 
D)  communal.

Question 11

Evaluate the claim that people tend to have the same attachment style across all of their relationships. Describe research from the textbook to support or refute this claim.

Accepted Answer

Research suggests that people often have

Question 12

Recall that Burgess and Wallin (1953) studied the personality characteristics of hundreds of engaged couples. Specifically, they compared couples who planned to marry with "random" couples they created by pairing individual members of one couple with individual members of another couple. Results showed that members of engaged couples, compared to random couples, were significantly

Accepted Answer

A)  less similar to each other on demographic, physical, and personality characteristics. 
B)  more similar to each other on demographic, physical, and personality characteristics. 
C)  less similar to each other on demographic characteristics, but more similar on personality characteristics. 
D)  not similar to each other on demographic, physical, or personality characteristics. 
A)  less similar to each other on demographic, physical, and personality characteristics. 
B)  more similar to each other on demographic, physical, and personality characteristics. 
C)  less similar to each other on demographic characteristics, but more similar on personality characteristics. 
D)  not similar to each other on demographic, physical, or personality characteristics.

Question 13

According to the evolutionary perspective, why are women more selective than men in their choice of mates?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women invest more in offspring than males. 
B)  Women tend to be more emotionally mature than males. 
C)  Women compete more with other women for male attention (intrasex competition). 
D)  Women tend to have more sexual partners than men. 
A)  Women invest more in offspring than males. 
B)  Women tend to be more emotionally mature than males. 
C)  Women compete more with other women for male attention (intrasex competition). 
D)  Women tend to have more sexual partners than men.

Question 14

Larry suspects that his girlfriend wants to break up with him. Being a rather mean-spirited fellow, Larry tells his girlfriend that if she breaks up with him, she will be alone and will never find another boyfriend. To manipulate his girlfriend, Larry is drawing his girlfriend's attention to the ________ component of Caryl Rusbult's investment model of commitment.

Accepted Answer

A)  investment 
B)  alternative partners 
C)  rewards 
D)  passion 
A)  investment 
B)  alternative partners 
C)  rewards 
D)  passion

Question 15

Eddie and Leann have been married for ten years. Their friends notice that not only do they look alike but they seem to look more and more alike as time goes on. What factors might explain their increasingly similar appearance?

Accepted Answer

Eddie and Leann may look increasingly si

Question 16

Provide an example of how an advertising agency could employ the mere exposure effect when creating ads for their clients' products.

Accepted Answer

Specific examples will vary but should c

Question 17

If the need to belong is universal, then this need should occur in

Accepted Answer

A)  relationships with parents but not with friends. 
B)  humans but not animals. 
C)  individualistic cultures but not collectivist cultures. 
D)  cultures around the world. 
A)  relationships with parents but not with friends. 
B)  humans but not animals. 
C)  individualistic cultures but not collectivist cultures. 
D)  cultures around the world.

Question 18

Distinguish between the three attachment patterns that Mary Ainsworth identified in her observations of infants and caregivers using the strange situation paradigm. Describe the characteristic behavior of both infants and caregivers for each style.

Accepted Answer

Mary Ainsworth characterized infant-care

Question 19

Social psychologists have used the bogus stranger paradigm to study the effects of ________ on liking.

Accepted Answer

A)  physical attractiveness 
B)  Proximity 
C)  similarity 
D)  intelligence 
A)  physical attractiveness 
B)  Proximity 
C)  similarity 
D)  intelligence

Question 20

Karen tends to idealize her husband, which means that she

Accepted Answer

A)  underestimates his virtues. 
B)  accurately perceives his virtues and his faults. 
C)  overestimates his virtues and underestimates his faults. 
D)  overestimates his virtues and accurately perceives his faults. 
A)  underestimates his virtues. 
B)  accurately perceives his virtues and his faults. 
C)  overestimates his virtues and underestimates his faults. 
D)  overestimates his virtues and accurately perceives his faults.

Vivica finds Dion physically attractive. Judging from his appearance, she assumes that he is also outgoing and honest. Vivica is displaying the

The strongest support for the claim that we have a need to belong comes from the finding that

Recall that through either photographic or computer technology, researchers can make a composite (or "averaged") face out of any number of individual faces. When people are asked to rate the attractiveness of composite faces relative to individual faces,

Shira comes home from work and tells her husband that she just got promoted. Her husband responds with enthusiasm and asks her questions about her new position. Shira's husband's behavior is an example of

Which of the following is NOT evidence for the need to belong?

Which of the following is most likely to be due to the mere exposure effect?

A natural experiment involves

The adult attachment style characterized by excessive attempts to get closer to others and frequent worry about relationships is

Evaluate the claim that people tend to have the same attachment style across all of their relationships. Describe research from the textbook to support or refute this claim.

According to the evolutionary perspective, why are women more selective than men in their choice of mates?

Eddie and Leann have been married for ten years. Their friends notice that not only do they look alike but they seem to look more and more alike as time goes on. What factors might explain their increasingly similar appearance?

Provide an example of how an advertising agency could employ the mere exposure effect when creating ads for their clients' products.

If the need to belong is universal, then this need should occur in

Distinguish between the three attachment patterns that Mary Ainsworth identified in her observations of infants and caregivers using the strange situation paradigm. Describe the characteristic behavior of both infants and caregivers for each style.

Social psychologists have used the bogus stranger paradigm to study the effects of ________ on liking.

Karen tends to idealize her husband, which means that she

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Vivica finds Dion physically attractive. Judging from his appearance, she assumes that he is also outgoing and honest. Vivica is displaying the

The strongest support for the claim that we have a need to belong comes from the finding that

Recall that through either photographic or computer technology, researchers can make a composite (or "averaged") face out of any number of individual faces. When people are asked to rate the attractiveness of composite faces relative to individual faces,

Shira comes home from work and tells her husband that she just got promoted. Her husband responds with enthusiasm and asks her questions about her new position. Shira's husband's behavior is an example of

Which of the following is NOT evidence for the need to belong?

Which of the following is most likely to be due to the mere exposure effect?

A natural experiment involves

The adult attachment style characterized by excessive attempts to get closer to others and frequent worry about relationships is

Evaluate the claim that people tend to have the same attachment style across all of their relationships. Describe research from the textbook to support or refute this claim.

According to the evolutionary perspective, why are women more selective than men in their choice of mates?

Eddie and Leann have been married for ten years. Their friends notice that not only do they look alike but they seem to look more and more alike as time goes on. What factors might explain their increasingly similar appearance?

Provide an example of how an advertising agency could employ the mere exposure effect when creating ads for their clients' products.

If the need to belong is universal, then this need should occur in

Distinguish between the three attachment patterns that Mary Ainsworth identified in her observations of infants and caregivers using the strange situation paradigm. Describe the characteristic behavior of both infants and caregivers for each style.

Social psychologists have used the bogus stranger paradigm to study the effects of ________ on liking.

Karen tends to idealize her husband, which means that she

An Invitation to Social Psychology

The Methods of Social Psychology

The Social Self

Social Cognition: Thinking About People and Situations

Social Attribution: Explaining Behavior

Emotion

Attitudes, Behavior, and Rationalization

Persuasion

Social Influence

Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Groups

Aggression

Altruism and Cooperation

Application Module-Social Psychology and Health

Application Module- Social Psychology and Personal Finance

Application Module- Social Psychology and Education

Application Module- Social Psychology and the Law

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