Question 1

A variable is:

Accepted Answer

A) The same thing as a hypothesis 
B) A measurement instrument 
C) Something that is thought to influence or be influenced by something else 
D) Something that is not observable 
A) The same thing as a hypothesis 
B) A measurement instrument 
C) Something that is thought to influence or be influenced by something else 
D) Something that is not observable C

Question 2

Cognitive processes:

Accepted Answer

A) Are only used by smart people 
B) Facilitate informaiton processing 
C) Are only important in complex situations 
D) Are little understood 
A) Are only used by smart people 
B) Facilitate informaiton processing 
C) Are only important in complex situations 
D) Are little understood B

Question 3

Social Identify

Accepted Answer

A) Refers to out-groups 
B) Is not related to membership in political groups 
C) Has nothing to do with race 
D) Derives from membership in social groups 
A) Refers to out-groups 
B) Is not related to membership in political groups 
C) Has nothing to do with race 
D) Derives from membership in social groups D

Question 4

For data, psycoanalytic studies of political leaders tend to use

Accepted Answer

A) Experiments 
B) Psychobiographies 
C) Surveys 
D) Brain scans 
A) Experiments 
B) Psychobiographies 
C) Surveys 
D) Brain scans

Question 5

The core of the Political Being is

Accepted Answer

A) Personality 
B) Emotions 
C) Values 
D) The Heart 
A) Personality 
B) Emotions 
C) Values 
D) The Heart

Question 6

The second step in the scientific method is:

Accepted Answer

A) Formulating hypotheses 
B) Making observations 
C) Measuring variables 
D) Developing a theory 
A) Formulating hypotheses 
B) Making observations 
C) Measuring variables 
D) Developing a theory

Question 7

The first step in the scientific method involves:

Accepted Answer

A) Testing hypotheses 
B) Making observations 
C) Falsification 
D) Developing a theory 
A) Testing hypotheses 
B) Making observations 
C) Falsification 
D) Developing a theory

Question 8

Political psychology began with the study of

Accepted Answer

A) Personality and politics 
B) The cognitive revolution 
C) The study of voting behavior 
D) The study of war 
A) Personality and politics 
B) The cognitive revolution 
C) The study of voting behavior 
D) The study of war

Question 9

Political psychology is useful:

Accepted Answer

A) For explaining a wide variety of political behaviors 
B) Only for understading the impact of leaders' personalities 
C) Only for understanding why people vote the way they do 
D) Only for understading infromation processing 
A) For explaining a wide variety of political behaviors 
B) Only for understading the impact of leaders' personalities 
C) Only for understanding why people vote the way they do 
D) Only for understading infromation processing

Question 10

Group demands of loyalty and obedience

Accepted Answer

A) Are always resisted when they push a person to violate personal values 
B) Only affect people in non-individualistic societies 
C) Can make a person violate his or her personal values 
D) Are not particularly important in affecting political behavior 
A) Are always resisted when they push a person to violate personal values 
B) Only affect people in non-individualistic societies 
C) Can make a person violate his or her personal values 
D) Are not particularly important in affecting political behavior

Question 11

Generally, people are:

Accepted Answer

A) Perfect information processors 
B) Rational when processing information 
C) Illogical information processors 
D) Imperfect information processors 
A) Perfect information processors 
B) Rational when processing information 
C) Illogical information processors 
D) Imperfect information processors

Question 12

Attitudes are

Accepted Answer

A)  Very resistant to change 
B)  Easily accessible to the perceiver 
C)  Not a particularly imporant focus of study in political psychology 
D)  Difficult to measure 
A)  Very resistant to change 
B)  Easily accessible to the perceiver 
C)  Not a particularly imporant focus of study in political psychology 
D)  Difficult to measure

Question 13

One reason people assume behavior is rational is because they:

Accepted Answer

A) Do not like emotions 
B) Need to understand their world 
C) Are correct, all behavior is rational 
D) Have little imagination 
A) Do not like emotions 
B) Need to understand their world 
C) Are correct, all behavior is rational 
D) Have little imagination

Question 14

Values are

Accepted Answer

A) Deeply held beliefs about what is right and wrong 
B) Another term for emotions 
C) Attitudes that change easily 
D) Rarely important in politics 
A) Deeply held beliefs about what is right and wrong 
B) Another term for emotions 
C) Attitudes that change easily 
D) Rarely important in politics

Question 15

Personality is

Accepted Answer

A) Stable and resistant to chagne 
B) Rarely imporatnt in politics 
C) Not unique 
D) Conciously understood by each person 
A) Stable and resistant to chagne 
B) Rarely imporatnt in politics 
C) Not unique 
D) Conciously understood by each person

A variable is:

Cognitive processes:

Social Identify

For data, psycoanalytic studies of political leaders tend to use

The core of the Political Being is

The second step in the scientific method is:

The first step in the scientific method involves:

Political psychology began with the study of

Political psychology is useful:

Group demands of loyalty and obedience

Generally, people are:

Attitudes are

One reason people assume behavior is rational is because they:

Values are

Personality is

Personality and Politics

Cognition, Social Identity, Emotions, and Attitudes in Political Psychology

The Political Psychology of Groups

The Study of Political Leaders

The Political Psychology of Mass Politics: How Do People Decide for Whom to Vote

The Political Psychology of the Media in Politics

The Political Psychology of Race

From Ethnic Conflict to Genocide

The Political Psychology of Nationalism

The Political Psychology of Social Movements

The Political Psychology of Terrorism

The Political Psychology of International Security and Conflict

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Exam 1: Political Psychology: Introduction and Overview

A variable is:

Cognitive processes:

Social Identify

For data, psycoanalytic studies of political leaders tend to use

The core of the Political Being is

The second step in the scientific method is:

The first step in the scientific method involves:

Political psychology began with the study of

Political psychology is useful:

Group demands of loyalty and obedience

Generally, people are:

Attitudes are

One reason people assume behavior is rational is because they:

Values are

Personality is

Personality and Politics

Cognition, Social Identity, Emotions, and Attitudes in Political Psychology

The Political Psychology of Groups

The Study of Political Leaders

The Political Psychology of Mass Politics: How Do People Decide for Whom to Vote

The Political Psychology of the Media in Politics

The Political Psychology of Race

From Ethnic Conflict to Genocide

The Political Psychology of Nationalism

The Political Psychology of Social Movements

The Political Psychology of Terrorism

The Political Psychology of International Security and Conflict

Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation

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