Question 1

Which policy generally works best for decreasing group prejudices within an organization?

Accepted Answer

A) Recognizing and enjoying the differences among groups 
B) Strong penalties against anyone who makes a prejudiced remark 
C) Telling all people to try to avoid seeming prejudiced 
D) Emphasizing a policy of treating all people the same 
A) Recognizing and enjoying the differences among groups 
B) Strong penalties against anyone who makes a prejudiced remark 
C) Telling all people to try to avoid seeming prejudiced 
D) Emphasizing a policy of treating all people the same

Question 2

​According to equity theory,what does a romantic relationship resemble?

Accepted Answer

A) A magnetic field 
B) ​A mountain climbing adventure 
C) ​A competition 
D) ​A business deal 
A) A magnetic field 
B) ​A mountain climbing adventure 
C) ​A competition 
D) ​A business deal

Question 3

​What term refers to assuming that everyone else understands what is happening better than you do?

Accepted Answer

A) Cognitive dissonance 
B) ​Social loafing 
C) ​Diffusion of responsibility 
D) ​Pluralistic ignorance 
A) Cognitive dissonance 
B) ​Social loafing 
C) ​Diffusion of responsibility 
D) ​Pluralistic ignorance

Question 4

​In what way do Asians and Americans tend to differ in the attributions they make?

Accepted Answer

A) Asians make more self-handicapping attributions. 
B) ​Asians base their opinions more strongly on first impressions. 
C) ​Asians tend to make more external attributions. 
D) ​Asians tend to make more internal attributions. 
A) Asians make more self-handicapping attributions. 
B) ​Asians base their opinions more strongly on first impressions. 
C) ​Asians tend to make more external attributions. 
D) ​Asians tend to make more internal attributions.

Question 5

How would you be affected by watching a videotape of your own behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) More likely than usual to consider yourself smarter than other people 
B) Less likely than usual to consider yourself smarter than other people 
C) More likely than usual to give an internal attribution for your behavior 
D) More likely than usual to give an external attribution for your behavior 
A) More likely than usual to consider yourself smarter than other people 
B) Less likely than usual to consider yourself smarter than other people 
C) More likely than usual to give an internal attribution for your behavior 
D) More likely than usual to give an external attribution for your behavior

Question 6

What is the "sleeper effect"?​

Accepted Answer

A) A message is more persuasive if it is accompanied by soft, soothing background music. 
B) ​People often wake up thinking about a persuasive message they heard the day before. 
C) ​People might reject a message at first and then accept it later. 
D) ​If you listen to a message while you are asleep, it becomes highly persuasive. 
A) A message is more persuasive if it is accompanied by soft, soothing background music. 
B) ​People often wake up thinking about a persuasive message they heard the day before. 
C) ​People might reject a message at first and then accept it later. 
D) ​If you listen to a message while you are asleep, it becomes highly persuasive.

Question 7

Your boss asks you to stay at work an extra three hours today,and later changes it to one hour,which you accept as good news.What does this event illustrate?

Accepted Answer

A) Actor-observer effect 
B) Reciprocation 
C) Contrast effect 
D) Fundamental attribution error 
A) Actor-observer effect 
B) Reciprocation 
C) Contrast effect 
D) Fundamental attribution error

Question 8

What is social loafing?​

Accepted Answer

A) Working less hard when others share the task 
B) ​The tendency to take old friendships for granted 
C) ​Allowing other people to make your decisions for you 
D) ​Relaxing and enjoying other people's company 
A) Working less hard when others share the task 
B) ​The tendency to take old friendships for granted 
C) ​Allowing other people to make your decisions for you 
D) ​Relaxing and enjoying other people's company

Question 9

You are confused by something your professor just said,but no one else is asking questions,so you assume they understand.Meanwhile,they assume you understand.What does this illustrate?​

Accepted Answer

A) Group polarization 
B) ​Social loafing 
C) ​Pluralistic ignorance 
D) ​Cognitive dissonance 
A) Group polarization 
B) ​Social loafing 
C) ​Pluralistic ignorance 
D) ​Cognitive dissonance

Question 10

Which of the following strongly increases the probability of anger and aggression?​

Accepted Answer

A) Frustration 
B) ​Low self-esteem 
C) ​Mental illness 
D) ​Eating sweets 
A) Frustration 
B) ​Low self-esteem 
C) ​Mental illness 
D) ​Eating sweets

Question 11

In his classic study,how did Solomon Asch measure conformity?

Accepted Answer

A) He compared students' opinions to those of others in their fraternity or sorority. 
B) He examined jurors' opinions before and after the jury deliberation. 
C) He asked for visual judgments after other people gave wrong answers. 
D) He made hand gestures and observed how many people copied him. 
A) He compared students' opinions to those of others in their fraternity or sorority. 
B) He examined jurors' opinions before and after the jury deliberation. 
C) He asked for visual judgments after other people gave wrong answers. 
D) He made hand gestures and observed how many people copied him.

Question 12

Which of these procedures would induce cognitive dissonance?

Accepted Answer

A) Ask for your opinion when others around you are expressing a different opinion. 
B) Ask you to administer increasing levels of shock to another person. 
C) Have you watch your behavior on videotape and explain why you acted that way. 
D) Pay you a small reward to say something contrary to your attitudes. 
A) Ask for your opinion when others around you are expressing a different opinion. 
B) Ask you to administer increasing levels of shock to another person. 
C) Have you watch your behavior on videotape and explain why you acted that way. 
D) Pay you a small reward to say something contrary to your attitudes.

Question 13

When would you be least likely to conform to the opinions of the majority?

Accepted Answer

A) If you see that the majority is clearly wrong 
B) If you are outnumbered by only three or four to one 
C) If you are outnumbered by a large group, but you have one ally 
D) If you are afraid of being ridiculed 
A) If you see that the majority is clearly wrong 
B) If you are outnumbered by only three or four to one 
C) If you are outnumbered by a large group, but you have one ally 
D) If you are afraid of being ridiculed

Question 14

Are people with mental illness more dangerous than other people?​

Accepted Answer

A) Not at all 
B) ​Yes, consistently 
C) ​Only if they are substance abusers 
D) ​Only if their diagnosis is schizophrenia 
A) Not at all 
B) ​Yes, consistently 
C) ​Only if they are substance abusers 
D) ​Only if their diagnosis is schizophrenia

Question 15

At the start of a marriage,is it possible to predict likelihood of divorce? If so,how?

Accepted Answer

A) No, divorce cannot be predicted at the start. 
B) Yes, couples that differ in personality are likely to divorce. 
C) Yes, couples with angry arguments are likely to divorce. 
D) Yes, couples that restrain their anger are likely to divorce. 
A) No, divorce cannot be predicted at the start. 
B) Yes, couples that differ in personality are likely to divorce. 
C) Yes, couples with angry arguments are likely to divorce. 
D) Yes, couples that restrain their anger are likely to divorce.

Question 16

​What has research shown about the genetic basis of violent behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) Violent behavior has no genetic influences. 
B) ​A gene on the Y chromosome is highly associated with violent behavior. 
C) ​A gene probably increases risk of violence for people who were maltreated as children. 
D) ​A gene probably increases risk of violence for people after they consume sugar. 
A) Violent behavior has no genetic influences. 
B) ​A gene on the Y chromosome is highly associated with violent behavior. 
C) ​A gene probably increases risk of violence for people who were maltreated as children. 
D) ​A gene probably increases risk of violence for people after they consume sugar.

Question 17

Why do people sometimes form a false stereotype?​

Accepted Answer

A) Short-term memory holds only a small amount of information. 
B) ​The blocking effect interferes with learning. 
C) ​Procedural memories form more slowly than episodic memories. 
D) ​People form generalizations quickly. 
A) Short-term memory holds only a small amount of information. 
B) ​The blocking effect interferes with learning. 
C) ​Procedural memories form more slowly than episodic memories. 
D) ​People form generalizations quickly.

Question 18

Researchers use the prisoner's dilemma to investigate which question?​

Accepted Answer

A) How far people will go in obeying orders from an authority figure 
B) ​How people decide whether to cooperate or compete 
C) ​Whether people accomplish more when they work separately or as a group 
D) ​What factors increase or decrease the tendency to conformity 
A) How far people will go in obeying orders from an authority figure 
B) ​How people decide whether to cooperate or compete 
C) ​Whether people accomplish more when they work separately or as a group 
D) ​What factors increase or decrease the tendency to conformity

Question 19

When is social loafing LEAST likely to occur?​

Accepted Answer

A) In a group of all men 
B) ​In a group of all women 
C) ​In large groups 
D) ​In team sports 
A) In a group of all men 
B) ​In a group of all women 
C) ​In large groups 
D) ​In team sports

Question 20

​Violent behavior is most strongly associated with which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) Low self-esteem 
B) Strong responsiveness of the sympathetic nervous system 
C) Mental illness 
D) Alcohol abuse 
A) Low self-esteem 
B) Strong responsiveness of the sympathetic nervous system 
C) Mental illness 
D) Alcohol abuse

Exam 13: Social Psychologysocial Psychology

Which policy generally works best for decreasing group prejudices within an organization?

​According to equity theory,what does a romantic relationship resemble?

​What term refers to assuming that everyone else understands what is happening better than you do?

​In what way do Asians and Americans tend to differ in the attributions they make?

How would you be affected by watching a videotape of your own behavior?

What is the "sleeper effect"?​

Your boss asks you to stay at work an extra three hours today,and later changes it to one hour,which you accept as good news.What does this event illustrate?

What is social loafing?​

You are confused by something your professor just said,but no one else is asking questions,so you assume they understand.Meanwhile,they assume you understand.What does this illustrate?​

Which of the following strongly increases the probability of anger and aggression?​

In his classic study,how did Solomon Asch measure conformity?

Which of these procedures would induce cognitive dissonance?

When would you be least likely to conform to the opinions of the majority?

Are people with mental illness more dangerous than other people?​

At the start of a marriage,is it possible to predict likelihood of divorce? If so,how?

​What has research shown about the genetic basis of violent behavior?

Why do people sometimes form a false stereotype?​

Researchers use the prisoner's dilemma to investigate which question?​

When is social loafing LEAST likely to occur?​

​Violent behavior is most strongly associated with which of these?

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According to equity theory,what does a romantic relationship resemble?

What term refers to assuming that everyone else understands what is happening better than you do?

In what way do Asians and Americans tend to differ in the attributions they make?

What is the "sleeper effect"?

What is social loafing?

You are confused by something your professor just said,but no one else is asking questions,so you assume they understand.Meanwhile,they assume you understand.What does this illustrate?

Which of the following strongly increases the probability of anger and aggression?

Are people with mental illness more dangerous than other people?

What has research shown about the genetic basis of violent behavior?

Why do people sometimes form a false stereotype?

Researchers use the prisoner's dilemma to investigate which question?

When is social loafing LEAST likely to occur?

Violent behavior is most strongly associated with which of these?