Question 1

Which of the following questions would MOST interest a social psychologist?

Accepted Answer

A)  How does prior experience with punishment affect one's ability to concentrate on a task? 
B)  What is the most effective way to eliminate a phobia? 
C)  Is there a correlation between job success and reported life satisfaction? 
D)  On what basis do people judge each other's personalities? 
A)  How does prior experience with punishment affect one's ability to concentrate on a task? 
B)  What is the most effective way to eliminate a phobia? 
C)  Is there a correlation between job success and reported life satisfaction? 
D)  On what basis do people judge each other's personalities? D

Question 2

Only when no one in a group feels individually responsible for the group's behavior does social loafing occur.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Yielding to group pressure even when no direct request has been made is called ____________.

Accepted Answer

conformity

Question 4

As defined by social psychologists,conformity means:

Accepted Answer

A)  obeying the direct request of an authority figure. 
B)  selecting a social group whose values closely match your own. 
C)  yielding to group pressure even when not directly requested to do so. 
D)  enhancing performance in the presence of a crowd. 
A)  obeying the direct request of an authority figure. 
B)  selecting a social group whose values closely match your own. 
C)  yielding to group pressure even when not directly requested to do so. 
D)  enhancing performance in the presence of a crowd.

Question 5

Which of the following is a true statement about the effect of the characteristics of listeners?

Accepted Answer

A)  People are easier to persuade when they are alone rather than in a group. 
B)  Persons with low self-esteem are easy to persuade because they do not question the speaker. 
C)  If the message is complex and difficult to understand,people with lower intelligence are easier to persuade. 
D)  People with a high need for social approval are easier to persuade. 
A)  People are easier to persuade when they are alone rather than in a group. 
B)  Persons with low self-esteem are easy to persuade because they do not question the speaker. 
C)  If the message is complex and difficult to understand,people with lower intelligence are easier to persuade. 
D)  People with a high need for social approval are easier to persuade.

Question 6

Social psychologists are interested in investigating the impact of:

Accepted Answer

A)  emotions on health and development. 
B)  personal beliefs on performance and mastery. 
C)  other people on an individual's behaviors and attitudes. 
D)  temperament on child-rearing practices. 
A)  emotions on health and development. 
B)  personal beliefs on performance and mastery. 
C)  other people on an individual's behaviors and attitudes. 
D)  temperament on child-rearing practices.

Question 7

In recent surveys,there were NO differences between men and women when they rated the importance of ____________ in a relationship.

Accepted Answer

A)  occupational status 
B)  education 
C)  sense of humor 
D)  intelligence 
A)  occupational status 
B)  education 
C)  sense of humor 
D)  intelligence

Question 8

Others things being equal,an attractive speaker will be more effective in changing opinions than an unattractive speaker will be.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

A fundraiser calls to remind you that you contributed $25 to the homeless children fund last year.After you agree to match your contribution from last year,he requests that you increase your contribution this year to $40.Which persuasive technique is the fundraiser using?

Accepted Answer

A)  the foot-in-the-door technique 
B)  cognitive dissonance 
C)  the low-ball technique 
D)  the fundamental attribution error 
A)  the foot-in-the-door technique 
B)  cognitive dissonance 
C)  the low-ball technique 
D)  the fundamental attribution error

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT one of the components of an attitude as defined by social psychologists?

Accepted Answer

A)  behavioral tendencies 
B)  genetic factors 
C)  beliefs 
D)  emotional responses 
A)  behavioral tendencies 
B)  genetic factors 
C)  beliefs 
D)  emotional responses

Question 11

Social facilitation refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  the improved performance of individuals in a group. 
B)  helping others when called on to do so. 
C)  impaired performance in a group. 
D)  the tendency to diffuse responsibility among group members. 
A)  the improved performance of individuals in a group. 
B)  helping others when called on to do so. 
C)  impaired performance in a group. 
D)  the tendency to diffuse responsibility among group members.

Question 12

In the study of the autokinetic effect,subjects tended to report the same movements as the "confederate" reported.How did researchers explain this observation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Subjects believed that the confederate was a valuable source of information when the situation was unclear. 
B)  Subjects felt pressure to say things they didn't really believe. 
C)  Subjects looked in the same direction as the confederate did. 
D)  Both subjects and confederates witnessed the same movements. 
A)  Subjects believed that the confederate was a valuable source of information when the situation was unclear. 
B)  Subjects felt pressure to say things they didn't really believe. 
C)  Subjects looked in the same direction as the confederate did. 
D)  Both subjects and confederates witnessed the same movements.

Question 13

In the process of ____________,being in a group can make a person feel anonymous and unidentifiable.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the process of ____________,being in a...

Question 14

In Festinger's spool-stacking experiment,participants were paid either a significant amount of money or a nominal amount of money for their participation in the uninteresting task.What was the outcome of the experiment?

Accepted Answer

A)  The group that was paid the HIGHER amount of money was most favorable toward the task. 
B)  The group that was paid the LESSER amount of money was most favorable toward the task. 
C)  The group that was paid the LESSER amount of money asked to stop the experiment early. 
D)  The group that was paid the HIGHER amount of money requested to be considered in future experiments. 
A)  The group that was paid the HIGHER amount of money was most favorable toward the task. 
B)  The group that was paid the LESSER amount of money was most favorable toward the task. 
C)  The group that was paid the LESSER amount of money asked to stop the experiment early. 
D)  The group that was paid the HIGHER amount of money requested to be considered in future experiments.

Question 15

Which of the following is true about person perception?

Accepted Answer

A)  It takes only a small amount of bad information about a person to overshadow a large amount of good information. 
B)  It takes a large amount of bad information about a person to overshadow a large amount of good information. 
C)  It takes only a small amount of good information about a person to overshadow a large amount of bad information. 
D)  People give approximately equal weight to bad and good information when perceiving other people. 
A)  It takes only a small amount of bad information about a person to overshadow a large amount of good information. 
B)  It takes a large amount of bad information about a person to overshadow a large amount of good information. 
C)  It takes only a small amount of good information about a person to overshadow a large amount of bad information. 
D)  People give approximately equal weight to bad and good information when perceiving other people.

Question 16

Which of the following questions would MOST interest a social psychologist?

Accepted Answer

A)  How does my opinion of you affect your test scores? 
B)  How would punishments or rewards affect future learning? 
C)  What is the most efficient design for a machine that many people use? 
D)  What is the relationship between beliefs and emotions? 
A)  How does my opinion of you affect your test scores? 
B)  How would punishments or rewards affect future learning? 
C)  What is the most efficient design for a machine that many people use? 
D)  What is the relationship between beliefs and emotions?

Question 17

Research on social facilitation suggests that performance will improve in the presence of others under certain circumstances.Which of the following circumstances would increase the likelihood that social facilitation would occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  You are performing an unpleasant task. 
B)  You are performing a fairly simple task. 
C)  You are performing a fairly difficult task. 
D)  You are performing a pleasant task. 
A)  You are performing an unpleasant task. 
B)  You are performing a fairly simple task. 
C)  You are performing a fairly difficult task. 
D)  You are performing a pleasant task.

Question 18

According to Zimbardo,why were there problems in his prison study?

Accepted Answer

A)  The guards were instructed to be exceptionally harsh to the prisoners. 
B)  There was no control group,and sampling was unavoidably nonrandom. 
C)  Prisons create social roles that lead to the mistreatment of prisoners. 
D)  Correlation cannot prove causation. 
A)  The guards were instructed to be exceptionally harsh to the prisoners. 
B)  There was no control group,and sampling was unavoidably nonrandom. 
C)  Prisons create social roles that lead to the mistreatment of prisoners. 
D)  Correlation cannot prove causation.

Question 19

A group of antipollution volunteers is recruited.After discussing the need for pollution controls for several meetings,the volunteers become convinced that they must shut down any factory producing emissions above the EPA limit with no questions asked and no option to fix the problem first.The group's decision illustrates the concept of:

Accepted Answer

A)  polarization. 
B)  deindividuation. 
C)  social facilitation. 
D)  social impairment. 
A)  polarization. 
B)  deindividuation. 
C)  social facilitation. 
D)  social impairment.

Question 20

The process of making judgments about what causes people to behave the way they do is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  assumption. 
B)  attribution. 
C)  stereotyping. 
D)  deindividuation. 
A)  assumption. 
B)  attribution. 
C)  stereotyping. 
D)  deindividuation.

Which of the following questions would MOST interest a social psychologist?

Only when no one in a group feels individually responsible for the group's behavior does social loafing occur.

Yielding to group pressure even when no direct request has been made is called ____________.

As defined by social psychologists,conformity means:

Which of the following is a true statement about the effect of the characteristics of listeners?

Social psychologists are interested in investigating the impact of:

In recent surveys,there were NO differences between men and women when they rated the importance of ____________ in a relationship.

Others things being equal,an attractive speaker will be more effective in changing opinions than an unattractive speaker will be.

A fundraiser calls to remind you that you contributed $25 to the homeless children fund last year.After you agree to match your contribution from last year,he requests that you increase your contribution this year to $40.Which persuasive technique is the fundraiser using?

Which of the following is NOT one of the components of an attitude as defined by social psychologists?

Social facilitation refers to:

In the study of the autokinetic effect,subjects tended to report the same movements as the "confederate" reported.How did researchers explain this observation?

In the process of ____________,being in a group can make a person feel anonymous and unidentifiable.

In Festinger's spool-stacking experiment,participants were paid either a significant amount of money or a nominal amount of money for their participation in the uninteresting task.What was the outcome of the experiment?

Which of the following is true about person perception?

Which of the following questions would MOST interest a social psychologist?

Research on social facilitation suggests that performance will improve in the presence of others under certain circumstances.Which of the following circumstances would increase the likelihood that social facilitation would occur?

According to Zimbardo,why were there problems in his prison study?

The process of making judgments about what causes people to behave the way they do is referred to as:

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Exam 16: Social Psychology

Which of the following questions would MOST interest a social psychologist?

Only when no one in a group feels individually responsible for the group's behavior does social loafing occur.

Yielding to group pressure even when no direct request has been made is called ____________.

As defined by social psychologists,conformity means:

Which of the following is a true statement about the effect of the characteristics of listeners?

Social psychologists are interested in investigating the impact of:

In recent surveys,there were NO differences between men and women when they rated the importance of ____________ in a relationship.

Others things being equal,an attractive speaker will be more effective in changing opinions than an unattractive speaker will be.

A fundraiser calls to remind you that you contributed $25 to the homeless children fund last year.After you agree to match your contribution from last year,he requests that you increase your contribution this year to $40.Which persuasive technique is the fundraiser using?

Which of the following is NOT one of the components of an attitude as defined by social psychologists?

Social facilitation refers to:

In the study of the autokinetic effect,subjects tended to report the same movements as the "confederate" reported.How did researchers explain this observation?

In the process of ____________,being in a group can make a person feel anonymous and unidentifiable.

In Festinger's spool-stacking experiment,participants were paid either a significant amount of money or a nominal amount of money for their participation in the uninteresting task.What was the outcome of the experiment?

Which of the following is true about person perception?

Which of the following questions would MOST interest a social psychologist?

Research on social facilitation suggests that performance will improve in the presence of others under certain circumstances.Which of the following circumstances would increase the likelihood that social facilitation would occur?

According to Zimbardo,why were there problems in his prison study?

The process of making judgments about what causes people to behave the way they do is referred to as:

Introduction to Psychology

Research Methods in Psychology

Biological Foundations in Behavior

The Interplay of Nature and Nurture

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Basic Principles of Learning

Memory

Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Developmental Psychology

Motivation and Emotion

Personality Theories and Assessment

Stress and Health

Abnormal Behavior

Therapies

Psychology Applied to Business and Other Professions

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