Question 1

A phenomenon whereby people behave as they are expected to behave is called:

Accepted Answer

A) the self-fulfilling prophecy. 
B) perceptual confirmation. 
C) the actor-observer effect. 
D) correspondence bias. 
A) the self-fulfilling prophecy. 
B) perceptual confirmation. 
C) the actor-observer effect. 
D) correspondence bias.

Question 2

High testosterone level in males is related to having:

Accepted Answer

A) a square body shape. 
B) body symmetry. 
C) older-looking facial characteristics. 
D) social dominance. 
A) a square body shape. 
B) body symmetry. 
C) older-looking facial characteristics. 
D) social dominance.

Question 3

Anthony Philip's homeroom teacher seats her pupils in alphabetical order.By the end of the school year,Anthony's best friends had become Jake Parker and Aaron Porter.This is BEST explained by the phenomenon called:

Accepted Answer

A) perceptual confirmation. 
B) actor-observer effect. 
C) self-fulfilling prophecy. 
D) mere-exposure effect. 
A) perceptual confirmation. 
B) actor-observer effect. 
C) self-fulfilling prophecy. 
D) mere-exposure effect.

Question 4

Recent research suggests that helping others at a cost to oneself is MOST likely among people who:

Accepted Answer

A) are happy and satisfied with their lives. 
B) are bereaving the loss of a significant other. 
C) live below the poverty line. 
D) just won the lottery. 
A) are happy and satisfied with their lives. 
B) are bereaving the loss of a significant other. 
C) live below the poverty line. 
D) just won the lottery.

Question 5

After a big win,sports fans overturned cars and set fires in the street.A few people were apprehended,and they did not feel responsible for their behavior because many others also participated.The thought process of the people arrested illustrates the phenomenon of:

Accepted Answer

A) heuristic persuasion. 
B) deindividuation. 
C) cognitive dissonance. 
D) diffusion of responsibility. 
A) heuristic persuasion. 
B) deindividuation. 
C) cognitive dissonance. 
D) diffusion of responsibility.

Question 6

Although Alexander is careful to treat all of his employees fairly,he secretly feels that those who graduated from his business school are more competent employees than are those who graduated from rival schools.This example illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A) conformity. 
B) prejudice. 
C) diffusion of responsibility. 
D) deindividuation. 
A) conformity. 
B) prejudice. 
C) diffusion of responsibility. 
D) deindividuation.

Question 7

Which factor is NOT a component of the covariation model of attribution?

Accepted Answer

A) motivated 
B) consistency 
C) distinctiveness 
D) consensual 
A) motivated 
B) consistency 
C) distinctiveness 
D) consensual

Question 8

Which statement about the relationship between testosterone and aggression is NOT supported by psychological research?

Accepted Answer

A) Testosterone makes people feel more concerned about their social status. 
B) Testosterone increases peoples' confidence that they will prevail in an altercation. 
C) Testosterone increases people's sensitivity to threatening facial expressions. 
D) Testosterone causes people to speak in a more forward and independent manner. 
A) Testosterone makes people feel more concerned about their social status. 
B) Testosterone increases peoples' confidence that they will prevail in an altercation. 
C) Testosterone increases people's sensitivity to threatening facial expressions. 
D) Testosterone causes people to speak in a more forward and independent manner.

Question 9

Which statement about aggression is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Testosterone increases the probability that we will perceive threats from others. 
B) Testosterone directly causes aggression. 
C) Male aggressiveness is related to both socialization and the presence of testosterone. 
D) Socialization is unrelated to aggression in males. 
A) Testosterone increases the probability that we will perceive threats from others. 
B) Testosterone directly causes aggression. 
C) Male aggressiveness is related to both socialization and the presence of testosterone. 
D) Socialization is unrelated to aggression in males.

Question 10

Olivia is college-educated,ambitious,and a political activist who happens to lack a sense of humor.She is MOST likely to marry:

Accepted Answer

A) Matthew,who is not college-educated or as ambitious,and who hates comedies. 
B) Andrew,who is rather lazy and dropped out of college but is politically active and funny. 
C) David,a rather serious,ambitious,politically active college graduate. 
D) Jeremy,who is college-educated,ambitious,a political activist,and has a great sense of humor. 
A) Matthew,who is not college-educated or as ambitious,and who hates comedies. 
B) Andrew,who is rather lazy and dropped out of college but is politically active and funny. 
C) David,a rather serious,ambitious,politically active college graduate. 
D) Jeremy,who is college-educated,ambitious,a political activist,and has a great sense of humor.

Question 11

Which factor is NOT a defining characteristic of companionate love?

Accepted Answer

A) feeling of euphoria 
B) affection toward one another 
C) mutual trust 
D) concern about one another 
A) feeling of euphoria 
B) affection toward one another 
C) mutual trust 
D) concern about one another

Question 12

Which statement BEST illustrates underestimating the variability within a category?

Accepted Answer

A) Artists are,on average,more socially liberal than are chief executive officers. 
B) Artists are not as strong or as aggressive as are collegiate wrestlers. 
C) Artists' personalities are high in openness to experience and low in conscientiousness. 
D) Artists tend to show more right-brain activation than do controls when asked to mold something out of clay. 
A) Artists are,on average,more socially liberal than are chief executive officers. 
B) Artists are not as strong or as aggressive as are collegiate wrestlers. 
C) Artists' personalities are high in openness to experience and low in conscientiousness. 
D) Artists tend to show more right-brain activation than do controls when asked to mold something out of clay.

Question 13

Your roommate,Jessica,wants you to major in psychology.If she is using heuristic persuasion,she might:

Accepted Answer

A) list reasons why psychology is a good major for you. 
B) explain how psychology applies to various career choices. 
C) tell you about all the famous people who were psychology majors. 
D) leave psychology textbooks lying around the room. 
A) list reasons why psychology is a good major for you. 
B) explain how psychology applies to various career choices. 
C) tell you about all the famous people who were psychology majors. 
D) leave psychology textbooks lying around the room.

Question 14

Which statement about companionate love is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Companionate love has a rapid onset. 
B) Companionate love reaches its peak about a decade into a relationship. 
C) Companionate love grows slowly throughout a relationship. 
D) Companionate love begins to decrease when passionate love disappears. 
A) Companionate love has a rapid onset. 
B) Companionate love reaches its peak about a decade into a relationship. 
C) Companionate love grows slowly throughout a relationship. 
D) Companionate love begins to decrease when passionate love disappears.

Question 15

Instead of leaving $1 in a singer's tip jar,Kyle feels obligated to drop in at least $5 because the jar is full of $5 and $10 bills.His feeling to spend more than what he otherwise would is due to:

Accepted Answer

A) the norm of reciprocity. 
B) systematic persuasion. 
C) obedience. 
D) normative influence. 
A) the norm of reciprocity. 
B) systematic persuasion. 
C) obedience. 
D) normative influence.

Question 16

Research has confirmed that the reason why teachers obeyed the experimenter and delivered what they believed were potentially lethal shocks to completely innocent learners was because of:

Accepted Answer

A) the fear of punishment. 
B) normative pressure. 
C) the door-in-the-face technique. 
D) systematic persuasion. 
A) the fear of punishment. 
B) normative pressure. 
C) the door-in-the-face technique. 
D) systematic persuasion.

Question 17

According to the covariation model of attribution,dispositional attributions occur when an action is:

Accepted Answer

A) consistent,distinctive,and consensual. 
B) consistent,distinctive,and nonconsensual. 
C) consistent,not distinctive,and nonconsensual. 
D) inconsistent,not distinctive,and nonconsensual. 
A) consistent,distinctive,and consensual. 
B) consistent,distinctive,and nonconsensual. 
C) consistent,not distinctive,and nonconsensual. 
D) inconsistent,not distinctive,and nonconsensual.

Question 18

Students were told to write an essay about a tough-looking male "skinhead." Group A was told not to let their stereotypes about skinheads influence them.Group B was told nothing.Each student was later brought into a room with eight empty chairs.The first chair had a jacket draped over it that supposedly belonged to a skinhead.Group A students sat farther away from the jacket than did group B students.These events probably happened because:

Accepted Answer

A) Group A was engaging in subtyping the skinhead. 
B) Group A was influenced by stereotype threat. 
C) Group A's suppression of the stereotype actually activated it. 
D) Group A was experiencing perceptual confirmation. 
A) Group A was engaging in subtyping the skinhead. 
B) Group A was influenced by stereotype threat. 
C) Group A's suppression of the stereotype actually activated it. 
D) Group A was experiencing perceptual confirmation.

Question 19

When a person clearly disconfirms an observer's stereotype,the observer may create a new subcategory in order to retain the stereotype.This behavior is called:

Accepted Answer

A) stereotype plasticity. 
B) cognitive dissonance. 
C) subtyping. 
D) flex-typing. 
A) stereotype plasticity. 
B) cognitive dissonance. 
C) subtyping. 
D) flex-typing.

Question 20

The tendency to do what others are doing simply because they are doing it is:

Accepted Answer

A) persuasion. 
B) obedience. 
C) conformity. 
D) the actor-observer effect. 
A) persuasion. 
B) obedience. 
C) conformity. 
D) the actor-observer effect.

Exam 13: Social Psychology-Part A

A phenomenon whereby people behave as they are expected to behave is called:

High testosterone level in males is related to having:

Anthony Philip's homeroom teacher seats her pupils in alphabetical order.By the end of the school year,Anthony's best friends had become Jake Parker and Aaron Porter.This is BEST explained by the phenomenon called:

Recent research suggests that helping others at a cost to oneself is MOST likely among people who:

After a big win,sports fans overturned cars and set fires in the street.A few people were apprehended,and they did not feel responsible for their behavior because many others also participated.The thought process of the people arrested illustrates the phenomenon of:

Although Alexander is careful to treat all of his employees fairly,he secretly feels that those who graduated from his business school are more competent employees than are those who graduated from rival schools.This example illustrates:

Which factor is NOT a component of the covariation model of attribution?

Which statement about the relationship between testosterone and aggression is NOT supported by psychological research?

Which statement about aggression is TRUE?

Olivia is college-educated,ambitious,and a political activist who happens to lack a sense of humor.She is MOST likely to marry:

Which factor is NOT a defining characteristic of companionate love?

Which statement BEST illustrates underestimating the variability within a category?

Your roommate,Jessica,wants you to major in psychology.If she is using heuristic persuasion,she might:

Which statement about companionate love is TRUE?

Instead of leaving $1 in a singer's tip jar,Kyle feels obligated to drop in at least $5 because the jar is full of $5 and $10 bills.His feeling to spend more than what he otherwise would is due to:

Research has confirmed that the reason why teachers obeyed the experimenter and delivered what they believed were potentially lethal shocks to completely innocent learners was because of:

According to the covariation model of attribution,dispositional attributions occur when an action is:

When a person clearly disconfirms an observer's stereotype,the observer may create a new subcategory in order to retain the stereotype.This behavior is called:

The tendency to do what others are doing simply because they are doing it is:

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part A

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part B

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part C

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part D

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part E

Methods in Psychology-Part A

Methods in Psychology-Part B

Methods in Psychology-Part C

Methods in Psychology-Part D

Methods in Psychology-Part E

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part A

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part B

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part C

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part D

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part E

Sensation and Perception-Part A

Sensation and Perception-Part B

Sensation and Perception-Part C

Sensation and Perception-Part D

Sensation and Perception-Part E

Consciousness-Part A

Consciousness-Part B

Consciousness-Part C

Consciousness-Part D

Consciousness-Part E

Memory-Part A

Memory-Part B

Memory-Part C

Memory-Part D

Memory-Part E

Learning-Part A

Learning-Part B

Learning-Part C

Learning-Part D

Learning-Part E

Emotion and Motivation-Part A

Emotion and Motivation-Part B

Emotion and Motivation-Part C

Emotion and Motivation-Part D

Emotion and Motivation-Part E

Language and Thought-Part A

Language and Thought-Part B

Language and Thought-Part C

Language and Thought-Part D

Language and Thought-Part E

Intelligence-Part A

Intelligence-Part B

Intelligence-Part C

Intelligence-Part D

Intelligence-Part E

Development-Part A

Development-Part B

Development-Part C

Development-Part D

Development-Part E

Personality-Part A

Personality-Part B

Personality-Part C

Personality-Part D

Personality-Part E