Question 1

The part of a person's self-concept that is based on his or her identification with a particular social group in society is called _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) the fundamental attribution error 
B) self-serving bias 
C) ethnocentrism 
D) social identity 
A) the fundamental attribution error 
B) self-serving bias 
C) ethnocentrism 
D) social identity

Question 2

Recent research using the Asch paradigm has found less conformity in the United States than the original study found in the 1950s.The reason for this decrease in conformity may be that _____.

Accepted Answer

A) the nature of the people in the 1950s seemed to be more conforming 
B) people today are more obedient 
C) people in the 1950s had less money 
D) people today watch more television 
A) the nature of the people in the 1950s seemed to be more conforming 
B) people today are more obedient 
C) people in the 1950s had less money 
D) people today watch more television

Question 3

What historical event prompted Jane Elliott to begin the blue eye-brown eye project with her students?

Accepted Answer

A) the Vietnam War 
B) the assassination of Dr.Martin Luther King,Jr. 
C) the assassination of President John F.Kennedy 
D) the assassination of John Lennon 
A) the Vietnam War 
B) the assassination of Dr.Martin Luther King,Jr. 
C) the assassination of President John F.Kennedy 
D) the assassination of John Lennon

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT an example of "groupthink"?

Accepted Answer

A) the Challenger disaster 
B) the Titanic 
C) the Boston Red Sox 
D) Bay of Pigs 
A) the Challenger disaster 
B) the Titanic 
C) the Boston Red Sox 
D) Bay of Pigs

Question 5

Which of the following statements concerning social categorization is correct?

Accepted Answer

A) It occurs without conscious awareness. 
B) It is deliberate and conscious. 
C) People who do it tend to be young and naïve. 
D) Social categorization is a relatively new phenomenon. 
A) It occurs without conscious awareness. 
B) It is deliberate and conscious. 
C) People who do it tend to be young and naïve. 
D) Social categorization is a relatively new phenomenon.

Question 6

Which communicator would likely be the most persuasive?

Accepted Answer

A) an attractive person who is an expert 
B) a moderately attractive person who is an expert 
C) an attractive person who has moderate expertise 
D) a moderately attractive person who has moderate expertise 
A) an attractive person who is an expert 
B) a moderately attractive person who is an expert 
C) an attractive person who has moderate expertise 
D) a moderately attractive person who has moderate expertise

Question 7

Which statement is more likely to be true concerning attributions made by Americans versus Chinese people?

Accepted Answer

A) They both tend to make situational cause errors. 
B) They both tend to make dispositional cause errors. 
C) Americans are more likely to make the fundamental attribution error than are Chinese people. 
D) Chinese people are more likely to make dispositional errors,whereas Americans are more likely to make situational errors. 
A) They both tend to make situational cause errors. 
B) They both tend to make dispositional cause errors. 
C) Americans are more likely to make the fundamental attribution error than are Chinese people. 
D) Chinese people are more likely to make dispositional errors,whereas Americans are more likely to make situational errors.

Question 8

According to Sternberg,consummate love requires only passion and intimacy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

It is 1951,and you are required to participate in a perception experiment.You join seven others seated in a room.You are shown a 10-inch test line and must choose the line that matches it in length from a choice of three lines.The experimenter,Solomon Asch,is studying ________.

Accepted Answer

A) bystander apathy 
B) social loafing 
C) groupthink 
D) conformity 
A) bystander apathy 
B) social loafing 
C) groupthink 
D) conformity

Question 10

A response,either positive or negative,toward a certain person,idea,object,or situation is called _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) bystander apathy 
B) an attitude 
C) groupthink 
D) conformity 
A) bystander apathy 
B) an attitude 
C) groupthink 
D) conformity

Question 11

What process describes the use of social influence to cause other people to change their attitudes and behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) enticement 
B) persuasion 
C) conversion 
D) affectance 
A) enticement 
B) persuasion 
C) conversion 
D) affectance

Question 12

"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird.It's a plane.It's Superman!" If you looked up,would you be conforming?

Accepted Answer

A) Yes.You would be looking up because you were told to do so. 
B) No.Conformity requires that you base your behavior on what other people are doing,not being told to do so. 
C) Yes.Conformity means doing what you are told or else. 
D) No.Looking up only means you are curious. 
A) Yes.You would be looking up because you were told to do so. 
B) No.Conformity requires that you base your behavior on what other people are doing,not being told to do so. 
C) Yes.Conformity means doing what you are told or else. 
D) No.Looking up only means you are curious.

Question 13

The term psychologists use for how close two people live to each other is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) similarity 
B) proximity 
C) propinquity 
D) complimentarity 
A) similarity 
B) proximity 
C) propinquity 
D) complimentarity

Question 14

Which of the following individuals would be the LEAST likely to help?

Accepted Answer

A) Carrie,who sees Carl's car is on fire 
B) Leah,who while walking alone sees a young boy caught in a sewer drain pipe 
C) Susanna,who is in a bad mood and sees a car flip over on a crowded intersection 
D) Jessica,who is a nurse and sees a man having a heart attack in his car in a deserted parking lot 
A) Carrie,who sees Carl's car is on fire 
B) Leah,who while walking alone sees a young boy caught in a sewer drain pipe 
C) Susanna,who is in a bad mood and sees a car flip over on a crowded intersection 
D) Jessica,who is a nurse and sees a man having a heart attack in his car in a deserted parking lot

Question 15

When the expectations of one person bring about the expected behavior in another person,the expectation has become a(n)______.

Accepted Answer

A) attribution 
B) response characteristic 
C) self-fulfilling prophecy 
D) primary drive 
A) attribution 
B) response characteristic 
C) self-fulfilling prophecy 
D) primary drive

Question 16

What is the relationship between expertise and persuasion?

Accepted Answer

A) Expertise has no effect on persuasion. 
B) Nonexperts tend to be the most persuasive. 
C) Greater expertise leads to greater persuasion. 
D) Communicators with moderate expertise are the most persuasive. 
A) Expertise has no effect on persuasion. 
B) Nonexperts tend to be the most persuasive. 
C) Greater expertise leads to greater persuasion. 
D) Communicators with moderate expertise are the most persuasive.

Question 17

A college instructor's schedule has her teaching an honors section of psychology.Halfway through the semester,she is told that her class was NOT an honors section after all.She responds,"This is the best class I have ever taught and the grades prove it." What concept might a social psychologist use to explain the high grades this class obtained and the teacher's high opinion of the class?

Accepted Answer

A) subject bias 
B) self-fulfilling prophecy 
C) covert sensitization 
D) collectivism 
A) subject bias 
B) self-fulfilling prophecy 
C) covert sensitization 
D) collectivism

Question 18

In what way is compliance different from conformity?

Accepted Answer

A) Compliance is a response to a direct request,whereas conformity is a response to indirect social pressure. 
B) Conformity and compliance are very similar;the distinction depends on whether one is a male or female. 
C) Conformity involves direct group pressure for change,whereas compliance involves orders or commands. 
D) Compliance involves eliciting reaction on the part of group members,whereas conformity involves subliminal persuasion. 
A) Compliance is a response to a direct request,whereas conformity is a response to indirect social pressure. 
B) Conformity and compliance are very similar;the distinction depends on whether one is a male or female. 
C) Conformity involves direct group pressure for change,whereas compliance involves orders or commands. 
D) Compliance involves eliciting reaction on the part of group members,whereas conformity involves subliminal persuasion.

Question 19

John has practiced his difficult trumpet solo over and over before his performance.He has played it perfectly in his practice room.However,when he performs in public,he makes mistakes due to his anxiety.John is a victim of ______.

Accepted Answer

A) performance-in-public syndrome 
B) social impairment 
C) social facilitation 
D) social loafing 
A) performance-in-public syndrome 
B) social impairment 
C) social facilitation 
D) social loafing

Question 20

What is the term for the process of developing our first knowledge about another person?

Accepted Answer

A) social interaction 
B) stereotyping 
C) impression formation 
D) interpersonal judgment 
A) social interaction 
B) stereotyping 
C) impression formation 
D) interpersonal judgment

The part of a person's self-concept that is based on his or her identification with a particular social group in society is called _____________.

Recent research using the Asch paradigm has found less conformity in the United States than the original study found in the 1950s.The reason for this decrease in conformity may be that _____.

What historical event prompted Jane Elliott to begin the blue eye-brown eye project with her students?

Which of the following is NOT an example of "groupthink"?

Which of the following statements concerning social categorization is correct?

Which communicator would likely be the most persuasive?

Which statement is more likely to be true concerning attributions made by Americans versus Chinese people?

According to Sternberg,consummate love requires only passion and intimacy.

It is 1951,and you are required to participate in a perception experiment.You join seven others seated in a room.You are shown a 10-inch test line and must choose the line that matches it in length from a choice of three lines.The experimenter,Solomon Asch,is studying ________.

A response,either positive or negative,toward a certain person,idea,object,or situation is called _____________.

What process describes the use of social influence to cause other people to change their attitudes and behavior?

"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird.It's a plane.It's Superman!" If you looked up,would you be conforming?

The term psychologists use for how close two people live to each other is ______.

Which of the following individuals would be the LEAST likely to help?

When the expectations of one person bring about the expected behavior in another person,the expectation has become a(n)______.

What is the relationship between expertise and persuasion?

In what way is compliance different from conformity?

John has practiced his difficult trumpet solo over and over before his performance.He has played it perfectly in his practice room.However,when he performs in public,he makes mistakes due to his anxiety.John is a victim of ______.

What is the term for the process of developing our first knowledge about another person?

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The part of a person's self-concept that is based on his or her identification with a particular social group in society is called _____________.

Recent research using the Asch paradigm has found less conformity in the United States than the original study found in the 1950s.The reason for this decrease in conformity may be that _____.

What historical event prompted Jane Elliott to begin the blue eye-brown eye project with her students?

Which of the following is NOT an example of "groupthink"?

Which of the following statements concerning social categorization is correct?

Which communicator would likely be the most persuasive?

Which statement is more likely to be true concerning attributions made by Americans versus Chinese people?

According to Sternberg,consummate love requires only passion and intimacy.

It is 1951,and you are required to participate in a perception experiment.You join seven others seated in a room.You are shown a 10-inch test line and must choose the line that matches it in length from a choice of three lines.The experimenter,Solomon Asch,is studying ________.

A response,either positive or negative,toward a certain person,idea,object,or situation is called _____________.

What process describes the use of social influence to cause other people to change their attitudes and behavior?

"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird.It's a plane.It's Superman!" If you looked up,would you be conforming?

The term psychologists use for how close two people live to each other is ______.

Which of the following individuals would be the LEAST likely to help?

When the expectations of one person bring about the expected behavior in another person,the expectation has become a(n)______.

What is the relationship between expertise and persuasion?

In what way is compliance different from conformity?

John has practiced his difficult trumpet solo over and over before his performance.He has played it perfectly in his practice room.However,when he performs in public,he makes mistakes due to his anxiety.John is a victim of ______.

What is the term for the process of developing our first knowledge about another person?

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Cognition

Development Across the Life Span

Motivation, Stress, and Emotion

Social Psychology

Theories of Personality

Psychological Therapies

Statistics in Psychology

Applied Psychology and Psychology Careers

Psychology in Action

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