Exam 1: Introducing Social Psychology

Juan thinks that the idea "birds of a feather flock together" has more merit than "opposites attract." So he designs an experiment to test his hypothesis.Juan is most likely a

Which of the following is not true about the social psychological approach?

The ____ approach portrays humans as akin to Sherlock Holmes,who tries his best to accurately make sense of the facts.

Which of the following is not one of the key themes of social psychology discussed in Chapter 1 of your textbook?

Explain what the role of common sense is (and is not)in social psychology.

Ted likes Jim and smiles at him every chance he gets.Jim wonders why Ted is always smirking at him sarcastically and studiously avoids him.Ted thinks he's being friendly and cannot understand Jim's standoffishness; Jim thinks Ted is a jerk for continuing to smirk at him without explanation.This difference illustrates the role of ____ in explaining social behavior.

Suppose that in a restaurant,a waiter grows impatient with a customer,rolls his eyes,taps his pencil impatiently on his order book,and finally snaps,"I haven't got all day,you know." Compare and contrast how a personality psychologist and a social psychologist would attempt to explain such behavior.

A study was done in which people named as most helpful and least helpful by their friends were asked to make a contribution to a food drive.These students were also either given a reminder phone call the night before the food drive or not.As a social psychologist,you would predict that

The social cognition approach is based on the notion that humans are often motivated to

Marta left a party feeling very upset.Rather than trying to recall each conversation she had during the party,Marta tried to explain her feelings by reflecting on the party as a whole.The process Marta used resembles the approach used by ____ psychologists.

You might have heard the old Groucho Marx quip,"I wouldn't belong to any club that would have me for a member." From a self-esteem perspective in social psychology,what would be a more accurate-if less humorous-statement?

Julia eats granola bars and avoids chocolate bars,even though the granola bars contain 50 percent more fat and 15 percent more sodium than the chocolate bars.According to a social cognition approach,why might that be? Julia

Both social psychologists and sociologists are interested in aggression.Compared to sociologists,which of the following questions is a social psychologist most likely to ask?

Professor Takahami is a personality psychologist interested in divorce.Which question is she most likely to investigate?

Which of the following is the best definition of the fundamental attribution error?

Nanami and April were playing in the den when April's mother entered the room and scolded them for making a mess.Nanami decided then and there that April's mother was a grouch.Nanami's inference is an example of

Ross and Samuels (1993)randomly assigned participants previously identified as cooperative and participants identified as competitive to play a game that was labeled either the "Wall Street Game" or the "Community Game." If their results had indicated that,no matter what the game,participants who were identified as competitive behaved more competitively in both groups than did participants who were identified as cooperative,these findings would have suggested that

Social and personality psychologists share which common goal?

According to the authors of your text,people's evaluations of how good,competent,and decent they are is the definition of

Consider the following research question: "Have no-fault divorce laws increased the rate of divorce in the United States?" This question is most likely to be asked by