Question 1

Compliance is a change in behavior in response to the specific command of someone else.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Using superordinate categories to reduce stereotyping and prejudice is an example of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cooperative empowerment 
B)  controlled processing 
C)  pole-shifting 
D)  recategorization

Question 3

An example of deindividuation is mob behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following personality types is most likely to be prejudiced?

Accepted Answer

A)  altruistic 
B)  egalitarian 
C)  authoritarian 
D)  intellectual

Question 5

Brian is taught to understand the values of the Japanese by explaining to others the reasons behind some of their customs and practices. This technique of helping Brian to learn and respect a different culture is known as a ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  social enhancer 
B)  cultural truism 
C)  cultural assimilator 
D)  normative technique

Question 6

Which of the following people are likely to stand closest to each other in face-to-face interactions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Swedes 
B)  Americans 
C)  the English 
D)  Arabs

Question 7

It would be most difficult to produce change in attitude in an audience that is composed of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  people with average intelligence who have low self-esteem 
B)  highly intelligent people who have high self-esteem 
C)  people with average intelligence who have high self-esteem 
D)  highly intelligent people who have low self-esteem

Question 8

A review of 45 studies on gender and leadership found that the styles of leadership adopted by women are generally ________ traditional male leadership.

Accepted Answer

A)  as effective as 
B)  less focused than 
C)  more effective than 
D)  less effective than

Question 9

The disastrous decisions made in such historical events as the Watergate cover-up, the Challenger disaster, and the Bay of Pigs invasion were primarily due to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  altruism 
B)  groupthink 
C)  risky shift 
D)  polarization

Question 10

In a mob, one dominant and persuasive individual can often convince people to act through the ________ effect.

Accepted Answer

A)  lowball 
B)  primacy 
C)  snowball 
D)  door-in-the-face

Question 11

Many of our most basic attitudes ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  are inherited 
B)  are innate 
C)  come from early, direct personal experience 
D)  come from what we learn in school

Question 12

A set of characteristics believed to be shared by all members of a social category is a ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  unifying trait 
B)  primacy effect 
C)  stereotype 
D)  perception

Question 13

Many altruistic acts are directed at strangers and are made anonymously.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Getting a person to comply with a small request in order to later attempt to get them to comply with a larger request is called lowballing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Prejudice and discrimination always occur together.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A special kind of schema based on almost any distinguishing personal attribute is a ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  concept 
B)  primacy effect 
C)  unifying trait 
D)  stereotype

Question 17

A relatively stable organization of beliefs, feelings, and behavior tendencies toward something or someone else is a(n) ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  affect 
B)  attitude 
C)  cognition 
D)  archetype

Question 18

According to the great-person theory, social and economic factors largely determine who will rise to leadership at a given place and time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

A cultural assimilator teaches by ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  example and explanation 
B)  direct experience 
C)  role playing 
D)  brainstorming

Question 20

The belief that members of certain racial or ethnic groups are innately inferior is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  racism 
B)  secularism 
C)  focused attention 
D)  harassment

Exam 14: Social Psychology

Compliance is a change in behavior in response to the specific command of someone else.

Using superordinate categories to reduce stereotyping and prejudice is an example of ________.

An example of deindividuation is mob behavior.

Which of the following personality types is most likely to be prejudiced?

Brian is taught to understand the values of the Japanese by explaining to others the reasons behind some of their customs and practices. This technique of helping Brian to learn and respect a different culture is known as a ________.

Which of the following people are likely to stand closest to each other in face-to-face interactions?

It would be most difficult to produce change in attitude in an audience that is composed of ________.

A review of 45 studies on gender and leadership found that the styles of leadership adopted by women are generally ________ traditional male leadership.

The disastrous decisions made in such historical events as the Watergate cover-up, the Challenger disaster, and the Bay of Pigs invasion were primarily due to ________.

In a mob, one dominant and persuasive individual can often convince people to act through the ________ effect.

Many of our most basic attitudes ________.

A set of characteristics believed to be shared by all members of a social category is a ________.

Many altruistic acts are directed at strangers and are made anonymously.

Getting a person to comply with a small request in order to later attempt to get them to comply with a larger request is called lowballing.

Prejudice and discrimination always occur together.

A special kind of schema based on almost any distinguishing personal attribute is a ________.

A relatively stable organization of beliefs, feelings, and behavior tendencies toward something or someone else is a(n) ________.

According to the great-person theory, social and economic factors largely determine who will rise to leadership at a given place and time.

A cultural assimilator teaches by ________.

The belief that members of certain racial or ethnic groups are innately inferior is ________.