Question 1

Roderick wants to double-date with his best friend,Ted,and Ted's girlfriend.The problem is that Roderick's date,Jennifer,doesn't like Ted.This example points out the importance of ____ when it comes to mutual acquaintances,which is a good predictor of liking and attraction.

Accepted Answer

A)  the mere-exposure effect 
B)  self-serving bias 
C)  similarity in attitudes 
D)  self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 2

Which statement about cross-cultural differences in attribution is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The factors leading to internal or external attributions are the same all over the world. 
B)  Attributional differences between two cultures are generally not due to cultural experiences. 
C)  Experimental results from European American cultures tend to generalize to all cultures. 
D)  Differences in attribution may help to explain cross-cultural misunderstandings.

Question 3

Terror management theory predicts that when people are sensitized to the threat of death,they are least likely to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  increase social support from those around them 
B)  exhibit increased patriotism 
C)  accept the thought of their own mortality 
D)  rely on religious faith

Question 4

Kirk is wearing a costume and is out with a group of friends on Halloween.Although Kirk is not usually a mean or aggressive person,he agrees to throw eggs at passing cars and steal candy from little kids who are trick-or-treating.Which statement best explains Kirk's behavior in this situation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kirk's friends are providing a descriptive norm for behavior. 
B)  Because he is in a crowd, he is experiencing deindividuation. 
C)  Because other people are around, social facilitation is occurring. 
D)  Kirk has privately accepted that this is how people normally behave.

Question 5

When you are in a restaurant,you probably will not belch because of social ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  facilitation 
B)  interference 
C)  attribution 
D)  norms

Question 6

The prisoner's dilemma game is an experiment designed to test ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  conflict 
B)  deindividuation 
C)  social norms 
D)  cooperation

Question 7

Elise believes that anyone who listens to "boy bands" (especially N'Sync)is an idiot.One day,however,Elise realizes the song she is dancing and singing to is the latest N'Sync song.Elise,now aware of the inconsistency between her attitude and her behavior,decides that listening to boy bands is not so bad after all.Elise's attitude change is best explained by ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive dissonance theory 
B)  social comparison theory 
C)  self-perception theory 
D)  cognitive busyness

Question 8

Marcia is in charge of hiring a new engineer for her company.Because she believes that people who wear pink bows in their hair are dumb,she does not hire Becky,who is wearing a pink bow.Marcia's hiring decision about Becky is an example of ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  social discrimination 
B)  a stereotype 
C)  deindividuation 
D)  prejudice

Question 9

Zewde is usually very friendly and outgoing.She is typically polite to others and always leaves a large tip when she goes out to eat.Earlier today,however,you saw her yell at a waiter at a local restaurant.You also noticed that other customers yelled at this waiter.According to Kelly's attribution theory,you are likely to make a(n)____ attribution for Zewde's behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  external 
B)  internal 
C)  differentiated 
D)  unified

Question 10

When Patricia was six months pregnant with her first child,Darin,her doctor gave her testosterone to prevent a miscarriage.Patricia's second child,Chaz,was given shots of testosterone when he was six years old.Assuming all other things are equal,how aggressive will these two boys be when they are teenagers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Darin is likely to be more aggressive than Chaz. 
B)  Chaz is likely to be more aggressive than Darin. 
C)  They are both likely to be highly aggressive. 
D)  They are both likely to be less aggressive than normal boys.

Question 11

Jamal has been playing basketball.Immediately after the game his coach makes some critical comments to Jamal about his playing.Jamal,still aroused from the game,becomes offended more easily than usual.This phenomenon is called ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  generalized arousal 
B)  frustration-aggression reaction 
C)  arousal-aggression release 
D)  excitation transfer

Question 12

Ezekiel asks,"Mom,may I eat a hot fudge sundae with extra whipped cream?" When his mother replies that he may not,Ezekiel then asks if he may eat one cookie.Ezekiel is using the ____ technique for gaining compliance.

Accepted Answer

A)  bait-and-switch 
B)  door-in-the-face 
C)  foot-in-the-door 
D)  low-ball

Question 13

Gillian has been earning $1 million a year,starring in a television show,and is the highest-paid actress on that network.However,several actors on other shows,less highly rated than hers,make $5 million a year.To keep from resenting this situation,she should ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  change her reference group 
B)  complain privately to her friends 
C)  work harder 
D)  complain publicly

Question 14

All of the following have been identified as reasons why helping behaviors develop except for ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  excitation transfer 
B)  gaining social approval 
C)  cultural norms 
D)  believing that helping is a good thing

Question 15

In presidential election campaigns,many television ads focus on the "negatives" of an opponent.Campaign managers are obviously aware that when people are forming impressions,they tend to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  give others the benefit of the doubt 
B)  focus most on self-serving biases 
C)  view negative information as more important than positive information 
D)  believe what they see and hear on television over what they read in newspapers and hear on the radio

Question 16

Samantha is the chairperson of a dance committee at Valley High School.She gives some directions to committee members,but lets them do their tasks on their own.When a problem arises she likes to get input from the committee members on how to solve it.Samantha is a(n)____-motivated leader.

Accepted Answer

A)  instruction 
B)  relationship 
C)  task 
D)  friendship

Question 17

To help her class learn the state capitals and to reduce prejudice,an elementary school teacher divides the class into several ethnically diverse groups.She then gives each group member a different set of ten states and their capitals.After each student learns the ten capitals,she must teach them to the other members of the group.This is an example of ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive dissonance theory 
B)  the jigsaw technique 
C)  the matching hypothesis 
D)  an illusory correlation

Question 18

When Julia and Lyle were dating,their friends thought to themselves,"It will never last.Although he's not bad looking,she is much too beautiful for him." Their friends' statement suggests that Julia and Lyle's relationship violated the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  contact hypothesis 
B)  proximity cues 
C)  matching hypothesis 
D)  mere-exposure effect

Question 19

When Cassie fails her physics exam,she feels like a failure in every aspect of her life-as a daughter,a student,and a friend.This belief of herself reflects Cassie's ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  self-serving bias 
B)  social identity 
C)  relative deprivation 
D)  self-concept

Question 20

A paper titled "The effect of the individual on the group,and vice versa" would most likely have been written by a(n)____ psychologist.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive 
B)  experimental 
C)  clinical 
D)  social

Exam 16: Social Psychology