Question 1

According to the textbook, "common sense" theories about social psychology are ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  almost always wrong 
B)  often misleading or contradictory 
C)  very often correct 
D)  very often correct when they have to do with dyadic (two-person) relationships, but usually wrong when they have to do with group behavior

Question 2

When people work on a task jointly with someone else (e.g., putting together a large bookcase), each person tends to put in ____________________ effort than he or she would if working alone.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When people work on a task jointly...

Question 3

Which of the following fields is concerned with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services?

Accepted Answer

A)  anthropology 
B)  history 
C)  economics 
D)  political science

Question 4

Today, ____ studies conducted at universities must first obtain institutional review board approval.

Accepted Answer

A)  only publicly-funded 
B)  only privately-funded 
C)  only federally-funded 
D)  both funded and unfunded

Question 5

Which of the following research designs allows researchers the MOST control over the variables they are studying?

Accepted Answer

A)  Quasi-experiments 
B)  Laboratory experiments 
C)  Field experiments 
D)  Correlational studies

Question 6

Compare and contrast social psychology with two related fields outside of psychology (e.g., sociology, anthropology).

Accepted Answer

The answer of Compare and contrast social psychology with two...

Question 7

"An idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but not yet proven" is known as a(n) ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  hypothesis 
B)  theory 
C)  ad hoc test 
D)  independent variable

Question 8

Johnna is examining how attitudes predict voting behavior. Her research will MOST likely involve an intersection of social psychology and what other social science?

Accepted Answer

A)  anthropology 
B)  sociology 
C)  political science 
D)  economics

Question 9

Random assignment is one of the defining features of correlational research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

True experiments have two key features that make them different from other studies. First, in a true experiment, the researcher manipulates (varies) one or more independent variables. Second, the researcher makes use of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  statistical testing 
B)  random assignment 
C)  interactions 
D)  priming

Question 11

Using more than one exemplar of a stimulus (such as more than one violent video game in a study investigating violent video content on aggression) is known as ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  stimulus sampling 
B)  meta-analysis 
C)  factorial design 
D)  the interaction effect

Question 12

Compared to true experiments, MOST correlational studies are low in ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  internal validity 
B)  external validity 
C)  construct validity of the cause 
D)  construct validity of the effect

Question 13

Suppose that you are conducting an experiment to see whether receiving negative feedback from an authority figure will increase eating behavior. After writing an essay, half of your research participants are given negative feedback from a professor, and half are given encouraging feedback. All participants are then placed in a room with a large container of cookies and their eating behavior is observed. In this study, an operational definition for the dependent variable might be ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  whether participants received critical or encouraging feedback 
B)  the number of words in each participant's essay 
C)  the number of cookies each participant ate 
D)  how many minutes the professor spent giving each participant feedback

Question 14

You want to ask your friend Maya to help you with your sorority's float for the competition in the homecoming parade next week. Maya is extremely reliable and trustworthy, but she is totally swamped with her internship and upcoming midterm exams. You decide not to ask her since she might be too busy to follow through. According to Kurt Lewin's analysis of human behavior, knowing that Maya is reliable is an example of "____" information, and knowing she is busy is an example of "____" information.

Accepted Answer

A)  person; situation 
B)  situation; person 
C)  social; nonsocial 
D)  nonsocial; social

Question 15

Correlation coefficients are used to describe the relationship between two variables. They are usually denoted using the letter ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  $n$ 
B)  $p$ 
C)  $r$ 
D)  $q$

Question 16

Until recently, what was the relationship between developmental and social psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)  The two subfields mutually influenced each other. 
B)  Developmental psychology tended to draw more on social psychology. 
C)  Social psychology tended to draw more on developmental psychology. 
D)  The two fields had relatively little influence on each other.

Question 17

Repeating an experiment is called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Repeating an experiment is called ____________________....

Question 18

With which of the following social sciences has social psychology had the LEAST interaction until recently?

Accepted Answer

A)  sociology 
B)  anthropology 
C)  economics 
D)  history

Question 19

Dr. Puni does not want the participants in his study to be aware of his hypothesis. What will he strive to reduce in his study?

Accepted Answer

A)  margin of error 
B)  divergent validity 
C)  measurement validity 
D)  demand characteristics

Question 20

The purposes of the oral or written statement participants receive at the end of a psychological study include _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  explaining to them what informed consent actually is 
B)  ensuring that they receive appropriate compensation 
C)  reducing or eliminating harm caused by their participation 
D)  allowing them to refuse to allow their data to be used

Exam 1: The Mission and the Method