Question 1

Cybelle and Tupac love to spend time together and will call or email several times a day to check in with each other. While they do not fight very often, when they do fight it is serious and intense. According to Gottman, Cybelle and Tupac are likely to have a relationship that is ____________ because ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   at risk; the level of conflict is too high
B)   lasting; they enjoy being together so much
C)   at risk; they handle their disagreement by fighting
D)   lasting; they have more positive than negative interactions D

Question 2

Even though Jacqueline attended a very expensive boarding school, she passionately believes that money and social class are irrelevant to how interesting or valuable a person is. At the first party in her university dorm Jacqueline, without even realizing it, only spends time with the women who are very well dressed. Jacqueline's belief in social equality is a(n) ____________ and her choice of people with whom to talk reflects a(n) ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   implicit attitude; explicit attitude
B)   explicit attitude; implicit attitude
C)   a more accessible attitude; a less accessible attitude
D)   a less accessible attitude; a more accessible attitude B

Question 3

Lucia is recently divorced. She goes to lunch with her two closest friends and tells them that while she is sad, she is also optimistic that she will find another, better, relationship. Lucia most likely had a(n) ____________ attachment to her parents as a child.

Accepted Answer

A)   secure
B)   avoidant
C)   disorganized
D)   anxious-ambivalent A

Question 4

Ted has been assigned to work on a linguistics project with a mature student in her 40s. Ted is worried that she won't be as sharp and motivated as a younger student. He recognizes that this is a prejudice and works to suppress it. It can be expected that Ted's work on the project would be:

Accepted Answer

A)   poor because his worry about the returning student is distracting him
B)   good because he wants to compensate for the returning student's possible failings
C)   poor because it takes effort to suppress the stereotype
D)   good because his worry will challenge the returning student to work harder

Question 5

Cat wants to buy a new laptop. She knows that her husband will think that it isn't a necessary expense. She initially proposes buying a $2,500 laptop. When her husband gets upset, she suggests that she could get by with a used laptop for $700. Cat is using the ____________ approach and it is likely that her husband ____________ agree.

Accepted Answer

A)   foot-in-the-door; will
B)   foot-in-the-door; will not
C)   door-in-the-face; will not
D)   door-in-the-face; will

Question 6

Research on friendship formation suggests that you would be best able to predict which students will become friends in their dorm by how:

Accepted Answer

A)   much alike their majors are
B)   far apart their rooms are
C)   similar they are in attractiveness
D)   much alike their backgrounds are

Question 7

Who is most likely to be involved in a happy and satisfying relationship?

Accepted Answer

A)   Carlye, who always sees the hopeful side of things
B)   Luis, who is very relaxed and easygoing
C)   Anjiti, who is outgoing and socially skilled
D)   Jemail, who is passionate and intense

Question 8

Babies begin to prefer to look at a picture of a face rather than a blank outline of a head when they are:

Accepted Answer

A)   1 month old
B)   1 hour old
C)   1 week old
D)   1 day old

Question 9

Trey is recording grades in the large introductory psychology class for which he is a teaching assistant. Where would social facilitation theory suggest he ought to work on it to make the best progress?

Accepted Answer

A)   in the library at a table with other people studying
B)   alone in his room or alone in his office
C)   in his office with other TAs who are also recording grades
D)   at a coffee shop with many other people talking

Question 10

Human beings have evolved as social animals that live in groups, in part because:

Accepted Answer

A)   members of the same group do not constitute a danger to each other
B)   mating within a group increases the probability of a healthy offspring
C)   groups provide safety from competing groups and predators
D)   members of the same groups provide less competition for mates

Question 11

If people are randomly assigned to groups A and B, you could predict that the members of each group will:

Accepted Answer

A)   favour members of their own group because of ingroup bias
B)   not favour members of their own group because of random assignment
C)   not be hostile to members of the other group because of random assignment
D)   neither favour members of their own group nor the other group

Question 12

Xia is participating in a psychology experiment in which she has been exposed to math stereotype threat while her brain activity is monitored. You could predict that the scan would show:

Accepted Answer

A)   reduced activity in the areas associated with math performance
B)   increased activity in regions involved in social and emotional processing and decreased activity in the areas associated with general intelligence
C)   decreased activity in the areas associated with general intelligence
D)   reduced activity in the areas associated with math performance and increased activity in regions involved in social and emotional processing

Question 13

Catalina has gotten an entirely new haircut that she can't wait to show her boyfriend. A social psychologist might advise her that her boyfriend may:

Accepted Answer

A)   not like the haircut because it is new
B)   not like the haircut because she did not ask his opinion first
C)   like the haircut just because she is so happy with it
D)   like the haircut because having her look different is exciting

Question 14

The main conclusion of Milgram's studies is:

Accepted Answer

A)   ordinary people will do terrible things if ordered by an authority
B)   ordinary people have an inherent violence that is easily released
C)   ordinary people will follow immoral orders only in artificial situations
D)   ordinary men but not women will obey immoral orders

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a reason that stereotypes tend to be maintained?

Accepted Answer

A)   People pay more attention to stereotype-consistent information.
B)   People remember stereotype-consistent information better.
C)   People have more stereotype-consistent experiences.
D)   People make stereotype-consistent attributions.

Question 16

Renee and Yves have been together for just over a year. They find that they are having sex much less frequently and that they feel much less passionately about each other. If their relationship is going to last, Renee and Yves need to:

Accepted Answer

A)   find a way to reignite the passion between them
B)   develop stronger bonds of support and intimacy
C)   restructure their relationship as a friendship
D)   get counselling to figure out why they are falling out of love

Question 17

People who are biracial tend to be ____________ attractive because their faces ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   less; have incompatible features
B)   more; are more symmetrical
C)   less; look unfamiliar to most people
D)   more; seem more average

Question 18

Leo and Jenny had a major argument. That night, he gives her a lovely necklace to apologize. Jenny thinks that he gave her the necklace, not to make her happy, but to make himself feel better. Jenny is engaged in ____________, by making a ____________ attribution.

Accepted Answer

A)   assimilation; partner-enhancing
B)   assimilation; distress-maintaining
C)   accommodation; partner-enhancing
D)   accommodation; distress-maintaining

Question 19

Reciprocal helping sees the adaptive function of altruism as increasing the person's:

Accepted Answer

A)   potential value as a mate
B)   status within the group
C)   capability as a parent
D)   probability of survival

Question 20

When Milgram increased the physical distance between the teacher and the learner in his obedience studies, the level of compliance:

Accepted Answer

A)   decreased
B)   increased
C)   did not change
D)   a or c

Exam 12: Social Psychology

Cybelle and Tupac love to spend time together and will call or email several times a day to check in with each other. While they do not fight very often, when they do fight it is serious and intense. According to Gottman, Cybelle and Tupac are likely to have a relationship that is because .