Question 1

Which is the correct sequence of events for Latané and Darley's model of helping behaviour?

Accepted Answer

A)  notice, accept responsibility, interpret, know how to help, give help 
B)  notice, interpret, accept responsibility, know how to help, give help 
C)  notice, interpret, know how to help, accept responsibility, give help 
D)  notice, accept responsibility, interpret, know how to help, help

Question 2

All the following are characteristics of a group suffering from the symptoms of groupthink EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  appraisal of alternate courses of action. 
B)  high group cohesiveness. 
C)  illusion of invulnerability. 
D)  directive leader.

Question 3

Social cognition refers to how people perceive and interpret themselves and others in their social world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following people is most likely to display a behaviour that corresponds to their attitude?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ying, who loves animals and is asked to contribute money to the local animal shelter's expansion fund 
B)  Brittany, who is an extrovert and is asked to donate to overseas relief efforts 
C)  Boris, who rarely follows the news and is asked to donate money to hurricane relief in a country he's never heard of before 
D)  Levi, who has lots of money and is asked to make a donation to the United Way

Question 5

Carl's home is about to be flooded by the rising creek due to all the recent rain.He gets a group of neighbours together to fill sand bags to help keep the creek out of their basements.What kind of task is this?

Accepted Answer

A)  disjunctive 
B)  conjunctive 
C)  additive 
D)  subtractive

Question 6

What is the difference between the foot-in-the-door technique and the door-in-the-face technique?

Accepted Answer

A)  The foot-in-the-door first makes a large request and then a larger request, whereas the door-in-the-face first makes a small request and then a smaller request. 
B)  The foot-in-the-door first makes a small request and then a smaller request, whereas the door-in-the-face first makes a large request and then a larger request. 
C)  The foot-in-the-door first makes a small request and then a large request, whereas the door-in-the-face first makes a large request and then a small request. 
D)  The foot-in-the-door first makes a large request and then a small request, whereas the door-in-the-face first makes a small request and then a large request.

Question 7

Which of the following techniques is used to overcome social desirability in research on attitudes?

Accepted Answer

A)  lie detector technique 
B)  lie pipeline technique 
C)  bogus pipeline technique 
D)  bogus lie technique

Question 8

Which of the following would be least likely to conform in Asch's experiment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Laia, a female, in a group of three, choosing between five lines 
B)  Umut, a male, in a group of six, choosing between five lines 
C)  Darius, a male, in a group of six, choosing between two lines 
D)  Ji-hun, a male, in a group of three, choosing between two lines

Question 9

Which of the following is a potential remedy for groupthink?

Accepted Answer

A)  having a directive leader 
B)  having a "devil's advocate" 
C)  having a "mindguard" 
D)  limiting the availability of outside influences

Question 10

When are people most likely to engage in altruistic behaviour?

Accepted Answer

The answer of When are people most likely to engage...

Question 11

Javier sees flashing lights behind him,and pulls to the right to allow an emergency vehicle to pass.Javier is paying attention to ___.

Accepted Answer

A)  a descriptive norm 
B)  an injunctive norm 
C)  an implicit norm 
D)  an explicit norm

Question 12

Social cognition is best defined as

Accepted Answer

A)  the way in which people perceive and interpret themselves and others. 
B)  the relatively stable and enduring ways that we evaluate things and people. 
C)  the beliefs that people hold that is independent of emotions and behaviour. 
D)  the evaluations we have about others based on their inclusion in a group.

Question 13

Jelena,an immigrant from Serbia living in Canada,is taking her friend Farida who is visiting from,India,to a new restaurant for lunch.After lunch,they order chocolate cake for dessert.Like Jelena the server is also Serbian.Based on social identity theory,what is the most likely possible outcome?

Accepted Answer

A)  The server wants to welcome Farida to Canada and, therefore, will give her a larger piece of cake. 
B)  The server will honour Farida's culture by giving her a larger piece of cake. 
C)  The server will exhibit in-group bias and give Jelena the larger piece. 
D)  The server will want to avoid the appearance of bias, so both women will receive equal portions of cake.

Question 14

When Stella sees a homeless person on the street she feels nothing but pity.Which attitude component is this an example of?

Accepted Answer

A)  affective 
B)  behavioural 
C)  cognitive 
D)  acquisition

Question 15

What type of agreed-on expectations provides information about what members of a group do?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What type of agreed-on expectations provides information...

Question 16

Terrance suffered brain damage at birth.When he observes another person in physical pain,he does NOT seem to respond in any way.Which part of Terrance's brain was damaged?

Accepted Answer

A)  prefrontal cortex 
B)  orbitofrontal cortex 
C)  ventromedial prefrontal cortex 
D)  insula

Question 17

Which of the following would be an example of an additive task?

Accepted Answer

A)  a debate team, each arguing a diverse perspective 
B)  a group of hikers, each identifying favourite areas on a map for a future hike 
C)  people canvassing door-to-door for a charity, each collecting for the same charity 
D)  employees at an advertising agency, each with their own portfolio

Question 18

Dr.McIntyre's introductory psychology class did poorly on their first test of the semester.Dr.McIntyre tells them that they need to study harder,and the students start complaining that the test was too hard.Dr.McIntyre is making an ___ attribution for the failure,and her students are making an ___ attribution for the failure.

Accepted Answer

A)  internal; internal 
B)  external; external 
C)  internal; external 
D)  external; internal

Question 19

Nick has been working hard all week.On Sunday morning,he wakes up and realizes that he has just slept 10 hours.He says to himself,"Wow,I guess I was more tired than I thought." Nick's sudden insight would be of greatest interest to ___.

Accepted Answer

A)  Asch 
B)  LaPiere 
C)  Festinger 
D)  Bem

Question 20

After eating a bag of potato chips,Meade throws the bag on the sidewalk.Which of the following types of norms has Meade violated?

Accepted Answer

A)  descriptive 
B)  injunctive 
C)  implicit 
D)  explicit

Exam 13: social Psychology