Chapter 1 Quiz

• Penny has certain powers over Mitchell. Using these powers she tries to change Mitchell's behaviors. This is an example of using:

  social influence
• I like the individualistic ideologies. This statement indicates an attitude. T/F?

  T
• Sarah joins an organization as an employee relationship manager. Instead of asking the employees how interactive Sarah is, the management measures her effectiveness by assessing how much time she spends with the employees and by observing her body language during the interactions. The organization is using a(n) _____ measure in this case.

  behavioral
• An organization decides to conduct an experimental research to identify the factors that influence productivity in an organization. In this study, productivity is a(n) _____ variable.

  dependent
• Brief, but often intense, mental and physiological feeling states are called _____.

  emotions
• Nelson feels happy and comfortable when he is with his family members. This comfort that Nelson is experiencing is referred to as _____.

  social support
• Researchers should frame hypotheses that are falsifiable. T/F

  T
• We experience emotions only when things are out of the ordinary or unusual. T/F?

  T
• Which of the following is a valid observation of human emotions?

  1. Emotions are caused by specific events.
  2. Emotions are longer lived in comparison to moods.
  3. Emotions will not create intense feelings.
  4. Emotions are characterized by low levels of arousal. 

  1
• You are planning to conduct a research to assess the causal impact of an experimental manipulation on a dependent variable. Experimental research design will be best suited in this situation if you need to _____.

  1. choose an inexpensive design
  2. manipulate many important variables
  3. manipulate only two variables
  4. finish the study in less time 

  3
• Norman is conducting a research to determine the level of customer satisfaction caused by such variables as product performance and employee behavior. In this study, employee behavior is used as a(n) _____ variable.

  independent
• Which of the following terms refers to the cultural norms that indicate that people should be oriented toward interdependence?

  collectivism
• Which of the following refer to the variables that are created by the experimenter through the experimental manipulations?

  Independent variables
• John is a member of the Amish religion. He follows a lifestyle that is not consistent with the Amish lifestyle. Others in the religion place him under a Meidung. Under the Meidung, John will _____.

  1. have to attend the church regularly
  2. be subject to frequent assaults   
  3. be a servant of the Church
  4. not be spoken to by community members


  4
• Which of the following refers to the process through which other people change our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and through which we change theirs?

  social influence
• Characteristics that researchers try to measure using an empirical approach are known as _____.

  conceptual variables
• Which of the following terms refers to the extent to which having a given characteristic helps an individual organism survive and reproduce at a higher rate than do other members of the species who do not have the characteristic?

  fitness
• Which of the following types of researches is conducted to search for and to test hypotheses about the relationships among two or more variables?

  correlational
•  Robert finds out that the findings of a research study are consistent with his ideologies and beliefs. Due to this, he recommends the research to all his friends. This situation exemplifies the hindsight bias. T/F?

  F
• Which of the following is a major disadvantage of using Electroencephalography (EEG) in psychological studies?

  1. It does not provide a very clear picture of the structure of the brain.   
  2. It cannot be used to assess the brain wave patterns of individuals.   
  3. It is not useful in measuring the brain activity in children.   
  4. It cannot be used by researchers to observe changes over very fast time periods.

  1
• Emotions are long-lasting mental and physiological feeling states of individuals. T/F?

  F
• Ryan conducts a series of studies to analyze the factors that influence organizational productivity. After completing the studies, he performs meta-analysis. Identify the reason why Ryan used meta-analysis.  

  1. In order to correct an error observed in one of the studies.   
  2. In order to create a survey based on the studies that he conducted.   
  3. In order to select one study from all the studies that he conducted. 
  4. In order to reconfirm the accuracy of the tests that he conducted.

  4
• Which of the following refers to the variable that is measured after the manipulations have occurred in an experimental research?

  dependent variables
• Individuals have a tendency to affiliate with, accept, and be accepted by the people around them. This tendency refers to their _____.

  other-concern
• Which of the following is a valid observation about Levin's equation?

  1. It declares that a person's success of failure is not a function of his or her personal characteristics.  
  2. It shares the view that people are not born with skills to behave in a certain manner.   
  3. It shares the idea that internal factors, rather than external factors cause behaviors. 
  4. It indicates that behavior of a person is a function of person variables and situation variables.

  4
• Social support refers to the comfort that we receive from the people around us. T/F?

  T
• Which of the following refers to an understanding of how our knowledge about our social worlds develops through experience and the influence of these knowledge structures on memory, information processing, attitudes, and judgment?

  social cognition
• The particular method that we use to measure a variable of interest in an empirical study is called a(n) _____.

  operational definition
• You are planning to conduct a research to study the behaviors of people who visit a shopping center. You need to obtain a complete picture of what is occurring at a given time. You also plan to develop questions for a survey, which you are planning to conduct subsequently, based on this research. Identify the research design that is best suited for this situation?

  observational