Module 4 Social Psychology

• In an experiment addressing what topic(s) did researchers find that persons who were paid a small sum of money for completing a boring task enjoyed the task more than persons were paid a high sum of money?

  
  

  cognitive dissonance

  self-schema

  gender

  bogus pipeline technique
• This form of cognition is the way in which people perceive and interpret themselves and others in their social world.

  implicit

  social

  peripheral

  secondary
• This form of cognition is the way in which people perceive and interpret themselves and others in their social world.

  
  

  implicit

  social

  peripheral

  secondary
• Naomi helps a stranded motorist and then spends the next three years bragging about how kind they were for having done that. What term best describes Naomi's helping

  
  

  disjunctive

  acute

  direct

  egoistic
• This theory suggests that when people are uncertain of their attitudes they will infer what the attitudes are by observing their own behaviour.

  
  

  ABC model of attitudes

  social identity

  frustration-aggression hypothesis

  self-perception
• Juanita sees a person lying in the ditch and without any further information Juanita concludes that that person is drunk (as opposed to injured). What term describes Juanita conclusion?"

  
  

  fundamental attribution error

  self-serving bias

  depressive realism

  attribution
• This form of love is when commitment and intimacy overlap.

  
  

  companionate

  fatuous

  consummate

  romantic
• Leila is told by her parents to clean her room. Leila would much rather play but cleans her room regardless. What term best describes Leila's behaviour?"

  
  

  frustration

  unanimity

  obedience

  diffusion of responsibility
• Courtney is angry that Jillian kissed her boyfriend. To get even Courtney tells everyone that Jillian has a serious medical condition that is infectious. What type of aggression is Courtney displaying?

  
  

  micro

  instrumental

  chronic

  hostile
• A health guru who encourages natural foods and exercise but personally eats fast food and exercises rarely is likely experiencing what?

  
  

  cognitive dissonance

  bogus pipeline technique

  gender

  self-schema
• Having a cohesive group would likely reduce what social phenomenon?

  
  

  polarization

  loafing

  coping

  facilitation
• Eva learned that she failed a recent psychology test. Eva reasons that the cause of her failure was likely due to the poor quality of instruction she received. What attribution type is Eva using to explain her failure?

  
  

  situational

  central

  peripheral

  descriptive
• For Milgram's obedience study which factor influenced whether participants were willing to fatally harm other participants?

  
  

  whether the learner used profanity

  females were used instead of males

  the name of the research organization responsible for the study

  whether the teacher was friendly
• In terms of attribution type how do humans in Western cultures tend to explain negative events that have happened to them?

  
  

  situational

  dispositional

  central

  explicit
• John states that he is not racist but avoids making friends with minorities. If John genuinely believes what he is saying what term would best be the most relevant in describing the incongruence between what John is saying versus what John is doing (e.g., a _____ attitude)?

  
  

  implicit

  projective

  dispositional

  central
• This describes the tendency to yield to social pressure.

  
  

  gender role

  conformity

  bystander effect

  obedience
• External attributions are also known as what?

  
  

  situational

  descriptive

  implicit

  peripheral
• Syed is told by a teacher to push another student. Syed doesn't really want to push another student but does so anyway. What term describes Syed's behaviour?"

  
  

  bystander effect

  obedience

  frustration

  conformity
• What does IAT stand for?

  
  

  Incentivizing Adult Test

  Innate Attitude Task

  Implicit Association Test

  Introversion Attending Task
• The government issues graphic warning labels on cigarette packages to persuade people not to smoke. These include pictures of cancerous lungs, brain tumors, and hair loss associated with chemotherapy. What persuasion approach does this take advantage of?

  
  

  foot-in-the-door technique

  appeal-to-fear

  out-group

  attribution
• Which researcher pioneered work in social identity theory?

  
  

  Zimbardo

  Allport

  Rogers

  Tajfel
• Marcus learned that his wife cheated on him. Marcus reasoned that his wife had been under a lot of stress recently at work and this would explain why she cheated on him. What attribution type is Marcus using to explain his wife's behaviour?"

  
  

  situational

  descriptive

  peripheral

  implicit
• Decisions based on _______ processing will likely last longer.

  
  

  central

  situational

  peripheral

  social
• Which researcher investigated conformity by examining whether respondents would provide accurate information regarding line length?

  
  

  Asch

  Zimbardo

  Triplett

  Eysenck
• Humans tend to explain beneficial things that happen to them with internal factors while explaining negative things that happen to them with external factors. What is this called?

  
  

  norm

  fundamental attribution error

  actor-observer effect

  self-serving bias
• One day Mary finds out that Bill has been secretly donating blood through Canadian Blood Services. Bill urges Mary not to tell anyone as he wanted to do this behaviour in secret. What term best describes Bill's actions?

  
  

  altruism

  polarization

  inoculating

  modelling
• What device was used to "punish" incorrect answers in Milgram's experiment?

  
  

  a machine that produced electric shocks

  a machine that produced uncomfortable noises

  a machine that produced extremely low temperatures

  a machine that produced burns
• Which is not an example of a stereotype?

  
  

  refusing a person for an office job because he/she is aboriginal

  believing that Asians are good at math

  believing Asians are bad at math

  believing that Muslims are angrier than non-Muslims
• Preferring a sit-down restaurant to a fast-food restaurant because of better atmosphere and pricing is and example of _______ processing.

  
  

  projective

  central

  dispositional

  implicit
• This researcher invented a theory of love that focused on intimacy, passion, and commitment.

  
  

  Sternberg

  Cannon

  Zajonc

  Milgram
• When are we more likely to find a speaker persuasive?

  
  

  when they sound similar to us

  when they sound credible

  when they sound knowledgeable

  all of these options
• What result from an IAT would suggest that a black person is racist?

  
  

  taking longer to associate black people with positive stimuli than white people with positive stimuli

  taking longer to associate some black people with positive stimuli than other black people

  taking the same amount of time to associate white people with negative stimuli as black people

  taking the same amount of time to associate white people with positive stimuli as black people
• This facet of liking suggests that we prefer people who we tend to encounter frequently.

  
  

  self-disclosure

  similarity

  physical attractiveness

  proximity
• Which of the following is not a symptom of groupthink?

  
  

  fairly evaluating evidence

  a perceived threat

  a directive leader

  elevated stress
• This is a social rule about how members of a society are expected to act.

  
  

  social role

  depressive realism

  actor-observer effect

  norm
• Wen who is on an amateur tug-of-war team notices that she has to pull much harder when on the 10-person team than on the 2 person team. What social phenomenon has Wen noticed?"

  
  

  modelling

  loafing

  altruism

  groupthink
• Bill asks Frank to do progressively larger favours for him (and Frank agrees to each favour). If Bill had asked Frank to do the large favour first Frank would have refused. What did Bill take advantage of?

  
  

  fundamental attribution error

  foot-in-the-door technique

  actor-observer effect

  door-in-the-face technique
• Internal attributions are also known as what?

  
  

  descriptive

  explicit

  dispositional

  peripheral
• Which activity would most likely be difficult in front of a large group of people?

  
  

  walking and chewing gum

  climbing stairs

  learning to play piano

  pulling on a rope as hard as you can
• This facet of liking suggests that we prefer people who look as though they will be suitable mates.

  
  

  physical attractiveness

  proximity

  self-disclosure

  similarity