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PSYC 201 Final Exam (35/35) 100%
Final Exam
Part 1 of 1 – 300.29996 Points
Question 1 of 35 8.58 Points
According to our text, social psychology is a science that studies the impact of our
family background
situations
aptitudes
unconscious motives
Question 2 of 35 8.58 Points
Our perceiving ourselves as athletic, overweight, smart, or shy constitutes our ….
egocentric beliefs
interdependent self
interdependent self
self-schemas
Question 3 of 35 8.58 Points
Hypotheses are best characterized by …
principles
axioms
predictions
conclusions
Question 4 of 35 8.58 Points
Random assignment is necessary to…
insure mundane realism
insure informed consent
avoid the naturalistic fallacy
rule out preexisting differences between subjects in different experimental confitions
Question 5 of 35 8.58 Points
Social scientists gather information like other scientists, through scientific methods that insure accuracy.
True
False
Question 6 of 35 8.58 Points
In an experiment, the variable being measured is called the _____________ variable.
Control
Experimental
Independent
dependent
Question 7 of 35 8.58 Points
The tendency to process efficiently and remember well information related to onself is called the
self-aggrandizing
self-schematizing
self-processing
self-reference
Question 8 of 35 8.58 Points
People who believe themselves internally controlled are more likely to …
take unnecessary tasks
be tolerant of racial differences
engage in self-handicapping
do well in school
Question 9 of 35 8.58 Points
In an experimental study of the effects of failure on self-esteem, self-esteem is the …
control condition
independent variable
dependent variable
experimental condition
Question 10 of 35 8.58 Points
The fact that students tend to have a higher academic self-concept if they attend a school with few exceptionally capable students is best explained in terms of…
locas of control
self-handicapping
Social comparison
self- monitoring
Question 11 of 35 8.58 Points
Those who do not exhibit self-handicapping and self-monitoring all reflect human efforts at…
nationalism
risk- taking
conformity
egoism
Question 12 of 35 8.58 Points
Dismissive attachement is an avoidant relationship style marked by distrust of others.
True
False
Question 13 of 35 8.58 Points
In one study, based on looks alone, people picked the winners of Senate and House races 3 out of 10 times.
True
False
Question 14 of 35 8.58 Points
__________ is the change in behavior or belief to accord with others.
Cohesiveness
Conformity
Compliance
Obedience
Question 15 of 35 8.58 Points
Which of the following is a technique for measuring attitudes?
self-monitoring pipeline
low ball technique
implicit assocation test
foot in the door technique
Question 16 of 35 8.58 Points
The theory that best states that we adopt certain attitudes in order to justify our past actions is________ theory.
cognitive dissonance
self presentation
psychology reactance
self reliance
Question 17 of 35 8.58 Points
The concept of romantic love is present
only in individualistic societies
only in affluent societies
only in cultures in which there are clear differences in gender roles
in most cultures
Question 18 of 35 8.58 Points
The difference between deindividuation and groupthink can best be described as
Deindividuation is a psychological state; groupthink is impaired group decision making
Both involve an attempt to blend in with the crowd
Groupthink is when a group’s initial average position becomes more extreme following group interaction; deindividuation is the opposite
Diffusion of responsibility is part of both of these processes
Question 19 of 35 8.58 Points
Our desire to return a favor is best explained in terms of the…
complementary hypothesis
reciprocity norm
mere-exposure effect
Question 20 of 35 8.58 Points
The finding that people pair of with others who are equally as attractive is known as
the matching phenomenon
complementarity
the reciprocity effect
Gause’s law
Question 21 of 35 8.58 Points
Shared goals that necessitate cooperative effort are said to be…
reciprocal
superordinate
equitable
companionate
Question 22 of 35 8.58 Points
The _______ is the shared view that people should obey those with legitimate authority.
reactance
influence of behavioral norms
norm of obediance
normative control
Question 23 of 35 8.58 Points
Research has indicated that the number of suicides increases following …
well publicized suicides
the Olympic games
a world war
an economic recession
Question 24 of 35 8.58 Points
The author of cognitive dissonance theory was
Wicker
Bem
Bandura
Festinger
Question 25 of 35 8.58 Points
Both acting and believing in accord with social pressure is called…
acceptance
reactance
compliance
interaction
Question 26 of 35 8.58 Points
When freely chosen action violate important or self-relevant attitudes, the inconsistancy produces an uncomfortable state of tension and arousal termed _______
Indirect influence
cognitive dissonance
Normative influence
Informational influence
Question 27 of 35 8.58 Points
Research indicates that crowding hampers performance on _________ tasks.
verbal
motor
simple
difficult
Question 28 of 35 8.58 Points
Which process helps explain both social loafing and deindividuation?
group polarization
diffusion of responsibility
supplemental skill development
self censorship
Question 29 of 35 8.58 Points
How social pressure may lead us to perform immoral acts is best illustrated by studies of…
psychological reactance
spontaneous self-concept
informational influence
obedience to authority
Question 30 of 35 8.58 Points
Believing in the superiority of one’s own ethnic and cultural group, and having a corresponding disdain for all other groups is called_______.
conservatism.
ethnocentrism.
scapegoating.
ingroup authoritarianism.
Question 31 of 35
8.58 Points
The mode of thinking that persons engage in when concurrance-seeking becomes so dominant in a cohesive in-goupthat it tends to override realistic appraisal of alternative courses of action is called_______.
groupthink
Question 32 of 35 8.58 Points
Self-discrepancy theory describes how people compare the self with others.
True
False
Question 33 of 35 8.58 Points
A social group is two or more people who share some common characteristic that is socially meaningful for themselves OR for others.
True
False
Question 34 of 35 8.58 Points
Self-discrepancy theory is the difference between who we think we actually are and our self-guides; this influences our emotional well-being and ultimately our self-esteem.
True
False
Question 35 of 35 8.58 Points
Emotions are sparked by interpretations of self-relevant events and their causes.
True
False
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