Social Psychology

Question 1 of 26

1

Although related to other fields, social psychology is distinct in that its emphasis is on

Select one of the following:

understanding the immediate situational factors that influence human behaviour
classifying and treating psychological disorders.
identifying individual characteristics that are relatively stable across time
describing the relationship between human behaviour across the lifespan

Explanation

Question 2 of 26

1

According to the definition of social psychology presented in lecture, social psychology is the
study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by __________.

Select one of the following:

live social interactions with other humans
the presence of real or imagined others
other living things
perceptions of the social world

Explanation

Question 3 of 26

1

____________ refers to the fear that one will confirm the stereotypes that others have
regarding one’s own group.

Select one of the following:

self-fulfilling prejudice
scapegoating
prejudice aversion
stereotype threat

Explanation

Question 4 of 26

1

Recall that Festinger and Carlsmith gave participants either $1 or $20 for telling others that an experiment was fun and interesting. The experiment entailed turning pegs on a pegboard one quarter turn at a time. Thus, in actuality, the experiment was tedious and boring. Study results showed that

Select one of the following:

neither $1 nor $20 could induce participants to tell other people that the experiment was
interesting.
after telling people that the experiment was interesting, participants in the $1 condition
tended to express a more favourable attitude toward the experiment.
participants in the $20 condition reported stronger feelings of guilt over having told
people that the experiment was interesting.
participants in the $1 condition were less likely to following the experimenter’s
instructions

Explanation

Question 5 of 26

1

Them'—a group that people perceive as being distinctively different or apart from their own
group—is what social psychologists call a(n)

Select one of the following:

ingroup
outgroup
scapegoat
bias group

Explanation

Question 6 of 26

1

“Live fast and die young, that’s what I always say,” Rosie pronounces, as she stuffs down three
more Ding-Dong snack cakes and opens another pint of high-fat ice cream. Rosie knows that her
diet is unhealthy and harmful, of course. To reduce her dissonance, Rosie is

Select one of the following:

changing her behaviour to bring it in live with her cognitions
changing a problem cognition to make it more consonant with her behaviour
adding a cognition that is consonant with her problem behaviour
engaging in affirmation to combat cognitive dissonance.

Explanation

Question 7 of 26

1

Victor goes to a fancy French restaurant. There are utensils on the table that he’s never even
seen before, and more spoons and forks than he’s ever seen on one table. Eager to dine in an
appropriate and sophisticated way, Victor secretly watches other diners to see what they do.
This is an example of

Select one of the following:

normative social influence
situational interdependence
informational social influence
normative conformity

Explanation

Question 8 of 26

1

In a series of experiments, why did Solomon Asch (1951, 1956) ask participants to judge the
lengths of lines which were clearly different from one another? Asch

Select one of the following:

wanted to study conformity in ambiguous situations.
believed that people would conform in their judgments.
wanted to study conformity in unambiguous situations.
believed that Muzafer Sherif’s experiments were fatally flawed

Explanation

Question 9 of 26

1

The main difference between Sherif’s conformity study and Asch’s conformity study is that
Asch’s study

Select one of the following:

examined situations where one’s own beliefs clearly conflict with those of the group
demonstrated the powerful effects of social influence.
showed higher rates of conformity.
measured participants’ judgments of visual stimuli.

Explanation

Question 10 of 26

1

Milgram found that about ________percent of his participants went all the way to 450 volts in
his original experiment.

Select one of the following:

25
45
65
85

Explanation

Question 11 of 26

1

When our behaviour is a result of our boss telling us to do something, it is a form of

Select one of the following:

obedience
acceptance
conformity
compliance

Explanation

Question 12 of 26

1

The experimenter in Milgram's study used all except which of the following verbal prods to
encourage participants to continue?

Select one of the following:

It is absolutely essential that you continue.'
'You will be penalised if you refuse to go on.'
You have no other choice, you must go on.
The experiment requires that you continue.

Explanation

Question 13 of 26

1

Although he made a promise to himself to not take illegal drugs, Tom gave into peer pressure at
a party to smoke marijuana because he did not want to be rejected by the others. Tom's
conformity is a result of

Select one of the following:

compliance
acceptance
normative influence
informational influence

Explanation

Question 14 of 26

1

a social role is:

Select one of the following:

a cluster of norms
separate from culture
a weak influence on conformity
a role that feels awkward

Explanation

Question 15 of 26

1

Which of the following is not one of the steps in Darley and Latané's decision tree?

Select one of the following:

noticing the incident
interpreting the incident as an emergency
weighing the costs and benefits of helping
assuming responsibility for intervening

Explanation

Question 16 of 26

1

In an enactment of the Good Samaritan situation, Darley and Batson (1973) studied the
helpfulness of Princeton seminarians in order to assess whether helping behaviour was
influenced by

Select one of the following:

religious education
age differences
social responsibility
time pressures

Explanation

Question 17 of 26

1

One factor that will increase the likelihood that a friendship between two people will develop is

Select one of the following:

the degree to which their interests complement each other
how often their paths cross
avoiding repetitious exposure
gender

Explanation

Question 18 of 26

1

The effect of _ on _ was vividly demonstrated in Zimbardo's (1971) classic study
of a simulated prison.

Select one of the following:

attitudes; behaviours
roles; attitudes
roles; behaviours
attitudes; roles

Explanation

Question 19 of 26

1

When participants in Milgram's experiments wanted to quit, they were given

Select one of the following:

shocks to keep them going
money as an incentive to keep going
up to four verbal prods to keep them going
a reward for being one of the few to disobey

Explanation

Question 20 of 26

1

Latané and Darley attempted to explain people's failure to intervene in cases like that of Kitty
Genovese, a woman who was violently attacked, in terms of

Select one of the following:

situational influences
personality traits
mood factors
selfish genes

Explanation

Question 21 of 26

1

The tendency for opposites to mate or marry

Select one of the following:

has only been documented amoung teenage couples
has increased in around the world since 1960
is just as powerful as the similarity-attraction connection
has never been reliably demonstrated.

Explanation

Question 22 of 26

1

Social isolation has been shown to affect all of the following outcomes, except

Select one of the following:

alcohol abuse
blood pressure
stroke
depression

Explanation

Question 23 of 26

1

According to what was covered in lecture, experiencing social exclusion tends to lead to all of
the following except

Select one of the following:

aggression
self-harm
emotional numbness
loss of meaning

Explanation

Question 24 of 26

1

Research on stereotype threat indicates that

Select one of the following:

only a handful of minority groups experience such threats.
such threats can affect performance in a range of contexts.
stereotypes are just as likely to lift the maths scores of women as they are to threaten them
it is an exclusively American phenomenon

Explanation

Question 25 of 26

1

Which of the following is an example of social isolation, as defined in psychology.

Select one of the following:

A retired man lives alone and prefers keeping to himself.
(b) A person goes trekking alone on a mountain and is inspired by the beautiful mountains
a yr 12 student with a number of friends on Facebook often feels lonely
a Uni student going through a messy break up calls friends and cries over it

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Social Psychology - exam practice questions

Social Psychology

Question 1 of 26

Although related to other fields, social psychology is distinct in that its emphasis is on

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 26

According to the definition of social psychology presented in lecture, social psychology is the study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by __________.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 26

____________ refers to the fear that one will confirm the stereotypes that others have regarding one’s own group.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 26

Recall that Festinger and Carlsmith gave participants either $1 or $20 for telling others that an experiment was fun and interesting. The experiment entailed turning pegs on a pegboard one quarter turn at a time. Thus, in actuality, the experiment was tedious and boring. Study results showed that

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 26

Them'—a group that people perceive as being distinctively different or apart from their own group—is what social psychologists call a(n)

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 26

“Live fast and die young, that’s what I always say,” Rosie pronounces, as she stuffs down three more Ding-Dong snack cakes and opens another pint of high-fat ice cream. Rosie knows that her diet is unhealthy and harmful, of course. To reduce her dissonance, Rosie is

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 26

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 26

In a series of experiments, why did Solomon Asch (1951, 1956) ask participants to judge the lengths of lines which were clearly different from one another? Asch

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 26

The main difference between Sherif’s conformity study and Asch’s conformity study is that Asch’s study

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 26

Milgram found that about ________percent of his participants went all the way to 450 volts in his original experiment.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 26

When our behaviour is a result of our boss telling us to do something, it is a form of

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 26

The experimenter in Milgram's study used all except which of the following verbal prods to encourage participants to continue?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 26

Although he made a promise to himself to not take illegal drugs, Tom gave into peer pressure at a party to smoke marijuana because he did not want to be rejected by the others. Tom's conformity is a result of

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 26

a social role is:

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 26

Which of the following is not one of the steps in Darley and Latané's decision tree?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 26

In an enactment of the Good Samaritan situation, Darley and Batson (1973) studied the helpfulness of Princeton seminarians in order to assess whether helping behaviour was influenced by

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 26

One factor that will increase the likelihood that a friendship between two people will develop is

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 26

The effect of _______ on _______ was vividly demonstrated in Zimbardo's (1971) classic study of a simulated prison.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 26

When participants in Milgram's experiments wanted to quit, they were given

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 20 of 26

Latané and Darley attempted to explain people's failure to intervene in cases like that of Kitty Genovese, a woman who was violently attacked, in terms of

Select one of the following:

According to the definition of social psychology presented in lecture, social psychology is the
study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by __________.

____________ refers to the fear that one will confirm the stereotypes that others have
regarding one’s own group.

Them'—a group that people perceive as being distinctively different or apart from their own
group—is what social psychologists call a(n)

“Live fast and die young, that’s what I always say,” Rosie pronounces, as she stuffs down three
more Ding-Dong snack cakes and opens another pint of high-fat ice cream. Rosie knows that her
diet is unhealthy and harmful, of course. To reduce her dissonance, Rosie is

In a series of experiments, why did Solomon Asch (1951, 1956) ask participants to judge the
lengths of lines which were clearly different from one another? Asch

The main difference between Sherif’s conformity study and Asch’s conformity study is that
Asch’s study

Milgram found that about ________percent of his participants went all the way to 450 volts in
his original experiment.

The experimenter in Milgram's study used all except which of the following verbal prods to
encourage participants to continue?

Although he made a promise to himself to not take illegal drugs, Tom gave into peer pressure at
a party to smoke marijuana because he did not want to be rejected by the others. Tom's
conformity is a result of

In an enactment of the Good Samaritan situation, Darley and Batson (1973) studied the
helpfulness of Princeton seminarians in order to assess whether helping behaviour was
influenced by

The effect of _ on _ was vividly demonstrated in Zimbardo's (1971) classic study
of a simulated prison.

Latané and Darley attempted to explain people's failure to intervene in cases like that of Kitty
Genovese, a woman who was violently attacked, in terms of

According to what was covered in lecture, experiencing social exclusion tends to lead to all of
the following except