Unit 14 Social Psychology Test Review (mood disorders) In Class

Unit 14 Social Psychology Test Review (In class Review)

Mood disorders NOT on Unit 14 test.

Multiple Choice

When the school administration team was planning new fire-drill procedures, they talked about sending all the students out to the staff parking lot. Ms. Thompson was concerned that it was too far for the classes to walk since the student parking lot was much closer and had more room. She decided not to speak up because everyone already seemed to agree on the staff parking lot, and didn't want confrontation, so that is what they went with.

• Normative social influence

• group polarization

• groupthink

• informative social influence

• Cognitive dissonance

Multiple Choice

The Fundamental Attribution Error refers to our tendency to overestimate______ and underestimate _________.

• normative influences; informational influences

• personal dispositions; situational influences

• situational influences; personal dispositions

• informational influences; normative influences

Multiple Choice

Lucas felt uncomfortable when he realized the Senate candidate he supported got caught breaking the law, he then criticized the opposing candidate for committing the same crime, which then reduces his internal discomfort, Lucas is experiencing 

• social facilitation

• peripheral route of persuasion

• self-serving bias

• cognitive dissonance

• social loafing

Multiple Choice

Luke is a college business major. He believes all education majors are creative, nurturing, and energetic. Luke seems to be demonstrating

• group polarization

• ingroup bias

• self-serving bias

• outgroup homogeneity bias

• stereotype threat

Multiple Choice

At a large rock concert, Carmen lost her inhibitions and acted in a way not consistent with her personality.  What best explains this?

• Deindividuation

• Bystander Effect

• Social Facilitation

• Mere Exposure Effect

Multiple Choice

Tyler insists that his girlfriend's car accident was a result of her bad driving not the snowy conditions.  This illustrates...

• Groupthink

• Situational Attribution

• Fundamental Attribution Error

• Dispositional Attribution

Multiple Choice

Kari had to go to the bathroom, but the only public restroom was in McDonald's; therefore, she felt obligated to purchase a Coke after using the McDonald's bathrooms.  This is an example of...

• social facilitation

• reciprocity norm

• bystander effect

• just-world phenomenon

Multiple Choice

What type of advertising strategy (persuasion) is used in the image?  

• Central Route Persuasion

• Peripheral Route Persuasion

• Normative Persuasion

• Subliminal Persuasion

Multiple Choice

Lance is racing in a cross country meet.  He tends to run faster when other people are watching him. This is an example of...

• social facilitation

• bystander effect

• foot-in-the-door phenomenon

• mere exposure effect

Multiple Choice

In Milgram's study on obedience, the two-thirds of the subjects...

• refused to shock the learner even once

• complied with the experiment until the learner started crying out in pain

• continued with the experiment until the learner began begging for it to stop

• continued all the way to 450 volts

Multiple Choice

Kelvin witnesses a bad car accident on his way to school.  He doesn't stop and help because there are more people in the area who can help.  This is an example of...

• social inhibition

• social facilitation

• fundamental attribution error

• bystander effect

Multiple Choice

The Stanford Prison Experiment showed the world that people will: 

• Readily Conform to Social Roles

• Misbehave when Unsupervised

• Behave According to Disposition

• Always treat prisoners unfairly

Multiple Choice

Two neighborhoods were frequently at odds with each other until a tornado struck the area and they had to work together to clean up and rebuild.  This is an example of...

• mere exposure effect

• groupthink

• superordinate goals

• deindividuation

Multiple Choice

When Devin failed to make the cast of the high school musical, he vandalized the sets of the play.  His behavior is an example of...

• group polarization

• mere exposure theory

• deindividuation

• frustration-agression principle

Multiple Choice

Leah asks her teacher to delay the test a day; when the teacher refuses she asks for 10 minutes to study prior.

• Door-in-the-face

• Group polarization

• Social inhibition

• Social facilitation

Multiple Choice

Mabel conforms to her company's rules because she wants to be liked and accepted by her colleagues. This is an example of conforming due to...

• normative influence.

• obedience.

• informational influence.

• cultural background.

Multiple Choice

All of the members of the jury entered the deliberation room believing that the company was negligent and that the man who was suing deserved compensation. However, after discussing the case further, the jury members became even more convinced that the corporation was in the wrong and decided to award a much larger settlement than they originally were considering.

• group think

• social facilitation

• reciprocity norm

• group polarization

Multiple Choice

In 1986 the NASA management team made the decision to proceed with the planned launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger despite the belief of several engineers who failed to express their concern that extreme temperatures could destroy vulnerable seals.

• groupthink

• bystander effect

• social inhibition

• group polarization

Multiple Choice

An old woman carrying a number of packages has tripped and fallen on a busy urban sidewalk and is having trouble getting back up. The fact that few people are likely to stop and offer her help is referred to by social psychologists as an example of

• altruistic

• illusory correlation

• diffusion of responsibility (by stander effect)

• just world phenomenon

Multiple Choice

Jamie has always hated the color orange. However, once she became a student at Princeton, she began to wear a lot of orange Princeton Tiger clothing. The discomfort caused by her long standing dislike of the color orange & her current ownership of so much orange & black striped clothing is known as

• cognitive dissonance

• opposing conginitions

• inconsistent ideas

• conflicting motives

Multiple Choice

After your school's football team has a big win, students in the halls can be heard saying "we are awesome." The next week, after the team loses to the last place team in the league, the same group of students say "we lost due to the horrible refs," The difference in these comments illustrates

• fundamental attribution error

• self serving bias

• self fulfilling prophecy

• conformity

Multiple Choice

Attitude change path in which interested people focus on the arguments and respond with favorable thoughts

• Perception route persuasion

• Peripheral route persuasion

• false consensus effect

• Central route persuasion

Multiple Choice

When conflicting parties pursue self interest, it results in mutually destructive behavior

• Social trap

• Superordinate goal

• Altruism

• Conflict

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an SSRI that would be prescribed to someone experiencing depression?

• Xanax

• Prozac

• Thorazine

• Tylenol

Multiple Choice

Katy and Ryan have been happily married for 30 years. They have a warm and trusting affection for each other. Which social psychology concept applies to their relationship?

• Passionate love

• matching-hypothesis

• mere-exposure effect

• companionate love

• similarity

Multiple Choice

When watching the world cup, most people cheer for soccer players from their own country. Often, fans believe that soccer players from other countries cheat but soccer players from their own country would never commit the act of cheating. This is in an example of what psychological concept?

• groupthink

• social facilitation

• scapegoat theory

• in-group bias

• halo effect

Multiple Choice

Belinda exhibits diminished pleasure in her daily activities, significant weight loss, insomnia, fatigue, and feelings of excessive guilt. Belinda’s problems are most consistent with which of the following disorders?

• bipolar disorder

• major depressive disorder

• schizophrenia

• obsessive-compulsive

Multiple Choice

Lithium carbonate has been useful in some instances in the treatment of

• dissociative disorder

• bipolar disorder

• anxiety

• post traumatic stress disorder

Multiple Choice

Susie has been experiencing feelings of worthlessness and physical agitation, for the past two years, she may be suffering from

• bipolar disorder

• persistent depressive disorder

• seasonal affectiveness disorder

• post traumatic stress disorder

Multiple Choice

Matt has been experiencing major depression for several years, he has tried therapy and medication, both treatments have been unsuccessful. His final option is to receive repetitive electromagnetic stimulation to the brain. What type of treatment is Matt receiving?

• Electroconvulsive therapy

• a lobotomy

• deep brain stimulation

• repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Multiple Choice

After several weeks of feeling apathetic and dissatisfied with his life, Mark has suddenly become extremely cheerful and so talkative he can't be interrupted. He seems to need less sleep and becomes irritated when his friends tell him to slow down. Mark's behavior is indicative of

• major depressive disorder

• social anxiety disorder

• bipolar disorder

• obsessive-compulsive disorder

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a cause of depression?

• excess norepinephrine

• dysfunctional thinking

• lack of dopamine

• lack of serotonin

Multiple Choice

Who conducted an experiment in conformity in which people were asked to judge the length of lines?

• Muzafer Sherif

• Philip Zimbardo

• Solomon Asch

• Stanley Milgram

Multiple Choice

Who created cognitive-behavior therapy, where therapists focus on changing dysfunctional thoughts?

• Carl Rogers

• Abraham Maslow

• Aaron Beck

• Albert Ellis