Topic 1 - Introduction to Social Psychology T3

The topic that would most interest a social psychologist to study is whether _.

• people who committed crimes tend to have more aggressive personality than others around them

• people's political ideology is affected by the Prime Minister that govern the country

• people's decision to cheat is influenced by how their friend's will react if they found out about the cheating

• people's differences in their social class is predicted by their incomes

Social psychologist uses the ______ method to study people, whereas ______ does not.

• scientific; sociologist

  
  

• observational; philosopher

  
  

• scientific; philosopher

  
  

• observational; sociologist

  
  

Researcher that try to understand human behaviour from the perspective of self-esteem approach will assumed the following, EXCEPT

• People with low self-esteem have a low self-confidence and vice versa.

• People view themselves as good, competent, and decent.

• People will distort the reality in order to view themselves favorably.

• People will observed their surrounding to behave accordingly in the situation.

A stranger approached Emily and claimed that he is a professional photographer. The stranger asked if Emily can spend 15 minutes posing for photos in front of the university entrance.

According to social psychologist, Emily's response will be based on:

• How well dressed the stranger is.

• Whether the stranger offers to pay Emily for the photos.

• How Emily construes the situation.

• Whether the stranger has a criminal record.

Which of the following is the least consistent with the self-esteem approach in how people view themselves and the social world?

• Bob and Sarah ended their relationship after dating for several months.
  
  When talking about the break-up with his friends, Bob stated that he never really liked Sarah and Sarah had annoying habit.

• Jerry was late to the class because he overslept.
  
  When he was asked by the teacher about his reason, Jerry stated that he was late due to traffic jam.

• Janeta failed her midterm test.
  
  Upon receiving the result, Janeta admits to herself that she didn’t study much and vows to study harder.

• Sam got into a car accident on his way to the class.
  
  "There sure are a lot of terrible drivers out there,” Sam said to himself.

A positive correlation in research method can be described as variable x _____ and variable y _____.

• increases; decreases

• increases; increases

• increases; remain the same

• remain the same; decreases

Sometimes our construal to the social world can pull us in opposite directions where to perceive the world accurately requires us to face up to the fact that we have behaved foolishly or immorally.

For example our _ toward people that doesn't believe in COVID-19 during the pandemic.

• physiological state

• fear

• desire for reward

• need for control

Social psychology mainly focus on the phenomenon of social _.

OPTION:
structure

class

influence

institution

In Psychology the term _______ is used to describe a person's overall sense of self-worth or personal value.

OPTION:
self-awareness
self-concept
self-esteem

self-perception

A researcher must debrief the participants who took part in their research at the end, especially when there is _ involved at the beginning of the research.

OPTION:
informed consent

physical harms

deception

discomfort