Psych Exit Slip 15: Unit 4 Pretest

An online advertisement uses data and logical arguments to convince consumers to try a new skincare product. Which of the following methods best represents this persuasive approach?

• The peripheral route to persuasion

• The door-in-the-face technique

• The central route to persuasion

• The foot-in-the-door technique

• I don't know

Bill mistakenly believes that his coworker Natalia dislikes him. As a result, Bill avoids Natalia and is not friendly toward her. Natalia notices this and then begins to dislike Bill. This scenario is an example of which of the following?

• Mere-exposure effect

• Self-fulfilling prophecy

• Stereotype threat

• Obedience

• I don't know

Frank comes out of his monthly meeting of conspiracy theorists even more convinced than ever that there is a secret group trying to take over the world. Frank’s experience best illustrates

• Social facilitation

• Group polarization

• Cognitive dissonance

• Deindividuation

• I don't know

Ethnocentrism is described in which scenario?

• Justin feels heightened anxiety whenever he is around someone from another country.

• Oren refuses to be lab partners with any of the girls in his class because he thinks they are not as good at science.

• Martin distrusts a certain religion because it is uncommon in the country where he lives.

• Sharon shops only at businesses owned by a certain ethnic group because she believes that the group has been historically oppressed.

Dr. Kelce is interested in studying whether a singer will perform better in front of a crowd or alone in a studio. If she were to conduct an experiment, which of the following refers to the variable that she would measure?

• Random

• Control

• Independent

• Dependent

In Stanley Milgram’s obedience experiments, subjects were LEAST likely to deliver maximum levels of shock when the

• “learner” screamed loudly in pain

• experimenter told hesitant subjects, “You have no choice, you must go on”

• “learner” said that he had a heart condition

• subject observed other subjects who refused to obey the experimenter’s orders

Which of the following explanations most clearly demonstrates a dispositional attribution for the reason a student fell asleep in class?

• The student’s roommates are too noisy at night.

• The class is boring.

• The warm temperature of the room put the student to sleep.

• The student does not care about the class.

When Julie’s boyfriend bought her a nice present, she thought, “He buys me presents because he’s such a nice person.” This kind of explanation is referred to as

• Social facilitation

• A stereotype

• A belief in a just world

• An attribution

Which of the following best illustrates the mere-exposure effect?

• Jerome rescues a child he does not know when he sees the child struggling to swim in the river.

• Because she saw her every day during class, Tracy began to like Angela and developed a friendship with her.

• Mandi finds her partner’s muscles extremely appealing.

• Adebowale finds herself thinking about her boyfriend all the time and always wanting to be with him.

Which of the following is an example of an individual who demonstrates an internal locus of control?

• • A woman believes that the reason she is often late to work is because of the traffic in her neighborhood.

• • A student volunteers at a food shelter because her school club requires community service of its members.

• • A man thinks that his displays of aggression are due to the extra caffeine he has been consuming lately.

• • A student decides to run for student government because he feels he can make some positive changes in the school.