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Social Psychology Exam 3

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 2hrs 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The preferential helping of genetic relatives

a)

Kinship selection

b)

Reciprocal altruism

c)

Overhelping

d)

Moral hypocrisy

2.

Jenna is motivated to help Nicole because she cares about Nicole's well-being. This kind of helping is believed to be motivated by:

a)

Evolutionary motives

b)

Altruistic motivations

c)

Egoistic motivations

d)

Justice motivations

3.

Oscar passes out in mall that is crowded with people and no one helps. He has just been the victim of

a)

The outgroup homogeneity effect

b)

The bystander effect

c)

Relational aggression

d)

Egoistic inaction

4.

These obstacles to helping behavior are best described as preventing people who decide to help from actually providing help

a)

Audience inhibition and costs exceeding rewards

b)

Pluralistic ignorance and distraction

c)

Pluralistic ignorance and diffusion of responsibility

d)

Diffusion of responsibility and distraction

5.

Judy sees a women doubled over in pain in a crowd of people. Judy does not help because she assumes that the other bystanders know there is not an emergency. Yet it turns out that all the bystanders are thinking the same thoughts as Judy. This is an example of:

a)

Diffusion of responsibility

b)

Costs exceed awards

c)

Pluralistic ignorance

d)

Cognitive distraction

6.

The belief that others will take the responsibility for providing assistance to a person in need

a)

Pluralistic ignorance

b)

Diffusion of responsibility

c)

Cognitive distraction

d)

Reciprocal altruism

7.

Reasons feeling good might lead to more helping

a)

Desire to maintain one’s good mood

b)

Positive expectations and thoughts about social activities

c)

Positive expectations and thoughts about helping

d)

All of the above

8.

When does a bad mood lead to helping?

a)

When we take responsibility for our bad mood

b)

When we focus on other people (and their suffering)

c)

If we are made to feel about our personal values that promote helping

d)

All of the above

9.

A battered woman shoots her physically abusive partner to stop her beatings is an example of this type of aggression

a)

Prosocial

b)

Proactive/Instrumental

c)

Reactive/Emotional

d)

None of the above

10.

Women are more likely than men to engage in this type of aggression

a)

Verbal

b)

Violent

c)

Relational

d)

Physical

11.

_____________is a behavior intended to harm another individual

a)

Aggression

b)

Frustration

c)

Prosocial behavior

d)

Compliance

12.

In an experiment, people were cut in line either when they were at the back, in the middle or towards the front, which group showed the greatest aggression

a)

Those in the back

b)

Those in the middle

c)

Those in the front

d)

No one showed aggression

13.

What factor(s) increase aggression?

a)

Heat

b)

Violent media

c)

Frustration

d)

All of the above

14.

A jury selected based on whether or not they would vote for the death penalty

a)

Death qualified jury

b)

Misinformation jury

c)

Diverse jury

d)

Foreman of the jury

15.

The tendency for the presence of a weapon to draw attention and impair a witness’s ability to identify the culprit

a)

The weapon focus effect

b)

The misinformation effect

c)

The false identification bias

d)

The cross race identification bias

16.

Why people disregard judge’s order to disregard evidence or testimony

a)

Added instruction draws attention to the information in controversy

b)

Judge’s instruction to disregard may arouse reactance.

c)

Jurors want to reach the right decision so it is hard to ignore information that seems relevant to the case

d)

all of the above

17.

The tendency for people to have difficulty identifying members of a race other than their own

a)

Misinformation effect

b)

Cross race identification bias

c)

False identification tendency

d)

All of the above

18.

When are people likely to falsely confess

a)

When they are vulnerable

b)

When they do not have a clear memory of the event

c)

When they believe there is strong evidence against them

d)

All of the above

19.

The tendency to regard one’s physical self primarily in terms of appearance and to adopt an observer’s perspective on the physical self

a)

Self objectification

b)

Identity misclassification

c)

Gender backlash

d)

All of the above

20.

According to Bosson and colleagues, men’s negative reactions to engaging in gender transgressive behavior (i.e., feminine behavior) is driven by

a)

Fear of identity misclassification

b)

Self objectification

c)

Feminine focus effect

d)

All of the above

21.

Women made to wear revealing speedo swimsuits showed _______compared to those wearing sweaters

a)

Higher body shame

b)

Lower self-esteem

c)

Worse math performance

d)

All of the above

22.

The notion that gender differences in society derive from the roles/occupations or division of lab men and women are expected to occupy

a)

Social enhancement theory

b)

Social role theory

c)

Gender backlash

d)

Identity misclassification

23.

The single best predictor of attraction is

a)

Heat

b)

Complementary personality traits

c)

Physical attractiveness

d)

Physical proximity

24.

What is the LIMITATION of the beautiful is good stereotype?

a)

Physically attractive people have socially desirable qualities

b)

Physically attractive people deserve special treatment

c)

Physically attractive people have less concern for others

d)

None of the above

25.

Participants were assigned to one of two conditions: high scary bridge and low un-intimidating bridge.Under which condition would they have the most liking for someone they met under the bridge and why?

a)

The low, non-scary bridge because of the excitation transfer

b)

The high, scary bridge because of the excitation transfer

26.

Name the theory that argues that people desire and form relationships with others who are similar in terms of attitudes, values, physical attractiveness, and so on.

a)

The matching hypothesis

b)

The social exchange theory

c)

The beautiful is good stereotype

d)

All of the above

27.

Which of the following people has a secure attachment style?

a)

Karen values intimacy, finds it easy to get close to others, and trust his partner.

b)

Jennifer very much wants to be close to her partner, but fears that her affections won’t be returned.

c)

Joseph finds it difficult to trust others and often feels his partners want to be closer than he would like.

d)

None of the above

28.

The following is a health benefit of engagement in helping behavior:

a)

Lower mortality risk

b)

Higher blood pressure

c)

Lower glucose

d)

All of the above

29.

According to loneliness research, who is the loneliest group of people in American society?

a)

unmarried men and women.

b)

people between the ages of 18-30.

c)

people of marginalized social groups.

d)

people above the age of 65

30.

This theory suggests that you will see the person that you are directly facing as the most dominant person.

a)

Impression management theory

b)

Misinformation effect

c)

Perceptual salience

d)

Self perception theory

31.

According to the video on relationship aggression, victims and aggressors of relational aggression experience the following long term issue

a)

Depression and anxiety

b)

Greater popularity

c)

Academic excellence

d)

Higher attractiveness

32.

Women who self-promote (who show agentic traits) are seen as less hireable and less likeable but more_______

a)

Androgynous

b)

Feminist

c)

Warm

d)

Competent