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WorksheetsIntroduction to Social Psychology
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following social psychology perspectives involves learning behaviors based on the way that a person thinks about the behavior of others?
Social learning
Evolutionary
Social cognition
sociocultural
Social psychologists currently view cognition and behavior as
a. two distinct concepts
b. two distinct, but mutually exclusive concepts
c. two intimately and continuously linked concepts
d. social psychologists still have not come to a unified view on these concepts
Which of the following is NOT a core value that the field of social psychology
is committed to?
open-mindedness
objectivity
accuracy
intuition
Social Psychology seeks to understand (a) in social situations.
Which of the following factors or processes would a social psychologist focus on to
examine how the hormone testosterone affects an individual’s level of aggression in
social settings?
a. cognitive processes
c. biological factors
b. environmental factors
d. cultural factors
The term “implicit processes” is also referred to as
a. conscious processes
b. nonconscious processes
c. neural processes
d. evolutionary processes
If a researcher wanted to determine how consumers felt about a particular
detergent, he would ideally use which research method?
a. systematic observation
b. a correlational study
c. the survey method
d. the experimental method
Which of the following statements is true about the correlational method?
a. this method determines the extent to which different variables are related to each
other
b. this method involves an independent and dependent variable
c. a cause and effect relationship can be determined from this method
d. this method is usually conducted in a laboratory/artificial setting
Social psychology is a broad field that asks questions such as:
How do we perceive others?
How do we think about others?
How do others think about us?
How is our behavior influenced by others, both individually and in groups?
What are some of the research topics in social psychology?
