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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Whenever Danny aces a test, he thinks it is because he studied hard, but
when he fails a test he thinks it’s because the teacher did not explain
the topics well enough. This is an example of:
Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Self schema
External attribution error
According to the theory of cognitive dissonance, attitudes are changed
because:
Logical arguments compel us to alter our attitudes.
Emotionally persuasive arguments motivate us to change our
thought process.
A state of tension motivates us to change our cognitive
inconsistencies by making our beliefs more consistent.
When our beliefs and behaviors are too similar it causes an
unpleasant psychological state of tension.
Which of the following is an example of ethnocentrism?
Believing that your culture’s cuisine is the best.
Believing that everyone from a certain region is a bad driver.
Only working with people from your own culture.
Feeling dislike for someone based on their ethnicity.
In Milgram’s experiment, subjects who gave large shocks rationalized
that they were not personally responsible for their actions. This raises
questions about our willingness to commit inhumane acts as a result
of:
Expert influence
Obedience to authority
Conformity to group pressure
Individual Compliance
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a collectivist culture?
Emphasis on working as a group
Central role for families and communities
Importance placed on doing what’s best for society
Emphasis on self-sufficiency
In a situation in which an individual is having a seizure on the street,
helping could be inhibited by which of the following concepts?
Groupthink
Social comparison theory
Diffusion of responsibility
Compliance
When making the “attribution error,” we tend to overestimate the
importance of ____________ when judging the behaviors of others.
Situational factors
Intelligence
Personal factors
Attitude
Jennifer wants to purchase a face cream to help moisturize and clear her
skin. She sees two advertisements for different brands of face cream.
One of the advertisements features her favorite actor and celebrity
crush. Although the advertisements both mention similar features for
each product, Jennifer decides to buy the cream that features the actor.
This type of method to influence behavior is known as:
Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
Central route persuasion
Peripheral route persuasion
Cognitive dissonance
Which of the following scenarios is an example of deindividuation?
Cindy finds that working in her group brings high levels of
performance compared to students who work alone.
Mindy forms a study group because she wants academic help,
social support, and motivation.
Amy has a poor running performance in competition; she
performs even worse in front of a larger crowd.
Torrie honks her horn loudly for quite a while because she has
little chance of being personally identified.
Mike has assured his mother that he will never get into a car with
someone who has been drinking. But then he is out one night with a
bunch of friends who have been drinking and he decides to come along
for a ride with them after a long discussion. This change in Mike’s
judgment is known as:
Compliance
Groupthink
Group polarization
Social comparison
The tendency to “blame the victim” in a rape case is an example of
which of the following terms?
Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
The just-world phenomenon
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Evidence suggests that individuals tend to be attracted to others who
are:
Nearly opposite in all areas
Similar to themselves in terms of perspective and values
Unlikely to criticize or judge them
Less intelligent than themselves
Jerome does not like his English teacher, and he believes that the teacher thinks that he is not a good student. As a result, Jerome slouches at his desk and gazes out the window instead of paying attention in class. Jerome’s behavior is most representative of
deindividuation
the just-world phenomenon
a self-fulfilling prophecy
cognitive dissonance
Danny pushes Judy so he can steal her dessert. Which of the following best explains Danny’s aggressive behavior?
The frustration-aggression hypothesis
Excitation of transfer
Hostile aggression
Instrumental aggression
When Jaci works on a project alone, she puts in a lot of effort and meets deadlines. However, when she works on a project in a group, she rarely attends scheduled meetings and always misses the deadline when submitting the part of the project she is responsible for completing. Jaci’s behavior is best explained by
framing
groupthink
group polarization
social loafing
Doug is part of a large creative-design team at an advertising firm. The team comes up with many slogans for products. Some are successful; some are failures. Whenever the team comes up with a winner, Doug takes full responsibility and talks about how much of a role he played in the team’s success. When slogans are not effective, he denies having a big role in the project. Doug is most clearly demonstrating
low self-esteem
a self-serving bias
a misattribution error
sublimation
Marissa is a good tennis player whose performance seems to improve as the crowd watching her gets larger. The best explanation for this phenomenon is
the bystander effect
misattribution
social facilitation
the self-serving bias
Even though Eli prefers romantic comedy movies, he often goes to action-adventure movies to fit in with his friends. Eli’s behavior can best be explained by
the reciprocity norm
obedience
normative social influence
informational social influence
Which of the following is an individual more likely to do when working in a group?
Provide needed help to a stranger
Increase effort on a project
Make a cautious, low-risk decision
Show a decline in work output
During a political debate, Candidate A expresses detailed facts on an important issue. Candidate B responds with an emotional appeal on the same issue. Which method of persuasion is each of the candidates using?
Candidate A is using the peripheral route, and Candidate B is using the central route.
Candidate A is using the central route, and Candidate B is using the peripheral route.
Candidate A is using the central route, and Candidate B is using the foot-in-the-door technique.
Candidate A is using the foot-in-the-door technique, and Candidate B is using the peripheral route.
