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Social Psychology Assessment

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 22mins

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Class
Date
1.

As a field, social psychology focuses on ________ in predicting human behavior.

a)

personality traits

b)

genetic predispositions

c)

biological forces

d)

situational factors

2.

A(n) ________ is a set of group expectations for appropriate thoughts and behaviors of its members.

a)

social role

b)

social norm

c)

script

d)

attribution

3.

Attitudes describe our (a)   of people, objects, and ideas.

4.

Prejudice is to ________ as discrimination is to ________.

a)

feelings; behavior

b)

thoughts; feelings

c)

feelings; thoughts

d)

behavior; feelings

5.

The bystander effect likely occurs due to ________.

a)

desensitization to violence

b)

people not noticing the emergency

c)

diffusion of responsibility

d)

emotional insensitivity

6.

Determine whether the following is an example of the fundamental attribution error or self-serving attribution.

Peter’s instructor was rather short-tempered the first day of class. Peter assumed the instructor was a rude woman. He did not know that she had woken up late, had a car accident on the way to work, and had been locked out of her office.

a)

Self-serving bias

b)

Fundamental attribution error

7.

Determine whether the following is an example of the fundamental attribution error or self-serving attribution.

Jeremy earned an A in his philosophy class and concluded that he had quite a talent for writing coherently and thinking logically. When he earned a C in his sociology class, he expressed dissatisfaction with the course content, the teaching ability of the professor, and the quality and clarity of the exams.

a)

Self-serving bias

b)

Fundamental attribution error

8.

Provide a personal example of an experience in which your behavior was influenced by the power of the situation.

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9.

Compare and contrast situational influences and dispositional influences and give an example of each. Explain how situational influences and dispositional influences might explain inappropriate behavior.

4 lines
10.

Provide an example of how people from individualistic and collectivistic cultures would differ in explaining why they won an important sporting event.

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