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WorksheetsPysch Ch 13
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 32mins
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1.
What is social cognition?
a)
A person's thoughts about other people and the social world
b)
A person's level of intelligence
c)
A person's physical appearance
d)
A person's social status
2.
What is an attribution?
a)
An explanation of the cause of behavior
b)
A person's level of intelligence
c)
A person's physical appearance
d)
A person's social status
3.
What are the two distinct categories of attribution theory?
a)
Emotions and thoughts
b)
Traits within the individual and the situation surrounding the individual
c)
Intelligence and personality
d)
Physical appearance and social status
4.
What is the fundamental attribution error?
a)
Overestimating the importance of traits and underestimating the importance of the situation when explaining the behavior of other people
b)
Overestimating the importance of the situation and underestimating the importance of traits when explaining our own behavior
c)
Overestimating the importance of traits and underestimating the importance of the situation when explaining our own behavior
d)
Overestimating the importance of the situation and underestimating the importance of traits when explaining the behavior of other people
5.
What is an attitude?
a)
A person's social status
b)
A person's level of intelligence
c)
A person's physical appearance
d)
A viewpoint that affects your responses to people, things, or situations
6.
What are explicit attitudes?
a)
The attitudes we don't know we have
b)
The attitudes we know we have, the ones we can easily and accurately describe
c)
The attitudes we have towards others
d)
The attitudes we have towards ourselves
7.
What are implicit attitudes?
a)
The attitudes we have towards ourselves
b)
The attitudes we have towards others
c)
Much more automatic and involuntary, lying a bit below the surface of our awareness, a bit more difficult to acknowledge
d)
The attitudes we know we have, the ones we can easily and accurately describe
8.
What is the biology of explicit attitudes?
a)
They come from the hippocampus, which is responsible for memory
b)
They emerge straight from the amygdala, which processes emotion
c)
They come from the frontal cortex (specifically, the orbitofrontal cortex region), which allows for deliberate cognitive processing
d)
They come from the cerebellum, which is responsible for motor control
9.
What is the biology of implicit attitudes?
a)
They emerge straight from the amygdala, which processes emotion
b)
They come from the hippocampus, which is responsible for memory
c)
They come from the frontal cortex (specifically, the orbitofrontal cortex region), which allows for deliberate cognitive processing
d)
They come from the cerebellum, which is responsible for motor control
10.
What is the difference between explicit and implicit attitudes?
a)
Explicit attitudes are the attitudes we have towards others, while implicit attitudes are the attitudes we have towards ourselves
b)
Explicit attitudes are the attitudes we don't know we have, while implicit attitudes are the attitudes we know we have
c)
Explicit attitudes are the attitudes we have towards ourselves, while implicit attitudes are the attitudes we have towards others
d)
Explicit attitudes are the attitudes we know we have, the ones we can easily and accurately describe, while implicit attitudes are much more automatic and involuntary, lying a bit below the surface of our awareness, a bit more difficult to acknowledge
11.
What is the impact of social cognition on our feelings and behavior?
a)
Rarely influence our feelings and behavior
b)
Have no impact on our feelings and behavior
c)
Strongly influence our feelings and behavior
d)
Occasionally influence our feelings and behavior
12.
What is the difference between explicit attitudes and preferences?
a)
Explicit attitudes are the attitudes we have towards others, while preferences are the attitudes we have towards ourselves
b)
Explicit attitudes are a hybrid of thoughts and emotions, informed by facts and infused with sentiment, while preferences are solely based on emotions
c)
Explicit attitudes are the attitudes we know we have, while preferences are the attitudes we don't know we have
d)
There is no difference, they are the same thing
13.
What is central route persuasion?
a)
A persuasion strategy that emphasizes factors other than the message's content
b)
A persuasion strategy that uses sales tactics
c)
A persuasion strategy that emphasizes the listener's social role
d)
A persuasion strategy that emphasizes the message's content
14.
What is peripheral route persuasion?
a)
A persuasion strategy that emphasizes factors other than the message's content
b)
A persuasion strategy that emphasizes the message's content
c)
A persuasion strategy that uses sales tactics
d)
A persuasion strategy that emphasizes the listener's social role
15.
What is elaboration in persuasion?
a)
The process of thinking about the message's content
b)
The process of using sales tactics
c)
The process of considering the listener's social role
d)
The process of thinking about factors other than the message's content
16.
What is the foot-in-the-door technique?
a)
A persuasion strategy that emphasizes the listener's social role
b)
A persuasion strategy in which one person gets another person to reject a large request before making a smaller one
c)
A persuasion strategy in which one person quotes another person a low price to get an initial agreement and then raises the price
d)
A persuasion strategy in which one person gets another person to agree to a small request before asking for a bigger one
17.
What is the door-in-the-face technique?
a)
A persuasion strategy in which one person gets another person to reject a large request before making a smaller one
b)
A persuasion strategy that emphasizes the listener's social role
c)
A persuasion strategy in which one person quotes another person a low price to get an initial agreement and then raises the price
d)
A persuasion strategy in which one person gets another person to agree to a small request before asking for a bigger one
18.
What is the lowball technique?
a)
A persuasion strategy in which one person gets another person to reject a large request before making a smaller one
b)
A persuasion strategy in which one person quotes another person a low price to get an initial agreement and then raises the price
c)
A persuasion strategy in which one person gets another person to agree to a small request before asking for a bigger one
d)
A persuasion strategy that emphasizes the listener's social role
19.
What is a social role?
a)
A persuasion strategy that emphasizes the message's content
b)
A title, position, or status that carries expectations for acceptable behavior
c)
A persuasion strategy that uses sales tactics
d)
A persuasion strategy that emphasizes factors other than the message's content
20.
What is cognitive dissonance?
a)
A title, position, or status that carries expectations for acceptable behavior
b)
The discomfort caused by having an attitude that contradicts another attitude or a behavior
c)
A persuasion strategy in which one person gets another person to agree to a small request before asking for a bigger one
d)
The process of thinking about the message's content
21.
What is the term for the process of thinking about the message's content?
a)
Cognitive dissonance
b)
Social role
c)
Elaboration
d)
Peripheral route persuasion
22.
What is the term for a title, position, or status that carries expectations for acceptable behavior?
a)
Central route persuasion
b)
Elaboration
c)
Social role
d)
Cognitive dissonance
23.
What is the term for the discomfort caused by having an attitude that contradicts another attitude or a behavior?
a)
Peripheral route persuasion
b)
Cognitive dissonance
c)
Social role
d)
Elaboration
24.
What is cognitive dissonance?
a)
The preference for group opinions over individual opinions
b)
The discomfort caused by having an attitude that contradicts another attitude or a behavior
c)
The feeling of harmony between attitudes and behaviors
d)
The increase in individual performance caused by the presence of other people
25.
What is the difference between conformity and obedience?
a)
Conformity is changes in an individual's behavior to correspond to the behavior of a group of other people, while obedience is changes in an individual's behavior to comply with the demands of an authority figure
b)
Conformity is changes in an individual's behavior to comply with the demands of an authority figure, while obedience is changes in an individual's behavior to correspond to the behavior of a group of other people
c)
Conformity is the increase in individual performance caused by the presence of other people, while obedience is the decrease in individual performance when tasks are done in groups
d)
Conformity and obedience are the same thing
26.
What was the question that Leon Festinger's famous study centered on?
a)
What happens to a person's private opinion if he is asked to obey an authority figure?
b)
What happens to a person's private opinion if he is asked to conform to a group's opinion?
c)
What happens to a person's private opinion if he is forced to do or say something contrary to that opinion?
d)
What happens to a person's private opinion if he is surrounded by people who hold different opinions?
27.
What is social facilitation?
a)
A phenomenon that occurs when group members value getting along with each other more than finding the best solution
b)
A loss of identity and accountability experienced by individuals in groups that can lead to atypical behavior
c)
A decrease in individual performance when tasks are done in groups
d)
An increase in individual performance caused by the presence of other people
28.
What is social loafing?
a)
A loss of identity and accountability experienced by individuals in groups that can lead to atypical behavior
b)
An increase in individual performance caused by the presence of other people
c)
A phenomenon that occurs when group members value getting along with each other more than finding the best solution
d)
A decrease in individual performance when tasks are done in groups
29.
What is deindividuation?
a)
A phenomenon that occurs when group members value getting along with each other more than finding the best solution
b)
A decrease in individual performance when tasks are done in groups
c)
A loss of identity and accountability experienced by individuals in groups that can lead to atypical behavior
d)
An increase in individual performance caused by the presence of other people
30.
What is groupthink?
a)
A decrease in individual performance when tasks are done in groups
b)
A phenomenon that occurs when group members value getting along with each other more than finding the best solution
c)
An increase in individual performance caused by the presence of other people
d)
A loss of identity and accountability experienced by individuals in groups that can lead to atypical behavior
31.
What was Stanley Milgram's research in social psychology focused on?
a)
Social loafing: a decrease in individual performance when tasks are done in groups
b)
Social facilitation: an increase in individual performance caused by the presence of other people
c)
Conformity: changes in an individual's behavior to correspond to the behavior of a group of other people
d)
Obedience: changes in an individual's behavior to comply with the demands of an authority figure
32.
What is the phenomenon of cognitive dissonance?
a)
The decrease in individual performance when tasks are done in groups
b)
The discomfort caused by having an attitude that contradicts another attitude or a behavior
c)
The loss of identity and accountability experienced by individuals in groups that can lead to atypical behavior
d)
The increase in individual performance caused by the presence of other people
33.
What is the phenomenon of conformity?
a)
Changes in an individual's behavior to correspond to the behavior of a group of other people
b)
An increase in individual performance caused by the presence of other people
c)
A decrease in individual performance when tasks are done in groups
d)
Changes in an individual's behavior to comply with the demands of an authority figure
34.
What is the phenomenon of obedience?
a)
Changes in an individual's behavior to comply with the demands of an authority figure
b)
An increase in individual performance caused by the presence of other people
c)
A decrease in individual performance when tasks are done in groups
d)
Changes in an individual's behavior to correspond to the behavior of a group of other people
35.
What is group polarization?
a)
The tendency for a group's attitudes to become more extreme as a result of group discussions
b)
The tendency for a group's attitudes to become more random as a result of group discussions
c)
The tendency for a group's attitudes to become more moderate as a result of group discussions
d)
The tendency for a group's attitudes to become more individualistic as a result of group discussions
36.
What is impression formation?
a)
The final appraisal, or 'last impression,' that a person forms of another person
b)
The initial appraisal, or 'first impression,' that a person forms of another person
c)
The changing appraisal, or 'dynamic impression,' that a person forms of another person
d)
The ongoing appraisal, or 'continuous impression,' that a person forms of another person
37.
What is impression management?
a)
Attempts to hide the way we strike other people in an effort to enhance our first impression
b)
Attempts to improve the way we strike other people in an effort to enhance our first impression
c)
Attempts to ignore the way we strike other people in an effort to enhance our first impression
d)
Attempts to worsen the way we strike other people in an effort to enhance our first impression
38.
What is prejudice?
a)
An often confused attitude toward a social group that is formed before getting to know group members
b)
An often positive attitude toward a social group that is formed before getting to know group members
c)
An often neutral attitude toward a social group that is formed before getting to know group members
d)
An often negative attitude toward a social group that is formed before getting to know group members
39.
What are stereotypes?
a)
Beliefs about a group's characteristics that are applied generally, and often accurately, to group members
b)
Beliefs about a group's characteristics that are applied specifically, and often accurately, to group members
c)
Beliefs about a group's characteristics that are applied specifically, and often inaccurately, to group members
d)
Beliefs about a group's characteristics that are applied generally, and often inaccurately, to group members
40.
What is discrimination?
a)
Action based on prejudice or stereotypes toward a social group
b)
Action based on appreciation or admiration toward a social group
c)
Action based on confusion or uncertainty toward a social group
d)
Action based on indifference or neutrality toward a social group
41.
What is an ingroup?
a)
A social group to which you believe you belong ('us')
b)
A social group to which you are confused ('not sure if us or them')
c)
A social group to which you are indifferent ('neither us nor them')
d)
A social group to which you believe you do not belong ('them')
42.
What is an outgroup?
a)
A social group to which you believe you belong ('us')
b)
A social group to which you believe you do not belong ('them')
c)
A social group to which you are confused ('not sure if us or them')
d)
A social group to which you are indifferent ('neither us nor them')
43.
What is the smoke detector principle?
a)
A deep-seated tendency to be oversensitive
b)
A conscious decision to be oversensitive
c)
A conscious decision to be undersensitive
d)
A deep-seated tendency to be undersensitive
44.
What is social comparison?
a)
Assessing others by determining how they measure up to their own standards
b)
Assessing yourself by determining how you measure up to your own standards
c)
Assessing others by determining how they measure up to you
d)
Assessing yourself by determining how you measure up to other people
45.
What is the just-world hypothesis?
a)
The notion that the world is fair and that unfortunate events happen to those who deserve them
b)
The notion that the world is unfair and that unfortunate events happen to those who don't deserve them
c)
The notion that the world is fair and that fortunate events happen to those who deserve them
d)
The notion that the world is unfair and that fortunate events happen to those who don't deserve them
46.
What is the scapegoat hypothesis?
a)
The notion that prejudice can be fueled by the need to find someone to ignore
b)
The notion that prejudice can be fueled by the need to find someone to praise
c)
The notion that prejudice can be fueled by the need to find someone to blame
d)
The notion that prejudice can be fueled by the need to find someone to compete with
47.
What is intergroup contact?
a)
Indirect interpersonal interaction between members of multiple groups
b)
Direct interpersonal interaction between members of the same group
c)
Indirect interpersonal interaction between members of the same group
d)
Direct interpersonal interaction between members of multiple groups
48.
What is common group identity?
a)
The creation of a larger group that excludes multiple smaller groups
b)
The creation of a smaller group that excludes multiple larger groups
c)
The creation of a smaller group that includes multiple larger groups
d)
The creation of a larger group that includes multiple smaller groups
49.
What is the jigsaw classroom?
a)
A strategy for increasing prejudice by giving each student in a diverse group an essential part of the solution to a problem that must be solved via group interaction
b)
A strategy for reducing prejudice by giving each student in a diverse group an unimportant part of the solution to a problem that must be solved via group interaction
c)
A strategy for reducing prejudice by giving each student in a diverse group an essential part of the solution to a problem that must be solved via group interaction
d)
A strategy for increasing prejudice by giving each student in a diverse group an unimportant part of the solution to a problem that must be solved via group interaction
50.
What is interpersonal attraction?
a)
The desire to harm a relationship with another person
b)
The desire to compete with a relationship with another person
c)
The desire to ignore a relationship with another person
d)
The desire to enhance a relationship with another person
51.
What is social role theory?
a)
A theory that any difference in what men and women find attractive actually stems from the more basic desire to find a partner who can't bring things to the relationship that we can bring ourselves
b)
A theory that any difference in what men and women find attractive actually stems from the more basic desire to find a partner who can't bring things to the relationship that we can't bring ourselves
c)
A theory that any difference in what men and women find attractive actually stems from the more basic desire to find a partner who can bring things to the relationship that we can bring ourselves
d)
A theory that any difference in what men and women find attractive actually stems from the more basic desire to find a partner who can bring things to the relationship that we can’t bring ourselves
52.
What is the impact of aggression on human relationships?
a)
It is behavior intended to ignore a relationship
b)
It is behavior intended to cause harm or death
c)
It is behavior intended to compete with a relationship
d)
It is behavior intended to enhance a relationship
53.
What is passionate love characterized by?
a)
Being smitten by the thought of each other
b)
Deep commitment and affection
c)
Arousal and desire
d)
Steady warm flame
54.
What is companionate love characterized by?
a)
Deep commitment and affection
b)
Being smitten by the thought of each other
c)
Arousal and desire
d)
Steady warm flame
55.
What is the importance of equity in a romantic relationship?
a)
It is only important in the early stages of a romantic relationship
b)
It is only important in a long-term romantic relationship
c)
It is not important in a romantic relationship
d)
It is important in every stage of a romantic relationship
56.
What is prosocial behavior?
a)
Behavior intended to help others
b)
Behavior intended to benefit oneself
c)
Behavior intended to harm others
d)
Behavior intended to deceive others
57.
What is altruism?
a)
Partially selfish concern for others
b)
Completely unselfish concern for others
c)
Completely selfish concern for others
d)
Partially unselfish concern for others
58.
What is social exchange theory?
a)
The belief that helping others is completely selfish
b)
The belief that helping others is completely unselfish
c)
The expectation that those who provide help will receive help in the future
d)
The comparison of benefits and costs to the individual for helping
59.
What is the reciprocity norm?
a)
The comparison of benefits and costs to the individual for helping
b)
The expectation that those who provide help will receive help in the future
c)
The belief that helping others is completely selfish
d)
The belief that helping others is completely unselfish
60.
What is the purest motivation for prosocial behavior?
a)
Selfishness
b)
Reciprocity norm
c)
Altruism
d)
Social exchange theory
61.
What is the social responsibility norm?
a)
The notion that helping others is a waste of time
b)
The belief that only family members should be helped
c)
The idea that helping others will benefit you in the future
d)
The duty to help those who need it, regardless of any potential payback to the helper
62.
What is kinship theory?
a)
The idea that helping others is a waste of time
b)
The notion that helping others will benefit you in the future
c)
The importance of passing your genes on to future generations
d)
The belief that only family members should be helped
63.
What is the bystander effect?
a)
The increase in likelihood that you will help another person caused by the presence of others also available to help
b)
The decrease in likelihood that you will help another person caused by the presence of others also available to help
c)
The belief that only family members should be helped
d)
The notion that helping others is a waste of time
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