wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Soc 173 Quiz Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a core concern of social psychology?

a)
The effects that individual people have on groups.
b)
The effects that individual people have on individual people.
c)
The effects that groups have on individual people.
d)
The effects that groups have on other groups
e)
All of the above
2.

True or False? Social Psychology is primarily concerned with understanding the nature of human behavior, not necessarily what causes it.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

In lecture, we watched a video clip of Franz De Waal’s experiment where monkeys were given rewards for doing a task. When one monkey received a cucumber as a reward when his partner got a grape, the monkey refused to do the task because he perceived unfairness between his and his partner’s reward. Which of the following theoretical perspectives does this experiment and its findings represent?

a)

Role Theory

b)

Stimulus-Response Theory

c)

Cognitive Theory

d)

Social Exchange/Rational Choice Theory

e)

Symbolic Interaction

4.

“Why do some people do not return their shopping carts to the cart corrals after unloading their groceries?” you wonder as you notice your parking space is blocked by a cart someone has abandoned in the space. You’ve casually observed this behavior before, but now you wonder: what kinds of people engage in this behavior? Why do they do it? Not much is known about this phenomenon empirically, so you start your research by observing shoppers in the grocery store parking lot. You note who returns their cart, who doesn’t, and what circumstances surround this choice. You even ask shoppers why they did/did not to return their carts! Through your observations, you aim to come up with a theoretical explanation for the shopping cart phenomenon. This approach to research is an example of:

a)
A theoretical leap of faith
b)
A deductive approach
c)
An inductive approach
d)
An experimental approach
e)
None of the above.
5.
True or False? Social psychology is more probabilistic than deterministic; social psychologists look at how people are likely to respond to the social world under certain circumstances, rather than how they are guaranteed to respond.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Jane’s research looks at the relationship between social media use and self-esteem. She finds that the more time someone spends on social media, the lower their self-esteem tends to be. In Jane’s research, what is the independent variable?
a)
Specific social media app used
b)
Self-esteem
c)
Time spent on social media
d)
Self-efficacy
e)
None of the above.
7.

When a test yields consistent results, we say that the test is ___________; When a test measures a concept accurately in the way we want it to, we say that the test is ___________.

a)

Reliable; Valid

b)

Valid; Reliable

c)

Correlational; Causal

d)

Causal; Correlational

e)

Convenient; Representative

8.

True or False? The strategies we use in approaching social psychological research depend on how much we know about a topic, the purpose of the research, and the question we are asking. There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to research in social psychology.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The fact that we have different meanings for time and sleep now than we did in decades past represents the fact that:

a)

Human needs regarding sleep have changed over time.

b)

We have intentionally decided to change how we think about time and sleep.

c)

While our concepts of time and sleep have changed, these things tend to mean the same thing in different parts of the world.

d)

We are more concerned with time than we were in the past.

e)

Our social world (and norms related to time and sleep) is socially constructed and culturally defined.

10.
Which of the following distinguishes humans from animals?
a)
Humans have mind.
b)
Humans can create, use, and manipulate symbols.
c)
Humans can consider themselves as objects in the social world, which they and others can respond to and interact with.
d)
All of the above
11.
When a symbol calls up the same things in you as it does in others, you have ____________, which are extremely important for us to understand one another and have successful communication and interaction.
a)
Minded behaviors
b)
Complex symbols
c)
Shared meanings
d)
Instinctual reactions
e)
Naming
12.
Which of the following is NOT a basic assumption of Symbolic Interactionism?
a)
People act toward things on the basis of the meanings those things have for them.
b)
Meanings of things are socially constructed.
c)
Meanings are generally stable and do not change over time.
d)
Meanings are handled in and modified through an interpretive process.
e)
None of the above.
13.
True or false? We are not born with a self; the self emerges and is constructed over time as we become aware of ourselves as objects separate from others and gain the ability to see ourselves “from the outside in.”
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Jackson is a young child who loves to play pretend. He enjoys pretending that he is a firefighter, a pilot, a superhero, and an explorer. However, he can only play in these roles one at a time, and he has a hard time understanding that people have multiple roles that they occupy at the same time. Which stage of Mead’s self-development is Jackson in?
a)
Preparatory Stage
b)
Game Stage
c)
Play Stage
d)
Generalized Other
e)
None of the above.
15.
Cooley’s concept of the “Looking-Glass Self” suggests that:
a)
We look at our own behaviors and imagine how they appear to others.
b)
We imagine how others evaluate and judge our behaviors.
c)
We feel positive or negative emotions like pride and shame in response to the judgements we imagine others make of us.
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
16.
____________ is the perspective of the larger community or society as a whole. When we are able to take this perspective toward ourselves, we develop self-control, and we can say that society has “gotten into our heads.”
a)
The looking-glass self
b)
The “me”
c)
The generalized other
d)
The “I”
e)
None of the above
17.
_______ is the part of the self that acts impulsively, spontaneously, creatively, and in-the-moment; _______ is the part of the self that reflects on our actions and uses this reflexivity to guide our behavior.
a)
The “Me”; The “I”
b)
The “I”; The “Me”
c)
The generalized other; The “I”
d)
The generalized other; The “Me”
e)
The “Me”; The generalized other
18.
Elizabeth dreams of becoming a professional musician. She loves going to concerts and watching her favorite artists perform. When she attends concerts, she feels inspired; admires the performers on stage and thinks “I want to be just like them someday.” This is an example of:
a)
Upward social comparison
b)
Downward social comparison
c)
Realistic social comparison
d)
Constructive social comparison
e)
Selective association
19.
When we enter interactions with others (especially those that are important to us) we want to present a positive view of ourselves and control the reflected appraisals we get from others. This describes:
a)
Social Comparison
b)
Self-Efficacy
c)
Impression Management
d)
Self-Esteem
e)
Self-Perception
20.
Robert always imagined that he would be a successful chef by the time he was 30. But with a new baby at home, he has had to take a job as a cook at a small local restaurant so that he can be more present at home with his family. The distress that Robert feels when he thinks about who he is and who he wants to be represents a discrepancy between his ____________ and his ____________.
a)
Ought self; Ideal self
b)
Actual self; Ought self
c)
Ideal self; Looking-glass self
d)
Monitored self; Ought self
e)
Actual self; Ideal self

Similar Resources on Wayground

The European Union

15 questions

The European Union

quiz

Worksheet

•

6th Grade - University

Kuis Konsekuensi Day 3

15 questions

Kuis Konsekuensi Day 3

quiz

Worksheet

•

University

Législation

16 questions

Législation

quiz

Worksheet

•

University

Quiz sobre Atención Temprana

20 questions

Quiz sobre Atención Temprana

quiz

Worksheet

•

University

Examen Proyectos Sociales y Consultoría

20 questions

Examen Proyectos Sociales y Consultoría

quiz

Worksheet

•

University

Module 8: State and Non-state Institutions

20 questions

Module 8: State and Non-state Institutions

quiz

Worksheet

•

11th Grade - University

The French Revolution Part 1

17 questions

The French Revolution Part 1

quiz

Worksheet

•

9th Grade - Professio...