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Worksheets3100 FInal Practice Exam
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which question would a social psychologist be most likely to study?
What developmental factors contribute to adult cognitive abilities?
What risk factors contribute to the onset of schizophrenia?
Is there a link between playing violent video games and engaging in aggressive behavior?
Do citizens in countries with democratic governments report greater life satisfaction than citizens in countries with autocratic governments?
Positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) are technologies that enable social psychologists to
record research participants’ true attitudes without their awareness.
present visual stimuli to research participants for one-hundredth of a second.
see images of the brain as people think, feel, and behave.
induce a particular mood state in people.
Virtual reality allows social psychologists to
more effectively deceive research participants.
test questions that might otherwise be impractical or unethical.
scan the brain as it processes stimuli.
explore “hot” processes more so than “cold” processes.
Which statement concerning research questions in social psychology is false?
Social psychologists sometimes develop research questions based on their own personal experiences and observations.
Research questions can be inspired by real-world events.
Research questions are often determined after the research begins rather than before it starts.
Social psychologists can develop research questions from song lyrics.
Which of the following is not a testable hypothesis?
People smile more when they are lying than when they are telling the truth.
Refusing to help someone in need is morally wrong.
Stereotypes are more likely to impact judgments when people are tired.
Women tend to have more opposite-sex friends than men.
Construct validity is best defined as the extent to which
participants who are tested repeatedly on the same measure will yield the same results.
the participants in a study were subjected to both random assignment and random selection.
results in a study can be achieved upon repeated administration of the same measuring instrument.
measures used in a study really measure the conceptual variables they were designed to measure.
The cocktail party effect refers to the tendency for people to
become more self-conscious in large groups.
get nervous in social settings and forget the names of strangers.
hear the mention of their own name even from across a loud and crowded room.
become more focused on self-presentational concerns in group settings.
The term self-concept refers to
the evaluation of one’s own abilities and attitudes through comparison to similar others.
the general disposition to focus on either the inner feelings or outer image of the self.
the sum total of a person’s beliefs concerning his or her own personal attributes.
whether a person’s self-evaluation is positive or negative.
Kirk is very politically conservative. He tends to evaluate most information he learns by placing it on the political spectrum as either similar to his personal beliefs or different from them. Kirk is probably ____
dialectic
aschematic
egotistic
schematic
According to the looking-glass model of self-concept development, the self-concept develops
quickly, but is quite fragile and subject to change.
from the way one is viewed by others.
slowly, reaching its complete form only in old age.
from one’s physical appearance.
The desire for others to perceive us in the same way that we see ourselves is called
self-verification.
self-enhancement.
implicit egotism.
self-handicapping.
As social perceivers, people’s impressions of others are
formed only after knowing the person for a considerable period of time.
uninfluenced by superficial attributes of a person.
formed at first encounter and completely unchangeable.
influenced by the physical appearance of a person.
Scripts are often culture-specific. This means that
there is a great deal of agreement about the order of events across cultures.
the ability to execute the script is related to experience.
the more general the script, the greater cross-cultural consistency it has.
the same behaviors may be perceived very differently in different cultures.
The “anger superiority effect” in social perception refers to the finding that people are quicker to
look away from an angry face in a crowd than a neutral face.
look away from an angry face in a crowd than a happy face.
spot an angry face in a crowd than a neutral or happy face.
identify anger in the faces of people from other cultures.
Jerry makes frequent eye contact with the person to whom he is talking. This is most likely to elicit a(n)
impression that Jerry is domineering and likes power.
impression that Jerry is insecure and needy.
positive or negative emotion based on the kind of eye contact that Jerry uses.
positive or negative emotion depending on whether Jerry is talking to a male or female.
A group of theories that describe how people explain the causes of behavior is known as
attribution theory.
correspondent inference theory.
information integration theory.
the just-world model.
Bridgette thinks short people are lazy, and Barbara refuses to let short people join her book club. Bridgette is exhibiting ____, whereas Barbara is exhibiting ____.
discrimination; prejudice
stereotyping; discrimination
prejudice; stereotyping
prejudice; discrimination
Stereotypes differ from prejudice and discrimination in that stereotypes concern
positive feelings about a social group.
negative feelings about a social group.
beliefs or associations about a social group.
negative behavior directed at members of a social group.
Research indicates that white individuals’ concern about appearing prejudiced during interracial interactions can
lead them to try to avoid such interactions altogether.
lead them to sit closer to African-American conversation partners in the effort to make a good impression.
lead them to go out of their way to demonstrate how often they think about and notice race-related issues.
attempt to adopt the behaviors they perceive as being associated with a non-dominant culture.
Gender stereotypes are prescriptive. This means that gender stereotypes
identify what men and women should be like.
predict when men and women are likely to behave in stereotype-consistent ways.
are more accurate than other kinds of stereotypes.
are less influenced by cultural standards than other stereotypes.
Being persistently stereotyped, perceived as deviant, and devalued in society because of membership in a particular social group or because of a particular characteristic is the definition of being
sublimated.
ambivalent.
threatened.
stigmatized.
A stereotype exists in many cultures that men are better than women at math. Ramie is about to take a diagnostic achievement test in math. According to research on stereotype threat, under which condition is Ramie most likely to perform poorly on the test?
Ramie does not believe that the test is an accurate measure of math ability.
Ramie is asked to indicate her sex at the beginning of the test.
Ramie does not include math as an important part of her identity.
Ramie is unaware of the cultural stereotype concerning sex and math
Realistic conflict theory proposes that
conflict between groups is a function of interpersonal hostility.
intergroup hostility arises from competition among groups for scarce but valued resources.
intergroup conflict is largely a function of how realistically groups view one another.
realistic groups do not have to worry about intergroup conflict.
Jaycee is extremely judgmental. She has strong opinions about politics, social issues, and moral concerns. Jaycee is high in the
need for cognition.
need for evaluation.
evaluative conditioning.
cognitive dissonance.
Attitudes are useful because they
let us quickly judge whether something we encounter is good or bad.
bias the way we interpret new information.
make pipelines with a higher throughput
allow us to take more time to evaluate others.
The most direct and straightforward way to assess an attitude is through the use of
covert measures.
implicit measures.
self-report measures.
behavioral observation.
Shani plans to use a self-report measure in which people indicate their agreement or disagreement with a list of statements using a multi-point scale. She is using
a Likert scale.
the luncheon technique.
a categorical matrix.
an agreement index.
Jacqueline, an attitude researcher, is interested in how people feel about alcohol. She would be well-advised to use a
Likert scale because it is not as susceptible to social desirability effects.
bogus pipeline because it is not as susceptible to social desirability effects.
Likert scale because it is more likely to be affected by social desirability.
bogus pipeline because it is more likely to be affected by social desirability.
While watching the presidential debate on television, Matilda critically evaluated the arguments made by each candidate and was persuaded to support a particular candidate because of the quality of her arguments. Matilda exhibited
psychological reactance.
central route persuasion.
peripheral route persuasion.
insufficient justification.
At the sales meeting, Leo clasped his hands behind his head and reclined in his chair. Within minutes, three other team members were sitting in the same posture, demonstrating the psychological tendency referred to as
psychological reactance.
the chameleon effect.
lowballing.
idiosyncrasy credits.
In comparison to obedience and compliance, conformity
involves less direct pressure from others.
occurs only in response to the behavior of a group of others.
requires the physical presence of at least one other person.
is more likely to produce destructive behaviors.
Normative influence tends to occur primarily when people
are uncertain regarding the correct answer and therefore look to others for guidance.
fear the negative social consequences of rejection that can follow appearing deviant.
are motivated to appear consistent in their feelings and behaviors.
feel that their freedom to choose a particular course of action has been threatened.
Pat attends a pre-screening of a new romantic comedy with a group of four people and then participates in a focus group where the group is asked several questions about the film. The group is asked, “How funny is the film?” Each member of the group responds to the question. Pat responds last, after hearing the rest of the group say that the movie was very funny. Pat is more likely to agree with them if
Pat is female.
Pat is from an individualistic culture.
Pat is elderly.
Pat’s group had seven people instead of four.
A decrease in overall job performance among a work team is least likely to occur in which scenario?
Daphne isn’t quite sure what her role in the group is.
Fred must play both an instrumental and an expressive role in the group.
Velma’s role in the group seems to be constantly changing.
Shaggy assumes a clearly defined instrumental role in the group.
The tendency for the presence of other people to increase performance on easy tasks and impair performance on difficult tasks is known as
social loafing.
social facilitation.
group polarization.
groupthink.
Terrence has a network of close social ties. In comparison to individuals lacking such a network, research suggests that he will
be more likely to suffer from social anxiety.
be less likely to die a premature death.
have worse physical health.
have lower self-esteem.
Some large fish allow smaller fish to swim inside of their mouths without eating the smaller ones. The smaller fish get to feed inside the larger fish’s mouth, the larger fish gets parasites removed from its teeth. This is an example of
reciprocal altruism.
kin selection.
audience inhibition.
the cost-reward model.
The bystander effect does not tend to occur when the bystanders are
all friends.
all strangers.
only in one’s mind.
on the Internet.
Many different factors contribute to the bystander effect. Which factor does not contribute directly to the bystander effect?
audience inhibition
time pressure
pluralistic ignorance
diffusion of responsibility
People are less likely to notice an emergency if they
display empathic concern for others.
are aware of their surroundings.
are in a good mood.
are under time pressure.
Aggressive behavior whereby harm is inflicted as a means to a desired end is known as ____ aggression.
proactive
reactive
emotional
relational
According to an evolutionary perspective, males are competitive with each other because
females are predisposed to sexual jealousy.
males select high-status females for mating.
aggression enhances the male’s confidence in the paternity of his offspring.
males use physical aggression to eliminate women who are unlikely to provide offspring.
