©PREP4EXAMS@2024 [REAL-EXAM-DUMPS] Sunday, August 4, 2024 12:41 AM
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EPPP Practice Exam (Social Psychology) Practice
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
_____________are organised, interconnected mental networks of info that are based
on our previous personal and social exps and help us process and organize info
a) prototypes
b) schemas
c) scripts - ✔️✔️schemas
_______provide knowledge about the appropriate sequence of behavs in specific social
situations
a) prototypes
b) schemas
c) scripts - ✔️✔️scripts
The impact of the social context on impression formation was studied by Rosenhan-
what did he find? - ✔️✔️8 pseudopatients admitted themselves to an inpatient ward.
Although they acted normally, all but one were diagnosed by staff as having Sx-- the
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,©PREP4EXAMS@2024 [REAL-EXAM-DUMPS] Sunday, August 4, 2024 12:41 AM
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSIRTY- (WV) : 26506
behavs of others tend to be perceived in a manner consistent with the social environ in
which they occur
Which of these is NOT a type of attribution of behaviour?
a) dispositional vs situational
b) internal vs external
c) stable vs unstable
d) specific vs global - ✔️✔️internal vs external
The _____________ occurs when we overestimate the role of dispositional factors and
underestimate the rolw of situational factors in another person's behaviour
a) fundamental attribution bias
b) actor-observer effect
c) self-serving bias - ✔️✔️fundamental attribution bias
The _______________ describes our tendency to make situational attributions to our
own behaviours but dispositional attributions to the behaviour of others
a) fundamental attribution bias
b) actor-observer effect
c) self-serving bias - ✔️✔️actor-observer effect
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, ©PREP4EXAMS@2024 [REAL-EXAM-DUMPS] Sunday, August 4, 2024 12:41 AM
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSIRTY- (WV) : 26506
The _____________ describes our tendency to attribute our behaviours to situational
factors when the consequences are negative and to attribute them to dispositional
factors when the conseqs are positive (except in depressed people)
a) fundamental attribution bias
b) actor-observer effect
c) self-serving bias
d) learned helplessness - ✔️✔️self-serving bias
_________ are mental shortcuts or rules-of-thumb that people use when making
attributions/social judgments - ✔️✔️mental heuristics
The ____________ heuristic involves basing your judgement about whether someone
belongs to a particular category on how similar they are to that category whilst ignorning
populaton probability data
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment - ✔️✔️representativeness heuristic
The __________ heuristic involves basing the likelihood of an event on how easily you
can imagine it happening
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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSIRTY- (WV) : 26506
EPPP Practice Exam (Social Psychology) Practice
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
_____________are organised, interconnected mental networks of info that are based
on our previous personal and social exps and help us process and organize info
a) prototypes
b) schemas
c) scripts - ✔️✔️schemas
_______provide knowledge about the appropriate sequence of behavs in specific social
situations
a) prototypes
b) schemas
c) scripts - ✔️✔️scripts
The impact of the social context on impression formation was studied by Rosenhan-
what did he find? - ✔️✔️8 pseudopatients admitted themselves to an inpatient ward.
Although they acted normally, all but one were diagnosed by staff as having Sx-- the
1
,©PREP4EXAMS@2024 [REAL-EXAM-DUMPS] Sunday, August 4, 2024 12:41 AM
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSIRTY- (WV) : 26506
behavs of others tend to be perceived in a manner consistent with the social environ in
which they occur
Which of these is NOT a type of attribution of behaviour?
a) dispositional vs situational
b) internal vs external
c) stable vs unstable
d) specific vs global - ✔️✔️internal vs external
The _____________ occurs when we overestimate the role of dispositional factors and
underestimate the rolw of situational factors in another person's behaviour
a) fundamental attribution bias
b) actor-observer effect
c) self-serving bias - ✔️✔️fundamental attribution bias
The _______________ describes our tendency to make situational attributions to our
own behaviours but dispositional attributions to the behaviour of others
a) fundamental attribution bias
b) actor-observer effect
c) self-serving bias - ✔️✔️actor-observer effect
2
, ©PREP4EXAMS@2024 [REAL-EXAM-DUMPS] Sunday, August 4, 2024 12:41 AM
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSIRTY- (WV) : 26506
The _____________ describes our tendency to attribute our behaviours to situational
factors when the consequences are negative and to attribute them to dispositional
factors when the conseqs are positive (except in depressed people)
a) fundamental attribution bias
b) actor-observer effect
c) self-serving bias
d) learned helplessness - ✔️✔️self-serving bias
_________ are mental shortcuts or rules-of-thumb that people use when making
attributions/social judgments - ✔️✔️mental heuristics
The ____________ heuristic involves basing your judgement about whether someone
belongs to a particular category on how similar they are to that category whilst ignorning
populaton probability data
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment - ✔️✔️representativeness heuristic
The __________ heuristic involves basing the likelihood of an event on how easily you
can imagine it happening
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