Psy 321, Ole Miss, Mendolia, Final Exam questions
with correct answers
social cognition Correct Answer-focuses on thoughts about people and
about social relationships
realistic conflict theory Correct Answer-the idea that competition over
scarce resources leads to intergroup hostility and conflict
superordinate goals Correct Answer-goals that can be achieved only by
cooperating and working with others (Robber's Cave ending)
Discontinuity effect Correct Answer-the finding that groups are more
extreme and often more hostile, than individuals
the stroop test Correct Answer-a standard measure of effortful control
over responses, requiring participants to identify the color of a word
self-regulation Correct Answer-the exercise of voluntary control over
the self to bring the self into line with preferred standards
5 things that distinguish automatic processes from deliberate Correct
Answer-awareness, intention, control, effort, efficiency
which type of thinking requires less effort? Correct Answer-automatic
,attributions Correct Answer-the casual explanations people give for their
own and other's behaviors, and for events in general
schemas Correct Answer-knowledge structures that represent substantial
information about a concept, its attributes, and its relationships to other
concepts
scripts Correct Answer-knowledge structures that contain info about
how people behave under varying circumstances
priming Correct Answer-activating an idea
framing Correct Answer-whether messages stress potential gains
(positively framed) or potential losses (negatively framed); how
information is presented to others
results of the milkshake/dieter study (orange and green bars) Correct
Answer-non-dieters who had has a milkshake ate less ice cream; dieters
who had has a milkshake ate more icecream
the milkshake study represented the ______ effect Correct Answer-
counterregulation ("what the heck" effect), basically showing that after a
slip up people will throw everything to the wind
what were the 3 conditions in the milkshake experiment? how were
participants assigned? Correct Answer-participants were randomly
, assigned to either 1) nothing to eat, 2) a moderate milkshake, 3) a
double-sized milkshake
what were the results from the experiment focused on priming and
interruption? Correct Answer-participants who were primed with rude
words were more likely to interrupt the experimenter than the people in
the polite condition
what were the results from the Castro speech? (purple and orange bars)
Correct Answer-participants in the study thought the student had pro-
Castro attitudes even if the topic was assigned
the Castro speech experiment is an example of what? Correct Answer-
fundamental attribution error
what did Asch's line study find? Correct Answer-as the number of
confederates increased from one to four, conformity increased
dramatically. as even more confederates were added, conformity leveled
off.
Sherif used the autokinetic effect to study this social influence process?
Correct Answer-group norms. as participants heard the estimates
provided by others, their individual answers converged and became
more similar
with correct answers
social cognition Correct Answer-focuses on thoughts about people and
about social relationships
realistic conflict theory Correct Answer-the idea that competition over
scarce resources leads to intergroup hostility and conflict
superordinate goals Correct Answer-goals that can be achieved only by
cooperating and working with others (Robber's Cave ending)
Discontinuity effect Correct Answer-the finding that groups are more
extreme and often more hostile, than individuals
the stroop test Correct Answer-a standard measure of effortful control
over responses, requiring participants to identify the color of a word
self-regulation Correct Answer-the exercise of voluntary control over
the self to bring the self into line with preferred standards
5 things that distinguish automatic processes from deliberate Correct
Answer-awareness, intention, control, effort, efficiency
which type of thinking requires less effort? Correct Answer-automatic
,attributions Correct Answer-the casual explanations people give for their
own and other's behaviors, and for events in general
schemas Correct Answer-knowledge structures that represent substantial
information about a concept, its attributes, and its relationships to other
concepts
scripts Correct Answer-knowledge structures that contain info about
how people behave under varying circumstances
priming Correct Answer-activating an idea
framing Correct Answer-whether messages stress potential gains
(positively framed) or potential losses (negatively framed); how
information is presented to others
results of the milkshake/dieter study (orange and green bars) Correct
Answer-non-dieters who had has a milkshake ate less ice cream; dieters
who had has a milkshake ate more icecream
the milkshake study represented the ______ effect Correct Answer-
counterregulation ("what the heck" effect), basically showing that after a
slip up people will throw everything to the wind
what were the 3 conditions in the milkshake experiment? how were
participants assigned? Correct Answer-participants were randomly
, assigned to either 1) nothing to eat, 2) a moderate milkshake, 3) a
double-sized milkshake
what were the results from the experiment focused on priming and
interruption? Correct Answer-participants who were primed with rude
words were more likely to interrupt the experimenter than the people in
the polite condition
what were the results from the Castro speech? (purple and orange bars)
Correct Answer-participants in the study thought the student had pro-
Castro attitudes even if the topic was assigned
the Castro speech experiment is an example of what? Correct Answer-
fundamental attribution error
what did Asch's line study find? Correct Answer-as the number of
confederates increased from one to four, conformity increased
dramatically. as even more confederates were added, conformity leveled
off.
Sherif used the autokinetic effect to study this social influence process?
Correct Answer-group norms. as participants heard the estimates
provided by others, their individual answers converged and became
more similar
