EPPP Practice Exam (Social Psychology) - Questions
With Precise Solutions
_____________are organized, 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 Right Ans - schemas
_______provide knowledge about the appropriate sequence of behavs in specific
social situations
a) prototypes
b) schemas
c) scripts Right Ans - scripts
The impact of the social context on impression formation was studied by
Rosenhan-what did he find? Right Ans - 8 pseudopatients admitted
themselves to an inpatient ward. Although they acted normally, all but one
were diagnosed by staff as having Sx-- the 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 Right Ans - 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 Right Ans - 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 Right Ans - actor-observer effect
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 Right Ans - self-serving bias
_________ are mental shortcuts or rules-of-thumb that people use when making
attributions/social judgments Right Ans - 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 Right Ans - representativeness heuristic
The __________ heuristic involves basing the likelihood of an event on how
easily you can imagine it happening
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment Right Ans - simulation
The _______ heuristic involves using an initial value as the basis for making a
judgement or estimate (ie. starting price for negotiation at a flea market)
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment Right Ans - anchoring heuristic
The _______________ heuristic involves judging the likelihood or frequency of an
event basked on how easy it is to recall many examples of that event occuring
With Precise Solutions
_____________are organized, 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 Right Ans - schemas
_______provide knowledge about the appropriate sequence of behavs in specific
social situations
a) prototypes
b) schemas
c) scripts Right Ans - scripts
The impact of the social context on impression formation was studied by
Rosenhan-what did he find? Right Ans - 8 pseudopatients admitted
themselves to an inpatient ward. Although they acted normally, all but one
were diagnosed by staff as having Sx-- the 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 Right Ans - 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 Right Ans - 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 Right Ans - actor-observer effect
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 Right Ans - self-serving bias
_________ are mental shortcuts or rules-of-thumb that people use when making
attributions/social judgments Right Ans - 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 Right Ans - representativeness heuristic
The __________ heuristic involves basing the likelihood of an event on how
easily you can imagine it happening
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment Right Ans - simulation
The _______ heuristic involves using an initial value as the basis for making a
judgement or estimate (ie. starting price for negotiation at a flea market)
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment Right Ans - anchoring heuristic
The _______________ heuristic involves judging the likelihood or frequency of an
event basked on how easy it is to recall many examples of that event occuring
