PSYC 101 Exam #5 Questions and Answers| uPDATED & vERIFIED
PSYC 101 Exam #5 Questions and Answers|
uPDATED & vERIFIED
Question 1
People often commit the fundamental attribution error, especially when they explain:
a. why someone's attitude is ever-changing.
b. animal pack behavior.
c. the behavior of close friends.
d. the behavior of strangers who have been observed in only one type of situation.
Correct Answer
d. the behavior of strangers who have been observed in only one type of situation.
Question 2
This afternoon, your boss wants to meet with you. You are sure it is about the
customers who complained about you yesterday. The best-case scenario would be for
your boss to decide that your behavior was the result of:
a. your personality traits.
b. a dispositional attribution.
c. a situational attribution.
d. None of these explanations would produce positive results; there is no "best-case
scenario."
Correct Answer
c. a situational attribution.
Question 3
According to the ______________, people explain behavior by crediting either the
situation or the person's disposition.
a. attribution theory
b. cognitive dissonance theory
c. psychoanalytic theory
d. social influence theory
Correct Answer
a. attribution theory
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Question 4
The fundamental attribution error is more apparent in ___________ than it is in
___________.
a. East Asian cultures; individualist Western countries
b. individualist Western countries; East Asian cultures
c. males; females
d. females; males
Correct Answer
b. individualist Western countries; East Asian cultures
Question 5
Marilyn thinks a strict class-attendance policy is an indication of her professor's overly
controlling personality rather than a necessity dictated by the limited number of class
sessions (the course meets only once a week). Her judgment best illustrates:
a. the mere exposure effect.
b. group polarization.
c. confirmation bias.
d. the fundamental attribution error.
Correct Answer
d. the fundamental attribution error.
Question 6
As you are driving to campus one day another car cuts you off and speeds ahead.
Immediately you yell out "Crazy driver!" not realizing that the person may be rushing
to get to the hospital. Your judgment best illustrates:
a. the fundamental attribution error.
b. confirmation bias.
c. gender-typing bias.
d. the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
Correct Answer
a. the fundamental attribution error.
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Question 7
You stop for a cup of coffee and the waitress yells at you when you sit at a table that
has not been cleared. You are convinced that she should find another line of work—
one in which her angry personality traits will not interfere with her job. However, you
disregard the possibility that the restaurant is short of help that day. You have just
fallen prey to:
a. the fundamental attribution error.
b. confirmation bias.
c. gender-typing bias.
d. the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
Correct Answer
a. the fundamental attribution error.
Question 8
Recognizing the powerful impact of social influence on others' behaviors is most likely
to minimize:
a. passionate love.
b. social facilitation.
c. the mere exposure effect.
d. the fundamental attribution error.
Correct Answer
d. the fundamental attribution error.
Question 9
Students who were told that a young woman had been instructed to act in a very
unfriendly way for the purposes of the experiment concluded that her behavior:
a. reflected her personal disposition.
b. was situationally determined.
c. demonstrated role playing.
d. illustrated normative social influence.
Correct Answer
a. reflected her personal disposition.
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Question 10
In explaining our own behavior or the behavior of those we know well, we often resort
to:
a. deindividuation.
b. social facilitation.
c. social loafing.
d. situational attributions.
Correct Answer
d. situational attributions.
Question 11
You have very strong opinions about the tuition increase. However, once you are the
student representative for the College Board, you develop a more favorable attitude
about the tuition increase. Which theory best explains why?
a. two-factor theory
b. social exchange theory
c. cognitive dissonance theory
d. equity theory
Correct Answer
c. cognitive dissonance theory
Question 12
You decide to make a positive change in your life. Instead of going to work with a
frown on your face, you will force yourself to smile when you walk in. According to
_____________, by altering your behavior you stand a good chance of changing your
attitude.
a. the foot-in-the-door phenomenon
b. the attitudes-follow-behavior principle
c. the place theory
d. hindsight bias
Correct Answer
b. the attitudes-follow-behavior principle
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PSYC 101 Exam #5 Questions and Answers|
uPDATED & vERIFIED
Question 1
People often commit the fundamental attribution error, especially when they explain:
a. why someone's attitude is ever-changing.
b. animal pack behavior.
c. the behavior of close friends.
d. the behavior of strangers who have been observed in only one type of situation.
Correct Answer
d. the behavior of strangers who have been observed in only one type of situation.
Question 2
This afternoon, your boss wants to meet with you. You are sure it is about the
customers who complained about you yesterday. The best-case scenario would be for
your boss to decide that your behavior was the result of:
a. your personality traits.
b. a dispositional attribution.
c. a situational attribution.
d. None of these explanations would produce positive results; there is no "best-case
scenario."
Correct Answer
c. a situational attribution.
Question 3
According to the ______________, people explain behavior by crediting either the
situation or the person's disposition.
a. attribution theory
b. cognitive dissonance theory
c. psychoanalytic theory
d. social influence theory
Correct Answer
a. attribution theory
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Question 4
The fundamental attribution error is more apparent in ___________ than it is in
___________.
a. East Asian cultures; individualist Western countries
b. individualist Western countries; East Asian cultures
c. males; females
d. females; males
Correct Answer
b. individualist Western countries; East Asian cultures
Question 5
Marilyn thinks a strict class-attendance policy is an indication of her professor's overly
controlling personality rather than a necessity dictated by the limited number of class
sessions (the course meets only once a week). Her judgment best illustrates:
a. the mere exposure effect.
b. group polarization.
c. confirmation bias.
d. the fundamental attribution error.
Correct Answer
d. the fundamental attribution error.
Question 6
As you are driving to campus one day another car cuts you off and speeds ahead.
Immediately you yell out "Crazy driver!" not realizing that the person may be rushing
to get to the hospital. Your judgment best illustrates:
a. the fundamental attribution error.
b. confirmation bias.
c. gender-typing bias.
d. the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
Correct Answer
a. the fundamental attribution error.
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Question 7
You stop for a cup of coffee and the waitress yells at you when you sit at a table that
has not been cleared. You are convinced that she should find another line of work—
one in which her angry personality traits will not interfere with her job. However, you
disregard the possibility that the restaurant is short of help that day. You have just
fallen prey to:
a. the fundamental attribution error.
b. confirmation bias.
c. gender-typing bias.
d. the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
Correct Answer
a. the fundamental attribution error.
Question 8
Recognizing the powerful impact of social influence on others' behaviors is most likely
to minimize:
a. passionate love.
b. social facilitation.
c. the mere exposure effect.
d. the fundamental attribution error.
Correct Answer
d. the fundamental attribution error.
Question 9
Students who were told that a young woman had been instructed to act in a very
unfriendly way for the purposes of the experiment concluded that her behavior:
a. reflected her personal disposition.
b. was situationally determined.
c. demonstrated role playing.
d. illustrated normative social influence.
Correct Answer
a. reflected her personal disposition.
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Question 10
In explaining our own behavior or the behavior of those we know well, we often resort
to:
a. deindividuation.
b. social facilitation.
c. social loafing.
d. situational attributions.
Correct Answer
d. situational attributions.
Question 11
You have very strong opinions about the tuition increase. However, once you are the
student representative for the College Board, you develop a more favorable attitude
about the tuition increase. Which theory best explains why?
a. two-factor theory
b. social exchange theory
c. cognitive dissonance theory
d. equity theory
Correct Answer
c. cognitive dissonance theory
Question 12
You decide to make a positive change in your life. Instead of going to work with a
frown on your face, you will force yourself to smile when you walk in. According to
_____________, by altering your behavior you stand a good chance of changing your
attitude.
a. the foot-in-the-door phenomenon
b. the attitudes-follow-behavior principle
c. the place theory
d. hindsight bias
Correct Answer
b. the attitudes-follow-behavior principle
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