PSYC 1001 EXAM 4 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
b. deindividuation. - Answer -Devoid of any retribution, , thousands of fans at a football
game swarmed the field, climbing on the goal posts, yelling, screaming, and taking their
clothes off. This behavior of normally mild-mannered citizens is known as
Select one:
a. individuation.
b. deindividuation.
c. demoralization.
d. demonification.
c. greater; less - Answer -One of the key themes in Milgram's paradigm is the
________ the psychological distance between the teacher/participant and the
experimenter, the ________ the obedience.
Select one:
a. less; less
b. less; greater
c. greater; less
d. greater; greater
b. pluralistic ignorance. - Answer -You are walking downtown one day and find a man
wearing street clothes who is slumped on the sidewalk. You look around and see others
walking and not paying attention. Thus, you decide to do the same thing. You have
demonstrated
Select one:
a. monistic ignorance.
b. pluralistic ignorance.
c. singular ignorance.
d. triangular ignorance.
b. self-monitoring. - Answer -A trait that assesses the extent to which people's
behaviors reflect their true feelings and attitudes is called
Select one:
a. an excessive characteristic.
b. self-monitoring.
c. a belief.
d. predictive.
c. diffusion of responsibility. - Answer -At a crowded park, Kayla sees an old man
clutching his heart and stumbling. If Kayla assumes that someone else will help the old
man, she is experiencing the phenomenon known as
, Select one:
a. pluralistic ignorance.
b. social loafing.
c. diffusion of responsibility.
d. evaluation apprehension.
a. Occam's razor - Answer -"Oh my gosh, it's a UFO!" This scream came from the
backyard of a suburban neighborhood home, after which several other people came out
and agreed that they were all seeing a UFO. As it turns out, there was merely a weather
balloon flying high in the sky after it had separated from its tethering cord. This simpler
explanation for the sighting of a UFO is consistent with the conceptual principle of
Select one:
a. Occam's razor
b. correlation versus causation
c. falsifiability
d. replicability
c. 150. - Answer -The approximate number of people that each of us knows reasonably
well is
Select one:
a. 50.
b. 100.
c. 150.
d. 200.
a. Asians; Americans - Answer -People with low self-esteem are prone to conformity;
however, research finds that ________ are also more likely to conform than ________.
Select one:
a. Asians; Americans
b. Asians; African Americans
c. Americans; Asians
d. African Americans; Asians
d. cognitive dissonance. - Answer -When we experience an unpleasant state of tension
between two or more conflicting thoughts, we are experiencing
Select one:
a. implicit egotism.
b. maladaptive gullibility.
c. self-monitoring.
d. cognitive dissonance.
b. deindividuation. - Answer -Devoid of any retribution, , thousands of fans at a football
game swarmed the field, climbing on the goal posts, yelling, screaming, and taking their
clothes off. This behavior of normally mild-mannered citizens is known as
Select one:
a. individuation.
b. deindividuation.
c. demoralization.
d. demonification.
c. greater; less - Answer -One of the key themes in Milgram's paradigm is the
________ the psychological distance between the teacher/participant and the
experimenter, the ________ the obedience.
Select one:
a. less; less
b. less; greater
c. greater; less
d. greater; greater
b. pluralistic ignorance. - Answer -You are walking downtown one day and find a man
wearing street clothes who is slumped on the sidewalk. You look around and see others
walking and not paying attention. Thus, you decide to do the same thing. You have
demonstrated
Select one:
a. monistic ignorance.
b. pluralistic ignorance.
c. singular ignorance.
d. triangular ignorance.
b. self-monitoring. - Answer -A trait that assesses the extent to which people's
behaviors reflect their true feelings and attitudes is called
Select one:
a. an excessive characteristic.
b. self-monitoring.
c. a belief.
d. predictive.
c. diffusion of responsibility. - Answer -At a crowded park, Kayla sees an old man
clutching his heart and stumbling. If Kayla assumes that someone else will help the old
man, she is experiencing the phenomenon known as
, Select one:
a. pluralistic ignorance.
b. social loafing.
c. diffusion of responsibility.
d. evaluation apprehension.
a. Occam's razor - Answer -"Oh my gosh, it's a UFO!" This scream came from the
backyard of a suburban neighborhood home, after which several other people came out
and agreed that they were all seeing a UFO. As it turns out, there was merely a weather
balloon flying high in the sky after it had separated from its tethering cord. This simpler
explanation for the sighting of a UFO is consistent with the conceptual principle of
Select one:
a. Occam's razor
b. correlation versus causation
c. falsifiability
d. replicability
c. 150. - Answer -The approximate number of people that each of us knows reasonably
well is
Select one:
a. 50.
b. 100.
c. 150.
d. 200.
a. Asians; Americans - Answer -People with low self-esteem are prone to conformity;
however, research finds that ________ are also more likely to conform than ________.
Select one:
a. Asians; Americans
b. Asians; African Americans
c. Americans; Asians
d. African Americans; Asians
d. cognitive dissonance. - Answer -When we experience an unpleasant state of tension
between two or more conflicting thoughts, we are experiencing
Select one:
a. implicit egotism.
b. maladaptive gullibility.
c. self-monitoring.
d. cognitive dissonance.
