EPPP Practice Exam (Social Psychology)
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
_____________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 - CORRECT ANSWER - schemas
_______provide knowledge about the appropriate sequence of behavs in specific social
situations
a) prototypes
b) schemas
c) scripts - CORRECT ANSWER - scripts
The impact of the social context on impression formation was studied by Rosenhan-what did he
find? - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - self-serving bias
_________ are mental shortcuts or rules-of-thumb that people use when making
attributions/social judgments - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment - CORRECT ANSWER - availability
The _________ is the tendency to rely on case specific info and ignore probability data when
estimating the likelihood of an event
a) base rate fallacy
b) confirmation bias
c) illusory correlation
d) false effect - CORRECT ANSWER - base rate fallacy
The ____________ is the tendency to pay attention to information that is line with one's beliefs
and to ignore info that isn't
a) base rate fallacy
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
_____________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 - CORRECT ANSWER - schemas
_______provide knowledge about the appropriate sequence of behavs in specific social
situations
a) prototypes
b) schemas
c) scripts - CORRECT ANSWER - scripts
The impact of the social context on impression formation was studied by Rosenhan-what did he
find? - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - self-serving bias
_________ are mental shortcuts or rules-of-thumb that people use when making
attributions/social judgments - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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
a) representativeness
b) availability
c) simulation
d) anchoring and adjustment - CORRECT ANSWER - availability
The _________ is the tendency to rely on case specific info and ignore probability data when
estimating the likelihood of an event
a) base rate fallacy
b) confirmation bias
c) illusory correlation
d) false effect - CORRECT ANSWER - base rate fallacy
The ____________ is the tendency to pay attention to information that is line with one's beliefs
and to ignore info that isn't
a) base rate fallacy
