Course Title: Sanderson, Social Psychology, Canadian Edition
Chapter Number: 01 – INTRODUCING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Question type: Multiple Choice
1) Social psychology is defined by all of the following except
a) scientific study.
b) study of how thoughts and attitudes are influenced by the social world.
c) the awareness of the influence of the individual.
d) study of how behaviours are influenced by the social world.
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: What social psychology is.
Section Reference 1: What Is Social Psychology?
2) Social psychologists are interested in all of the following topics, except
a) how we think about ourselves.
b) how we process and store information.
c) how we think, feel and act in the social world.
d) how our attitudes and behaviour shape the social world.
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: What social psychology is.
Section Reference 1: What Is Social Psychology?
3) “Bright colors improve students' moods” is an example of
a) hindsight bias.
b) theory.
c) hypothesis.
d) scientific method.
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: What social psychology is.
Section Reference 1: What Is Social Psychology?
4) “Negative political messages are more persuasive than positive political messages” is a(n)
a) theory.