SOP 3004 Exam 1 Final Test Questions
All Answered Correct.
Which of the following is not a focus of social psychology?
A. How groups function
B. What causes individual behavior
C. How social environments influence thoughts
D. How emotions influence social life - Answer A. How groups function
Which of the following statements best describes evolutionary psychology?
A. People evolve certain traits because they are beneficial
B. Adaptive traits are not selected and are passed along to the next generations
C. Certain traits are selected for and are passed along to subsequent generations
D. Beneficial variations are selected for and other variations cease to exist - Answer C.
Certain traits are selected for and are passed along to subsequent generations
Tammy is conducting a study on how exercise is related to decreased stress. She predicts that
exercise leads to the release of endorphins, which leads to decreased stress. Which of these
variables is a mediator?
A. Exercise
B. Stress
C. Endorphins
D. None of the above - Answer C. Endorphins
4. Michael thinks that working hard is related to gray hair, but only among those who
experience high levels of stress. What type of variable is stress?
A. Independent
B. Dependent
C. Mediator
D. Moderator - Answer D. Moderator
Which aspect of social cognition involves consciously focusing on aspects of the environment?
A. Attention
B. Interpretation
C. Judgment
D. Memory - Answer A. Attention
, You see a woman wearing a red shirt and khaki pants and assume she is a Target employee.
What heuristic did you use?
A. Status quo
B. Anchoring and adjustment
C. Representativeness
D. Availability - Answer C. Representativeness
What types of information are we most likely to notice?
A. Information that is inconsistent with our schemas
B. Information that is consistent with our schemas
C. Information that we encode
D. Information that we retrieve - Answer B. Information that is consistent with our schemas
What types of schemas drive our thought?
A. Schemas that are strong
B. Schemas that use metaphors
C. Schemas that are primed
D. Both A and C - Answer D. Both A and C
Controlled processing ___________ and automatic processing ___________.
A. is effortless; is effortful
B. is intuitive; is logical
C. occurs in the prefrontal cortex; occurs in the amygdala
D. Both A and C - Answer C. occurs in the prefrontal cortex; occurs in the amygdala
Harry was 1 point away from getting an A in his transfiguration class. Ron was 5 points away
from getting an A in the class. Which person is probably more upset with their grade?
A. Ron
B. Harry
C. Both are equally upset
D. Neither are upset - Answer B. Harry
8. The two-factor theory of emotion is based on the principle that ____________.
A. affect influences cognition
All Answered Correct.
Which of the following is not a focus of social psychology?
A. How groups function
B. What causes individual behavior
C. How social environments influence thoughts
D. How emotions influence social life - Answer A. How groups function
Which of the following statements best describes evolutionary psychology?
A. People evolve certain traits because they are beneficial
B. Adaptive traits are not selected and are passed along to the next generations
C. Certain traits are selected for and are passed along to subsequent generations
D. Beneficial variations are selected for and other variations cease to exist - Answer C.
Certain traits are selected for and are passed along to subsequent generations
Tammy is conducting a study on how exercise is related to decreased stress. She predicts that
exercise leads to the release of endorphins, which leads to decreased stress. Which of these
variables is a mediator?
A. Exercise
B. Stress
C. Endorphins
D. None of the above - Answer C. Endorphins
4. Michael thinks that working hard is related to gray hair, but only among those who
experience high levels of stress. What type of variable is stress?
A. Independent
B. Dependent
C. Mediator
D. Moderator - Answer D. Moderator
Which aspect of social cognition involves consciously focusing on aspects of the environment?
A. Attention
B. Interpretation
C. Judgment
D. Memory - Answer A. Attention
, You see a woman wearing a red shirt and khaki pants and assume she is a Target employee.
What heuristic did you use?
A. Status quo
B. Anchoring and adjustment
C. Representativeness
D. Availability - Answer C. Representativeness
What types of information are we most likely to notice?
A. Information that is inconsistent with our schemas
B. Information that is consistent with our schemas
C. Information that we encode
D. Information that we retrieve - Answer B. Information that is consistent with our schemas
What types of schemas drive our thought?
A. Schemas that are strong
B. Schemas that use metaphors
C. Schemas that are primed
D. Both A and C - Answer D. Both A and C
Controlled processing ___________ and automatic processing ___________.
A. is effortless; is effortful
B. is intuitive; is logical
C. occurs in the prefrontal cortex; occurs in the amygdala
D. Both A and C - Answer C. occurs in the prefrontal cortex; occurs in the amygdala
Harry was 1 point away from getting an A in his transfiguration class. Ron was 5 points away
from getting an A in the class. Which person is probably more upset with their grade?
A. Ron
B. Harry
C. Both are equally upset
D. Neither are upset - Answer B. Harry
8. The two-factor theory of emotion is based on the principle that ____________.
A. affect influences cognition
