SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 1 MULTIPLE
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,A social psychologist would tend to look for explanations of a C) how his peer group behaves
young man's violent behavior primarily in terms of:
A) his aggressive personality traits
B) possible genetic contributions
C) how his peer group behaves
D) what his father taught him
The topic that would most interest a social psychologist is: B) whether people's decision about whether to cheat on a test is influenced by how they
imagine their friends would react if they found out
A) how the level of extroversion of different presidents
affected their political decisions
B) whether people's decision about whether to cheat on a test
is influenced by how they imagine their friends would react if
they found out
C) the extent to which people's social class predicts their
income
D) what passers-by on the street think about global warming
Which of the following is true about evolutionary psychology? D) Evolutionary approaches can generate novel hypotheses about social behavior that
can then be tested with experiments.
A) natural selection works differently in humans than other
animals
B) It is easy to test evolutionary hypotheses by doing
experiments.
C)Most social behaviors are genetically determined with little
influence by the social environment.
D) Evolutionary approaches can generate novel hypotheses
about social behavior that can then be tested with
experiments.
,How does social psychology differ from personality B) social psychology focuses on the shared processes that make people susceptible to
psychology? social influence, whereas personality psychology focuses on individual differences
A) social psychology focuses on individual differences,
whereas personality psychology focuses on how people
behave in different situations
B) social psychology focuses on the shared processes that
make people susceptible to social influence, whereas
personality psychology focuses on individual differences
C) social psychology provides general laws and theories
about societies, whereas personality psychology studies the
characteristics that make people unique
D) social psychology focuses on individual differences,
whereas personality psychology provides general laws and
theories about societies.
What is the "level of analysis" for a social psychologist? A) the individual in the context of a social situation
A) the individual in the context of a social situation
B) the social situation itself
C) a person's level of achievement
D) a person's level of reasoning
Which of the following research topics about violence is one D) why some situations are more likely to provoke aggression than others
that a social psychologist might investigate?
A) how rates of violence change over time within a culture
B) why murder rates vary across cultures
C) brain abnormalities that produce aggression when a person
is provoked
D) why some situations are more likely to provoke aggression
than others
, The fundamental attribution error is best defined as the A) explain our own and other people's behavior entirely in terms of personality traits,
tendency to: thereby underestimating the power of social influence
A) explain our own and other people's behavior entirely in
terms of personality traits, thereby underestimating the power
of social influence
B) explain our own and other people's behavior in terms of the
social situation, thereby underestimating the power of
personality factors
C) believe that people's group memberships influence their
behavior more than their personalities
D) believe that people's personalities influence their behavior
more than their group memberships.
What does the Wall Street Game reveal about personality and D) the name of the game strongly influences how people play the game
situation?
A) competitive people will compete fiercely no matter what a
game is called
B) cooperative people will try hard to get competitive
opponents to work with them
C) the name of the game makes no difference in how people
play the game
D) the name of the game strongly influences how people play
the game
A stranger approaches Emily on campus and says he is a C) how Emily construes the situation
professional photographer. He asks if she will spend 15
minutes posing for pictures next to the student union.
According to social psychologists, Emily's decision will
depend on which of the following?
A) how well dressed the man is
B) whether the man offers to pay her
C) how Emily construes the situation
D) whether the man has a criminal record
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,A social psychologist would tend to look for explanations of a C) how his peer group behaves
young man's violent behavior primarily in terms of:
A) his aggressive personality traits
B) possible genetic contributions
C) how his peer group behaves
D) what his father taught him
The topic that would most interest a social psychologist is: B) whether people's decision about whether to cheat on a test is influenced by how they
imagine their friends would react if they found out
A) how the level of extroversion of different presidents
affected their political decisions
B) whether people's decision about whether to cheat on a test
is influenced by how they imagine their friends would react if
they found out
C) the extent to which people's social class predicts their
income
D) what passers-by on the street think about global warming
Which of the following is true about evolutionary psychology? D) Evolutionary approaches can generate novel hypotheses about social behavior that
can then be tested with experiments.
A) natural selection works differently in humans than other
animals
B) It is easy to test evolutionary hypotheses by doing
experiments.
C)Most social behaviors are genetically determined with little
influence by the social environment.
D) Evolutionary approaches can generate novel hypotheses
about social behavior that can then be tested with
experiments.
,How does social psychology differ from personality B) social psychology focuses on the shared processes that make people susceptible to
psychology? social influence, whereas personality psychology focuses on individual differences
A) social psychology focuses on individual differences,
whereas personality psychology focuses on how people
behave in different situations
B) social psychology focuses on the shared processes that
make people susceptible to social influence, whereas
personality psychology focuses on individual differences
C) social psychology provides general laws and theories
about societies, whereas personality psychology studies the
characteristics that make people unique
D) social psychology focuses on individual differences,
whereas personality psychology provides general laws and
theories about societies.
What is the "level of analysis" for a social psychologist? A) the individual in the context of a social situation
A) the individual in the context of a social situation
B) the social situation itself
C) a person's level of achievement
D) a person's level of reasoning
Which of the following research topics about violence is one D) why some situations are more likely to provoke aggression than others
that a social psychologist might investigate?
A) how rates of violence change over time within a culture
B) why murder rates vary across cultures
C) brain abnormalities that produce aggression when a person
is provoked
D) why some situations are more likely to provoke aggression
than others
, The fundamental attribution error is best defined as the A) explain our own and other people's behavior entirely in terms of personality traits,
tendency to: thereby underestimating the power of social influence
A) explain our own and other people's behavior entirely in
terms of personality traits, thereby underestimating the power
of social influence
B) explain our own and other people's behavior in terms of the
social situation, thereby underestimating the power of
personality factors
C) believe that people's group memberships influence their
behavior more than their personalities
D) believe that people's personalities influence their behavior
more than their group memberships.
What does the Wall Street Game reveal about personality and D) the name of the game strongly influences how people play the game
situation?
A) competitive people will compete fiercely no matter what a
game is called
B) cooperative people will try hard to get competitive
opponents to work with them
C) the name of the game makes no difference in how people
play the game
D) the name of the game strongly influences how people play
the game
A stranger approaches Emily on campus and says he is a C) how Emily construes the situation
professional photographer. He asks if she will spend 15
minutes posing for pictures next to the student union.
According to social psychologists, Emily's decision will
depend on which of the following?
A) how well dressed the man is
B) whether the man offers to pay her
C) how Emily construes the situation
D) whether the man has a criminal record
