This practice exam consists of 60 multiple-choice questions based on the book and the
lecture slides.
The answers can be at the bottom.
Good luck!
1. What would be the “master problem of social life”?
A) The connection between multiple individuals
B) The connection between the individual and society
C) The connection between multiple groups within society
D) None of the above
2. What is not part of the essential process that transforms individuals into group
members?
A) Inclusion
B) Status
C) Collectivism
D) Identity
3. What is true?
1. One becomes more lonely if linked to another lonely person
2. One does not feel bad if rejected by someone they dislike
A) Only 1 is true
B) Only 2 is true
C) Both 1 and 2 are true
D) Neither are true
4. At what level is ‘the group culture’ in a person’s lifee?
A) The microlevel
B) The mesolevel
C) The macrolevel
D) The sociolevel
5. Which norm recommends that group members should receive outcomes in proportion to
their inputs?
, A) The norm of reciprocity
B) The equity norm
C) The equality norm
D) The sociocentric norm
6. How does social identification happen?
A) By classifying your identity into multiple different social groups
B) By accepting socially shared generalizations about the members of the group you are a
part of
C) By accepting the group as an extension of self
D) By having similarities with other members of the group that you are a part of
7. Which Big Five dimension involves the tendency to be cooperative and kind?
A) Extraversion
B) Agreeableness
C) Conscientiousness
D) Neuroticism
E) Openness to experience
8. Which is not included in the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation theory?
A) The need for affiliation
B) The need for intimacy
C) The need for power
D) The need for attachment
9. According to Tesser’s self-evaluation maintenance model, people will feel ..(1).. when
outperformed in a task that is not important to them, but ..(2).. when outperformed in a
task that is important to them.
A) 1: Resentful 2: Resentful
B) 1: Resentful 2: Celebrative
C) 1: Celebrative 2: Resentful
D) 1: Celebrative 2: Celebrative
10. What do people look for in groups according to the minimax principle?
A) A group that is big enough to be active, but small enough that it isn’t too common
lecture slides.
The answers can be at the bottom.
Good luck!
1. What would be the “master problem of social life”?
A) The connection between multiple individuals
B) The connection between the individual and society
C) The connection between multiple groups within society
D) None of the above
2. What is not part of the essential process that transforms individuals into group
members?
A) Inclusion
B) Status
C) Collectivism
D) Identity
3. What is true?
1. One becomes more lonely if linked to another lonely person
2. One does not feel bad if rejected by someone they dislike
A) Only 1 is true
B) Only 2 is true
C) Both 1 and 2 are true
D) Neither are true
4. At what level is ‘the group culture’ in a person’s lifee?
A) The microlevel
B) The mesolevel
C) The macrolevel
D) The sociolevel
5. Which norm recommends that group members should receive outcomes in proportion to
their inputs?
, A) The norm of reciprocity
B) The equity norm
C) The equality norm
D) The sociocentric norm
6. How does social identification happen?
A) By classifying your identity into multiple different social groups
B) By accepting socially shared generalizations about the members of the group you are a
part of
C) By accepting the group as an extension of self
D) By having similarities with other members of the group that you are a part of
7. Which Big Five dimension involves the tendency to be cooperative and kind?
A) Extraversion
B) Agreeableness
C) Conscientiousness
D) Neuroticism
E) Openness to experience
8. Which is not included in the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation theory?
A) The need for affiliation
B) The need for intimacy
C) The need for power
D) The need for attachment
9. According to Tesser’s self-evaluation maintenance model, people will feel ..(1).. when
outperformed in a task that is not important to them, but ..(2).. when outperformed in a
task that is important to them.
A) 1: Resentful 2: Resentful
B) 1: Resentful 2: Celebrative
C) 1: Celebrative 2: Resentful
D) 1: Celebrative 2: Celebrative
10. What do people look for in groups according to the minimax principle?
A) A group that is big enough to be active, but small enough that it isn’t too common
