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Social Psychology Final Exam Questions
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David is on his way to a job interview. He really wants the job as it is in a convenient location, only a 10-
minute walk away from where he lives.
As he is on his way there, he encounters what looks like a man in distress. The man is in the middle of
the sidewalk and looks passed out.
According to a study you read about on seminary students going to record a sermon in another building,
under which conditions is David more likely to help this man in distress. (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY) -
answer✔David is more likely to help if he left early for his interview (such that he would have gotten
there 20 minutes early), compared to if he left and planned to arrive just on time.
We reviewed an experiment where participants played a two-player game in which each player
independently had to make a choice between two options. The game was designed such that one of the
options maximized a player's individual payoff and the other option maximized the joint payoff.
The results showed that participants were more likely to choose the option that maximized the joint
payoff in a condition where the game was labelled "The Community Game" than in a condition where
the game was labelled "The Wall Street Game".
This result illustrates the influence of which of the following situational influence principles? (CHOOSE
ALL THAT APPLY) - answer✔- The influence of framing on behaviour.
- How a person's behaviour is influenced by their subjective interpretation of the situation
Which of the following factors INCREASED the levels of obedience that was shown by participants who
were assigned to the role of "teacher" in Milgram's famous obedience experiments? - answer✔Having
another confederate deliver the shocks while the real participant just reads the word-pairs to the
"learner."
Stanley Milgram conducted a follow-up survey of people who participated in his original obedience
experiments. He had a psychiatrist conduct clinical interviews with his experiment participants to
determine if there was any lasting psychological damage from participating in the study.
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What did the results of these follow-up evaluations reveal? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY) - answer✔- The
majority of the participants reported that they were either "glad" or "very glad" that they had taken part
in Milgram's experiment.
- The psychiatrist found that Milgram's participants experienced the experiment as highly stressful but
there was no evidence of residual trauma or psychological damage.
Psychologist Jerry Burger conducted a 21st century replication of the Milgram experiment that was
carefully designed to address some of the ethical concerns about Milgram's original research design.
Which of the following was a key modification that Burger made to Milgram's study? (CHOOSE ALL THAT
APPLY) - answer✔- Before the study began when the participant was asked to provide informed consent
the researchers strongly emphasized that the participant had the right to withdraw from the study at
any point without any penalty or loss of compensation.
- Burger modified the experiment so that it was stopped after the participant made a decision about
whether they would continue to follow the authority's commands to shock the Learner at the 150-volt
level of the experimental procedure.
Sally is one of many gardeners who takes care Waterloo's various public spaces. One morning, Sally and
her colleagues get an email from the Waterloo mayor, telling them to spray all the public gardens with
"Chemical X".
Sally and her colleagues have never heard of Chemical X and reading the label it says it should not be
used in publicly accessible locations as it may be harmful to humans.
Based on a study you read about nurses going through a similar situation, what...
1. are Sally and her colleagues likely to do?
2. if you described this situation to a group of people, what are they likely to predict Sally and her
colleagues would do? - answer✔Most of Sally and her colleagues would comply with spraying the
chemical but people would predict that they would NOT spray the chemical.
We reviewed a study in which experimenters asked one group of students (the forecasters) to forecast
what they would do if they were subjected to sexual harassment during a job interview and then they
measured the actual responses of another group of students (the experiencers) when they were actually
subjected to sexual harassment during a job interview.
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Which of the following BEST summarizes the results of this study? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY) -
answer✔- The majority of the forecasters predicted that they would refuse to answer the sexually
harassing questions; however, the majority of the experiencers did not overtly refuse to answer the
sexually harassing questions.
- None of the experiencers took confrontational actions when they were sexually harassed such as
telling the interviewer off, getting up and leaving, or asking to talk to his supervisor.
We reviewed research that examined videotapes of Olympic athletes' facial expressions of emotion after
they learned their placement in their event. The researchers coded the athletes' facial expressions to
determine whether there was any association between the medal the athletes earned and their degree
of happiness.
Which of the following BEST summarizes the results of this study? - answer✔Bronze medalists appeared
happier than Silver medalists.
Suppose that in Stanley Milgram conducted a variation of his obedience experiment in which the
Teacher was instructed to use the 150-volt shock level for the Learner's first error and move
incrementally up the instrument panel from this starting point. Furthermore, imagine that after the
Learner received this 150-volt shock after his first error he began protesting and said that he refused to
continue and wanted the experiment to stop.
Suppose that in this revised version of the experiment Milgram found that nearly all of the participants
defied the Experimenter's commands to continue to shock the Learner and they stopped the experiment
after this first error. Such a large reduction in the proportion of participants who complied with the
Experimenter's commands would support Milgram's interpretation that which of the following
mechanisms was a key factor in the high levels of obedience that he found in the original v -
answer✔The slippery slope process
Milgram ran a version of his obedience experiment in which two other confederates who were assigned
part of the Teacher duties refused to comply with the Experimenter's commands to continue to shock
the Learner after he protested that he refused to continue to be shocked. Milgram found that nearly all
of the participants defied the Experimenter's commands to continue to shock the Learner and they
stopped the experiment before it reached the highest level of shock.
This large reduction in the proportion of participants who complied with the Experimenter's commands
supports Milgram's interpretation that which of the following mechanisms was a key factor in the high
levels of obedience that he found in the original version of the experiment? - answer✔Scriptlessness
module 3
If a liberal judge is on a 3-judge panel in which the other two judges are conservatives, then the liberal
judge's own verdict decisions in cases are ... - answer✔more likely to reflect the conservative ideology of
the judge's colleagues.
11/6/2024 12:22 AM
Social Psychology Final Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
David is on his way to a job interview. He really wants the job as it is in a convenient location, only a 10-
minute walk away from where he lives.
As he is on his way there, he encounters what looks like a man in distress. The man is in the middle of
the sidewalk and looks passed out.
According to a study you read about on seminary students going to record a sermon in another building,
under which conditions is David more likely to help this man in distress. (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY) -
answer✔David is more likely to help if he left early for his interview (such that he would have gotten
there 20 minutes early), compared to if he left and planned to arrive just on time.
We reviewed an experiment where participants played a two-player game in which each player
independently had to make a choice between two options. The game was designed such that one of the
options maximized a player's individual payoff and the other option maximized the joint payoff.
The results showed that participants were more likely to choose the option that maximized the joint
payoff in a condition where the game was labelled "The Community Game" than in a condition where
the game was labelled "The Wall Street Game".
This result illustrates the influence of which of the following situational influence principles? (CHOOSE
ALL THAT APPLY) - answer✔- The influence of framing on behaviour.
- How a person's behaviour is influenced by their subjective interpretation of the situation
Which of the following factors INCREASED the levels of obedience that was shown by participants who
were assigned to the role of "teacher" in Milgram's famous obedience experiments? - answer✔Having
another confederate deliver the shocks while the real participant just reads the word-pairs to the
"learner."
Stanley Milgram conducted a follow-up survey of people who participated in his original obedience
experiments. He had a psychiatrist conduct clinical interviews with his experiment participants to
determine if there was any lasting psychological damage from participating in the study.
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What did the results of these follow-up evaluations reveal? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY) - answer✔- The
majority of the participants reported that they were either "glad" or "very glad" that they had taken part
in Milgram's experiment.
- The psychiatrist found that Milgram's participants experienced the experiment as highly stressful but
there was no evidence of residual trauma or psychological damage.
Psychologist Jerry Burger conducted a 21st century replication of the Milgram experiment that was
carefully designed to address some of the ethical concerns about Milgram's original research design.
Which of the following was a key modification that Burger made to Milgram's study? (CHOOSE ALL THAT
APPLY) - answer✔- Before the study began when the participant was asked to provide informed consent
the researchers strongly emphasized that the participant had the right to withdraw from the study at
any point without any penalty or loss of compensation.
- Burger modified the experiment so that it was stopped after the participant made a decision about
whether they would continue to follow the authority's commands to shock the Learner at the 150-volt
level of the experimental procedure.
Sally is one of many gardeners who takes care Waterloo's various public spaces. One morning, Sally and
her colleagues get an email from the Waterloo mayor, telling them to spray all the public gardens with
"Chemical X".
Sally and her colleagues have never heard of Chemical X and reading the label it says it should not be
used in publicly accessible locations as it may be harmful to humans.
Based on a study you read about nurses going through a similar situation, what...
1. are Sally and her colleagues likely to do?
2. if you described this situation to a group of people, what are they likely to predict Sally and her
colleagues would do? - answer✔Most of Sally and her colleagues would comply with spraying the
chemical but people would predict that they would NOT spray the chemical.
We reviewed a study in which experimenters asked one group of students (the forecasters) to forecast
what they would do if they were subjected to sexual harassment during a job interview and then they
measured the actual responses of another group of students (the experiencers) when they were actually
subjected to sexual harassment during a job interview.
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Which of the following BEST summarizes the results of this study? (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY) -
answer✔- The majority of the forecasters predicted that they would refuse to answer the sexually
harassing questions; however, the majority of the experiencers did not overtly refuse to answer the
sexually harassing questions.
- None of the experiencers took confrontational actions when they were sexually harassed such as
telling the interviewer off, getting up and leaving, or asking to talk to his supervisor.
We reviewed research that examined videotapes of Olympic athletes' facial expressions of emotion after
they learned their placement in their event. The researchers coded the athletes' facial expressions to
determine whether there was any association between the medal the athletes earned and their degree
of happiness.
Which of the following BEST summarizes the results of this study? - answer✔Bronze medalists appeared
happier than Silver medalists.
Suppose that in Stanley Milgram conducted a variation of his obedience experiment in which the
Teacher was instructed to use the 150-volt shock level for the Learner's first error and move
incrementally up the instrument panel from this starting point. Furthermore, imagine that after the
Learner received this 150-volt shock after his first error he began protesting and said that he refused to
continue and wanted the experiment to stop.
Suppose that in this revised version of the experiment Milgram found that nearly all of the participants
defied the Experimenter's commands to continue to shock the Learner and they stopped the experiment
after this first error. Such a large reduction in the proportion of participants who complied with the
Experimenter's commands would support Milgram's interpretation that which of the following
mechanisms was a key factor in the high levels of obedience that he found in the original v -
answer✔The slippery slope process
Milgram ran a version of his obedience experiment in which two other confederates who were assigned
part of the Teacher duties refused to comply with the Experimenter's commands to continue to shock
the Learner after he protested that he refused to continue to be shocked. Milgram found that nearly all
of the participants defied the Experimenter's commands to continue to shock the Learner and they
stopped the experiment before it reached the highest level of shock.
This large reduction in the proportion of participants who complied with the Experimenter's commands
supports Milgram's interpretation that which of the following mechanisms was a key factor in the high
levels of obedience that he found in the original version of the experiment? - answer✔Scriptlessness
module 3
If a liberal judge is on a 3-judge panel in which the other two judges are conservatives, then the liberal
judge's own verdict decisions in cases are ... - answer✔more likely to reflect the conservative ideology of
the judge's colleagues.
