D567 HLTH 3530
Social Psychology
Final Assessment Review
(With Solutions)
2025
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,1. A researcher gives participants a press release describing a CEO’s
recent earnings increase. Participants overwhelmingly credit the
CEO’s personal leadership style rather than market conditions.
Which bias best explains this pattern?
a. Actor–observer bias
b. Self-serving bias
c. Fundamental attribution error
d. Ultimate attribution error
ANS: c. Fundamental attribution error
Rationale: Participants focus on dispositional factors (CEO traits)
instead of situational forces (market trends), reflecting the
fundamental attribution error.
2. In a lab, subjects complete an Implicit Association Test (IAT)
measuring racial bias. The psychologist is concerned about whether
the IAT predicts real-world discrimination. Which validity issue is
most relevant?
a. Face validity
b. Convergent validity
c. Criterion-related validity
d. Content validity
ANS: c. Criterion-related validity
Rationale: The IAT’s ability to forecast actual discriminatory
behavior hinges on criterion-related (predictive) validity.
3. A sustainability committee hears arguments from a small vocal
minority advocating zero-waste policies. Over time, the majority
begins to support stricter recycling targets. Which principle explains
this shift?
a. Social impact theory
b. Minority influence
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, c. Groupthink
d. Social facilitation
ANS: b. Minority influence
Rationale: A consistent, confident minority can induce majority
members to re-evaluate and adopt new positions.
4. A meta-analysis of prejudice-reduction interventions reports I² =
80%. What does this statistic indicate?
a. Small effect size
b. High between-study heterogeneity
c. Low sampling error
d. High publication bias
ANS: b. High between-study heterogeneity
Rationale: I² quantifies the share of variability in effect sizes due to
real differences rather than chance.
5. In mapping office communication, an analyst calculates
betweenness centrality to identify employees who bridge
departments. What does high betweenness centrality signify?
a. Many direct ties
b. Short average path to all nodes
c. Critical intermediaries on communication paths
d. Influence of well-connected neighbors
ANS: c. Critical intermediaries on communication paths
Rationale: Betweenness centrality flags actors who most frequently
lie on shortest paths connecting others.
6. During an intense negotiation, one party’s self-regulation
resources are depleted, leading to impulsive concessions. Which
concept describes this depletion?
a. Ego depletion
b. Cognitive dissonance
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Social Psychology
Final Assessment Review
(With Solutions)
2025
1
,1. A researcher gives participants a press release describing a CEO’s
recent earnings increase. Participants overwhelmingly credit the
CEO’s personal leadership style rather than market conditions.
Which bias best explains this pattern?
a. Actor–observer bias
b. Self-serving bias
c. Fundamental attribution error
d. Ultimate attribution error
ANS: c. Fundamental attribution error
Rationale: Participants focus on dispositional factors (CEO traits)
instead of situational forces (market trends), reflecting the
fundamental attribution error.
2. In a lab, subjects complete an Implicit Association Test (IAT)
measuring racial bias. The psychologist is concerned about whether
the IAT predicts real-world discrimination. Which validity issue is
most relevant?
a. Face validity
b. Convergent validity
c. Criterion-related validity
d. Content validity
ANS: c. Criterion-related validity
Rationale: The IAT’s ability to forecast actual discriminatory
behavior hinges on criterion-related (predictive) validity.
3. A sustainability committee hears arguments from a small vocal
minority advocating zero-waste policies. Over time, the majority
begins to support stricter recycling targets. Which principle explains
this shift?
a. Social impact theory
b. Minority influence
2
, c. Groupthink
d. Social facilitation
ANS: b. Minority influence
Rationale: A consistent, confident minority can induce majority
members to re-evaluate and adopt new positions.
4. A meta-analysis of prejudice-reduction interventions reports I² =
80%. What does this statistic indicate?
a. Small effect size
b. High between-study heterogeneity
c. Low sampling error
d. High publication bias
ANS: b. High between-study heterogeneity
Rationale: I² quantifies the share of variability in effect sizes due to
real differences rather than chance.
5. In mapping office communication, an analyst calculates
betweenness centrality to identify employees who bridge
departments. What does high betweenness centrality signify?
a. Many direct ties
b. Short average path to all nodes
c. Critical intermediaries on communication paths
d. Influence of well-connected neighbors
ANS: c. Critical intermediaries on communication paths
Rationale: Betweenness centrality flags actors who most frequently
lie on shortest paths connecting others.
6. During an intense negotiation, one party’s self-regulation
resources are depleted, leading to impulsive concessions. Which
concept describes this depletion?
a. Ego depletion
b. Cognitive dissonance
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