Social Psychology
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Nell tastes her food, then salts it. You assume that the food needed salt, therefore, you
attribute her actions to a(n)
a. internal cause.
b. external cause.
c. setting.
d. situational demand.
ANSWER: B
2. There is a strong relationship between dating frequency and physical attractiveness
A
a. for males.
b. for females.
c. for both males and females.
d. beyond the initial stage of attraction.
ANSWER: B
3. __________ is best known for his research on conformity.
A
a. Asch
b. Rubin
c. Schachter
d. Zimbardo
ANSWER: A
4. Which is TRUE regarding choosing a mate?
A
a. People who marry are highly similar in age, education, race, religion,
and ethnic background.
b. The highest correlation between people who marry involves their
temperaments.
c. In the United States kindness and understanding are ranked as being
the least important qualities in a mate.
d. Men rate physical attractiveness as a less important quality in a mate
than women do.
ANSWER: A
5. The study in which college students attached a bumper sticker for a militant black
,D organization to their cars and then received frequent traffic citations demonstrates
a. group prejudice.
b. scapegoating.
c. personal prejudice.
d. discrimination.
ANSWER: D
6. According to Janis, John F. Kennedy's Bay of Pigs failure was caused in large part by
C
a. brainstorming.
b. groupthink.
c. the self-censorship effect.
d. the expert power effect.
ANSWER: B
7. When we perform well, we typically attribute our success to __________.
A
a. internal characteristics
b. our group of colleagues
c. external circumstances
d. our personality type
ANSWER: A
8. Which is true of social stereotypes?
C
a. They are always negative.
b. They tend to be rational.
c. Likable members of a rejected group are perceived as an "exception."
d. University students show more evidence of ethnic stereotyping now
than they did in the past.
ANSWER: C
9. A __________ group is a group based on social comparison.
D
a. focus
b. personal identification
c. reference
d. comparison
ANSWER: C
10. During the Stanford Prison study,
B
a. guards did not take their roles seriously.
b. guards readily assumed their roles as agents of force.
c. the prisoners and the guards quickly became friendly towards one
another
, d. three prisoners were so severely beaten they had to be hospitalized.
ANSWER: B
11. Scapegoating is releasing aggression on __________ targets.
A
a. moving
b. unsafe
c. safe
d. none of these
ANSWER: C
12. During research in a simulated prison situation
C
a. three prisoners were so severely beaten they had to be hospitalized.
b. guards did not take their roles seriously.
c. prisoners quickly became passive and dehumanized.
d. the prisoners and the guards quickly became friendly towards one
another.
ANSWER: C
13. The degree of attraction among group members relates to the dimension of
A
a. compatibility.
b. structure.
c. cohesiveness.
d. conformity.
ANSWER: C
14. According to the theory of cognitive dissonance, attitudes are changed because
B
a. emotionally persuasive arguments unfreeze beliefs.
b. logical arguments alter the belief component of an attitude.
c. clashing thoughts cause discomfort.
d. acting contrary to one's beliefs for a large reward causes dissonance.
ANSWER: C
A 15. An example of a superordinate goal is
a. getting good grades.
b. making money.
c. making friends.
d. protecting clean water supplies.
ANSWER: D
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Nell tastes her food, then salts it. You assume that the food needed salt, therefore, you
attribute her actions to a(n)
a. internal cause.
b. external cause.
c. setting.
d. situational demand.
ANSWER: B
2. There is a strong relationship between dating frequency and physical attractiveness
A
a. for males.
b. for females.
c. for both males and females.
d. beyond the initial stage of attraction.
ANSWER: B
3. __________ is best known for his research on conformity.
A
a. Asch
b. Rubin
c. Schachter
d. Zimbardo
ANSWER: A
4. Which is TRUE regarding choosing a mate?
A
a. People who marry are highly similar in age, education, race, religion,
and ethnic background.
b. The highest correlation between people who marry involves their
temperaments.
c. In the United States kindness and understanding are ranked as being
the least important qualities in a mate.
d. Men rate physical attractiveness as a less important quality in a mate
than women do.
ANSWER: A
5. The study in which college students attached a bumper sticker for a militant black
,D organization to their cars and then received frequent traffic citations demonstrates
a. group prejudice.
b. scapegoating.
c. personal prejudice.
d. discrimination.
ANSWER: D
6. According to Janis, John F. Kennedy's Bay of Pigs failure was caused in large part by
C
a. brainstorming.
b. groupthink.
c. the self-censorship effect.
d. the expert power effect.
ANSWER: B
7. When we perform well, we typically attribute our success to __________.
A
a. internal characteristics
b. our group of colleagues
c. external circumstances
d. our personality type
ANSWER: A
8. Which is true of social stereotypes?
C
a. They are always negative.
b. They tend to be rational.
c. Likable members of a rejected group are perceived as an "exception."
d. University students show more evidence of ethnic stereotyping now
than they did in the past.
ANSWER: C
9. A __________ group is a group based on social comparison.
D
a. focus
b. personal identification
c. reference
d. comparison
ANSWER: C
10. During the Stanford Prison study,
B
a. guards did not take their roles seriously.
b. guards readily assumed their roles as agents of force.
c. the prisoners and the guards quickly became friendly towards one
another
, d. three prisoners were so severely beaten they had to be hospitalized.
ANSWER: B
11. Scapegoating is releasing aggression on __________ targets.
A
a. moving
b. unsafe
c. safe
d. none of these
ANSWER: C
12. During research in a simulated prison situation
C
a. three prisoners were so severely beaten they had to be hospitalized.
b. guards did not take their roles seriously.
c. prisoners quickly became passive and dehumanized.
d. the prisoners and the guards quickly became friendly towards one
another.
ANSWER: C
13. The degree of attraction among group members relates to the dimension of
A
a. compatibility.
b. structure.
c. cohesiveness.
d. conformity.
ANSWER: C
14. According to the theory of cognitive dissonance, attitudes are changed because
B
a. emotionally persuasive arguments unfreeze beliefs.
b. logical arguments alter the belief component of an attitude.
c. clashing thoughts cause discomfort.
d. acting contrary to one's beliefs for a large reward causes dissonance.
ANSWER: C
A 15. An example of a superordinate goal is
a. getting good grades.
b. making money.
c. making friends.
d. protecting clean water supplies.
ANSWER: D
