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PSY 202 FINAL EXAM Questions and
Verified Solutions Latest Update This
Year
QUESTION: 1. Jason waits until the last week to begin his term paper and finds all the "good"
resources checked out. When he receives a D on his paper he explains to his parents about the
lack of materials he had to work with in order to "pull this paper together." Jason's
procrastination provided him with an excuse for his poor performance. This example illustrates
the concept of: - ANSWER-Self-Handycapping
QUESTION: 2. A steady diet of TV violence leads some people to regard the world as a
dangerous and threatening place, a phenomenon known as: - ANSWER-Mean worldview
QUESTION: 3. Roles that people do not choose for themselves, such as female or son, are called
______ roles. - ANSWER-Ascribed
QUESTION: 4. In the Stanford Prison Study, normal, healthy male college students were paid to
serve as "prisoners" and "guards" in a simulated prison. During this research: - ANSWER-* social
setting influence behavior * hey two inmates grow restless* after six days they have to stop*
four people had to be let go* experiment felt like it became reality* constructive role=
distructive human relationship
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QUESTION: 5. Which of the following is not an element of group structure? - ANSWER-These
Are Elements: In groups, social status, Norms
QUESTION: 6. Even though almost all the students at the National FFA conference are wearing
similar jackets, it is relatively easy to pick out different student groups competing because the
members of each group are standing or sitting close together and tend to pay more attention to
their group members than to the other people. This illustrates; - ANSWER-Group cohesiveness
QUESTION: 7. Dr. Sollie has members of her sociology class go into an elevator and stand facing
the rest of the occupants on the elevator, or walk into the cafeteria and begin singing and
dancing. Other students then note people's reactions to these behaviors. Dr. Sollie is having her
students break a: - ANSWER-Norm
QUESTION: 8. In public areas that are kept clean, people tend to: - ANSWER-Litter Less
QUESTION: 9. Janie has a part-time job, and her employer has just cut her hours. She find
comfort by thinking about one of her friends, who just lost her job. This is an example of: -
ANSWER-Downward comparison
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QUESTION: 10. Mrs. Allen sees a student, Tiona, sneaking out of school. She believes that Tiona
is sneaking out because she prefers to spend time at the mall with her friends rather than
spending her time studying. Mrs. Allen is attributing Tiona's behavior to: - ANSWER-Internal
Cause
11. In 1967 social psychologist Stanley Milgram performed an experiment using the regular
mail, and sociologist Duncan Watts replicated using email in 2003. Participants were given a
message and the name, address, and occupation of the person who should receive it. Using
regular mail in Milgram's experiment and email in Watt's experiment, a participant could only
send a message to a first-name acquaintance, who would send it to a first-name acquaintance,
and so on until it reached the "target person" in another country. Milgram and Watts both
found that the average number of intermediaries before the letter or email reached its
intended destination to be: - ANSWER-Email me and I will give you the password to edit:
Six Intermediaries
QUESTION: 12. Expected behavior patterns associated with particular social positions are
called: - ANSWER-Social Rules
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PSY 202 FINAL EXAM Questions and
Verified Solutions Latest Update This
Year
QUESTION: 1. Jason waits until the last week to begin his term paper and finds all the "good"
resources checked out. When he receives a D on his paper he explains to his parents about the
lack of materials he had to work with in order to "pull this paper together." Jason's
procrastination provided him with an excuse for his poor performance. This example illustrates
the concept of: - ANSWER-Self-Handycapping
QUESTION: 2. A steady diet of TV violence leads some people to regard the world as a
dangerous and threatening place, a phenomenon known as: - ANSWER-Mean worldview
QUESTION: 3. Roles that people do not choose for themselves, such as female or son, are called
______ roles. - ANSWER-Ascribed
QUESTION: 4. In the Stanford Prison Study, normal, healthy male college students were paid to
serve as "prisoners" and "guards" in a simulated prison. During this research: - ANSWER-* social
setting influence behavior * hey two inmates grow restless* after six days they have to stop*
four people had to be let go* experiment felt like it became reality* constructive role=
distructive human relationship
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QUESTION: 5. Which of the following is not an element of group structure? - ANSWER-These
Are Elements: In groups, social status, Norms
QUESTION: 6. Even though almost all the students at the National FFA conference are wearing
similar jackets, it is relatively easy to pick out different student groups competing because the
members of each group are standing or sitting close together and tend to pay more attention to
their group members than to the other people. This illustrates; - ANSWER-Group cohesiveness
QUESTION: 7. Dr. Sollie has members of her sociology class go into an elevator and stand facing
the rest of the occupants on the elevator, or walk into the cafeteria and begin singing and
dancing. Other students then note people's reactions to these behaviors. Dr. Sollie is having her
students break a: - ANSWER-Norm
QUESTION: 8. In public areas that are kept clean, people tend to: - ANSWER-Litter Less
QUESTION: 9. Janie has a part-time job, and her employer has just cut her hours. She find
comfort by thinking about one of her friends, who just lost her job. This is an example of: -
ANSWER-Downward comparison
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QUESTION: 10. Mrs. Allen sees a student, Tiona, sneaking out of school. She believes that Tiona
is sneaking out because she prefers to spend time at the mall with her friends rather than
spending her time studying. Mrs. Allen is attributing Tiona's behavior to: - ANSWER-Internal
Cause
11. In 1967 social psychologist Stanley Milgram performed an experiment using the regular
mail, and sociologist Duncan Watts replicated using email in 2003. Participants were given a
message and the name, address, and occupation of the person who should receive it. Using
regular mail in Milgram's experiment and email in Watt's experiment, a participant could only
send a message to a first-name acquaintance, who would send it to a first-name acquaintance,
and so on until it reached the "target person" in another country. Milgram and Watts both
found that the average number of intermediaries before the letter or email reached its
intended destination to be: - ANSWER-Email me and I will give you the password to edit:
Six Intermediaries
QUESTION: 12. Expected behavior patterns associated with particular social positions are
called: - ANSWER-Social Rules
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