Social Psychology Test 1-Multiple Choice
ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Making judgments by comparing someone to a stereotype demonstrates the use of a(n)
________ . - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅resp
Social psychology is not concerned with social situations in any objective sense, but with
how people are influenced by... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅their construal of the social
environment
The major reason why we have conflicting folk aphorisms like "birds of a feather flock
together" and "opposites attract" is that... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅there are some
conditions under which one saying is correct and other conditions in which the opposite is
true
Psychologists interested in the effects of different personality traits on aggressive behavior
are referred to as... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅personality psychologists
Why is it difficult for social psychologists to convince people that their behavior is greatly
influenced by the social environment? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅because people are
inclined to commit the fundamental attribution error in explaining behavior
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of underestimating the power of social
influence? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a decrease in one's self-esteem
Behavioral psychologists like Watson and Skinner believed that all human behavior could be
understood by examining... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅rewards and punishments in the
individual's environment
Research on hazing shows that members like a group better if they had endured unpleasant
procedures to get into the group than if they had not. These findings are best accounted for
by... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅self-justification
, According to the social cognition approach, - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅all of the above
(refer to paper)
Social psychologists are primarily concerned that their ideas about human social behavior... -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅withstand empirical testing
Sociologists focus on ________ for explanations of human behavior whereas social
psychologists focus on ________ for such explanations - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅society; the individual
When we commit the fundamental attribution error in explaining people's behavior we
________ the power of personality traits and ________ the power of social influence -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅overestimate; underestimate
By emphasizing the way in which people construe the social world, social psychology has its
direct roots more in the tradition of ________ than in behaviorism. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Gestalt psychology
Whereas the ________ approach emphasizes that behavior is motivated by the desire to feel
good about ourselves, the ________ approach emphasizes the need to be accurate -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅self-esteem; social cognition
Researchers who attempt to understand social behavior from the perspective of social
cognition assume that we... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅try to view the world as accurately
as possible
You expect that people at a party will not enjoy your company. Consequently, you spare
them the misery of talking with you by being brief and cutting short their conversations with
you. Later you learn that your company was not enjoyed. What social psychological
phenomenon has occurred in this situation? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅self-fulfilling
prophecy
From dissonance theory, Leon Festinger was able to make specific predictions about when
and how people would change their attitudes. We call these specific predictions... -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅hypotheses
ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Making judgments by comparing someone to a stereotype demonstrates the use of a(n)
________ . - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅resp
Social psychology is not concerned with social situations in any objective sense, but with
how people are influenced by... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅their construal of the social
environment
The major reason why we have conflicting folk aphorisms like "birds of a feather flock
together" and "opposites attract" is that... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅there are some
conditions under which one saying is correct and other conditions in which the opposite is
true
Psychologists interested in the effects of different personality traits on aggressive behavior
are referred to as... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅personality psychologists
Why is it difficult for social psychologists to convince people that their behavior is greatly
influenced by the social environment? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅because people are
inclined to commit the fundamental attribution error in explaining behavior
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of underestimating the power of social
influence? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a decrease in one's self-esteem
Behavioral psychologists like Watson and Skinner believed that all human behavior could be
understood by examining... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅rewards and punishments in the
individual's environment
Research on hazing shows that members like a group better if they had endured unpleasant
procedures to get into the group than if they had not. These findings are best accounted for
by... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅self-justification
, According to the social cognition approach, - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅all of the above
(refer to paper)
Social psychologists are primarily concerned that their ideas about human social behavior... -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅withstand empirical testing
Sociologists focus on ________ for explanations of human behavior whereas social
psychologists focus on ________ for such explanations - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅society; the individual
When we commit the fundamental attribution error in explaining people's behavior we
________ the power of personality traits and ________ the power of social influence -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅overestimate; underestimate
By emphasizing the way in which people construe the social world, social psychology has its
direct roots more in the tradition of ________ than in behaviorism. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Gestalt psychology
Whereas the ________ approach emphasizes that behavior is motivated by the desire to feel
good about ourselves, the ________ approach emphasizes the need to be accurate -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅self-esteem; social cognition
Researchers who attempt to understand social behavior from the perspective of social
cognition assume that we... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅try to view the world as accurately
as possible
You expect that people at a party will not enjoy your company. Consequently, you spare
them the misery of talking with you by being brief and cutting short their conversations with
you. Later you learn that your company was not enjoyed. What social psychological
phenomenon has occurred in this situation? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅self-fulfilling
prophecy
From dissonance theory, Leon Festinger was able to make specific predictions about when
and how people would change their attitudes. We call these specific predictions... -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅hypotheses
