PSYCH 253 TEST #2 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Can the Milgram Experiment be replicated successfully? - Answers It has not been able to be
replicated.
Cognitive Load - Answers Participants had to monitor a constant stream of numbers for '5' and hit a
button when '5' crossed the screen.
Deontology - Answers Focuses on avoiding actions that are inherently wrong, regardless of outcomes.
Dicks Version - Answers You can divert the trolley from killing two unpleasant people to killing one
even worse person.
Discrimination - Answers Behavioral preferences for some individuals over others based on
stereotypical beliefs.
Ecological Validity - Answers Whether findings generalize to real-world situations.
Ethics Teacher Version - Answers You can save four by pulling the lever and killing one, but your
motive is being less late to class.
Expanded Person-Centred Morality - Answers Accounts for observers' identities, including their world
views, stereotypes, and beliefs.
External Validity - Answers Extent to which findings generalize to other people, settings, and contexts.
Footbridge (Push the Man) - Answers You can push one person off a bridge to stop the trolley and
save five.
How did the son adapt his behavior in response to stereotypes? - Answers He started speaking in a
more 'white' tone and smiling more.
How do people perceive moral rights differently between a chicken and a chimp? - Answers People
perceive the chimp as having more experience, making it more morally wrong to harm it.
How does bullshit differ from lying? - Answers Bullshit is constructed without concern for the truth,
while lying involves intentional subversion of the truth.
How does psychological emergence relate to moral violations? - Answers Complex moral ideas can
emerge from simple cognitive processes like an agent harming or helping a patient.
How does the physical proximity of the participant to the 'learner' affect obedience? - Answers
Obedience decreases when the participant stands closer to the person they are shocking.
Latte/Bystander Version - Answers You're unaware of the trolley and do nothing, so five workers die.
Moral Machine - Answers Documents overall preferences, individual variation, and cultural variation
in moral decision-making.
Mundane Realism - Answers The ways we operationalize the things that we study as at least
somewhat representing reality.
Person Perception - Answers The various mental processes used to form first impressions of others.
Person-Centred Morality - Answers Focusing on the judgment of moral acts and what they reveal
about a person's moral character.
Power of Defaults - Answers Default options strongly shape decisions and influence adoption of new
technologies.
Prejudice - Answers Attitudinal preferences for some individuals over others based on group
membership.
Rosenberg's Social and Intellectual Dimensions - Answers Framework for understanding social and
intellectual perceptions.
Stereotype Content Model - Answers Describes kinds of stereotypes that people have about different
groups.
Stereotypes - Answers Often-biased heuristics used to make inferences about others' minds based on
cultural beliefs.
Switch (Bystander at the Lever) - Answers You can pull a lever to divert a trolley from killing five
people onto a track where it will kill one.
The Nature of Prejudice - Answers Seminal work by Gordon Allport exploring intergroup conflict and
prejudice.
Tragedy of the Commons - Answers A social/moral dilemma where individually rational decisions
harm the collective good.
Utilitarianism - Answers Focuses on maximizing overall good (pleasure) and minimizing harm.
Valence-Dominance Model of Face Perception - Answers Organizes perceptions of faces based on
how dominant/trustworthy they appear.
What are the benefits of social identity groups? - Answers Belonging, Purpose, Self-worth, Identity.
Can the Milgram Experiment be replicated successfully? - Answers It has not been able to be
replicated.
Cognitive Load - Answers Participants had to monitor a constant stream of numbers for '5' and hit a
button when '5' crossed the screen.
Deontology - Answers Focuses on avoiding actions that are inherently wrong, regardless of outcomes.
Dicks Version - Answers You can divert the trolley from killing two unpleasant people to killing one
even worse person.
Discrimination - Answers Behavioral preferences for some individuals over others based on
stereotypical beliefs.
Ecological Validity - Answers Whether findings generalize to real-world situations.
Ethics Teacher Version - Answers You can save four by pulling the lever and killing one, but your
motive is being less late to class.
Expanded Person-Centred Morality - Answers Accounts for observers' identities, including their world
views, stereotypes, and beliefs.
External Validity - Answers Extent to which findings generalize to other people, settings, and contexts.
Footbridge (Push the Man) - Answers You can push one person off a bridge to stop the trolley and
save five.
How did the son adapt his behavior in response to stereotypes? - Answers He started speaking in a
more 'white' tone and smiling more.
How do people perceive moral rights differently between a chicken and a chimp? - Answers People
perceive the chimp as having more experience, making it more morally wrong to harm it.
How does bullshit differ from lying? - Answers Bullshit is constructed without concern for the truth,
while lying involves intentional subversion of the truth.
How does psychological emergence relate to moral violations? - Answers Complex moral ideas can
emerge from simple cognitive processes like an agent harming or helping a patient.
How does the physical proximity of the participant to the 'learner' affect obedience? - Answers
Obedience decreases when the participant stands closer to the person they are shocking.
Latte/Bystander Version - Answers You're unaware of the trolley and do nothing, so five workers die.
Moral Machine - Answers Documents overall preferences, individual variation, and cultural variation
in moral decision-making.
Mundane Realism - Answers The ways we operationalize the things that we study as at least
somewhat representing reality.
Person Perception - Answers The various mental processes used to form first impressions of others.
Person-Centred Morality - Answers Focusing on the judgment of moral acts and what they reveal
about a person's moral character.
Power of Defaults - Answers Default options strongly shape decisions and influence adoption of new
technologies.
Prejudice - Answers Attitudinal preferences for some individuals over others based on group
membership.
Rosenberg's Social and Intellectual Dimensions - Answers Framework for understanding social and
intellectual perceptions.
Stereotype Content Model - Answers Describes kinds of stereotypes that people have about different
groups.
Stereotypes - Answers Often-biased heuristics used to make inferences about others' minds based on
cultural beliefs.
Switch (Bystander at the Lever) - Answers You can pull a lever to divert a trolley from killing five
people onto a track where it will kill one.
The Nature of Prejudice - Answers Seminal work by Gordon Allport exploring intergroup conflict and
prejudice.
Tragedy of the Commons - Answers A social/moral dilemma where individually rational decisions
harm the collective good.
Utilitarianism - Answers Focuses on maximizing overall good (pleasure) and minimizing harm.
Valence-Dominance Model of Face Perception - Answers Organizes perceptions of faces based on
how dominant/trustworthy they appear.
What are the benefits of social identity groups? - Answers Belonging, Purpose, Self-worth, Identity.
