SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 9TH EDITION BY
DELAMATER ACTUAL TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ In social psychological experiments, the experimenter tries to:
Answer: create a functional equivalent to conditions found in the
real world
◉ Experimentation is used in social psychology primarily because:
Answer: it allows for greater control of the relevant variables than
other research techniques
◉ We are LEAST likely to use heuristics:
Answer: when logically evaluate the information we gather
◉ Cognitive dissonance is defined as a state of tension:
Answer: that occurs when a person simultaneously holds two
cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent
◉ Aronson argues that typically when dissonance arises, it is
because we:
Answer: have done something that violates our view of ourselves
,◉ Under which of the following conditions are we LEAST likely to
use heuristics in making decisions about social events?
Answer: When we have plenty of time to make the decision
◉ Which of the following is not cited by Aronson as a possible way
for people to reduce dissonance?
Answer: Worrying more about the inconsistency that gives rise to
the dissonance
◉ Bentham's and Franklin's notion of comparing the pros/pleasures
to the cons/pain when making a decision (e.g., car purchase) often
will fail because:
Answer: we do not have the time to collect and then consider all the
information
◉ The default mode network is a set of interacting brain regions that
are LEAST active when:
Answer: we are working on a specific task
◉ In Asch's study of conformity, which involved a comparison of the
lengths of different lines, subjects were told that the experiment was
about perceptual judgment. Telling subjects this:
Answer: was part of the experimenter's cover story
, ◉ The factor systematically varied by the experimenter is usually
termed:
Answer: the independent variable
◉ People tend to explain the causes of other people's behavior as
being the result of their personalities. Thus, if Luke gets a bad grade
on a test, it must be because he is stupid. This tendency is called:
Answer: the dispositional view
◉ In Zimbardo's "Stanford Prison Experiment," young,
psychologically normal men were randomly assigned to the role of
playing a guard or a prisoner. After five days, the "prisoners" grew
withdrawn and unsympathetic, while "guards" became sadistic and
brutal. In general, the results of this study probably indicate that:
Answer: the situation is often primarily responsible for behavior, not
the personalities of subjects
◉ After choosing between two equally attractive appliances, women
in Jack Brehm's study rated the appliance they selected:
Answer: as more attractive than the one they rejected
◉ Loftus conducted a study in which subjects saw a film clip of a car
accident. Some subjects were asked about how the cars "hit" each
other, and others were asked about how they "smashed into" each
DELAMATER ACTUAL TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ In social psychological experiments, the experimenter tries to:
Answer: create a functional equivalent to conditions found in the
real world
◉ Experimentation is used in social psychology primarily because:
Answer: it allows for greater control of the relevant variables than
other research techniques
◉ We are LEAST likely to use heuristics:
Answer: when logically evaluate the information we gather
◉ Cognitive dissonance is defined as a state of tension:
Answer: that occurs when a person simultaneously holds two
cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent
◉ Aronson argues that typically when dissonance arises, it is
because we:
Answer: have done something that violates our view of ourselves
,◉ Under which of the following conditions are we LEAST likely to
use heuristics in making decisions about social events?
Answer: When we have plenty of time to make the decision
◉ Which of the following is not cited by Aronson as a possible way
for people to reduce dissonance?
Answer: Worrying more about the inconsistency that gives rise to
the dissonance
◉ Bentham's and Franklin's notion of comparing the pros/pleasures
to the cons/pain when making a decision (e.g., car purchase) often
will fail because:
Answer: we do not have the time to collect and then consider all the
information
◉ The default mode network is a set of interacting brain regions that
are LEAST active when:
Answer: we are working on a specific task
◉ In Asch's study of conformity, which involved a comparison of the
lengths of different lines, subjects were told that the experiment was
about perceptual judgment. Telling subjects this:
Answer: was part of the experimenter's cover story
, ◉ The factor systematically varied by the experimenter is usually
termed:
Answer: the independent variable
◉ People tend to explain the causes of other people's behavior as
being the result of their personalities. Thus, if Luke gets a bad grade
on a test, it must be because he is stupid. This tendency is called:
Answer: the dispositional view
◉ In Zimbardo's "Stanford Prison Experiment," young,
psychologically normal men were randomly assigned to the role of
playing a guard or a prisoner. After five days, the "prisoners" grew
withdrawn and unsympathetic, while "guards" became sadistic and
brutal. In general, the results of this study probably indicate that:
Answer: the situation is often primarily responsible for behavior, not
the personalities of subjects
◉ After choosing between two equally attractive appliances, women
in Jack Brehm's study rated the appliance they selected:
Answer: as more attractive than the one they rejected
◉ Loftus conducted a study in which subjects saw a film clip of a car
accident. Some subjects were asked about how the cars "hit" each
other, and others were asked about how they "smashed into" each
