SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 9TH EDITION BY
DELAMATER FINAL PAPER SOLVED QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ 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withdrawn and unsympathetic, while "guards" became sadistic and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
other. The main result of this study was that subjects who were
asked about how the cars "hit" were more likely to:
Answer: estimate a lower rate of speed for the cars
◉ Cover stories are used to:
Answer: mislead subjects about the true purpose of the experiment
◉ Which of the following is a good example of self-fulfilling
prophecy?
Answer: I failed the test, so I'm stupid, and there is no reason to
study. I failed the second test; see, I told you I'm stupid.
◉ Which of the following conclusions is supported by Aronson and
Mills's experiment in which subjects underwent either a severe or a
mild initiation to join a boring discussion group?
Answer: The harder you work for something, the more you will like
it.
◉ According to dissonance theory, we tend to experience dissonance
after making an important decision because:
Answer: The chosen alternative is seldom entirely positive, while the
rejected alternatives are seldom entirely negative
, ◉ Zimbardo's experiment on the effects of dissonance arousal on
pain, in which subjects received a series of intense electric shocks
under different conditions, found that:
Answer: subjects felt less pain when they volunteered to receive the
shocks
◉ Aronson defines social psychology as:
Answer: the influences that people have on our beliefs and the
behavior of others
◉ In conducting an experiment, the researcher's goal is to:
Answer: determine whether manipulations of the independent
variable cause systematic differences in subjects' behavior
◉ Studies have found that instructions that emphasize identity (e.g.,
don't be a cheater) versus ones that emphasize behavior (e.g., don't
cheat):
Answer: cause the greatest dissonance in people
◉ Psychiatric interviews of subjects in Milgram's obedience study
(in which subjects believed they were delivering intense electric
shocks to another person) conducted one year following the study
revealed:
Answer: that many subjects believed their participation in the study
had been both instructive and enriching
DELAMATER FINAL PAPER SOLVED QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ 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
other. The main result of this study was that subjects who were
asked about how the cars "hit" were more likely to:
Answer: estimate a lower rate of speed for the cars
◉ Cover stories are used to:
Answer: mislead subjects about the true purpose of the experiment
◉ Which of the following is a good example of self-fulfilling
prophecy?
Answer: I failed the test, so I'm stupid, and there is no reason to
study. I failed the second test; see, I told you I'm stupid.
◉ Which of the following conclusions is supported by Aronson and
Mills's experiment in which subjects underwent either a severe or a
mild initiation to join a boring discussion group?
Answer: The harder you work for something, the more you will like
it.
◉ According to dissonance theory, we tend to experience dissonance
after making an important decision because:
Answer: The chosen alternative is seldom entirely positive, while the
rejected alternatives are seldom entirely negative
, ◉ Zimbardo's experiment on the effects of dissonance arousal on
pain, in which subjects received a series of intense electric shocks
under different conditions, found that:
Answer: subjects felt less pain when they volunteered to receive the
shocks
◉ Aronson defines social psychology as:
Answer: the influences that people have on our beliefs and the
behavior of others
◉ In conducting an experiment, the researcher's goal is to:
Answer: determine whether manipulations of the independent
variable cause systematic differences in subjects' behavior
◉ Studies have found that instructions that emphasize identity (e.g.,
don't be a cheater) versus ones that emphasize behavior (e.g., don't
cheat):
Answer: cause the greatest dissonance in people
◉ Psychiatric interviews of subjects in Milgram's obedience study
(in which subjects believed they were delivering intense electric
shocks to another person) conducted one year following the study
revealed:
Answer: that many subjects believed their participation in the study
had been both instructive and enriching
