Social Psychology Exam 1 University of
Iowa Questions With Correct Answers
What is social psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Scientific study of
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the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of individuals in social situations
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Power of the situation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The situation has a very
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powerful influence on social behavior and often overrides the influence
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of personality
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Effects of three authority/leadership/parenting styles on social behavior
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1)laissez-faire
2)autocratic, authoritarian |
3)democratic, authoritative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1)Very little control
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over kids-Kids don't follow rules
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2)Parents dominate over kids-Effects kid's social skills negatively
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3)Some give and take-Most positive effect on kids
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Why are social psychologists interested in these individual differences?
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Self-esteem
,emotional empathy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Individuals with
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differences in self-esteem and/or emotional empathy may react
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differently in same situation | | |
What are the effects of self-esteem stability? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A)
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Low self-esteem
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B) Unstable high self-esteem
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What is the difference between state and trait self-esteem? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-State: day-day changes in self-esteem | | | |
Trait: self-esteem over a long time
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Dual cognitive processes involved in social behavior - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Automatic & Controlled | |
Why is it important for social psychologists to research? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Becoming increasingly important in today's world | | | | |
In what ways is social psychology a science? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Do
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|experiments with independent and dependent variables | | | | |
Is a social science
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,Why do social psychologists frequently use deception in their research?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To get honest answers to the variable they are
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experimenting for |
Lewin leadership study et al 1939
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How did Lewin examine the effects of three leadership styles?
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How did Lewin get interested in this topic?
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How did each style affect:
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-quantity of work completed | | |
-quality of work completed
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-attitude toward the leader
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-behavior in the absence of the leader
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-interactions of followers (children) with one another - CORRECT
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automatic/unconscious/implicit cognitive processes - CORRECT | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-automatic instinctive process | |
controlled/conscious/explicit cognitive processes - CORRECT | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-thinking about things, aware process | | | |
Situation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Any social interaction
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, self-esteem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-how you view yourself
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state self-esteem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-day-day changes in self-
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esteem
trait self-esteem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-self-esteem over a long time
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emotional empathy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-caring for others' emotions
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laissez-faire, permissive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-no supervision
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autocratic, authoritarian - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-dictatorship
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democratic, authoritative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-give and take
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experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-testing of a hypothesis
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random assignment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-randomly assigning groups
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for an experiment
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Iowa Questions With Correct Answers
What is social psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Scientific study of
| | | | | | | | |
the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of individuals in social situations
| | | | | | | | |
Power of the situation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The situation has a very
| | | | | | | | | | |
powerful influence on social behavior and often overrides the influence
| | | | | | | | | |
of personality
|
Effects of three authority/leadership/parenting styles on social behavior
| | | | | | |
1)laissez-faire
2)autocratic, authoritarian |
3)democratic, authoritative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1)Very little control
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over kids-Kids don't follow rules
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2)Parents dominate over kids-Effects kid's social skills negatively
| | | | | | |
3)Some give and take-Most positive effect on kids
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Why are social psychologists interested in these individual differences?
| | | | | | | |
Self-esteem
,emotional empathy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Individuals with
| | | | | |
differences in self-esteem and/or emotional empathy may react
| | | | | | | |
differently in same situation | | |
What are the effects of self-esteem stability? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A)
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Low self-esteem
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B) Unstable high self-esteem
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What is the difference between state and trait self-esteem? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-State: day-day changes in self-esteem | | | |
Trait: self-esteem over a long time
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Dual cognitive processes involved in social behavior - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Automatic & Controlled | |
Why is it important for social psychologists to research? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Becoming increasingly important in today's world | | | | |
In what ways is social psychology a science? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Do
| | | | | | | | | |
|experiments with independent and dependent variables | | | | |
Is a social science
| | |
,Why do social psychologists frequently use deception in their research?
| | | | | | | | |
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To get honest answers to the variable they are
| | | | | | | | | | | |
experimenting for |
Lewin leadership study et al 1939
| | | | |
How did Lewin examine the effects of three leadership styles?
| | | | | | | | |
How did Lewin get interested in this topic?
| | | | | | |
How did each style affect:
| | | |
-quantity of work completed | | |
-quality of work completed
| | |
-attitude toward the leader
| | |
-behavior in the absence of the leader
| | | | | |
-interactions of followers (children) with one another - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-
automatic/unconscious/implicit cognitive processes - CORRECT | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-automatic instinctive process | |
controlled/conscious/explicit cognitive processes - CORRECT | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-thinking about things, aware process | | | |
Situation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Any social interaction
| | | | |
, self-esteem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-how you view yourself
| | | | | |
state self-esteem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-day-day changes in self-
| | | | | | |
esteem
trait self-esteem - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-self-esteem over a long time
| | | | | | | |
emotional empathy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-caring for others' emotions
| | | | | | |
laissez-faire, permissive - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-no supervision
| | | | |
autocratic, authoritarian - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-dictatorship
| | | |
democratic, authoritative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-give and take
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experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-testing of a hypothesis
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random assignment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-randomly assigning groups
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for an experiment
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