SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 1
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,According to the textbook, the key distinction between B
philosophy and psychology is the fact that psychology ____.
Answers:
a. is concerned with unobservable phenomena (e.g., thoughts)
rather than observable phenomena (e.g., behaviors)
b. primarily relies on the scientific method
c. is concerned with observable phenomena (e.g., behaviors)
rather than unobservable phenomena (e.g., thoughts)
d. primarily relies on the case study method
Roger holds a number of negative stereotypes about women; C
specifically, he thinks that most women are manipulative, vain,
and lazy. In trying to understand why Roger holds these
stereotypes, which of the following questions would a social
psychologist be MOST likely to ask?
Answers:
a. Does Roger have a physical brain abnormality?
b. Does Roger feel so intimidated by women that he expresses
these negative stereotypes in order to "cover up" his deep-
seeded lack of self-esteem?
c. Has Roger been exposed to these stereotypes in the media,
or has he perhaps had a few limited (but negative) interactions
with women that might have helped to perpetuate these
stereotypes?
d. Did Roger have a difficult relationship with his mother as a
young child that might have fostered negative attitudes
toward all women?
,Suppose that a researcher asked you to answer a series of c
incredibly personal questions about your sexual life. You might
( justifiably) feel annoyed and intruded upon, and find yourself
being rude to the researcher, or even purposely giving the
researcher incorrect information. Your response would be an
example of ____.
Answers:
a. confederate behavior
b. experimental realism
c. reactance
d. mundane realism
What is a hypothesis? c
Selected Answer:
Answers:
a. A type of sample
b. An established scientific fact
c. A testable prediction
d. A statistical procedure
Dr. Kay researches the effectiveness of different therapies for D
treating severe anxiety disorders. He is MOST likely a ____.
Selected Answer:
Answers:
a. cognitive psychologist
b. Freudian psychoanalyst
c. personality psychologist
d. clinical psychologist
, Suppose that you are conducting a research project for a B
social psychology class. Due to the fact that you have no
budget for the research, you are forced to rely on a college
student population. How big of a problem is this in terms of
your ability to later generalize your findings to other groups of
people?
Answers:
a. It is completely unimportant for the majority of topics
studied by social psychologists.
b. It is generally not a very serious problem unless you are
studying certain topics.
c. It is a very serious problem for most, but not all topics,
within social psychology.
d. It is a very serious problem if your sample size is under 1000,
and thus, lacks a measure.
Early research in social psychology conducted by Max C
Ringelmann revealed that people ____ when they work as part
of a group (e.g., pushing a car off of the road with two other
people) compared to when they work alone at the same task.
Answers:
a. feel like they are doing less work
b. feel like they are doing more work
c. do not work as hard
d. work harder
A correlation coefficient communicates two pieces of A
information about the relationship between two variables: The
____ communicates the direction of the relationship, and the ____
communicates the strength of the relationship.
Selected Answer:
Answers:
a. sign; value
b. sign; slope
c. value; sign
d. slope; value
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,According to the textbook, the key distinction between B
philosophy and psychology is the fact that psychology ____.
Answers:
a. is concerned with unobservable phenomena (e.g., thoughts)
rather than observable phenomena (e.g., behaviors)
b. primarily relies on the scientific method
c. is concerned with observable phenomena (e.g., behaviors)
rather than unobservable phenomena (e.g., thoughts)
d. primarily relies on the case study method
Roger holds a number of negative stereotypes about women; C
specifically, he thinks that most women are manipulative, vain,
and lazy. In trying to understand why Roger holds these
stereotypes, which of the following questions would a social
psychologist be MOST likely to ask?
Answers:
a. Does Roger have a physical brain abnormality?
b. Does Roger feel so intimidated by women that he expresses
these negative stereotypes in order to "cover up" his deep-
seeded lack of self-esteem?
c. Has Roger been exposed to these stereotypes in the media,
or has he perhaps had a few limited (but negative) interactions
with women that might have helped to perpetuate these
stereotypes?
d. Did Roger have a difficult relationship with his mother as a
young child that might have fostered negative attitudes
toward all women?
,Suppose that a researcher asked you to answer a series of c
incredibly personal questions about your sexual life. You might
( justifiably) feel annoyed and intruded upon, and find yourself
being rude to the researcher, or even purposely giving the
researcher incorrect information. Your response would be an
example of ____.
Answers:
a. confederate behavior
b. experimental realism
c. reactance
d. mundane realism
What is a hypothesis? c
Selected Answer:
Answers:
a. A type of sample
b. An established scientific fact
c. A testable prediction
d. A statistical procedure
Dr. Kay researches the effectiveness of different therapies for D
treating severe anxiety disorders. He is MOST likely a ____.
Selected Answer:
Answers:
a. cognitive psychologist
b. Freudian psychoanalyst
c. personality psychologist
d. clinical psychologist
, Suppose that you are conducting a research project for a B
social psychology class. Due to the fact that you have no
budget for the research, you are forced to rely on a college
student population. How big of a problem is this in terms of
your ability to later generalize your findings to other groups of
people?
Answers:
a. It is completely unimportant for the majority of topics
studied by social psychologists.
b. It is generally not a very serious problem unless you are
studying certain topics.
c. It is a very serious problem for most, but not all topics,
within social psychology.
d. It is a very serious problem if your sample size is under 1000,
and thus, lacks a measure.
Early research in social psychology conducted by Max C
Ringelmann revealed that people ____ when they work as part
of a group (e.g., pushing a car off of the road with two other
people) compared to when they work alone at the same task.
Answers:
a. feel like they are doing less work
b. feel like they are doing more work
c. do not work as hard
d. work harder
A correlation coefficient communicates two pieces of A
information about the relationship between two variables: The
____ communicates the direction of the relationship, and the ____
communicates the strength of the relationship.
Selected Answer:
Answers:
a. sign; value
b. sign; slope
c. value; sign
d. slope; value
