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Chapter 1
Introducing Social Psychology
Total Assessment Guide (TAG)
Question Remember Understand Apply What
Topic Analyze It
Type the Facts the Concepts You Know
Introduction Multiple Choice
Essay
Defining Social Multiple Choice 2, 11, 12, 13, 19, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 5, 8, 9, 21, 22, 36, 37, 45
Psychology 26, 29, 30, 31, 14, 15, 16, 17, 27, 28, 35, 38,
41, 43, 58, 59, 18, 20, 23, 24, 39, 40, 42, 44,
60 25, 32, 33, 34, 47, 48, 49, 50,
46, 52, 53, 55, 51, 54, 56, 61,
57, 63 62
Essay 176, 177, 180 178, 179
The Power of Multiple Choice 64, 66, 70, 71, 74, 80, 86, 87, 65, 67, 68, 69, 76, 112
the Situation 72, 78, 79, 84, 93, 94, 110, 111, 73, 75, 77, 81,
89, 95, 98, 104, 119, 125 82, 83, 85, 88,
107, 113, 114, 90, 91, 92, 96,
115, 116, 117, 97, 99, 100, 101,
118, 120, 124 102, 103, 105,
106, 108, 109,
121, 122, 123,
126
Essay 181, 182, 183, 185 184
Where Multiple Choice 127, 129, 133, 130, 143, 148, 128, 131, 132,
Construals 135, 136, 137, 150, 151, 155, 134, 138, 139,
Come From: 149, 154, 156, 158, 159, 160, 140, 141, 142,
Basic Human 157, 161 163, 164, 166, 144, 145, 146,
Motives 167 147, 152, 153,
162, 165
Essay 187, 189 188 186
Why Study Multiple Choice 168, 172 169, 170, 171, 174
Social 173, 175
Psychology?
Essay 190
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Multiple Choice
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. In the introduction to Chapter 1, you read about a number of social phenomena: a young man broadcast his
suicide live online; a sister and brother disagreed on the attractiveness of the same fraternity; and more than
800 people committed mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. What do these examples have in common?
a. They defy explanation.
b. They describe socially deviant behavior.
c. They reveal the power of social influence.
d. They reflect the operation of deliberate persuasion attempts.
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
2. The scientific study of the way in which people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the
real or imagined presence of other people is the definition of __________.
a. psychology
b. personality psychology
c. social psychology
d. sociology
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
3. According to the definition of social psychology presented in your text, social psychology is the study of
how __________ affect(s) the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of humans.
a. live social interactions with other humans
b. the presence of real or imagined others
c. other living things
d. perceptions of the social world
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
4. Which of the following is an example of social influence?
a. You feel guilty because you lied to your trusting professor about your assignment.
b. When you get hungry, you have trouble concentrating.
c. You didn’t do well on the test because you stayed up all night cramming.
d. You almost fall asleep at the wheel, so you pull off the road to take a short nap.
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Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
5. Aya is eight months old, and her mother pretends her baby food is a train in order to convince her to eat it.
Aya’s mother is using a rather creative form of __________.
a. social influence
b. explicit values
c. social cognition
d. implicit values
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
6. Which of the following is an example of a direct persuasion attempt?
a. A bully threatens Billy and steals his lunch money.
b. Ramona works hard in school to make her mother proud.
c. Marianne thinks of her ex-boyfriend and becomes sad.
d. Jason moves from New York to Atlanta and picks up a Southern accent.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
7. Not all social influence is direct or deliberate. Which of the following is the best example of more indirect
or subtle social influence?
a. An advertising campaign is launched to promote a new soft drink.
b. A senatorial candidate delivers a speech to convince voters that she is not really liberal.
c. A parent disciplines his child by taking away her favorite toy.
d. A child sees other kids wearing their sweatshirts inside out and starts wearing his the same way.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
8. From across the room, J.T. sees his mother sigh, and he approaches to give her a hug in hopes of cheering
her up. In this case, J.T.’s behavior is an example of a(n) __________ social influence attempt.
a. direct
b. ineffective
c. indirect
d. unintended
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
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