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Test Bank Social Psychology, 11th edition Aronson,
Chapter 1
Wilson, Sommers, 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, 190 188 186
Why Study Multiple Choice 168, 172 169, 170, 171, 174
Social 173, 175
Psychology?
Essay 191
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Aronson, Wilson, Sommers, Page-Gould, Lewis, Jr.: Social Psychology, 11th edition Aronson, Wilson, Sommers, Page-Gould, Lewis, Jr.: Social Psychology, 11th edition
Answer: A
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 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.
Multiple Choice
5. E’Lisha agrees to spend all day Saturday helping her friend complete her chores, even though she doesn’t
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. want to, had other plans, and doesn’t even like her friend all that much. It’s likely E’Lisha’s friend used the
skillful application of to get her to agree to help.
1. In the introduction to Chapter 1, you read about a number of social phenomena: selfless and selfish actions a. social influence
performed during the COVID pandemic; a sister and brother disagreed on the attractiveness of the same b. her mere presence
fraternity; and more than 800 people committed mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. What do these c. obedience
examples have in common? d. threat
a. They defy explanation. Answer: A
b. They describe socially deviant behavior. Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
c. They reveal the power of social influence. Topic: Defining Social Psychology
d. They reflect the operation of deliberate persuasion attempts. Difficulty Level: Moderate
Answer: C Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Difficulty Level: Difficult 6. Which example illustrates a direct persuasion attempt?
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts a. A bully threatens Billy and steals his lunch money.
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. b. Ramona works hard in school to make her mother proud.
c. Felipe thinks of his ex-boyfriend and becomes sad.
2. The scientific study of the way in which people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the d. Jason moves from New York to Atlanta and develops a Southern accent.
real or imagined presence of other people is the definition of . Answer: A
a. psychology Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
b. personality psychology Topic: Defining Social Psychology
c. social psychology Difficulty Level: Moderate
d. sociology Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Answer: C APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology 7. Not all social influence is direct or deliberate. Compared to the others, which example BEST illustrates
Difficulty Level: Easy indirect or subtle social influence?
Skill Level: Remember the Facts a. An nationwide advertising campaign is launched to promote a new soft drink.
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. b. A senatorial candidate delivers a speech to convince voters that she is not really liberal.
c. A parent disciplines a child by taking away a favorite toy.
3. Social psychology is the study of how affect(s) the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of d. A child sees other kids wearing their T-shirts inside out and starts wearing a T-shirt the same way.
humans. Answer: D
a. live social interactions with other humans Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
b. the presence of real or imagined other people Topic: Defining Social Psychology
c. other living things Difficulty Level: Moderate
d. perceptions of the social world Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Answer: B APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology 8. From across the room, Xiao sees his mother sigh, and he approaches to give her a hug in hopes of cheering
Difficulty Level: Moderate her up. In this case, Xiao’s behavior is an example of a(n) social influence attempt.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts a. direct
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. b. ineffective
c. indirect
4. Which of the following is an example of social influence? d. unintended
a. You concoct a convincing lie to tell your professor about why your assignment was late. Answer: A
b. When you get hungry, you have trouble concentrating. Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
c. You didn’t do well on an exam because you stayed up all night cramming. Topic: Defining Social Psychology
d. You almost fall asleep while driving, so you pull to the side of the road to take a short nap. Difficulty Level: Difficult
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a. Social psychologists, like all scientists, rely on experimentation and measurement to answer empirical
Skill Level: Apply What You Know questions, whereas philosophers typically do not.
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. b. Philosophers tend to answer important questions about the origins of human behavior, whereas social
psychologists tend to focus on simpler behaviors.
9. Jada gives Winston her dessert at lunch because she wants him to like her. Jada’s behavior is an example of c. Social psychologists rely on folk wisdom, popular consensus, and personal opinions to derive an
. answer to their questions of interest; philosophers rely on direct empirical evidence.
a. social cognition d. Philosophers generally agree with one another in their conclusions, whereas disagreements among
b. a direct social influence attempt social psychologists mean few advances have been made over the years.
c. a construal Answer: A
d. the fundamental attribution error Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Answer: B Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Difficulty Level: Moderate
Topic: Defining Social Psychology Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Difficult APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 14. The philosopher Benedict (Baruch) de Spinoza proposed the idea that when you love someone whom you
used to hate, you .
10. Which of the following is an example of social influence? a. love that person more strongly than if hatred had not preceded the love
a. A boy plays basketball in the schoolyard during recess. b. love that person less strongly because hatred preceded the love
b. Your child tells you she likes participating in art at school, but she doesn’t like participating in math. c. cannot ever love that person fully
c. You cover your mouth when you cough because you don’t want to spread germs. d. will always question the sincerity of the love
d. You perceive the bathwater as hot when you first get in but don’t notice the temperature ten minutes Answer: A
later. Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Answer: C Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Difficulty Level: Moderate
Topic: Defining Social Psychology Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 15. Why do social psychologists tend to not just simply ask people about the reasons driving their behavior?
a. there is clear evidence that the vast majority of people lie about their behavior when asked by a
11. When social psychologists conduct research, they seek to answer their questions of interest by using researcher
experimentation and measurement. By doing so, they are asking questions. b. social psychologists rely on logic and deduction to answer their questions of interest; they wouldn’t
a. empirical bother to ask people such a question about their behaviors
b. unsolvable c. people might not know, might not want to tell, or might not understand the reasons for their own
c. common sense behavior
d. philosophical d. social psychologists are only interested in group behavior, rather than the behavior of individuals
Answer: A Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Difficulty Level: Easy Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Remember the Facts Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
12. Rather than relying on the personal opinions of others, Dr. Miyaka wants to answer research questions 16. Juano thinks the idea that “birds of a feather flock together” has more merit than “opposites attract,” so he
using experimentation and measurement. Dr. Miyaka is interested in asking questions. designs an experiment to test his hypothesis and identify the conditions under which this assumption might
a. intuitive be correct. Juano is most likely a .
b. rhetorical a. personality psychologist
c. empirical b. social psychologist
d. contemplative c. sociologist
Answer: C d. journalist
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Answer: B
Topic: Defining Social Psychology Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts Difficulty Level: Moderate
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
13. How do philosophers and social psychologists differ in their approach to understanding human behavior?
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a. folk wisdom
17. Social psychology is set apart from other ways of interpreting social behavior, such as folk wisdom or b. philosophy
literature, because it is . c. sociology
a. based on meditations about human nature d. social psychology
b. an experimental science Answer: A
c. a purely theoretical science Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
d. reliant on popular opinion Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Answer: B Difficulty Level: Difficult
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Topic: Defining Social Psychology APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts 22. Angelo isn’t sure if he wants to date Marisol, with whom he shares many similarities, or Evangeline, who is
APA Learning Objective: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains. very different from him. His friend says, “Opposites attract” and advises him to date Evangeline. But his
brother says, “Birds of a feather flock together” and suggests that he pursue Marisol. This best exemplifies
18. How do social psychologists differ from those who rely on common sense or folk wisdom in answering that .
questions about human nature? Social psychologists . a. folk wisdom is often full of contradictions
a. seldom disagree with one another b. folk wisdom is usually wrong
b. ignore the notion of human consciousness c. folk wisdom oversimplifies complex situations
c. use science to test hypotheses about the social world d. common sense is an individual difference
d. rely primarily on their own personal insights Answer: A
Answer: C Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Topic: Defining Social Psychology Difficulty Level: Difficult
Difficulty Level: Moderate Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
APA Learning Objective: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
23. What role can folk wisdom play in social psychology?
19. Folk wisdom is considered to be a form of . a. The two approaches are unrelated.
a. empirical research b. It provides many ideas or hypotheses for scientific investigation.
b. self-consciousness c. It has been completely disproven by scientific research.
c. common sense d. It tends to be more accurate and useful than social psychological research.
d. scientific explanation Answer: B
Answer: C Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Topic: Defining Social Psychology Difficulty Level: Moderate
Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
24. Why is a scientific approach preferable to reliance on folk wisdom and common sense?
20. Birds of a feather sometimes do flock together, and sometimes they do not. Opposites might attract under a. Common sense approaches focus on the situation and not on the personality of the people involved.
some circumstances and might not attract under others. Clarifying when, how, or why social behaviors take b. Nothing useful can be learned from journalists, philosophers, or social critics.
place reflects the importance of identifying c. Science has tested and debunked most folk wisdom.
a. the convergence of popular opinion that results in folk wisdom. d. Folk wisdom and common sense are filled with contradictions.
b. universal laws of behavior. Answer: D
c. the conditions under which a behavior is likely to be seen. Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
d. when philosophical explanations of behavior are correct. Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Answer: C Difficulty Level: Moderate
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Topic: Defining Social Psychology APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts 25. Why is conducting research in social psychology so challenging?
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. a. Research results rarely allow social psychologists to draw any conclusions about behavior.
b. Psychologists cannot study common sense because it is rarely expressed in observable behavior.
21. Jamal was confused by his sister’s relationship with her boyfriend. They just didn’t seem to have anything c. Research in social psychology relies on self-report data, which is inherently inaccurate.
in common. “Oh well,” Jamal figured, “I guess opposites really do attract.” Jamal’s explanation is an d. Psychologists are attempting to predict the behavior of highly sophisticated organisms in complex
example of . situations.
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Test Bank Social Psychology, 11th edition Aronson,
Chapter 1
Wilson, Sommers, 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, 190 188 186
Why Study Multiple Choice 168, 172 169, 170, 171, 174
Social 173, 175
Psychology?
Essay 191
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Answer: A
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 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.
Multiple Choice
5. E’Lisha agrees to spend all day Saturday helping her friend complete her chores, even though she doesn’t
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. want to, had other plans, and doesn’t even like her friend all that much. It’s likely E’Lisha’s friend used the
skillful application of to get her to agree to help.
1. In the introduction to Chapter 1, you read about a number of social phenomena: selfless and selfish actions a. social influence
performed during the COVID pandemic; a sister and brother disagreed on the attractiveness of the same b. her mere presence
fraternity; and more than 800 people committed mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. What do these c. obedience
examples have in common? d. threat
a. They defy explanation. Answer: A
b. They describe socially deviant behavior. Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
c. They reveal the power of social influence. Topic: Defining Social Psychology
d. They reflect the operation of deliberate persuasion attempts. Difficulty Level: Moderate
Answer: C Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Difficulty Level: Difficult 6. Which example illustrates a direct persuasion attempt?
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts a. A bully threatens Billy and steals his lunch money.
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. b. Ramona works hard in school to make her mother proud.
c. Felipe thinks of his ex-boyfriend and becomes sad.
2. The scientific study of the way in which people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the d. Jason moves from New York to Atlanta and develops a Southern accent.
real or imagined presence of other people is the definition of . Answer: A
a. psychology Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
b. personality psychology Topic: Defining Social Psychology
c. social psychology Difficulty Level: Moderate
d. sociology Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Answer: C APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology 7. Not all social influence is direct or deliberate. Compared to the others, which example BEST illustrates
Difficulty Level: Easy indirect or subtle social influence?
Skill Level: Remember the Facts a. An nationwide advertising campaign is launched to promote a new soft drink.
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. b. A senatorial candidate delivers a speech to convince voters that she is not really liberal.
c. A parent disciplines a child by taking away a favorite toy.
3. Social psychology is the study of how affect(s) the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of d. A child sees other kids wearing their T-shirts inside out and starts wearing a T-shirt the same way.
humans. Answer: D
a. live social interactions with other humans Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
b. the presence of real or imagined other people Topic: Defining Social Psychology
c. other living things Difficulty Level: Moderate
d. perceptions of the social world Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Answer: B APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology 8. From across the room, Xiao sees his mother sigh, and he approaches to give her a hug in hopes of cheering
Difficulty Level: Moderate her up. In this case, Xiao’s behavior is an example of a(n) social influence attempt.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts a. direct
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. b. ineffective
c. indirect
4. Which of the following is an example of social influence? d. unintended
a. You concoct a convincing lie to tell your professor about why your assignment was late. Answer: A
b. When you get hungry, you have trouble concentrating. Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
c. You didn’t do well on an exam because you stayed up all night cramming. Topic: Defining Social Psychology
d. You almost fall asleep while driving, so you pull to the side of the road to take a short nap. Difficulty Level: Difficult
2 3
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Aronson, Wilson, Sommers, Page-Gould, Lewis, Jr.: Social Psychology, 11th edition
Aronson, Wilson, Sommers, Page-Gould, Lewis, Jr.: Social Psychology, 11th edition
a. Social psychologists, like all scientists, rely on experimentation and measurement to answer empirical
Skill Level: Apply What You Know questions, whereas philosophers typically do not.
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. b. Philosophers tend to answer important questions about the origins of human behavior, whereas social
psychologists tend to focus on simpler behaviors.
9. Jada gives Winston her dessert at lunch because she wants him to like her. Jada’s behavior is an example of c. Social psychologists rely on folk wisdom, popular consensus, and personal opinions to derive an
. answer to their questions of interest; philosophers rely on direct empirical evidence.
a. social cognition d. Philosophers generally agree with one another in their conclusions, whereas disagreements among
b. a direct social influence attempt social psychologists mean few advances have been made over the years.
c. a construal Answer: A
d. the fundamental attribution error Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Answer: B Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Difficulty Level: Moderate
Topic: Defining Social Psychology Skill Level: Remember the Facts
Difficulty Level: Difficult APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 14. The philosopher Benedict (Baruch) de Spinoza proposed the idea that when you love someone whom you
used to hate, you .
10. Which of the following is an example of social influence? a. love that person more strongly than if hatred had not preceded the love
a. A boy plays basketball in the schoolyard during recess. b. love that person less strongly because hatred preceded the love
b. Your child tells you she likes participating in art at school, but she doesn’t like participating in math. c. cannot ever love that person fully
c. You cover your mouth when you cough because you don’t want to spread germs. d. will always question the sincerity of the love
d. You perceive the bathwater as hot when you first get in but don’t notice the temperature ten minutes Answer: A
later. Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Answer: C Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Difficulty Level: Moderate
Topic: Defining Social Psychology Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 15. Why do social psychologists tend to not just simply ask people about the reasons driving their behavior?
a. there is clear evidence that the vast majority of people lie about their behavior when asked by a
11. When social psychologists conduct research, they seek to answer their questions of interest by using researcher
experimentation and measurement. By doing so, they are asking questions. b. social psychologists rely on logic and deduction to answer their questions of interest; they wouldn’t
a. empirical bother to ask people such a question about their behaviors
b. unsolvable c. people might not know, might not want to tell, or might not understand the reasons for their own
c. common sense behavior
d. philosophical d. social psychologists are only interested in group behavior, rather than the behavior of individuals
Answer: A Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Topic: Defining Social Psychology Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Difficulty Level: Easy Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Remember the Facts Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
12. Rather than relying on the personal opinions of others, Dr. Miyaka wants to answer research questions 16. Juano thinks the idea that “birds of a feather flock together” has more merit than “opposites attract,” so he
using experimentation and measurement. Dr. Miyaka is interested in asking questions. designs an experiment to test his hypothesis and identify the conditions under which this assumption might
a. intuitive be correct. Juano is most likely a .
b. rhetorical a. personality psychologist
c. empirical b. social psychologist
d. contemplative c. sociologist
Answer: C d. journalist
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Answer: B
Topic: Defining Social Psychology Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Difficulty Level: Easy Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Skill Level: Remember the Facts Difficulty Level: Moderate
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
13. How do philosophers and social psychologists differ in their approach to understanding human behavior?
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a. folk wisdom
17. Social psychology is set apart from other ways of interpreting social behavior, such as folk wisdom or b. philosophy
literature, because it is . c. sociology
a. based on meditations about human nature d. social psychology
b. an experimental science Answer: A
c. a purely theoretical science Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
d. reliant on popular opinion Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Answer: B Difficulty Level: Difficult
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Topic: Defining Social Psychology APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts 22. Angelo isn’t sure if he wants to date Marisol, with whom he shares many similarities, or Evangeline, who is
APA Learning Objective: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains. very different from him. His friend says, “Opposites attract” and advises him to date Evangeline. But his
brother says, “Birds of a feather flock together” and suggests that he pursue Marisol. This best exemplifies
18. How do social psychologists differ from those who rely on common sense or folk wisdom in answering that .
questions about human nature? Social psychologists . a. folk wisdom is often full of contradictions
a. seldom disagree with one another b. folk wisdom is usually wrong
b. ignore the notion of human consciousness c. folk wisdom oversimplifies complex situations
c. use science to test hypotheses about the social world d. common sense is an individual difference
d. rely primarily on their own personal insights Answer: A
Answer: C Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Topic: Defining Social Psychology Difficulty Level: Difficult
Difficulty Level: Moderate Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
APA Learning Objective: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
23. What role can folk wisdom play in social psychology?
19. Folk wisdom is considered to be a form of . a. The two approaches are unrelated.
a. empirical research b. It provides many ideas or hypotheses for scientific investigation.
b. self-consciousness c. It has been completely disproven by scientific research.
c. common sense d. It tends to be more accurate and useful than social psychological research.
d. scientific explanation Answer: B
Answer: C Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Topic: Defining Social Psychology Difficulty Level: Moderate
Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
24. Why is a scientific approach preferable to reliance on folk wisdom and common sense?
20. Birds of a feather sometimes do flock together, and sometimes they do not. Opposites might attract under a. Common sense approaches focus on the situation and not on the personality of the people involved.
some circumstances and might not attract under others. Clarifying when, how, or why social behaviors take b. Nothing useful can be learned from journalists, philosophers, or social critics.
place reflects the importance of identifying c. Science has tested and debunked most folk wisdom.
a. the convergence of popular opinion that results in folk wisdom. d. Folk wisdom and common sense are filled with contradictions.
b. universal laws of behavior. Answer: D
c. the conditions under which a behavior is likely to be seen. Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines.
d. when philosophical explanations of behavior are correct. Topic: Defining Social Psychology
Answer: C Difficulty Level: Moderate
Learning Objective: 1.1 Define social psychology and distinguish it from other disciplines. Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Topic: Defining Social Psychology APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology.
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts 25. Why is conducting research in social psychology so challenging?
APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. a. Research results rarely allow social psychologists to draw any conclusions about behavior.
b. Psychologists cannot study common sense because it is rarely expressed in observable behavior.
21. Jamal was confused by his sister’s relationship with her boyfriend. They just didn’t seem to have anything c. Research in social psychology relies on self-report data, which is inherently inaccurate.
in common. “Oh well,” Jamal figured, “I guess opposites really do attract.” Jamal’s explanation is an d. Psychologists are attempting to predict the behavior of highly sophisticated organisms in complex
example of . situations.
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