Psychology Exam test quizzes with
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Which branch of psychology is most directly concerned with the study of how people think about,
influence, and relate to one another? - ANS✅✅social psychology
Attribution theory was designed to account for: - ANS✅✅how people explain others' behavior.
Ksana insists that her boyfriend's car accident resulted from his carelessness. Her explanation for the
accident provides an example of: - ANS✅✅a dispositional attribution.
Compared to people from East Asian cultures, those from individualistic Western countries are more
likely to demonstrate: - ANS✅✅the fundamental attribution error.
An example of the fundamental attribution error is illustrated in our tendency to underestimate the
extent to which others' behavior is influenced by: - ANS✅✅assigned roles.
Observing yourself on a videotape is most likely to increase your tendency to attribute your behavior
to: - ANS✅✅personality traits.
The fundamental attribution error is likely to lead observers to attribute a stranger's: - ANS✅✅act
of kindness to a compassionate personality.
A person's behavior is most likely to be consistent with his or her attitudes when: - ANS✅✅social
influences on behavior are minimal.
The impact of our actions on our attitudes is best illustrated by the: - ANS✅✅foot-in-the-door
phenomenon.
After they had first agreed to display a 3-inch "Be a Safe Driver" sign, California home owners were
highly likely to permit the installation of a very large and unattractive "Drive Carefully" sign in their
front yards. This best illustrates: - ANS✅✅the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
, We are most likely to experience cognitive dissonance if we feel: - ANS✅✅a great sense of
responsibility for engaging in behaviors of which we personally disapprove.
The experience of empathy is most directly facilitated by: - ANS✅✅the chameleon effect
Alex thinks smoking is addictive but other players on his hockey team insist that it's not. Alex is likely
to conform to their opinion if: - ANS✅✅he feels insecure in his role as a new member of the team.
Normative social influence results from peoples' desire to: - ANS✅✅gain social approval.
Deindividuation refers to: - ANS✅✅loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations
that foster arousal and anonymity
Group polarization is most likely to occur in a group in which: - ANS✅✅individuals share a similar
opinion
Prejudice is best defined as: - ANS✅✅an unjustifiable attitude toward a group and its members.
The fact that human aggression varies widely from culture to culture most strongly suggests that it is
not: - ANS✅✅an unlearned instinct.
Violent pornographic movies often perpetuate the myth that: - ANS✅✅many women enjoy
aggressive sexual encounters.
Although the effect dissipates within an hour or so, one violent TV program is most likely to
________ in its viewer. - ANS✅✅prime aggressive thoughts
The mere exposure effect refers to the fact that people: - ANS✅✅experience increasing attraction
to novel stimuli that become more familiar.
People's preference for mirror-image photographs of themselves illustrates the impact of: -
ANS✅✅the mere exposure effect.
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Which branch of psychology is most directly concerned with the study of how people think about,
influence, and relate to one another? - ANS✅✅social psychology
Attribution theory was designed to account for: - ANS✅✅how people explain others' behavior.
Ksana insists that her boyfriend's car accident resulted from his carelessness. Her explanation for the
accident provides an example of: - ANS✅✅a dispositional attribution.
Compared to people from East Asian cultures, those from individualistic Western countries are more
likely to demonstrate: - ANS✅✅the fundamental attribution error.
An example of the fundamental attribution error is illustrated in our tendency to underestimate the
extent to which others' behavior is influenced by: - ANS✅✅assigned roles.
Observing yourself on a videotape is most likely to increase your tendency to attribute your behavior
to: - ANS✅✅personality traits.
The fundamental attribution error is likely to lead observers to attribute a stranger's: - ANS✅✅act
of kindness to a compassionate personality.
A person's behavior is most likely to be consistent with his or her attitudes when: - ANS✅✅social
influences on behavior are minimal.
The impact of our actions on our attitudes is best illustrated by the: - ANS✅✅foot-in-the-door
phenomenon.
After they had first agreed to display a 3-inch "Be a Safe Driver" sign, California home owners were
highly likely to permit the installation of a very large and unattractive "Drive Carefully" sign in their
front yards. This best illustrates: - ANS✅✅the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
, We are most likely to experience cognitive dissonance if we feel: - ANS✅✅a great sense of
responsibility for engaging in behaviors of which we personally disapprove.
The experience of empathy is most directly facilitated by: - ANS✅✅the chameleon effect
Alex thinks smoking is addictive but other players on his hockey team insist that it's not. Alex is likely
to conform to their opinion if: - ANS✅✅he feels insecure in his role as a new member of the team.
Normative social influence results from peoples' desire to: - ANS✅✅gain social approval.
Deindividuation refers to: - ANS✅✅loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations
that foster arousal and anonymity
Group polarization is most likely to occur in a group in which: - ANS✅✅individuals share a similar
opinion
Prejudice is best defined as: - ANS✅✅an unjustifiable attitude toward a group and its members.
The fact that human aggression varies widely from culture to culture most strongly suggests that it is
not: - ANS✅✅an unlearned instinct.
Violent pornographic movies often perpetuate the myth that: - ANS✅✅many women enjoy
aggressive sexual encounters.
Although the effect dissipates within an hour or so, one violent TV program is most likely to
________ in its viewer. - ANS✅✅prime aggressive thoughts
The mere exposure effect refers to the fact that people: - ANS✅✅experience increasing attraction
to novel stimuli that become more familiar.
People's preference for mirror-image photographs of themselves illustrates the impact of: -
ANS✅✅the mere exposure effect.
