Question 1

Factors influencing early research in social psychology included all of the following, except

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A)   psychodynamic psychology.
B)   Gestalt psychology.
C)   historical events.
D)   behaviourism.

Question 2

What can be concluded about how culture affects views of attractiveness?

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A)   Culture does not affect views of attractiveness in any way.
B)   Culture affects both the personality traits and physical traits that are considered attractive.
C)   Culture affects what personality traits are considered attractive, but not what physical traits are considered attractive.
D)   Culture affects what physical traits are considered attractive, but not what personality traits are considered attractive.

Question 3

Using economic principles to examine gender differences in sexual behaviour, Baumeister & Vohs (2004)  concluded that viewing sex as a resource, it is

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A)   bought by women, sold by men.
B)   a negotiation that is neither bought or sold.
C)   bought by men, sold by women.
D)   a negotiation in which it is bought by both men and women.

Question 4

The perspective which describes people's behaviour and mental processes as shaped in part by their social and/or cultural contact, including race, gender, and nationality is known as the

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A)   behaviourist perspective.
B)   humanistic perspective.
C)   social cognitive perspective.
D)   sociocultural perspective.

Question 5

"The hotter a testing room is, the lower the test scores will be," is an example of

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A)   the scientific method.
B)   a hypothesis.
C)   hindsight bias.
D)   the self-fulfilling prophecy.

Question 6

Eva attributed the man beeping his horn to internal traits. She may have thought his behaviour was due to

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A)   heavy traffic.
B)   bad weather.
C)   poor placement of the car horn.
D)   aggression.

Question 7

An emphasis on personal qualities as opposed to group memberships most likely represents a(n)

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A)   Eastern country.
B)   collectivist culture.
C)   individualistic culture.
D)   interdependent culture.

Question 8

Chartrand & Bargh (1999)  found that participants in an experiment unconsciously mimicked their partner's behaviour, such as rubbing their face or shaking a foot. This is an example of

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A)   social influence.
B)   social cognition.
C)   self-presentation.
D)   self-perception.

Question 9

A research question such as "Do people who attend church regularly have higher self-esteem?" would most likely be asked by a

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A)   church leader.
B)   social psychologist.
C)   cognitive psychologist.
D)   personality psychologist.

Question 10

How we think about the social world can be referred to as _______ ________.

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The answer of How we think about the social world...

Question 11

Social psychology is one of the oldest fields in the discipline of psychology.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The _______ _______ perspective focuses on how people think about themselves and make judgments and decisions about the world.

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The answer of The _______ _______ perspective focuses on how...

Question 13

Kai is interested in working in advertising so he is studying how to impact people's attitudes and behaviours through

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A)   social presentation.
B)   cognitive presentation.
C)   social influence.
D)   social advertising.

Question 14

After observing Nicole sitting quietly at a party, you assume that Nicole is an introvert. That assumption is a

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A)   self-perception.
B)   social perception.
C)   self-presentation.
D)   social-presentation.

Question 15

Who is the Gestalt psychologist often considered the founder of social psychology?

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A)   Kurt Lewin
B)   Sigmund Freud
C)   B.F. Skinner
D)   Edward Thorndike

Question 16

A researcher interested in how neural processes influence attitudes and behaviours works within the subfield of

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A)   social neuroscience.
B)   evolutionary psychology.
C)   cognitive psychology.
D)   behavioural genetics.

Question 17

According to the text, gender differences in sexual behaviour can be explained using what kind of principles?

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A)   economic
B)   positive psychology
C)   sexual
D)   hindsight bias

Question 18

According to positive psychologists, all of the following are virtues associated with life satisfaction except

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A)   humanity.
B)   extraversion.
C)   justice.
D)   transcendence.

Question 19

How do social psychologists differ from sociologists?

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A)   Social psychologists study behaviour in groups while sociologists do not.
B)   Social psychologists study the effect of the group in general while sociologists study the influence of the group on the individual.
C)   Social psychologists focus on immediate, specific variables while sociologists focus on group-level variables.
D)   None of these.

Question 20

Self-esteem or prosocial orientation are two examples of ways that _______ psychology may be a focus for social psychology research.

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A)   clinical psychology
B)   evolutionary psychology
C)   personality psychology
D)   cognitive psychology

Exam 1: Introducing Social Psychology

How do social psychologists differ from sociologists?

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Social psychology is one of the oldest fields in the discipline of psychology.

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Self-esteem or prosocial orientation are two examples of ways that _______ psychology may be a focus for social psychology research.

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A research question such as "Do people who attend church regularly have higher self-esteem?" would most likely be asked by a

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What can be concluded about how culture affects views of attractiveness?

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A researcher interested in how neural processes influence attitudes and behaviours works within the subfield of

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"The hotter a testing room is, the lower the test scores will be," is an example of

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The perspective which describes people's behaviour and mental processes as shaped in part by their social and/or cultural contact, including race, gender, and nationality is known as the

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How we think about the social world can be referred to as _______ ________.

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After observing Nicole sitting quietly at a party, you assume that Nicole is an introvert. That assumption is a

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Who is the Gestalt psychologist often considered the founder of social psychology?

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Using economic principles to examine gender differences in sexual behaviour, Baumeister & Vohs (2004) concluded that viewing sex as a resource, it is

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Eva attributed the man beeping his horn to internal traits. She may have thought his behaviour was due to

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The _______ _______ perspective focuses on how people think about themselves and make judgments and decisions about the world.

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According to the text, gender differences in sexual behaviour can be explained using what kind of principles?

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Factors influencing early research in social psychology included all of the following, except

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