Question 1

Bradley is trying to choose a major in college, and his family tells him to choose something that makes him happy and he wants to do. Bradley most likely comes from a _____________ society.

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A)   social
B)   collectivist
C)   individualist
D)   psychoanalyticE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Marc is ten years old, and he tells you that at school today there was a "mock election" and he voted for George Bush. Marc tells you he did this because "the other guy does not know what he's talking about." Marc's mom is a strong Bush supporter as well. Marc most likely learned his attitude toward Bush from

Accepted Answer

A)   motivation
B)   observational learning
C)   independent variables
D)   behaviorismE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Which is NOT an advantage of field research, compared to laboratory research?

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A)   research participants are likely to be less suspicious and biased
B)   greater control over the variables of interest
C)   more ability to generalize the results of a study to other settings
D)   can study the impact of more powerful variables and situationsE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Causal analysis and application are both important goals of social psychological research.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which statement would be consistent with the beliefs of a collectivist culture?

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A)   A penny saved is a penny earned.
B)   The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
C)   A rolling stone gathers no moss.
D)   The nail that stands out gets pounded down.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Many social psychological theories are "middle-range theories."
This means that

Accepted Answer

A)   most theories in social psychology account for interpersonal, rather thanIndividual or group-level, phenomena
B)   most theories in social psychology don't try to account for all of social life, butFocus instead on a limited range of social behavior
C)   most theories in social psychology have a moderate amount of support, but haveNot been thoroughly and exhaustively researched
D)   most theories in social psychology focus on the obvious, or predictable, aspectsOf social interactionE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 7

Marriage researchers who place microphones in homes to record daily interactions are conducting observational research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Social psychology is the scientific study of

Accepted Answer

A)   unconscious motives and drive
B)   personality traits and individual differences
C)   how people relate to and are changed by other people
D)   abnormal or dysfunctional behaviorE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 9

The term ________ ________ refers to the set of norms that apply to people in a particular position, such as teacher or student.

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Question 10

Social psychology studies how people think about, influence, and relate to others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Social exchange theory is an example of a(n) ________ theory.

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The answer of Social exchange theory is an example of...

Question 12

In an experiment, the factor controlled by the researcher (the "cause")  is called the

Accepted Answer

A)   dependent variable
B)   independent variable
C)   operational definition
D)   third variableE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

A possible topic studied by a social psychologist is

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A)   attitudes about drug use
B)   perceptions of political figures
C)   road rage
D)   all of the aboveE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

According to a basic principle of the cognitive perspective, which person are you most likely to notice at a party?

Accepted Answer

A)   the host, because he is the person you know the best
B)   the shy person, because she is the most similar to you
C)   the person wearing a lampshade on his head and dancing on the coffee table,Because he is unique and noisy
D)   your best friend, because she is familiar and predictableE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

Define social psychology. How is the social psychological approach different from the approach taken by other fields, such as personality psychology and sociology?

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Question 16

Levine (1988)  found that people in different countries have a different pace of life. This finding demonstrates the value of the _______________ perspective.

Accepted Answer

A)   interdependence
B)   social exchange
C)   sociocultural
D)   learningE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Why might our informal observations of social life lead us to wrong conclusions?

Accepted Answer

A)   our experiences are not representative of everyone
B)   sometimes we are biased and misinterpret what happens
C)   sometimes we remember things incorrectly
D)   all of the aboveE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Ann is conducting a study about genes and their relation to height. She thinks genes are important when it comes to height, but she also thinks that nutrition may play a part. If this is true, nutrition would be a ____________ in her study.

Accepted Answer

A)   reverse-causality
B)   random variable
C)   third-variable
D)   dependent variableE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 19

________ theories in social psychology account for a limited range of phenomena.

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The answer of ________ theories in social psychology account for...

Question 20

We tend to assume that the behaviors of our own culture are "standard" or typical.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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