Exam 1: Introduction to Social Psychology

Both social psychologists and sociologists are interested in aggression.Compared to sociologists,which of the following questions is a social psychologist most likely to ask?

Recall that Liberman,Samuels,and Ross (2004)randomly assigned participants previously identified as either competitive or cooperative to one of two games: the "Wall Street Game," or the "Community Game." Also recall that fully twice as many players in the Wall Street Game behaved competitively compared to people who played the Community Game.What do these findings suggest?

Curtailing the spread of AIDS with scary television ads designed to frighten people into practicing safe sex is unlikely to work because

Research by Lee Ross suggests that even when people recognize that others perceive information differently,they persist in thinking that others are biased while they themselves are objective.This illustrates the idea of

Why is a scientific approach preferable to reliance on folk wisdom and common sense?

Jamal was confused by his sister's relationship with her boyfriend.They just didn't seem to have anything in common."Oh well," Jamal decided,"I guess opposites really do attract." Jamal's explanation is an example of

People often construe the world as they do in order to maintain a favourable image of themselves.This assumption underlies the ________ approach.

When Prya and Mohammed returned home after a night on the town,they found their baby crying because her diaper needed to be changed.The babysitter was sitting in front of the television,ignoring the baby's crying.Mohammed and Prya decided that the babysitter was callous and uncaring,and they swore that they would never hire her again.Mohammed and Prya's interpretation of the babysitter's actions was based on

When confronted with fear-inducing messages about AIDS or smoking,people do not always behave rationally and avoid exposure.They sometimes merely deny that the threat exists.The text suggests this is because

The term "self-fulfilling prophecy" refers to the tendency to

After reading Chapter 1,if you were to advise producers of a safe-sex television campaign,what would you tell them?

One of the tasks of the social psychologist is to

Your roommate left her homework on the couch,where you plan to watch TV.When you move her work,you notice that she is reading an article about how to decide whether someone really likes her.You conclude that your roommate is taking a class in

What is one likely undesirable consequence of foregoing accuracy in favour of justifying our past behaviours? Justifying past behaviour can

If Professor Sharma defined social situations in terms of their objective physical properties,rather than their subjective properties,he would probably focus on _______ as determining behaviour.

What does philosophy have in common with folk wisdom? Both

Julia eats granola bars and avoids chocolate bars,even though the granola bars contain 50% more fat and 15% more sodium than the chocolate bars.According to a social cognition approach,why might that be?