Question 1

A basic tenet of self-perception theory is that we infer our feelings from our behavior when

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A)  the reasons for our attitudes or feelings are ambiguous. 
B)  the reasons for our attitudes or feelings are clear. 
C)  we can easily identify external reasons for our feelings. 
D)  we think about how others perceive us. 
A)  the reasons for our attitudes or feelings are ambiguous. 
B)  the reasons for our attitudes or feelings are clear. 
C)  we can easily identify external reasons for our feelings. 
D)  we think about how others perceive us.

Question 2

Rewards are not as likely to undermine intrinsic motivation when

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A)  they depend on how well people perform the task in question. 
B)  people grow anxious or apprehensive about being evaluated. 
C)  rewards are not given to everyone. 
D)  no one is labeled a "loser." 
A)  they depend on how well people perform the task in question. 
B)  people grow anxious or apprehensive about being evaluated. 
C)  rewards are not given to everyone. 
D)  no one is labeled a "loser."

Question 3

The overall positive or negative evaluation that people have themselves is

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A)  extrinsic motivation 
B)  self-esteem 
C)  terror management 
D)  dispositional attribution 
A)  extrinsic motivation 
B)  self-esteem 
C)  terror management 
D)  dispositional attribution

Question 4

Molly is eighteen years old, and has an eight-year-old brother, Joe. If they are both asked to answer the question, "Who am I?" Molly is likely to answer the question in ________ terms than Joe.

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A)  more concrete 
B)  less concrete 
C)  more physical 
D)  less abstract 
A)  more concrete 
B)  less concrete 
C)  more physical 
D)  less abstract

Question 5

When asked to finish a sentence beginning "I am...," respondents from Asian countries are more likely to mention ________, because they grew up in a(n) ________ culture.

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A)  group membership; interdependent 
B)  extraverted; independent 
C)  actual self; authoritarian 
D)  introverted; less oppressive 
A)  group membership; interdependent 
B)  extraverted; independent 
C)  actual self; authoritarian 
D)  introverted; less oppressive

Question 6

________ refers to the desire to engage in an activity because we enjoy it, not because we expect external rewards.

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A)  Intrinsic motivation 
B)  Extrinsic motivation 
C)  Hedonic motivation 
D)  The overjustification effect 
A)  Intrinsic motivation 
B)  Extrinsic motivation 
C)  Hedonic motivation 
D)  The overjustification effect

Question 7

Stella is very serious about dancing and starts college as a dance major. The more serious she gets about dancing, the more she worries about the pressure to succeed and the rewards associated with succeeding. She finds that dancing feels like a chore and something she has to do rather than wants to do. Her change in her views about dance is due to what social psychologists call

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A)  cognitive appraisal. 
B)  attribution of arousal. 
C)  insufficient justification. 
D)  overjustification. 
A)  cognitive appraisal. 
B)  attribution of arousal. 
C)  insufficient justification. 
D)  overjustification.

Question 8

In China and Japan, parents tend to praise children ________ than they do in the U.S. because ________.

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A)  more; the culture is so achievement-oriented 
B)  more; it helps children feel more a part of the group 
C)  less; praise is viewed as potentially harmful to the child's character 
D)  less; children are more extrinsically oriented to begin with 
A)  more; the culture is so achievement-oriented 
B)  more; it helps children feel more a part of the group 
C)  less; praise is viewed as potentially harmful to the child's character 
D)  less; children are more extrinsically oriented to begin with

Question 9

Which of the following people is engaging in upward social comparison?

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A)  Jermaine, who checks the distribution of scores on his final examination 
B)  Toni, who reads William Faulkner to assess her own writing skills 
C)  Chet, who checks his stopwatch and vows to run faster next time 
D)  Daniel, who feels better when he realizes that rich people pay a lot more in taxes than he does 
A)  Jermaine, who checks the distribution of scores on his final examination 
B)  Toni, who reads William Faulkner to assess her own writing skills 
C)  Chet, who checks his stopwatch and vows to run faster next time 
D)  Daniel, who feels better when he realizes that rich people pay a lot more in taxes than he does

Question 10

Jake and Martin are standing at the counter of the convenience store, and Jake-who has just failed his psychology exam-is animatedly telling Martin that the exam was unfair and that his professor is unreasonable. As he takes his change, Jake sees his image on the security camera. This causes him to wonder whether he actually studied enough for the exam. Jake's self-scrutiny in this situation would be predicted by ________ theory.

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A)  self-awareness 
B)  self-perception 
C)  self-esteem 
D)  self-verification 
A)  self-awareness 
B)  self-perception 
C)  self-esteem 
D)  self-verification

Question 11

Which person would have the most difficulty exerting self-control?

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A)  Tony, who just drank a milkshake 
B)  Leah, who just arrived at her first class of the day 
C)  Cassie, who is watching her diet 
D)  Luke, who is exercising 
A)  Tony, who just drank a milkshake 
B)  Leah, who just arrived at her first class of the day 
C)  Cassie, who is watching her diet 
D)  Luke, who is exercising

Question 12

According to work on cultural differences in giving praise to children, what is Manaka from Japan most likely to say to her son Shinobu when he wins a spelling bee?

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A)  "I'm so proud of you for doing such a great job!" 
B)  "You are becoming a very smart boy!" 
C)  "You are the smartest boy in your class!" 
D)  "It's time to help your father with the dishes tonight." 
A)  "I'm so proud of you for doing such a great job!" 
B)  "You are becoming a very smart boy!" 
C)  "You are the smartest boy in your class!" 
D)  "It's time to help your father with the dishes tonight."

Question 13

Robert has an important exam the next day. However, instead of studying for his exam, Robert is out at a party and drinking until the early morning hours. What social-psychological construct can explain Robert's behavior and why would he do this?

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Robert's behavior can be explained by th

Question 14

Based on research by Dunn, Aknin, and Norton (2008), complete the following analogy: selfless: ________::narcissistic: ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  more happy; less happy 
B)  less happy; more happy 
C)  successful; unsuccessful 
D)  unsuccessful; successful 
A)  more happy; less happy 
B)  less happy; more happy 
C)  successful; unsuccessful 
D)  unsuccessful; successful

Question 15

Social tuning is the process by which people

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A)  come to accurately perceive one another. 
B)  come to understand themselves through feedback from others. 
C)  adopt another person's attitudes. 
D)  consciously decide to conform. 
A)  come to accurately perceive one another. 
B)  come to understand themselves through feedback from others. 
C)  adopt another person's attitudes. 
D)  consciously decide to conform.

Question 16

Psychologists who have studied the development of self-concept over the lifespan have found that the self-concept starts out ________ and gradually becomes ________ with increasing age.

Accepted Answer

A)  extremely positive; more realistic 
B)  concrete; more abstract and complex 
C)  extremely negative; more positive 
D)  individually focused; socially focused 
A)  extremely positive; more realistic 
B)  concrete; more abstract and complex 
C)  extremely negative; more positive 
D)  individually focused; socially focused

Question 17

You assume that Franklin is intrinsically motivated to write a course paper because

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A)  it will increase his chances of making the Dean's List. 
B)  it is a requirement to pass the course. 
C)  he wants his professor to write him a letter of recommendation. 
D)  Franklin seems to savor immersing himself in writing. 
A)  it will increase his chances of making the Dean's List. 
B)  it is a requirement to pass the course. 
C)  he wants his professor to write him a letter of recommendation. 
D)  Franklin seems to savor immersing himself in writing.

Question 18

In a study presented in the textbook, participants were greeted by either a likable or an unlikable experimenter, who either wore a blank shirt or an anti-racism shirt. Then participants completed a measure of automatic prejudice. Results from this study suggest that when people make an acquaintance that they like, they

Accepted Answer

A)  adopt the other person's attitude. 
B)  become significantly happier. 
C)  perform better at tasks.. 
D)  automatically reject this person's attitude. 
A)  adopt the other person's attitude. 
B)  become significantly happier. 
C)  perform better at tasks.. 
D)  automatically reject this person's attitude.

Question 19

________ supplies energy to the brain.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sucrose 
B)  Fructose 
C)  Maltose 
D)  Glucose 
A)  Sucrose 
B)  Fructose 
C)  Maltose 
D)  Glucose

Question 20

According to the authors of your text, introspection is not an especially useful source of information about the self because people

Accepted Answer

A)  actually spend very little time thinking about themselves. 
B)  cannot be at once the observer and the object observed. 
C)  are driven by unconscious self-enhancing motives. 
D)  know that introspection uses up valuable cognitive resources. 
A)  actually spend very little time thinking about themselves. 
B)  cannot be at once the observer and the object observed. 
C)  are driven by unconscious self-enhancing motives. 
D)  know that introspection uses up valuable cognitive resources.

A basic tenet of self-perception theory is that we infer our feelings from our behavior when

Rewards are not as likely to undermine intrinsic motivation when

The overall positive or negative evaluation that people have themselves is

Molly is eighteen years old, and has an eight-year-old brother, Joe. If they are both asked to answer the question, "Who am I?" Molly is likely to answer the question in ________ terms than Joe.

When asked to finish a sentence beginning "I am...," respondents from Asian countries are more likely to mention , because they grew up in a(n) culture.

________ refers to the desire to engage in an activity because we enjoy it, not because we expect external rewards.

In China and Japan, parents tend to praise children than they do in the U.S. because .

Which of the following people is engaging in upward social comparison?

Which person would have the most difficulty exerting self-control?

According to work on cultural differences in giving praise to children, what is Manaka from Japan most likely to say to her son Shinobu when he wins a spelling bee?

Robert has an important exam the next day. However, instead of studying for his exam, Robert is out at a party and drinking until the early morning hours. What social-psychological construct can explain Robert's behavior and why would he do this?

Based on research by Dunn, Aknin, and Norton (2008), complete the following analogy: selfless: ::narcissistic: .

Social tuning is the process by which people

Psychologists who have studied the development of self-concept over the lifespan have found that the self-concept starts out and gradually becomes with increasing age.

You assume that Franklin is intrinsically motivated to write a course paper because

________ supplies energy to the brain.

According to the authors of your text, introspection is not an especially useful source of information about the self because people

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A basic tenet of self-perception theory is that we infer our feelings from our behavior when

Rewards are not as likely to undermine intrinsic motivation when

The overall positive or negative evaluation that people have themselves is

Molly is eighteen years old, and has an eight-year-old brother, Joe. If they are both asked to answer the question, "Who am I?" Molly is likely to answer the question in ________ terms than Joe.

When asked to finish a sentence beginning "I am...," respondents from Asian countries are more likely to mention ________, because they grew up in a(n) ________ culture.

________ refers to the desire to engage in an activity because we enjoy it, not because we expect external rewards.

In China and Japan, parents tend to praise children ________ than they do in the U.S. because ________.

Which of the following people is engaging in upward social comparison?

Which person would have the most difficulty exerting self-control?

According to work on cultural differences in giving praise to children, what is Manaka from Japan most likely to say to her son Shinobu when he wins a spelling bee?

Robert has an important exam the next day. However, instead of studying for his exam, Robert is out at a party and drinking until the early morning hours. What social-psychological construct can explain Robert's behavior and why would he do this?

Based on research by Dunn, Aknin, and Norton (2008), complete the following analogy: selfless: ________::narcissistic: ________.

Social tuning is the process by which people

Psychologists who have studied the development of self-concept over the lifespan have found that the self-concept starts out ________ and gradually becomes ________ with increasing age.

You assume that Franklin is intrinsically motivated to write a course paper because

________ supplies energy to the brain.

According to the authors of your text, introspection is not an especially useful source of information about the self because people

Introducing Social Psychology

Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World

Social Perception: How We Come to Understand Other People

The Need to Justify Our Actions

Attitudes and Attitude Change: Influencing Thoughts and Feelings

Conformity: Influencing Behavior

Group Processes: Influence in Social Groups

Interpersonal Attraction: From First Impressions to Close Relationships

Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People Can We Prevent It

Prejudice: Causes and Cures

Social Psychology in Action 1: Making a Difference With Social Psychology: Attaining a Sustainable Future

Social Psychology in Action 2: Social Psychology and Health

Social Psychology in Action 3: Social Psychology and the Law

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When asked to finish a sentence beginning "I am...," respondents from Asian countries are more likely to mention , because they grew up in a(n) culture.

In China and Japan, parents tend to praise children than they do in the U.S. because .

Based on research by Dunn, Aknin, and Norton (2008), complete the following analogy: selfless: ::narcissistic: .

Psychologists who have studied the development of self-concept over the lifespan have found that the self-concept starts out and gradually becomes with increasing age.