Question 1

Kurt Lewin was one of the early psychologists who stressed:

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A)  evolutionary principles in human mate selection. 
B)  the human tendency to use mental shortcuts. 
C)  the fundamental importance of perception. 
D)  the use of schemas as the basis of cognition. 
A)  evolutionary principles in human mate selection. 
B)  the human tendency to use mental shortcuts. 
C)  the fundamental importance of perception. 
D)  the use of schemas as the basis of cognition. C

Question 2

That people tend to recall current mood-congruent information more readily than current mood-incongruent information suggests that:

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A)  affect influences social memory. 
B)  affect has no relation with social memory. 
C)  people who are angry tend to have poorer memory. 
D)  people who are happier tend to have better memory. 
A)  affect influences social memory. 
B)  affect has no relation with social memory. 
C)  people who are angry tend to have poorer memory. 
D)  people who are happier tend to have better memory. A

Question 3

Asche identifies traits that influence our impression as which of the following?

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A)  Assigned 
B)  Central 
C)  Peripheral 
D)  Primacy 
A)  Assigned 
B)  Central 
C)  Peripheral 
D)  Primacy B

Question 4

Mental processes and structures, often automatic, that influence and are influenced by social behaviour are collectively known as:

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A)  social cognition. 
B)  social construction. 
C)  social identity theory. 
D)  evolutionary social psychology. 
A)  social cognition. 
B)  social construction. 
C)  social identity theory. 
D)  evolutionary social psychology.

Question 5

When people feel there is a demand on them, they appraise their resources for dealing with the demand. If perceived resources are inadequate to meet the demand, people:

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A)  experience a feeling of threat that motivates approach behaviours (fight). 
B)  experience a feeling of challenge that motivates avoidance behaviours (flight). 
C)  experience a feeling of challenge that motivates approach behaviours (fight). 
D)  experience a feeling of threat that motivates avoidance behaviours (flight). 
A)  experience a feeling of threat that motivates approach behaviours (fight). 
B)  experience a feeling of challenge that motivates avoidance behaviours (flight). 
C)  experience a feeling of challenge that motivates approach behaviours (fight). 
D)  experience a feeling of threat that motivates avoidance behaviours (flight).

Question 6

When you started your degree perhaps you were confident of graduating because you are hardworking, at least as intelligent as the average student and otherwise a determined person. Such traits are aspects of your:

Accepted Answer

A)  self-schema. 
B)  genes. 
C)  ideal self. 
D)  ego. 
A)  self-schema. 
B)  genes. 
C)  ideal self. 
D)  ego.

Question 7

Let us say that you plan to be a nurse. You might picture yourself with a white coat, comfortable shoes, and a little badge on your lapel. These ideas contribute to your knowledge structure of being a 'nurse', and constitute an instance of a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  fuzzy set. 
B)  schema. 
C)  attribution. 
D)  value. 
A)  fuzzy set. 
B)  schema. 
C)  attribution. 
D)  value.

Question 8

Who is often referred to as the father of experimental social psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wundt 
B)  Lewin 
C)  Chomsky 
D)  Skinner 
A)  Wundt 
B)  Lewin 
C)  Chomsky 
D)  Skinner

Question 9

According to Tracey, the living standard in Europe has improved since the establishment of the EU. She says she knows this because she has been reading about the EU in the local paper. Which heuristic bias is she likely to be using?

Accepted Answer

A)  Regression 
B)  Representativeness 
C)  Anchoring 
D)  Availability 
A)  Regression 
B)  Representativeness 
C)  Anchoring 
D)  Availability

Question 10

The other day you stumbled across a new cafe near university where you had the best coffee. You tell your friends immediately that you have found 'the most amazing cafe'. You go back there the next day but the coffee isn't as good. Your friends also tell you that they have visited the cafe since you told them about it, and the coffee was average. The next week you decide to give the cafe another go, and the coffee is better but still not as good as the first time you went. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  base-rate information. 
B)  clinical judgement. 
C)  regression. 
D)  false comparison. 
A)  base-rate information. 
B)  clinical judgement. 
C)  regression. 
D)  false comparison.

Question 11

Use the accentuation principle to solve this: Suppose that John thinks that people's weight is an important human attribute, and he categorises people as either 'fat' or 'slim'. Consequently:

Accepted Answer

A)  slim people who weigh a bit more than other people in the slim category will be judged by John as slimmer than they really are. 
B)  fat people who weigh a bit more than other people in the fat category will be judged by John as fatter than they really are. 
C)  slim people will appear even slimmer when there are fat people near them. 
D)  John is more likely to recall people who are really fat or really slim. 
A)  slim people who weigh a bit more than other people in the slim category will be judged by John as slimmer than they really are. 
B)  fat people who weigh a bit more than other people in the fat category will be judged by John as fatter than they really are. 
C)  slim people will appear even slimmer when there are fat people near them. 
D)  John is more likely to recall people who are really fat or really slim.

Question 12

You are relaxing at the beach when a young guy races noisily past you into the water. He is tanned, skinny with frizzy blond hair. You shrug your shoulders and, using the ________ heuristic, you just 'know' that he is an immature 'surfie'.

Accepted Answer

A)  anchoring 
B)  regression 
C)  representativeness 
D)  availability 
A)  anchoring 
B)  regression 
C)  representativeness 
D)  availability

Question 13

'Cognitive misers' are people who:

Accepted Answer

A)  do not make much effort when they make judgements. 
B)  think that everyone is after their possessions. 
C)  have great difficulty in relating emotionally to others. 
D)  are short on brain power. 
A)  do not make much effort when they make judgements. 
B)  think that everyone is after their possessions. 
C)  have great difficulty in relating emotionally to others. 
D)  are short on brain power.

Question 14

Your brother is having a buck's party. Your knowledge about what goes on is based on:

Accepted Answer

A)  an event schema and a script 
B)  a top-down attitude 
C)  an impression management script 
D)  balance theory perception 
A)  an event schema and a script 
B)  a top-down attitude 
C)  an impression management script 
D)  balance theory perception

Question 15

Recall is the process of:

Accepted Answer

A)  activating long-term memory from impressions. 
B)  activating cognitive rehearsal by chemical links. 
C)  activating nodes along established links. 
D)  activating attention to cognitive processing. 
A)  activating long-term memory from impressions. 
B)  activating cognitive rehearsal by chemical links. 
C)  activating nodes along established links. 
D)  activating attention to cognitive processing.

Question 16

What is Margaret Wetherell's (2012) recent concern with regard to the contemporary social psychology of affect and emotion?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is too tied to the study of animals 
B)  It is too tied to the study of personality 
C)  It is too tied to the exploration of cognitive and neurological processes associated with complex emotions 
D)  It is too tied to the exploration of cognitive and neurological processes associated with simple or basic emotions 
A)  It is too tied to the study of animals 
B)  It is too tied to the study of personality 
C)  It is too tied to the exploration of cognitive and neurological processes associated with complex emotions 
D)  It is too tied to the exploration of cognitive and neurological processes associated with simple or basic emotions

Question 17

The recency effect refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  a tendency to like a person you have recently met. 
B)  a loss of long-term memory in people. 
C)  later information more strongly influencing an impression. 
D)  assessing the quality of recently purchased items. 
A)  a tendency to like a person you have recently met. 
B)  a loss of long-term memory in people. 
C)  later information more strongly influencing an impression. 
D)  assessing the quality of recently purchased items.

Question 18

Hiram Bluster has been the Human Resources manager at his company for a long time now. 'It is easy to sum up applicants in the first interview' he says. 'I just look 'em in the eye. If they look back at me they're trustworthy. If they look away they're not!' Hiram's views of people are an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  an implicit personality theory. 
B)  weighted averaging. 
C)  negativity bias. 
D)  the primacy effect. 
A)  an implicit personality theory. 
B)  weighted averaging. 
C)  negativity bias. 
D)  the primacy effect.

Question 19

According to Rothbart (1981), bookkeeping is:

Accepted Answer

A)  a gradual schema change. 
B)  a subset of auditing. 
C)  forbidden by the Gaming Act. 
D)  a schema associated with 'librarian'. 
A)  a gradual schema change. 
B)  a subset of auditing. 
C)  forbidden by the Gaming Act. 
D)  a schema associated with 'librarian'.

Question 20

Schemas become more complex as:

Accepted Answer

A)  more instances are encountered. 
B)  we continue to study social psychology. 
C)  information overload is reduced. 
D)  fewer instances relate to it. 
A)  more instances are encountered. 
B)  we continue to study social psychology. 
C)  information overload is reduced. 
D)  fewer instances relate to it.

Kurt Lewin was one of the early psychologists who stressed:

That people tend to recall current mood-congruent information more readily than current mood-incongruent information suggests that:

Asche identifies traits that influence our impression as which of the following?

Mental processes and structures, often automatic, that influence and are influenced by social behaviour are collectively known as:

When people feel there is a demand on them, they appraise their resources for dealing with the demand. If perceived resources are inadequate to meet the demand, people:

When you started your degree perhaps you were confident of graduating because you are hardworking, at least as intelligent as the average student and otherwise a determined person. Such traits are aspects of your:

Let us say that you plan to be a nurse. You might picture yourself with a white coat, comfortable shoes, and a little badge on your lapel. These ideas contribute to your knowledge structure of being a 'nurse', and constitute an instance of a(n):

Who is often referred to as the father of experimental social psychology?

According to Tracey, the living standard in Europe has improved since the establishment of the EU. She says she knows this because she has been reading about the EU in the local paper. Which heuristic bias is she likely to be using?

Use the accentuation principle to solve this: Suppose that John thinks that people's weight is an important human attribute, and he categorises people as either 'fat' or 'slim'. Consequently:

You are relaxing at the beach when a young guy races noisily past you into the water. He is tanned, skinny with frizzy blond hair. You shrug your shoulders and, using the ________ heuristic, you just 'know' that he is an immature 'surfie'.

'Cognitive misers' are people who:

Your brother is having a buck's party. Your knowledge about what goes on is based on:

Recall is the process of:

What is Margaret Wetherell's (2012) recent concern with regard to the contemporary social psychology of affect and emotion?

The recency effect refers to:

According to Rothbart (1981), bookkeeping is:

Schemas become more complex as:

Introducing Social Psychology

Attribution and Social Explanation

Self and Identity

Attitudes

Persuasion and Attitude Change

Social Influence

People in Groups

Leadership and Group Decision Making

Prejudice and Discrimination

Intergroup Behaviour

Aggression

Prosocial Behaviour

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Exam 2: Social Cognition and Social Thinking

Kurt Lewin was one of the early psychologists who stressed:

That people tend to recall current mood-congruent information more readily than current mood-incongruent information suggests that:

Asche identifies traits that influence our impression as which of the following?

Mental processes and structures, often automatic, that influence and are influenced by social behaviour are collectively known as:

When people feel there is a demand on them, they appraise their resources for dealing with the demand. If perceived resources are inadequate to meet the demand, people:

When you started your degree perhaps you were confident of graduating because you are hardworking, at least as intelligent as the average student and otherwise a determined person. Such traits are aspects of your:

Let us say that you plan to be a nurse. You might picture yourself with a white coat, comfortable shoes, and a little badge on your lapel. These ideas contribute to your knowledge structure of being a 'nurse', and constitute an instance of a(n):

Who is often referred to as the father of experimental social psychology?

According to Tracey, the living standard in Europe has improved since the establishment of the EU. She says she knows this because she has been reading about the EU in the local paper. Which heuristic bias is she likely to be using?

Use the accentuation principle to solve this: Suppose that John thinks that people's weight is an important human attribute, and he categorises people as either 'fat' or 'slim'. Consequently:

You are relaxing at the beach when a young guy races noisily past you into the water. He is tanned, skinny with frizzy blond hair. You shrug your shoulders and, using the ________ heuristic, you just 'know' that he is an immature 'surfie'.

'Cognitive misers' are people who:

Your brother is having a buck's party. Your knowledge about what goes on is based on:

Recall is the process of:

What is Margaret Wetherell's (2012) recent concern with regard to the contemporary social psychology of affect and emotion?

The recency effect refers to:

According to Rothbart (1981), bookkeeping is:

Schemas become more complex as:

Introducing Social Psychology

Attribution and Social Explanation

Self and Identity

Attitudes

Persuasion and Attitude Change

Social Influence

People in Groups

Leadership and Group Decision Making

Prejudice and Discrimination

Intergroup Behaviour

Aggression

Prosocial Behaviour

Attraction and Close Relationships

Language and Communication

Culture

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