Exam 1: Introducing Social Psychology

Because Australia and New Zealand are recent immigrant countries that strive to practise multiculturalism, what issues might be important areas of research that may be somewhat different to other countries? Issues to do with:

For his Master's research, John is collecting evidence that emotional experiences can be explained purely by physiological factors. His approach is:

A prediction about causes or about relationships between variables is a(n):

A crucial aspect of the scientific method is that it:

The use of the scientific method in social psychology implies that:

Because she is intrigued by carrying out ________, Rebecca positioned herself at some traffic lights. She then either stared or did not stare into the eyes of drivers who were waiting for a green light. She then measured whether her staring affected the speed at which they took off.

Social psychologists are scientifically innovative when they:

The main difference between social psychology and other scientific disciplines, such as physics, chemistry and biology, is:

A main difference between 'general' and 'social' psychology is:

In social psychology, a scientific hypothesis refers to:

Cognitive psychology's influence on social psychology is evident in the area of:

Random allocation of participants to conditions is one way to reduce:

The most important ethical principles guiding human research, in descending order of importance, are:

Which of the following trends has become important in the field of social psychology within Australia and New Zealand?

Social psychologists also focus on:

Inspired by the early behaviourist John Watson, Floyd Allport argued that social psychology would only flourish if:

The right to privacy, informed consent and the use of deception:

Discourse analysis:

In social psychology, a dependent variable in an experiment:

The choice of an appropriate investigative method is NOT determined by: