Question 1

Which effect of power on the powerful is related to their feeling that they have more choice?

Accepted Answer

A) emotion 
B) adaptability 
C) the duplex mind 
D) approach versus inhibition 
A) emotion 
B) adaptability 
C) the duplex mind 
D) approach versus inhibition

Question 2

Explain how role differentiation satisfies two competing needs for humans as cultural animals.

Accepted Answer

•Humans have to balance two competing ne

Question 3

Early research in social psychology conducted by Max Ringelmann revealed that people ____ when they work as part of a group (e.g., pushing a car off of the road with two other people) compared to when they work alone at the same task.

Accepted Answer

A) do not work as hard 
B) work harder 
C) feel like they are doing more work 
D) feel like they are doing less work 
A) do not work as hard 
B) work harder 
C) feel like they are doing more work 
D) feel like they are doing less work

Question 4

People sometimes punish those who cheat the system, even when they need to make sacrifices or suffer losses to do so.According to the text, this phenomenon is known as ____.

Accepted Answer

A) the bad apple effect 
B) altruistic punishment 
C) Vladimir's choice 
D) the vigilante correction 
A) the bad apple effect 
B) altruistic punishment 
C) Vladimir's choice 
D) the vigilante correction

Question 5

Cockroaches completed simple mazes more quickly when they ran in the presence of other cockroaches (as opposed to alone), and completed complex mazes more quickly when they ran alone (as opposed to in a group).This finding illustrates that, even among cockroaches, ____.

Accepted Answer

A) social facilitation happens for dominant responses 
B) both social facilitation and social inhibition can happen for dominant responses 
C) social facilitation happens for non-dominant responses 
D) both social facilitation and social inhibition can happen for non-dominant responses 
A) social facilitation happens for dominant responses 
B) both social facilitation and social inhibition can happen for dominant responses 
C) social facilitation happens for non-dominant responses 
D) both social facilitation and social inhibition can happen for non-dominant responses

Question 6

Suppose that four students are working on a group project regarding colonialism in today's Democratic Republic of Congo.Who is MOST likely to engage in social loafing?

Accepted Answer

A) Tom, an older student who is the only group member to have actually lived in the DRC. 
B) Amber, a history student who is obsessed with being top of the class 
C) Aniya, who is convinced that most of the other group members are incompetent 
D) Mandla, who is certain that he will get an 'A' in the class no matter how he performs on the group project 
A) Tom, an older student who is the only group member to have actually lived in the DRC. 
B) Amber, a history student who is obsessed with being top of the class 
C) Aniya, who is convinced that most of the other group members are incompetent 
D) Mandla, who is certain that he will get an 'A' in the class no matter how he performs on the group project

Question 7

Which explanation does your text offer for why people low in power tend to laugh more often?

Accepted Answer

A) Laughter is a good strategy for making friends. 
B) Laughter helps ease the stress of not having power. 
C) Laughter is a way to ingratiate yourself to a powerful person. 
D) Laughter is healthy. 
A) Laughter is a good strategy for making friends. 
B) Laughter helps ease the stress of not having power. 
C) Laughter is a way to ingratiate yourself to a powerful person. 
D) Laughter is healthy.

Question 8

Why do corporations like teamwork?

Accepted Answer

A) Teams are typically less financially costly. 
B) Teams typically produce outstanding ideas. 
C) Teams typically make the best decisions. 
D) Teams typically benefit employees psychologically. 
A) Teams are typically less financially costly. 
B) Teams typically produce outstanding ideas. 
C) Teams typically make the best decisions. 
D) Teams typically benefit employees psychologically.

Question 9

Social psychologists use the term ____ to refer to explanations that are used to justify why people in power deserve to be in power.

Accepted Answer

A) optimal distinctiveness explanations 
B) legitimising myths 
C) asymmetry propositions 
D) tragedy of the commons 
A) optimal distinctiveness explanations 
B) legitimising myths 
C) asymmetry propositions 
D) tragedy of the commons

Question 10

Many modern offices have open, public shared spaces (rather than cubicles or offices).This office style works BEST if the employees are working on ____.

Accepted Answer

A) simple tasks that they have performed many times 
B) simple but novel tasks 
C) complex tasks that they have performed many times 
D) complex and novel tasks 
A) simple tasks that they have performed many times 
B) simple but novel tasks 
C) complex tasks that they have performed many times 
D) complex and novel tasks

Question 11

Research has shown that binge eating can be associated with popularity in a girl's sorority.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Social psychologists use the term ____________________ to refer to concern about how others are evaluating your performance.

Accepted Answer

evaluation

Question 13

Research suggests that one of the reasons groups may make foolish decisions is that _____.

Accepted Answer

A) members may self-censor 
B) being in groups lowers morale 
C) group members socialise too much 
D) only mediocre employees participate in groups 
A) members may self-censor 
B) being in groups lowers morale 
C) group members socialise too much 
D) only mediocre employees participate in groups

Question 14

Which tendency is LEAST characteristic of groupthink?

Accepted Answer

A) There is pressure toward conformity. 
B) There is a high degree of self-censorship. 
C) There is a sense of moral superiority. 
D) There is a weak, non-directive group leader. 
A) There is pressure toward conformity. 
B) There is a high degree of self-censorship. 
C) There is a sense of moral superiority. 
D) There is a weak, non-directive group leader.

Question 15

Even though Kabelo suffered because of it - his peers at school teased him for months - he filed a report with the principal's office when he heard that two of the popular kids at school had cheated on a big exam.Kabelo filed the report for everyone's good.Social psychologists would say that in reporting the students, Kabelo engaged in ____.

Accepted Answer

A) the commons dilemma 
B) altruistic punishment 
C) self-censorship 
D) the risky shift 
A) the commons dilemma 
B) altruistic punishment 
C) self-censorship 
D) the risky shift

Question 16

The idea that one social loafer can cause others to loaf as well is known as ____.

Accepted Answer

A) social facilitation 
B) evaluation apprehension 
C) the free rider problem 
D) the bad apple effect 
A) social facilitation 
B) evaluation apprehension 
C) the free rider problem 
D) the bad apple effect

Question 17

A traditional economist - who believes that humans always behave in rational, self-interested ways - would be MOST shocked to learn about the human tendency for ____.

Accepted Answer

A) evaluation apprehension 
B) social loafing 
C) the bad apple effect 
D) altruistic punishment 
A) evaluation apprehension 
B) social loafing 
C) the bad apple effect 
D) altruistic punishment

Question 18

Suppose that you have just joined a local netball team.Which factor would be LEAST likely to make you feel bonded, or unified, with your new team?

Accepted Answer

A) You learn that there is a rival team in a nearby neighborhood. 
B) You and your team share an emotional experience when one team member is hurt while playing. 
C) You learn that people on your team come from a wide range of backgrounds and lifestyles. 
D) Your team selects a mascot and comes up with a team song. 
A) You learn that there is a rival team in a nearby neighborhood. 
B) You and your team share an emotional experience when one team member is hurt while playing. 
C) You learn that people on your team come from a wide range of backgrounds and lifestyles. 
D) Your team selects a mascot and comes up with a team song.

Question 19

You and your family are moving to a new flat.Because your little brother has an excellent memory for things in general, he is put in charge of remembering what is packed with what.Because your mother usually takes care of bill payment, she is put in charge of remembering with what companies your family needs to file a change-of-address form.And because you have been the one handling most of the logistics of the move (hiring a company to inspect the new flat for termites, making sure that you received your deposit back on your old flat, etc.), you are put in charge of keeping track of these things.This is an example of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of You and your family are moving to...

Question 20

Consider the advantages of working in a team (as opposed to working independently).Which positive outcome is LEAST likely to occur in a team setting?

Accepted Answer

A) People enjoy their work more. 
B) People bond with others more. 
C) People accomplish more. 
D) People feel more confident. 
A) People enjoy their work more. 
B) People bond with others more. 
C) People accomplish more. 
D) People feel more confident.

Which effect of power on the powerful is related to their feeling that they have more choice?

Explain how role differentiation satisfies two competing needs for humans as cultural animals.

Early research in social psychology conducted by Max Ringelmann revealed that people ____ when they work as part of a group (e.g., pushing a car off of the road with two other people) compared to when they work alone at the same task.

People sometimes punish those who cheat the system, even when they need to make sacrifices or suffer losses to do so.According to the text, this phenomenon is known as ____.

Cockroaches completed simple mazes more quickly when they ran in the presence of other cockroaches (as opposed to alone), and completed complex mazes more quickly when they ran alone (as opposed to in a group).This finding illustrates that, even among cockroaches, ____.

Suppose that four students are working on a group project regarding colonialism in today's Democratic Republic of Congo.Who is MOST likely to engage in social loafing?

Which explanation does your text offer for why people low in power tend to laugh more often?

Why do corporations like teamwork?

Social psychologists use the term ____ to refer to explanations that are used to justify why people in power deserve to be in power.

Many modern offices have open, public shared spaces (rather than cubicles or offices).This office style works BEST if the employees are working on ____.

Research has shown that binge eating can be associated with popularity in a girl's sorority.

Social psychologists use the term ____________________ to refer to concern about how others are evaluating your performance.

Research suggests that one of the reasons groups may make foolish decisions is that _____.

Which tendency is LEAST characteristic of groupthink?

The idea that one social loafer can cause others to loaf as well is known as ____.

A traditional economist - who believes that humans always behave in rational, self-interested ways - would be MOST shocked to learn about the human tendency for ____.

Suppose that you have just joined a local netball team.Which factor would be LEAST likely to make you feel bonded, or unified, with your new team?

Consider the advantages of working in a team (as opposed to working independently).Which positive outcome is LEAST likely to occur in a team setting?

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Aggression and Antisocial Behavior

Interpersonal Attraction and Rejection

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Which effect of power on the powerful is related to their feeling that they have more choice?

Explain how role differentiation satisfies two competing needs for humans as cultural animals.

Early research in social psychology conducted by Max Ringelmann revealed that people ____ when they work as part of a group (e.g., pushing a car off of the road with two other people) compared to when they work alone at the same task.

People sometimes punish those who cheat the system, even when they need to make sacrifices or suffer losses to do so.According to the text, this phenomenon is known as ____.

Cockroaches completed simple mazes more quickly when they ran in the presence of other cockroaches (as opposed to alone), and completed complex mazes more quickly when they ran alone (as opposed to in a group).This finding illustrates that, even among cockroaches, ____.

Suppose that four students are working on a group project regarding colonialism in today's Democratic Republic of Congo.Who is MOST likely to engage in social loafing?

Which explanation does your text offer for why people low in power tend to laugh more often?

Why do corporations like teamwork?

Social psychologists use the term ____ to refer to explanations that are used to justify why people in power deserve to be in power.

Many modern offices have open, public shared spaces (rather than cubicles or offices).This office style works BEST if the employees are working on ____.

Research has shown that binge eating can be associated with popularity in a girl's sorority.

Social psychologists use the term ____________________ to refer to concern about how others are evaluating your performance.

Research suggests that one of the reasons groups may make foolish decisions is that _____.

Which tendency is LEAST characteristic of groupthink?

The idea that one social loafer can cause others to loaf as well is known as ____.

A traditional economist - who believes that humans always behave in rational, self-interested ways - would be MOST shocked to learn about the human tendency for ____.

Suppose that you have just joined a local netball team.Which factor would be LEAST likely to make you feel bonded, or unified, with your new team?

Consider the advantages of working in a team (as opposed to working independently).Which positive outcome is LEAST likely to occur in a team setting?

The Mission and the Method

Culture and Nature

The Self

Choices and Actions: the Self in Control

Social Cognition

Emotion and Affect

Attitudes, Beliefs and Consistency

Social Influence and Persuasion

Prosocial Behaviour: Doing Whats Best for Others

Aggression and Antisocial Behavior

Interpersonal Attraction and Rejection

Close Relationships: Passion, Intimacy and Sexuality

Prejudice and Intergroup Relations

Applying social psychology to consumer behaviour

Applying social psychology to health

Applying social psychology to the workplace

Applying social psychology to the law

Applying social psychology to the environment

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