Question 1

In Axelrod's computer tournament, tit-for-tat emerged as the strategy to earn players the most points.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

According to evolutionary theory, people are more likely to help siblings (with whom they share roughly half of their genes)than cousins (with whom they share roughly one-eighth of their genes), and more likely to help cousins than strangers. Research demonstrates that, in reality, ____.

Accepted Answer

A) people are more likely to help family members than non-family members, but no more likely to help siblings than cousins 
B) people are more likely to help siblings than cousins, but no more likely to help cousins than strangers 
C) people are no more likely to help family members than non-family members 
D) this pattern by and large holds true 
A) people are more likely to help family members than non-family members, but no more likely to help siblings than cousins 
B) people are more likely to help siblings than cousins, but no more likely to help cousins than strangers 
C) people are no more likely to help family members than non-family members 
D) this pattern by and large holds true

Question 3

The political scientist Robert Axelrod once held a computer tournament designed to determine the most successful prisoner's dilemma strategy (the strategy that would win most often for the longest period of time). The winning strategy was called ________________.

Accepted Answer

tit-for-ta

Question 4

In lay terms, the term "conformity" refers to ____.

Accepted Answer

A) doing something just to please others 
B) going along with the crowd 
C) obeying orders because of some standard 
D) making yourself do something you don't want to do 
A) doing something just to please others 
B) going along with the crowd 
C) obeying orders because of some standard 
D) making yourself do something you don't want to do

Question 5

What do the text authors say about the kind of willingness to obey authority that Milgram witnessed in his research?

Accepted Answer

A) Milgram's research seems to have been an anomaly; people are not usually so obedient to authority in any kind of situation. 
B) Milgram's research seems to have been an anomaly; people usually are quite obedient when it comes to trivial or innocuous orders, but they are almost never so obedient when it comes to dangerous orders. 
C) People usually are quite obedient to authority, and Milgram's research demonstrates just how dangerous obedience is. 
D) People usually are quite obedient to authority, but most of the time this obedience has prosocial consequences; the situation that Milgram created in his research is very unique. 
A) Milgram's research seems to have been an anomaly; people are not usually so obedient to authority in any kind of situation. 
B) Milgram's research seems to have been an anomaly; people usually are quite obedient when it comes to trivial or innocuous orders, but they are almost never so obedient when it comes to dangerous orders. 
C) People usually are quite obedient to authority, and Milgram's research demonstrates just how dangerous obedience is. 
D) People usually are quite obedient to authority, but most of the time this obedience has prosocial consequences; the situation that Milgram created in his research is very unique.

Question 6

Suppose that you are in an emergency situation and need help. Social psychological research suggests that your best bet is to ____.

Accepted Answer

A) try to move to a more crowded area where many people will see you 
B) identify a particular person, tell him or her that you need help, and tell him or her precisely what to do 
C) repeatedly say the words "help" or "I need help" so that there is no ambiguity about the nature of the situation 
D) simply scream at the top of your lungs until someone helps you 
A) try to move to a more crowded area where many people will see you 
B) identify a particular person, tell him or her that you need help, and tell him or her precisely what to do 
C) repeatedly say the words "help" or "I need help" so that there is no ambiguity about the nature of the situation 
D) simply scream at the top of your lungs until someone helps you

Question 7

In terms of your willingness to offer help to others, audience inhibition can be an obstacle to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Deciding whether or not to help 
B) Interpreting an event as an emergency 
C) Seeing yourself as responsible for helping 
D) Noticing an event 
A) Deciding whether or not to help 
B) Interpreting an event as an emergency 
C) Seeing yourself as responsible for helping 
D) Noticing an event

Question 8

In the "trust game," participants generally ____.

Accepted Answer

A) send very little of their money to others 
B) send a moderate amount of their money to others 
C) send a substantial amount of their money to others 
D) send none of their money to others 
A) send very little of their money to others 
B) send a moderate amount of their money to others 
C) send a substantial amount of their money to others 
D) send none of their money to others

Question 9

In one well-known study on empathy, participants had to watch a confederate ("Elaine")receive electric shocks. They were told either that they had to watch 10 full trials of shocks, or that they could leave after watching the first two trials only. They were also told that their values and interests were similar to those of the confederate (similar group), or that their values and interests were different from those of the confederate (dissimilar group). After the first two trials had been completed, participants were asked whether they would switch places with the confederate-she was apparently very upset by the shocks due to a negative childhood experience with electricity. Which group almost never agreed to switch places?

Accepted Answer

A) The 10-trial high-similarity group 
B) The 10-trial low-similarity group 
C) The two-trial high-similarity group 
D) The two-trial low-similarity group 
A) The 10-trial high-similarity group 
B) The 10-trial low-similarity group 
C) The two-trial high-similarity group 
D) The two-trial low-similarity group

Question 10

In his classic research on obedience to authority, Milgram found that roughly ____ of participants eventually "went all the way" and administered the highest levels of shocks. Interestingly, a group of psychiatrists surveyed prior to the study estimated that ____ would do so.

Accepted Answer

A) 35%; less than 1% 
B) 35%; more than 75% 
C) 65%; less than 1% 
D) 65%; more than 75% 
A) 35%; less than 1% 
B) 35%; more than 75% 
C) 65%; less than 1% 
D) 65%; more than 75%

Question 11

According to the empathy-altruism hypothesis, ____.

Accepted Answer

A) all altruistic behavior is motivated by empathy 
B) empathy motivates people to reduce others' distress 
C) people who routinely engage in altruistic behavior gradually become less and less empathetic to others 
D) people who routinely engage in altruistic behavior gradually become more and more empathetic to others 
A) all altruistic behavior is motivated by empathy 
B) empathy motivates people to reduce others' distress 
C) people who routinely engage in altruistic behavior gradually become less and less empathetic to others 
D) people who routinely engage in altruistic behavior gradually become more and more empathetic to others

Question 12

According to the textbook authors, social psychologists have long viewed conformity as ____; newer research ____.

Accepted Answer

A) having positive consequences; indicates that it is usually antisocial 
B) having positive consequences; confirms this 
C) having negative consequences; indicates that it is usually prosocial 
D) having negative consequences; confirms this 
A) having positive consequences; indicates that it is usually antisocial 
B) having positive consequences; confirms this 
C) having negative consequences; indicates that it is usually prosocial 
D) having negative consequences; confirms this

Question 13

________________ can be defined as ceasing to feel angry toward, and ceasing to seek retribution against, someone who has wronged you.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ________________ can be defined as ceasing to...

Question 14

The first step to helping behavior is overcoming pluralistic ignorance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Stanley Milgram's classic research on obedience to authority was spurred on by - and conducted in the wake of - ____.

Accepted Answer

A) a series of catastrophic decisions by NASA scientists 
B) the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba 
C) the internment of Japanese-Americans in the U.S. 
D) WWII and the Holocaust 
A) a series of catastrophic decisions by NASA scientists 
B) the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba 
C) the internment of Japanese-Americans in the U.S. 
D) WWII and the Holocaust

Question 16

Identify and briefly describe the five steps (discussed in the textbook)that people pass through in determining whether and how to render help in an emergency situation. Also identify the key obstacles (things that might prevent people from providing needed help)at each stage.

Accepted Answer

a. Notice an event 
i. Obstacles: Distra

Question 17

Social psychologists often make use of a game called the ____ to study people's tendencies to cooperate versus compete.

Accepted Answer

A) commons dilemma 
B) prisoner's dilemma 
C) matching game 
D) naïve bystander circle 
A) commons dilemma 
B) prisoner's dilemma 
C) matching game 
D) naïve bystander circle

Question 18

Equity is another word for equality; the equity norm and the equality norm are the same thing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

If you are concerned that you are getting less than you deserve, then social psychologists would say that you are worried about ____, if you are concerned that you are getting more than you deserve then social psychologists would say that you are worried about ____.

Accepted Answer

A) normative influences; social influences 
B) being underbenefited; being overbenefited 
C) zero-sum issues; non-zero-sum issues 
D) equality; equity 
A) normative influences; social influences 
B) being underbenefited; being overbenefited 
C) zero-sum issues; non-zero-sum issues 
D) equality; equity

Question 20

The classic studies on obedience to an authority figure were conducted in 1963 by the psychologist ____.

Accepted Answer

A) Phillip Zimbardo 
B) Stanley Milgram 
C) 
B)  F. Skinner 
D) Solomon Asch 
A) Phillip Zimbardo 
B) Stanley Milgram 
C) 
B)  F. Skinner 
D) Solomon Asch

In Axelrod's computer tournament, tit-for-tat emerged as the strategy to earn players the most points.

According to evolutionary theory, people are more likely to help siblings (with whom they share roughly half of their genes)than cousins (with whom they share roughly one-eighth of their genes), and more likely to help cousins than strangers. Research demonstrates that, in reality, ____.

The political scientist Robert Axelrod once held a computer tournament designed to determine the most successful prisoner's dilemma strategy (the strategy that would win most often for the longest period of time). The winning strategy was called ________________.

In lay terms, the term "conformity" refers to ____.

What do the text authors say about the kind of willingness to obey authority that Milgram witnessed in his research?

Suppose that you are in an emergency situation and need help. Social psychological research suggests that your best bet is to ____.

In terms of your willingness to offer help to others, audience inhibition can be an obstacle to which of the following?

In the "trust game," participants generally ____.

In his classic research on obedience to authority, Milgram found that roughly of participants eventually "went all the way" and administered the highest levels of shocks. Interestingly, a group of psychiatrists surveyed prior to the study estimated that would do so.

According to the empathy-altruism hypothesis, ____.

According to the textbook authors, social psychologists have long viewed conformity as ; newer research .

________________ can be defined as ceasing to feel angry toward, and ceasing to seek retribution against, someone who has wronged you.

The first step to helping behavior is overcoming pluralistic ignorance.

Stanley Milgram's classic research on obedience to authority was spurred on by - and conducted in the wake of - ____.

Identify and briefly describe the five steps (discussed in the textbook)that people pass through in determining whether and how to render help in an emergency situation. Also identify the key obstacles (things that might prevent people from providing needed help)at each stage.

Social psychologists often make use of a game called the ____ to study people's tendencies to cooperate versus compete.

Equity is another word for equality; the equity norm and the equality norm are the same thing.

If you are concerned that you are getting less than you deserve, then social psychologists would say that you are worried about , if you are concerned that you are getting more than you deserve then social psychologists would say that you are worried about .

The classic studies on obedience to an authority figure were conducted in 1963 by the psychologist ____.

The Mission and the Method

Culture and Nature

The Self

Behavior Control: the Self in Action

Social Cognition

Emotion and Affect

Attitudes, Beliefs, and Consistency

Social Influence and Persuasion

Aggression and Antisocial Behavior

Attraction and Exclusion

Close Relationships: Passion, Intimacy, and Sexuality

Prejudice and Intergroup Relations

Groups

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In Axelrod's computer tournament, tit-for-tat emerged as the strategy to earn players the most points.

According to evolutionary theory, people are more likely to help siblings (with whom they share roughly half of their genes)than cousins (with whom they share roughly one-eighth of their genes), and more likely to help cousins than strangers. Research demonstrates that, in reality, ____.

The political scientist Robert Axelrod once held a computer tournament designed to determine the most successful prisoner's dilemma strategy (the strategy that would win most often for the longest period of time). The winning strategy was called ________________.

In lay terms, the term "conformity" refers to ____.

What do the text authors say about the kind of willingness to obey authority that Milgram witnessed in his research?

Suppose that you are in an emergency situation and need help. Social psychological research suggests that your best bet is to ____.

In terms of your willingness to offer help to others, audience inhibition can be an obstacle to which of the following?

In the "trust game," participants generally ____.

In his classic research on obedience to authority, Milgram found that roughly ____ of participants eventually "went all the way" and administered the highest levels of shocks. Interestingly, a group of psychiatrists surveyed prior to the study estimated that ____ would do so.

According to the empathy-altruism hypothesis, ____.

According to the textbook authors, social psychologists have long viewed conformity as ____; newer research ____.

________________ can be defined as ceasing to feel angry toward, and ceasing to seek retribution against, someone who has wronged you.

The first step to helping behavior is overcoming pluralistic ignorance.

Stanley Milgram's classic research on obedience to authority was spurred on by - and conducted in the wake of - ____.

Identify and briefly describe the five steps (discussed in the textbook)that people pass through in determining whether and how to render help in an emergency situation. Also identify the key obstacles (things that might prevent people from providing needed help)at each stage.

Social psychologists often make use of a game called the ____ to study people's tendencies to cooperate versus compete.

Equity is another word for equality; the equity norm and the equality norm are the same thing.

If you are concerned that you are getting less than you deserve, then social psychologists would say that you are worried about ____, if you are concerned that you are getting more than you deserve then social psychologists would say that you are worried about ____.

The classic studies on obedience to an authority figure were conducted in 1963 by the psychologist ____.

The Mission and the Method

Culture and Nature

The Self

Behavior Control: the Self in Action

Social Cognition

Emotion and Affect

Attitudes, Beliefs, and Consistency

Social Influence and Persuasion

Aggression and Antisocial Behavior

Attraction and Exclusion

Close Relationships: Passion, Intimacy, and Sexuality

Prejudice and Intergroup Relations

Groups

Application Module A: Applying Social Psychology to Consumer Behavior

Filters

In his classic research on obedience to authority, Milgram found that roughly of participants eventually "went all the way" and administered the highest levels of shocks. Interestingly, a group of psychiatrists surveyed prior to the study estimated that would do so.

According to the textbook authors, social psychologists have long viewed conformity as ; newer research .

If you are concerned that you are getting less than you deserve, then social psychologists would say that you are worried about , if you are concerned that you are getting more than you deserve then social psychologists would say that you are worried about .