Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental ethical principle in social psychological research?

Accepted Answer

A)  Informed consent 
B)  Debriefing 
C)  Right to privacy 
D)  Right of assembly 
A)  Informed consent 
B)  Debriefing 
C)  Right to privacy 
D)  Right of assembly D

Question 2

Zimbardo's prison experiment concerned which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Visual perception 
B)  Child development 
C)  Role adoption 
D)  Artificial intelligence 
A)  Visual perception 
B)  Child development 
C)  Role adoption 
D)  Artificial intelligence C

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT an influential social psychologist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Leon Festinger 
B)  Soloman Asch 
C)  Alan Baddeley 
D)  Henri Tajfel 
A)  Leon Festinger 
B)  Soloman Asch 
C)  Alan Baddeley 
D)  Henri Tajfel C

Question 4

Which of the following is TRUE of social constructionism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social constructionism is an approach grounded in positivism. 
B)  People are constructed by the historical and cultural context within which they exist. 
C)  Behaviour and not language is fundamental for understanding constructions, 
D)  There is a predictable and objective reality in the world which is observable through experimentation. 
A)  Social constructionism is an approach grounded in positivism. 
B)  People are constructed by the historical and cultural context within which they exist. 
C)  Behaviour and not language is fundamental for understanding constructions, 
D)  There is a predictable and objective reality in the world which is observable through experimentation.

Question 5

What concept describes the idea that people select and use different cognitive strategies when perceiving others?

Accepted Answer

A)  People as motivated tacticians. 
B)  People as cognitive misers. 
C)  People as naïve scientists. 
D)  The fundamental attribution error. 
A)  People as motivated tacticians. 
B)  People as cognitive misers. 
C)  People as naïve scientists. 
D)  The fundamental attribution error.

Question 6

Person schemata are:

Accepted Answer

A)  expectations about other people based on our past experience or knowledge of them. 
B)  knowledge we have of ourselves concerning the roles we play in different situations. 
C)  knowledge we have of what we would normally expect in a range of situations. 
D)  how we process information about the 'self'. 
A)  expectations about other people based on our past experience or knowledge of them. 
B)  knowledge we have of ourselves concerning the roles we play in different situations. 
C)  knowledge we have of what we would normally expect in a range of situations. 
D)  how we process information about the 'self'.

Question 7

What concept describes the idea that people use and have limited cognitive resources available to them when perceiving others?

Accepted Answer

A)  People as motivated tacticians. 
B)  People as cognitive misers. 
C)  People as naïve scientists. 
D)  Associative networks. 
A)  People as motivated tacticians. 
B)  People as cognitive misers. 
C)  People as naïve scientists. 
D)  Associative networks.

Question 8

Stereotypes are:

Accepted Answer

A)  generalizations that a small number of people have about particular social groups. 
B)  social behaviours. 
C)  generalizations that a large number of people have about particular social groups. 
D)  an example of a social psychology research method. 
A)  generalizations that a small number of people have about particular social groups. 
B)  social behaviours. 
C)  generalizations that a large number of people have about particular social groups. 
D)  an example of a social psychology research method.

Question 9

For social psychologists, the way in which we give meaning to information being received is through:

Accepted Answer

A)  categorization. 
B)  priming. 
C)  learning. 
D)  genetics. 
A)  categorization. 
B)  priming. 
C)  learning. 
D)  genetics.

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a key assumption of social cognition?

Accepted Answer

A)  People are motivated tacticians. 
B)  People are cognitive misers. 
C)  People are naïve scientists. 
D)  People are automata. 
A)  People are motivated tacticians. 
B)  People are cognitive misers. 
C)  People are naïve scientists. 
D)  People are automata.

Question 11

A cognitive structure that represents our knowledge about something in our social world is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  a social schema. 
B)  the actor-observer effect. 
C)  the just world hypothesis. 
D)  the social facilitation effect. 
A)  a social schema. 
B)  the actor-observer effect. 
C)  the just world hypothesis. 
D)  the social facilitation effect.

Question 12

Which of the following is FALSE of discourse analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  It involves the detailed analysis of language. 
B)  It does not try to test causal predictions. 
C)  It is designed to isolate interpretative repertoires. 
D)  It involves the observation and recording of naturally occurring events. 
A)  It involves the detailed analysis of language. 
B)  It does not try to test causal predictions. 
C)  It is designed to isolate interpretative repertoires. 
D)  It involves the observation and recording of naturally occurring events.

Question 13

Identifying rhetorical actions is central for which research strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Field studies 
B)  Discourse analysis studies 
C)  Experimental studies 
D)  Survey studies 
A)  Field studies 
B)  Discourse analysis studies 
C)  Experimental studies 
D)  Survey studies

Question 14

Social psychology concerns which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  How we think about other people and interact with groups. 
B)  How we learn to associate a stimulus with a response. 
C)  How we attend to certain things in our environment. 
D)  How we understand the cognitive development of the child. 
A)  How we think about other people and interact with groups. 
B)  How we learn to associate a stimulus with a response. 
C)  How we attend to certain things in our environment. 
D)  How we understand the cognitive development of the child.

Question 15

Correlational research asks which question?

Accepted Answer

A)  Does behaviour X happen? 
B)  By changing variable X will there be a change in variable Y? 
C)  Are there differences in response to variable X across groups of individuals? 
D)  Is variable X related to variable Y? 
A)  Does behaviour X happen? 
B)  By changing variable X will there be a change in variable Y? 
C)  Are there differences in response to variable X across groups of individuals? 
D)  Is variable X related to variable Y?

Question 16

Associative networks describe how:

Accepted Answer

A)  people learn a new skill. 
B)  people's categories are related semantically. 
C)  people make decisions. 
D)  we respond to threats. 
A)  people learn a new skill. 
B)  people's categories are related semantically. 
C)  people make decisions. 
D)  we respond to threats.

Exam 20: Issues and Themes in Social Psychology

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental ethical principle in social psychological research?

Zimbardo's prison experiment concerned which of the following?

Which of the following is NOT an influential social psychologist?

Which of the following is TRUE of social constructionism?

What concept describes the idea that people select and use different cognitive strategies when perceiving others?

Person schemata are:

What concept describes the idea that people use and have limited cognitive resources available to them when perceiving others?

Stereotypes are:

For social psychologists, the way in which we give meaning to information being received is through:

Which of the following is NOT a key assumption of social cognition?

A cognitive structure that represents our knowledge about something in our social world is called:

Which of the following is FALSE of discourse analysis?

Identifying rhetorical actions is central for which research strategy?

Social psychology concerns which of the following?

Correlational research asks which question?

Associative networks describe how:

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