Question 1

When people's incorrect expectations are confirmed and they relate to other people in a way that brings about the very behaviours they expect,thereby confirming their original beliefs,then a _______________ has occurred.

Accepted Answer

A)  social facilitation 
B)  informational social influence 
C)  peripheral route persuasion 
D)  self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 2

Social facilitation refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  relating one's personal attributes,abilities,and opinions to those of other people. 
B)  how people in a given social position ought to behave. 
C)  the shared expectations about how people should think,feel,and behave. 
D)  an increased tendency to perform one's dominant response in the presence of others.

Question 3

Viewing an out-group member as being an "exceptional case" or assuming that an out-group member succeeded on a task because of extreme effort were mentioned as two ways that ______________ can be maintained in the face of contradictory evidence.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Viewing an out-group member as being an...

Question 4

A person with covert prejudicial feelings towards gays and lesbians would most likely have the slowest reaction times to which of the following word pairs presented using the implicit association test?

Accepted Answer

A)  gay-wrong 
B)  straight-right 
C)  lesbian-bad 
D)  gay-good

Question 5

A person on campus walks up to you and asks if you would be willing to wear a ribbon to show support for her cause.Though the ribbon is a bit unattractive,it is small so you agree to wear it.After agreeing to this request,the solicitor then asks you if you would be willing to make a donation of $15.This example best demonstrates the persuasion technique called:

Accepted Answer

A)  the foot-in-the-door. 
B)  the door-in-the-face. 
C)  the norm of reciprocity. 
D)  lowballing.

Question 6

The matching effect refers to people's tendencies to want to have partners and spouses who are slightly more attractive than they are themselves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Based on the research evidence,we would be most attracted to someone who is:

Accepted Answer

A)  proximal in location and similar to us. 
B)  proximal in location and dissimilar to us. 
C)  distant in location and similar to us. 
D)  distant in location and dissimilar to us.

Question 8

Professor Price is concerned about the study habits of her students.She knows that many of them study while watching television.She decides to give them a study skills lecture but is unsure whether or not she should illustrate both sides of the issue or merely focus on her points.After reviewing the past research she decides that _______________ is generally a more effective way to persuade the students.

Accepted Answer

A)  a two-sided message 
B)  a radically different message 
C)  a message with consequences 
D)  presenting only her view point

Question 9

Which of the following conclusions regarding the results from obedience studies is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Contrary to popular beliefs,most people are followers who are inherently obedient. 
B)  Contrary to popular beliefs,most people appear to be very apathetic and cruel. 
C)  Obedience behaviour appears to be more a product of situational factors than of personal characteristics. 
D)  Obedience behaviour appears to be more a product of personal characteristics than of situational factors.

Question 10

Prejudice is fostered in large part by competition for limited resources according to ______________ theory.

Accepted Answer

A)  social identity 
B)  kin selection 
C)  realistic conflict 
D)  stereotype threat

Question 11

A sexist man assumes that an assertive and strong woman whom he has just met must be a "feminist" and thus he is able to maintain his more general belief that women are passive and dependent.This example best demonstrates:

Accepted Answer

A)  how the fundamental attribution error can produce and maintain stereotypes. 
B)  how people can maintain stereotypes in the face of contradictory information. 
C)  the process called in-group favouritism. 
D)  the phenomenon called stereotype threat.

Question 12

According to Freud,performing an act of aggression discharges aggressive energy and temporarily reduces our tendency to aggress.This is the principle of ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  repression 
B)  cathexis 
C)  fixation 
D)  catharsis

Question 13

Shawna is on a diet and doing very well,losing about ten pounds in the weeks before Thanksgiving.She believes that six small meals is a healthy way to eat.When she sits down at her grandmother's Thanksgiving dinner,she cannot help herself and has second helpings of just about everything,including the pumpkin pie.She realizes that no one forced her to eat as much as she did.She therefore is likely to experience:

Accepted Answer

A)  dissonance 
B)  counterattitudinal thinking 
C)  positive consequences 
D)  a self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 14

Suppose that someone has just opened a new restaurant near your school and you have been convinced to walk around for three hours on a very hot day carrying a big,heavy sign advertising this restaurant.You would probably rate this activity as most enjoyable if someone paid you $1 to do it according to _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive dissonance theory 
B)  the self-fulfilling prophecy 
C)  the norm of reciprocity 
D)  the theory of planned behaviour

Question 15

The phenomenon in which people lose their sense of personal identity and self-awareness as a result of the anonymity provided by being in a large group of people is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  deindividuation. 
B)  depersonalization. 
C)  deinternalization. 
D)  disinhibition.

Question 16

Don went to three different dances this past week.Prior to this,he had a slightly negative attitude towards dancing,but after observing his behaviour,he starts to conclude that he must in fact enjoy it,otherwise he wouldn't have attended so many dances.This change in Don's attitude is most consistent with the predictions of:

Accepted Answer

A)  social identity theory. 
B)  cognitive dissonance theory. 
C)  the theory of planned behaviour. 
D)  self-perception theory.

Question 17

The mere exposure effect,where liking or attraction for something can increase just from multiple exposures to it,demonstrates the importance of ____________ with regard to attraction.

Accepted Answer

A)  similarity 
B)  proximity 
C)  physical beauty 
D)  differences

Question 18

Jill blames a man for imagined wrongs that he has committed against her and views him in such a way that his human characteristics are de-emphasized.Both of these factors would best be considered as different types of self-justifications and make it more likely that Jill will ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  act aggressively 
B)  act altruistically 
C)  commit the fundamental attribution error 
D)  have prejudices

Question 19

The results of Albert Bandura's "Bobo doll" experiment demonstrated how ___________ may increase aggression.

Accepted Answer

A)  negative reinforcement 
B)  positive reinforcement 
C)  punishment 
D)  playing

Question 20

Research indicates that _________ twins are more similar in their aggressive behaviour patterns than are __________ twins,even when identical twins are raised separately.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Research indicates that _________ twins are more...

Exam 13: Behaviour in a Social Context