Deck 14: Applications

Question 1

One of the key early pioneers of applied social psychology was ______.

A) Rebecca Bigler
B) Kurt Lewin
C) Loris Vezzali
D) Miles Hewstone

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of research inspired by the events of the Second World War?

A) Bandura's work on social learning
B) Singer's investigation of intergroup contact
C) Yap et al.'s examination of the effects of posture on behaviour
D) Kraus et al.'s work on changing health behaviour

Answer 2

B

Question 3

It is important to employers that employees are satisfied in their jobs because social psychologists have found that job satisfaction predicts ______.

A) team cohesion and salary
B) team cohesion and commitment
C) team cohesion and performance
D) performance and commitment

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following factors does NOT feature as a predictor of high job satisfaction in the job satisfaction model?

A) financial reward
B) task identity
C) feedback
D) task significance

Question 5

According to Judge, Locke, and Durham (1997), one predict of job satisfaction is our core self-evaluation. This is comprised of self-esteem, self-efficacy, locus of control, and ______ .

A) agreeableness
B) narcissism
C) neuroticism
D) extroversion

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a reason why individuals high on core self-evaluation tend to have higher job satisfaction?

A) They focus on positive aspects of their work environment.
B) They seek out jobs with positive characteristics.
C) They are more confident about taking on challenging roles.
D) They avoid negative people in the workplace.

Question 7

Embodied cognition refers to the phenomenon whereby ______.

A) our bodily actions influence our thoughts and feelings
B) our thoughts and feelings influence our bodily actions
C) our bodily actions are related to electrical brain impulses
D) our bodily actions and our thoughts and feelings are sometimes unrelated

Question 8

Which of the following is an accurate description of a powerful posture?

A) arms and legs crossed
B) hands on hips and legs hip width apart
C) arms crossed and legs hip width apart
D) arms above head and legs crossed

Question 9

Carney et al. (2010) found that participants who adopted an expansive (rather than contractive) posture subsequently had ______.

A) higher levels of cortisol and lower levels of testosterone
B) higher levels of cortisol and testosterone
C) higher levels of testosterone and lower levels of cortisol
D) lower levels of cortisol and testosterone

Question 10

Carney et al. (2010) found that when undertaking a decision-making game, participants who had previously adopted an expansive (rather than contractive) posture made ______.

A) a risky choice
B) a safe choice
C) a choice based on systematic processing
D) a choice based on gut feeling

Question 11

Which of the following traits has the perception of power NOT been shown to predict?

A) hypocrisy
B) deception
C) infidelity
D) honesty

Question 12

Yap et al. (2013, Experiment 1) gave participants the opportunity to cheat by 'accidentally' giving them twice the expected amount for taking part in a study. They found that approximately _____ of participants who had previously held an expansive pose, and _____ of participants who had previously held a contractive pose, failed to return the money.

A) 70%; 40%
B) 50%; 20%
C) 40%; 70%
D) 20%; 50%

Question 13

Yap et al. (2013, Experiment 3) had students play a racing game in a driving simulator. Depending on the condition, they either played in a very small simulator or a larger simulator. They found that participants in the large simulator engaged ______.

A) in more 'hit and runs' during the game
B) in more incidences of 'road rage' during the game
C) in less 'hit and runs' during the game
D) in more incidences of 'road rage' during the game

Question 14

According to the theory of planned behaviour, the most important factor that predicts our behaviour is ______.

A) perceived behavioural control
B) behavioural intention
C) attitude
D) subjective norm

Question 15

A key limitation of theory of planned behaviour is that it ______.

A) incorporates too many predictors
B) assumes that our peers influence us more than they actually do
C) does not take into account past behaviour
D) all of these

Question 16

Protection motivation theory (Rogers, 1983) proposes that we engaged in two cognitive processes when we encounter a potential threat to our health. These are ______.

A) attitude appraisal and efficacy appraisal
B) threat appraisal and coping appraisal
C) norm appraisal and control appraisal
D) public appraisal and private appraisal

Question 17

Research on protection motivation theory (Rogers, 1983) suggests that ______ is a stronger predictor of protection motivation than ______.

A) coping appraisal; threat appraisal
B) threat appraisal; coping appraisal
C) public appraisal; private appraisal
D) norm appraisal; control appraisal

Question 18

The transtheoretical model (Prochaska, DiClemente, and Norcross, 1992) suggests five stages which we must go through in order to change behaviour successfully. The fourth stage is ______.

A) contemplation
B) preparation
C) maintenance
D) action

Question 19

Gollwitzer (1990) suggested that people fail to perform intended behaviour in part because we ______.

A) forget to act
B) are in denial
C) feel ashamed
D) feel defensive

Question 20

An implementation intention can be described as ______.

A) a how-why statement
B) a what-where statement
C) a how-where statement
D) an if-then statement

Question 21

Which of the following best describes 'binge drinking'?

A) drinking five or more drinks in one session
B) drinking eight or more units in one session
C) drinking six or more units in one session
D) there is currently no clear or universal definition

Question 22

Social norm interventions to reduce binge drinking typically highlight that peers ______.

A) drink less than you expect
B) embarrass themselves while drunk
C) disapprove of drinking
D) find you embarrassing when drink

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT a limitation of the social norm approach to reducing binge drinking?

A) There must be a mismatch between actual and perceived peer drinking.
B) The intervention is likely to be less effective in the UK than in the US.
C) The intervention is more likely to be effective when drinking is illegal.
D) Drinking behaviour isn't strongly influenced by our peers.

Question 24

The tendency for people to attribute successes to internal, personal attributes, and failure to external factors outside of our control is known as ______.

A) self-verification
B) self-affirmation
C) narcissism
D) self-serving bias

Question 25

Rushton and Campbell (1977) found that participants were more likely to make a pledge to give blood when a confederate had previously ______.

A) explained to them the benefits for society
B) signed up to give blood themselves
C) been pleasant towards them
D) all of these

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT a limitation of multicultural education interventions?

A) There are mixed findings regarding the benefits.
B) They assume that children are passive recipients of information.
C) They are not suitable for children under the age of 10.
D) Children may distort information inconsistent with their existing attitudes.

Question 27

Multicultural education interventions primarily involve ______.

A) learning about the culture and lifestyle of other groups
B) engaging in cooperative contact with members other groups
C) adopting a colour-blind policy regarding other groups
D) visiting schools with a different ethnic mix

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT a limitation of anti-racist interventions?

A) There is a lack of research into their efficacy.
B) They assume that children passively accept information presented to them.
C) They may only work for high status groups.
D) They may result in self-righteousness and anger.

Question 29

The Jigsaw classroom technique involves children from different groups ______.

A) completing an educational jigsaw together
B) completing cooperative classroom activities together
C) working in mixed-group pairs to learn about each other's cultures
D) all of these

Question 30

Cameron et al. (2011) found that non-disabled children who imagined contact with a disabled child subsequently rated disabled people as being ______.

A) higher in warmth and lower in competence
B) lower in warmth and higher in competence
C) lower in warmth and competence
D) higher in warmth and competence