Question 1

Amani raises her hand in class. Her answer is wrong, and the teacher scolds her. After that, Amani doesn't participate much in class. This situation is most compatible with a ________ approach to understanding and predicting behavior.

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A)   social cognition
B)   behaviorist
C)   self-esteem
D)   GestaltE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Keeping in mind the authors' discussion of the misplaced approach to AIDS prevention, which of the ad campaigns below is least likely to work?

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A)   ads that use celebrity athletes to endorse athletic shoes
B)   ads that show a fried egg and say, "This is your brain on drugs"
C)   political ads that use humor
D)   pain reliever ads that use charts and graphsE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 3

The term "self-fulfilling prophecy" refers to the tendency to

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A)   live up to our highest expectations of ourselves.
B)   be motivated to fulfill our hopes and dreams.
C)   inadvertently elicit the very behaviors we expect from others.
D)   strive for self-actualization.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Compared to social psychologists, personality psychologists are more likely to focus their attention on

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A)   subjective construals.
B)   positive behaviors.
C)   individual differences.
D)   rewards and punishments.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 5

By degree of their level of analysis, which of the following reflects the narrowest to broadest focus?

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A)   personality psychology, social psychology, sociology
B)   personality psychology, sociology, social psychology
C)   sociology, personality psychology, social psychology
D)   social psychology, sociology, personality psychologyE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

Which of the following is a likely criticism of the behaviorist approach?

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A)   Concepts like reinforcement and punishment are too vague.
B)   Behaviorist explanations are too simplistic to explain all human social behavior.
C)   Terms like "cognition" or "thinking" or "feeling" are too vague to be studied.
D)   Scientists cannot deal with concepts like "thinking" or "feeling" in an objective way.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Would social psychology have developed in the U.S. without thinkers from Europe, and why or why not?

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A)   Probably; all the best behaviorists were here at the time.
B)   No; the study of social phenomena, including social influence, would not have been possible by behaviorists.
C)   Yes; the study of social phenomena, including social influence, are just another type of observable behavior to be studied by the behaviorists.
D)   No; personality psychologists would have never permitted it to develop.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 8

According to the authors of your text, in the social cognition approach, a major hallmark of being human is

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A)   a sense of self.
B)   self-esteem.
C)   the ability to reason.
D)   perception of social reality.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

According to the authors of your text, in the experiment on self-fulfilling prophecies by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) , teachers were told that children labeled as "bloomers" were ________, when in fact they were merely chosen at random.

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A)   ready to perform well
B)   going to require a lot of attention to reach their full potential
C)   a little delayed, but would do well near the end of the school year
D)   going to perform poorly until they became comfortable in the classroomE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Karen returns home from her first year of college, and is very proud of her first-year GPA. She earned a 3.0 ("B")  average. She's unhappily surprised to discover that her parents are disappointed that she didn't perform better. This difference in interpretation illustrates the power of ________ in explaining social behavior.

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A)   interpersonal conflict
B)   construals
C)   achievement motivation
D)   socializationE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Jill is eating dinner at her fiancé Rob's parents' house, and barely touches her food. Jill is aware that his parents could make different construals of this behavior, such as

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A)   Jill is a polite person.
B)   Rob and Jill make a cute couple.
C)   Jill must not like the food served at dinner.
D)   Rob treats Jill very well.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

Research by social psychologists has demonstrated that the more unpleasant the hazing required of initiates to join a group, the more they actually like the group. What do these findings suggest about a behaviorist approach?

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A)   Reinforcers and punishers never work on humans the way they work on other animals.
B)   The behaviorist approach does not adequately define the terms "reinforcement" and "punishment."
C)   Behaviorists overlooked the concept of "superstitious behaviors."
D)   Although they can explain much, behaviorists have trouble explaining some social behaviors.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 13

To understand humans, one needs only to know about environmental rewards and punishments. This statement would most likely be endorsed by a strict

Accepted Answer

A)   behaviorist.
B)   Gestaltist.
C)   environmental psychologist.
D)   social psychologist.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 14

Which of the following questions is a behaviorist most likely to ask?

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A)   How does the person construe this situation?
B)   Are some types of people more likely to find praise reinforcing?
C)   Why is a smile perceived as a reward?
D)   What are the external rewards in this situation?E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

Which of the following is not a consequence of underestimating the power of social influence?

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A)   We become vulnerable to social influence because our guard is lowered.
B)   We come to blame victims for their tragedies.
C)   We become aware of the psychological processes that people have in common with one another.
D)   We believe that tragedies we read about could not happen to us.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Social psychology is set apart from other ways of interpreting social behavior such as folk wisdom or literature because it is

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A)   based on observations of human nature.
B)   an experimental science.
C)   a theoretical approach.
D)   reliant on objective measurement.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

The word "construal" refers to

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A)   objective reality.
B)   information provided by other people.
C)   imagined events.
D)   personal interpretations.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 18

Lisa and Melissa were comparing grades on their chemistry exam. Lisa was disappointed when she first saw that she had received a grade of 76 percent, but when she saw that Melissa (the class valedictorian in high school)  had earned a grade of 78 percent, she felt much better about her grade. What is most likely to be a reason that Lisa changed her perspective?

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A)   She had a different construal of her grade.
B)   She was directly persuaded.
C)   She used an explicit value.
D)   She exerted social influence on Melissa.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Consider the following research question: "Have no-fault divorce laws increased the rate of divorce in the United States?" This question is most likely to be asked by a

Accepted Answer

A)   personality psychologist.
B)   sociologist.
C)   social psychologist.
D)   philosopher.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

Imagine that you were a student in one of the classrooms in the self-fulfilling prophecy study by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) . If you're like most students, you would ________ to be labeled a bloomer, because your teacher would ________.

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A)   want; pay more attention to you and encourage you more
B)   not want; place unreasonable demands on you
C)   not want; make you work alone
D)   want; give you more time at recessE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Exam 1: Introducing Social Psychology

According to the authors of your text, in the experiment on self-fulfilling prophecies by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) , teachers were told that children labeled as "bloomers" were ________, when in fact they were merely chosen at random.

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Imagine that you were a student in one of the classrooms in the self-fulfilling prophecy study by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) . If you're like most students, you would to be labeled a bloomer, because your teacher would .

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Compared to social psychologists, personality psychologists are more likely to focus their attention on

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Social psychology is set apart from other ways of interpreting social behavior such as folk wisdom or literature because it is

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The term "self-fulfilling prophecy" refers to the tendency to

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Research by social psychologists has demonstrated that the more unpleasant the hazing required of initiates to join a group, the more they actually like the group. What do these findings suggest about a behaviorist approach?

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Consider the following research question: "Have no-fault divorce laws increased the rate of divorce in the United States?" This question is most likely to be asked by a

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To understand humans, one needs only to know about environmental rewards and punishments. This statement would most likely be endorsed by a strict

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Amani raises her hand in class. Her answer is wrong, and the teacher scolds her. After that, Amani doesn't participate much in class. This situation is most compatible with a ________ approach to understanding and predicting behavior.

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Which of the following questions is a behaviorist most likely to ask?

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The word "construal" refers to

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By degree of their level of analysis, which of the following reflects the narrowest to broadest focus?

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According to the authors of your text, in the social cognition approach, a major hallmark of being human is

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Keeping in mind the authors' discussion of the misplaced approach to AIDS prevention, which of the ad campaigns below is least likely to work?

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Jill is eating dinner at her fiancé Rob's parents' house, and barely touches her food. Jill is aware that his parents could make different construals of this behavior, such as

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Would social psychology have developed in the U.S. without thinkers from Europe, and why or why not?

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Which of the following is a likely criticism of the behaviorist approach?

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Which of the following is not a consequence of underestimating the power of social influence?

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Imagine that you were a student in one of the classrooms in the self-fulfilling prophecy study by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) . If you're like most students, you would ________ to be labeled a bloomer, because your teacher would ________.

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Social psychology is set apart from other ways of interpreting social behavior such as folk wisdom or literature because it is

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By degree of their level of analysis, which of the following reflects the narrowest to broadest focus?

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Keeping in mind the authors' discussion of the misplaced approach to AIDS prevention, which of the ad campaigns below is least likely to work?

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Jill is eating dinner at her fiancé Rob's parents' house, and barely touches her food. Jill is aware that his parents could make different construals of this behavior, such as

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Would social psychology have developed in the U.S. without thinkers from Europe, and why or why not?

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Which of the following is not a consequence of underestimating the power of social influence?

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