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Topic 6: Wood, Mastering the World of Psychology, 4e

Chapter 14: Social Psychology

Practice Test

Practice Test

This activity contains 35 questions.

	Social cognition entails all of the following terms EXCEPT ___.   attend objective perceive thoughts store

	Impression formation is to impression management as   select is to reject. negative is to positive. develop is to control. control is to develop. positive is to negative.

	Diane thinks that David is attractive and then assumes that he is a pleasant person. This is MOST consistent with the ___.   impression management self-fulfilling prophecy impression formation primacy effect halo effect

	In the "ABC" acronym that summarizes the evaluative aspect of attitudes, the "A" refers to ___.   attitudinal additional automatic affective abstract

	An attitude is NOT likely to affect behavior if it is ___.   important directly relevant to the behavior strong unstable easily assessed from memory

	An implicit attitude is one that is ___.   contradictory extreme conscious but difficult to express implied in a subtle way not available for conscious reflection

	If Susan loves her husband but greatly dislikes her husband's friend, then she'll probably experience ___.   the mere exposure effect a self-fulfilling prophecy recategorization cognitive dissonance a self-serving bias

	Robert is an upstanding citizen other than the fact that he cheats on his taxes. He may do so because of   his blaming Congress for having such a high income tax. his minimizing his responsibility for paying taxes. his belief that his money is not needed since the government collects so much money from others. his view that his lesser payment is a protest against governmental policy. any of the above reasons.

	Central route is to peripheral route as   thoughtless is to thoughtful. unpersuasive is to persuasive. simple is to complex. persuasive is to unpersuasive. thoughtful is to thoughtless.

	When you change your TV channel in attempt to not listen to an argument that you don't arrange with, you are experiencing ___.   mere exposure reactance forewarning selective avoidance strong attitudes

	The ___ tends to be activated when individuals encode aversive stimuli.   cerebellum thalamus hippocampus amygdala hypothalamus

	Stereotypes can be   positive or negative only. neutral or negative only. positive, negative, or neutral. negative only. positive only.

	Social identity theory operates on the premise that ingroups help to bolster ___.   self-esteem resources aggression self-efficacy self-monitoring

	Prejudice is to discrimination as   conflict is to battle. attitude is to behavior. arbitrary is to purposeful. behavior is to attitude. purposeful is to arbitrary.

	Social learning theory would suggest that prejudice arises from ___.   movies parents television peers all of the above

	If you fail an exam and blame the professor's poor lecture style for it, then you have made a(n) ___ attribution.   external biased correct internal incorrect

	Kelley's theory of causal attribution includes the dimension of ___.   uniqueness implicitness surprise negativity consensus

	Alex attributes his low grade to the unfairness of his professor's exam, whereas he views his classmate's high grade is due to luck. This example BEST and most specifically illustrates ___.   the fundamental attribution error an external attribution an internal attribution self-serving bias attributional bias

	Most individuals tend to report that the "last bad thing that happened" to them was   acting out in a negative way. not being able to earn a significant amount of money. the inability to reach a certain goal. conflict in a significant relationship. a personal failure.

	In Sternberg's triangular model of love, intimacy plus commitment equals ___.   compassionate love consummate love romantic love fatuous love empty love

	Romantically popular men are NOT seen by their peers as being ___.   the best leaders "trend-setting" likely to succeed financially outgoing confident

	The American South stresses the importance of ___.   prejudice violence honor learning charity

	The Jim Crow laws specifically illustrate ___.   conformity deindividuation compliance a status hierarchy roles

	In the initial Asch study, ___ percent of his subjects incorrectly went along with the confederates at least once.   51 98 33 76 65

	Increased contact between different groups tends to only worsen prejudice.    True  False

	If a teacher divides his or her class into smaller groups of varying backgrounds in order to do some sort of research project, then he or she is likely making use of the "jigsaw classroom" technique.    True  False

	George believes that AIDS is a deserved punishment for homosexual behavior. This view is consistent with the belief in a just world.    True  False

	The saying "Opposites attract" has been borne out in research.    True  False

	In successful long-term relationships, members do NOT keep track of debts.    True  False

	Jim asks Pat to take notes for him for two weeks. When Pat refuses, Jim asks her to take notes for him for just one lecture (which is what he really wanted). This example illustrates the door-in-the-face technique.    True  False

	Compliance with an order is called obedience.    True  False

	Very few of Milgram's subjects delivered the most lethal shock to the learner.    True  False

	Describe the basic essence, results, and implications of Festinger and Carlsmith's (1959) study on cognitive dissonance.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Summarize the four factors that will determine whether love will be sustained.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	State and summarize compliance principles.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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