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Test bank for Social Psychology
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1. According to a classical conditioning model of attraction, if you saw a funny
film with someone, you would .
• like the person more
2. According to the elaboration-likelihood and the heuristic-systematic models of
persuasion, the two key factors that will determine whether we engage in effortful
or effortless processing of information are one's .
• capacity to process information and level of motivation
3. According to the process of instrumental conditioning, behaviour will be displayed
often by an individual if .
• it is reinforced
4. According to the theory of planned behaviour, our behavioural intentions are
determined in part by our perceptions of whether others will approve or disapprove
of the behaviour, our attitudes toward a particular behaviour, and .
• our perceptions of our ability to perform the behaviour
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5. According to the theory of planned behaviour, our behavioural intentions are
determined in part by our perceptions of whether others will approve or disapprove of
the behaviour, our perceptions of our ability to perform the behaviour, and .
• our attitudes toward a particular behaviour
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6. According to the theory of planned behaviour, our behavioural intentions are
partially determined by our attitudes toward a particular behaviour, our perceptions
of our ability to perform the behaviour, and .
• our perceptions of whether others will approve or disapprove of the behaviour
7. According to Bandura's social learning perspective, people learn .
• which persons or groups are acceptable targets for aggression and what
actions justify aggressive behaviour
8. According to Bandura's social learning perspective, people learn .
• different ways of inflicting harm on others and what situations tolerate or
encourage aggressive behaviour
9. According to Diener & Oishi (2005), among the very best predictors of level of
happiness among the population is .
• degree of connectedness to others
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10. According to recent research, white males performed less well on an "athletic performance
task" when they expected to be compared to males. When the same task was called a
, white males performed better when they expected to be compared to .
• Black; "sports intelligence task;" Black males
11. According to the general aggression model, repeated exposure to aggressive models in
films or video games may increase a person's level of aggressiveness by .
• strengthening knowledge structures such as beliefs, attitudes, and schemas
that are related to aggression
12. According to the general aggression model, situational factors and personal factors can lead
to aggressive behaviour because of their influence on , , and .
• physiological arousal; affective states; cognitions
13. According to the general aggression model, there are two broad categories of
variables that influence aggressive behaviour: and .
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• situational factors; personal factors
14. According to the process of instrumental conditioning, behaviour will be displayed
often by an individual if .
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• it is reinforced
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15. According to social comparison theory, we are most likely to compare our abilities to
those of another person when .
• there is no objective measure to judge ourselves by
16. According to the social learning perspective, people learn .
• different ways of inflicting harm on others and what situations tolerate or
encourage aggressive behaviour; which persons or groups are acceptable
targets for aggression and what actions justify aggressive behaviour
17. A condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they
give to it is called .
• Equity
18. Actions that benefit others without providing any direct benefit to the actor are known as
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• prosocial behaviour
19. Action taken by another individual that tends to trigger aggression in the recipient
of that action is .
• a provocation
20. After playing a particularly violent video game for a few hours, Tom became involved in a
heated discussion with his roommate. When his roommate suddenly stood up to go to
another room, thereby ending the discussion, Tom believed that his roommate was about to
attack him. This misinterpretation of his roommate's actions is probably due to .
• a hostile expectation bias
21. After watching wrestling on TV for an hour, five-year-old Samuel went outside to
play. When five-year-old Jamie, who lives next door, came outside, Samuel shoved
him and tried to get him in a headlock. This situation can best be explained by .
• the social learning perspective
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22. The above average effect is .
• thinking that we are above average on most social traits
23. The author, while speculating about why she got called a "troll" in a chat room, thought it
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was because she didn't "know the ropes," but she also displayed some .
• stigma consciousness
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24. Adolescents who are better at empathic accuracy are .
• more liked and less likely to be bullied
25. After the election of President Obama, White Americans report .
• less support for policies that address racial inequality
26. Aggression is best explained by .
• a wide range of social, cultural, personal and situational factors
27. Ahmed belongs to his university's Student Senate, a group that is high in
entitativity. It is likely that Ahmed feels that the Student Senate .
• is of great consequence to him
Test bank for Social Psychology
ST
O
IC
,@PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES
1. According to a classical conditioning model of attraction, if you saw a funny
film with someone, you would .
• like the person more
2. According to the elaboration-likelihood and the heuristic-systematic models of
persuasion, the two key factors that will determine whether we engage in effortful
or effortless processing of information are one's .
• capacity to process information and level of motivation
3. According to the process of instrumental conditioning, behaviour will be displayed
often by an individual if .
• it is reinforced
4. According to the theory of planned behaviour, our behavioural intentions are
determined in part by our perceptions of whether others will approve or disapprove
of the behaviour, our attitudes toward a particular behaviour, and .
• our perceptions of our ability to perform the behaviour
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5. According to the theory of planned behaviour, our behavioural intentions are
determined in part by our perceptions of whether others will approve or disapprove of
the behaviour, our perceptions of our ability to perform the behaviour, and .
• our attitudes toward a particular behaviour
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6. According to the theory of planned behaviour, our behavioural intentions are
partially determined by our attitudes toward a particular behaviour, our perceptions
of our ability to perform the behaviour, and .
• our perceptions of whether others will approve or disapprove of the behaviour
7. According to Bandura's social learning perspective, people learn .
• which persons or groups are acceptable targets for aggression and what
actions justify aggressive behaviour
8. According to Bandura's social learning perspective, people learn .
• different ways of inflicting harm on others and what situations tolerate or
encourage aggressive behaviour
9. According to Diener & Oishi (2005), among the very best predictors of level of
happiness among the population is .
• degree of connectedness to others
,@PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES
10. According to recent research, white males performed less well on an "athletic performance
task" when they expected to be compared to males. When the same task was called a
, white males performed better when they expected to be compared to .
• Black; "sports intelligence task;" Black males
11. According to the general aggression model, repeated exposure to aggressive models in
films or video games may increase a person's level of aggressiveness by .
• strengthening knowledge structures such as beliefs, attitudes, and schemas
that are related to aggression
12. According to the general aggression model, situational factors and personal factors can lead
to aggressive behaviour because of their influence on , , and .
• physiological arousal; affective states; cognitions
13. According to the general aggression model, there are two broad categories of
variables that influence aggressive behaviour: and .
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• situational factors; personal factors
14. According to the process of instrumental conditioning, behaviour will be displayed
often by an individual if .
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• it is reinforced
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15. According to social comparison theory, we are most likely to compare our abilities to
those of another person when .
• there is no objective measure to judge ourselves by
16. According to the social learning perspective, people learn .
• different ways of inflicting harm on others and what situations tolerate or
encourage aggressive behaviour; which persons or groups are acceptable
targets for aggression and what actions justify aggressive behaviour
17. A condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they
give to it is called .
• Equity
18. Actions that benefit others without providing any direct benefit to the actor are known as
.
, @PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES
• prosocial behaviour
19. Action taken by another individual that tends to trigger aggression in the recipient
of that action is .
• a provocation
20. After playing a particularly violent video game for a few hours, Tom became involved in a
heated discussion with his roommate. When his roommate suddenly stood up to go to
another room, thereby ending the discussion, Tom believed that his roommate was about to
attack him. This misinterpretation of his roommate's actions is probably due to .
• a hostile expectation bias
21. After watching wrestling on TV for an hour, five-year-old Samuel went outside to
play. When five-year-old Jamie, who lives next door, came outside, Samuel shoved
him and tried to get him in a headlock. This situation can best be explained by .
• the social learning perspective
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22. The above average effect is .
• thinking that we are above average on most social traits
23. The author, while speculating about why she got called a "troll" in a chat room, thought it
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was because she didn't "know the ropes," but she also displayed some .
• stigma consciousness
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24. Adolescents who are better at empathic accuracy are .
• more liked and less likely to be bullied
25. After the election of President Obama, White Americans report .
• less support for policies that address racial inequality
26. Aggression is best explained by .
• a wide range of social, cultural, personal and situational factors
27. Ahmed belongs to his university's Student Senate, a group that is high in
entitativity. It is likely that Ahmed feels that the Student Senate .
• is of great consequence to him
