PSYC EXAM 2 MODULE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
which of the following is true regarding using faster-than-normal speech when making a
persuasive argument
a. Not recommended because listeners may miss important parts of your argument
b. Not recommended because you may not be able to keep your train of thought
c. Recommended because listeners will perceive the fast speech as indicating expertise
d. Recommended because it will result in listeners forgetting unimportant or
unsupportive information
e. Unrelated to the persuasiveness of an argument - CORRECT ANSWES -- c
the ability to evaluate, understand, and predict the behaviors of others is known social
psychology as
a. Person perception
b. Casual attribution
c. Dispositional attribution
d. Personality attribution
e. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWES -- a
person perception
true false: two important evolved human motivations for our desire and ability to
understand others are the motivation to see the self in a positive light (self-
enhancement) and the motivation to be with others (affiliation) - CORRECT ANSWES --
true
why is the goal to affiliate with other people evolutionarily beneficial
a. Being a member of a group increased the likelihood of survival
b. Being a member of a group increased the likelihood of mating
c. Being a member of a group made one more likely to come into contact with
potentially harmful others
d. All of the above
,e. A & B only - CORRECT ANSWES -- e
being a member of a group increased the likelihood of survival; being a member of a
group increased the likelihood of mating
why is it that physical characteristics like height, build, skin color, hair color, hair (and
many other factors like these) readily contribute to our first impression of a new person
a. These are the most important factors to our culture
b. These factors are stereotypical and thus important
c. These factors are the most salient pieces of information
d. These are the factors that provide the most information about that person e. None of
the above - CORRECT ANSWES -- c
these factors are the most salient pieces of information
if taylor is trying to understand what her girlfriend wants out of their relationship, she is
engaged in what process
a. Self-perception
b. Person perception
c. Self-regulation
d. Communal orientation e. Automatic cognition - CORRECT ANSWES -- b
person perception
to the extent that we perceive something to have "mind" we ascribe it to what
.
b. Person perception
c. Self-regulation
d. Evil intentions
e. Moral standing - CORRECT ANSWES -- e
moral standing
which of the following are examples of how evolution has made humans sensitive to
threat
a. Threat is perceived particularly quickly in the faces of others
b. By default we assume all strangers are threatening, as a defense mechanism
c. People who are threatening are likely to create strong emotional responses
d. All of the above
e. A and C only - CORRECT ANSWES -- e
, threat is perceived particularly quickly in the faces of others; people are threatening are
likely to create strong emotional responses
which of the following is NOT true regarding research on our perception of threat in
person perception
a. We are faster to recognize threatening (vs. positive) faces
b. We have better facial recognition for threatening (vs. positive) faces
c. We are more able to remember words with a threatening (vs. positive)
meaning
d. There are no untrue statements - all of the above are true findings. - CORRECT
ANSWES -- d
none; all are true
true:
-we are faster to recognize threatening faces
-we have better facial recognition for threatening faces
-we are more able to remember words with a threatening meaning
the negativity bias has evolved because it serves (among others) this key function
a. It brings balance to our psychological lives
b. It promotes survival
c. It promotes mating by making us aware of our mate's mood
d. It reduces dissonance and promotes homeostasis
e. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWES -- b
it promotes survival
when the first information that is presented influences your attention, and interpretation
of, the information that comes next, it is an example of what
a. Conformity effect
b. Recency effect
c. Primacy effect
d. Superiority effect e. Sleeper effect - CORRECT ANSWES -- c
primacy effect
if you are being set up on a blind date with 1 of 2 people and the only information you
have about them is a list of their traits, how would your cognitive system rank them,
according to the impression formation research by Mills, 2007
a. Based on the very first trait heard about each
b. Assign subjective values to the traits and add up the value
AND ANSWERS WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
which of the following is true regarding using faster-than-normal speech when making a
persuasive argument
a. Not recommended because listeners may miss important parts of your argument
b. Not recommended because you may not be able to keep your train of thought
c. Recommended because listeners will perceive the fast speech as indicating expertise
d. Recommended because it will result in listeners forgetting unimportant or
unsupportive information
e. Unrelated to the persuasiveness of an argument - CORRECT ANSWES -- c
the ability to evaluate, understand, and predict the behaviors of others is known social
psychology as
a. Person perception
b. Casual attribution
c. Dispositional attribution
d. Personality attribution
e. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWES -- a
person perception
true false: two important evolved human motivations for our desire and ability to
understand others are the motivation to see the self in a positive light (self-
enhancement) and the motivation to be with others (affiliation) - CORRECT ANSWES --
true
why is the goal to affiliate with other people evolutionarily beneficial
a. Being a member of a group increased the likelihood of survival
b. Being a member of a group increased the likelihood of mating
c. Being a member of a group made one more likely to come into contact with
potentially harmful others
d. All of the above
,e. A & B only - CORRECT ANSWES -- e
being a member of a group increased the likelihood of survival; being a member of a
group increased the likelihood of mating
why is it that physical characteristics like height, build, skin color, hair color, hair (and
many other factors like these) readily contribute to our first impression of a new person
a. These are the most important factors to our culture
b. These factors are stereotypical and thus important
c. These factors are the most salient pieces of information
d. These are the factors that provide the most information about that person e. None of
the above - CORRECT ANSWES -- c
these factors are the most salient pieces of information
if taylor is trying to understand what her girlfriend wants out of their relationship, she is
engaged in what process
a. Self-perception
b. Person perception
c. Self-regulation
d. Communal orientation e. Automatic cognition - CORRECT ANSWES -- b
person perception
to the extent that we perceive something to have "mind" we ascribe it to what
.
b. Person perception
c. Self-regulation
d. Evil intentions
e. Moral standing - CORRECT ANSWES -- e
moral standing
which of the following are examples of how evolution has made humans sensitive to
threat
a. Threat is perceived particularly quickly in the faces of others
b. By default we assume all strangers are threatening, as a defense mechanism
c. People who are threatening are likely to create strong emotional responses
d. All of the above
e. A and C only - CORRECT ANSWES -- e
, threat is perceived particularly quickly in the faces of others; people are threatening are
likely to create strong emotional responses
which of the following is NOT true regarding research on our perception of threat in
person perception
a. We are faster to recognize threatening (vs. positive) faces
b. We have better facial recognition for threatening (vs. positive) faces
c. We are more able to remember words with a threatening (vs. positive)
meaning
d. There are no untrue statements - all of the above are true findings. - CORRECT
ANSWES -- d
none; all are true
true:
-we are faster to recognize threatening faces
-we have better facial recognition for threatening faces
-we are more able to remember words with a threatening meaning
the negativity bias has evolved because it serves (among others) this key function
a. It brings balance to our psychological lives
b. It promotes survival
c. It promotes mating by making us aware of our mate's mood
d. It reduces dissonance and promotes homeostasis
e. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWES -- b
it promotes survival
when the first information that is presented influences your attention, and interpretation
of, the information that comes next, it is an example of what
a. Conformity effect
b. Recency effect
c. Primacy effect
d. Superiority effect e. Sleeper effect - CORRECT ANSWES -- c
primacy effect
if you are being set up on a blind date with 1 of 2 people and the only information you
have about them is a list of their traits, how would your cognitive system rank them,
according to the impression formation research by Mills, 2007
a. Based on the very first trait heard about each
b. Assign subjective values to the traits and add up the value
