PSYC 101 - Final Exam questions and answers
2026|2027 A+ Grade
social psychology
- correct answer concerned with the way individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by
others
Attractiveness stereotype
- correct answer Phenomenon whereby people tend to ascribe desirable personality characteristics to
those who are good looking
Subjectivity in Person Perception
- correct answer Illusory correlation - Individuals selectively recall facts that fit with their stereotypes.
Stereotype threat
- correct answer Situational threat that can affect the members of any group about who a negative
stereotype exists
Fear of confirming a negative stereotype about your group
Impacts behavior through reduced effort, disengaging, changing aspiration and goals
Attributions
- correct answer Inferences that people draw about the causes of behavior
Internal Versus External Attributions
- correct answer Internal attributions - personal causes
External attributions - external causes
,Actor-Observer Bias
- correct answer Fundamental attribution error - overestimate the impact of personality and
underestimate the impact of the situation in explaining behavior
Actors favor external attributions for their behavior.
Self-Serving Bias
- correct answer The tendency to attribute your successes to personal factors and your failures to
situational factors
Culture and Attributions
- correct answer • Compared to individualist societies, collectivist societies are less susceptible to:
- Fundamental attribution errors
- Self-serving bias
Factors in attractiveness
- correct answer Being physically attractive appears to be more important for females than males.
The matching hypothesis proposes that males and females of approximately equal physical
attractiveness are likely to select each other as partners
Couples tend to be similar in age, race, religion, social class, personality, education, intelligence, physical
attractiveness, and attitudes.
Three Types of attachment
- correct answer Secure
Avoidant
Anxious-Ambivalent
, Learning Theory
- correct answer - Evaluative conditioning
- Operant conditioning
- Observational learning
Dissonance Theory
- correct answer Inconsistency among attitudes propels people in the direction of attitude change.
Cognitive dissonance -exists when related attitudes or beliefs contradict one another
Effort justification
Elaboration Likelihood Mode
- correct answer There are two basic "routes" to persuasion:
- Central route
- Peripheral route
Elaboration Likelihood Model (Attitude Change and Formation)
- correct answer There are two basic "routes" to persuasion:
- Central route: careful consideration of persuasive messages, where individuals analyze the quality of
arguments and evidence, and attitude change is based on rational evaluation and personal relevance.
- Peripheral route: surface-level cues and heuristics, with individuals making judgments based on factors
like source attractiveness or emotional appeals rather than in-depth analysis of message content.
Attitudes changed through central processes:
- Lead to more enduring attitude change
- Are more resistant to change
- Predict behavior better
2026|2027 A+ Grade
social psychology
- correct answer concerned with the way individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by
others
Attractiveness stereotype
- correct answer Phenomenon whereby people tend to ascribe desirable personality characteristics to
those who are good looking
Subjectivity in Person Perception
- correct answer Illusory correlation - Individuals selectively recall facts that fit with their stereotypes.
Stereotype threat
- correct answer Situational threat that can affect the members of any group about who a negative
stereotype exists
Fear of confirming a negative stereotype about your group
Impacts behavior through reduced effort, disengaging, changing aspiration and goals
Attributions
- correct answer Inferences that people draw about the causes of behavior
Internal Versus External Attributions
- correct answer Internal attributions - personal causes
External attributions - external causes
,Actor-Observer Bias
- correct answer Fundamental attribution error - overestimate the impact of personality and
underestimate the impact of the situation in explaining behavior
Actors favor external attributions for their behavior.
Self-Serving Bias
- correct answer The tendency to attribute your successes to personal factors and your failures to
situational factors
Culture and Attributions
- correct answer • Compared to individualist societies, collectivist societies are less susceptible to:
- Fundamental attribution errors
- Self-serving bias
Factors in attractiveness
- correct answer Being physically attractive appears to be more important for females than males.
The matching hypothesis proposes that males and females of approximately equal physical
attractiveness are likely to select each other as partners
Couples tend to be similar in age, race, religion, social class, personality, education, intelligence, physical
attractiveness, and attitudes.
Three Types of attachment
- correct answer Secure
Avoidant
Anxious-Ambivalent
, Learning Theory
- correct answer - Evaluative conditioning
- Operant conditioning
- Observational learning
Dissonance Theory
- correct answer Inconsistency among attitudes propels people in the direction of attitude change.
Cognitive dissonance -exists when related attitudes or beliefs contradict one another
Effort justification
Elaboration Likelihood Mode
- correct answer There are two basic "routes" to persuasion:
- Central route
- Peripheral route
Elaboration Likelihood Model (Attitude Change and Formation)
- correct answer There are two basic "routes" to persuasion:
- Central route: careful consideration of persuasive messages, where individuals analyze the quality of
arguments and evidence, and attitude change is based on rational evaluation and personal relevance.
- Peripheral route: surface-level cues and heuristics, with individuals making judgments based on factors
like source attractiveness or emotional appeals rather than in-depth analysis of message content.
Attitudes changed through central processes:
- Lead to more enduring attitude change
- Are more resistant to change
- Predict behavior better
