, TESTBANK FOR Social Psychology and Human Nature 6th Edition
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1. Based on early research by Norman Triplett, we should expect that children who work on math problems alone will
____ than children who work on math problems side by side with their classmates.
a. work more slowly
b. work more quickly
c. second-guess themselves less
d. second-guess themselves more
ANSWER: a
2. Suppose you own a rowboat and enjoy rowing on a nearby lake in the summer. In June, you are planning to go
rowing with two of your friends (three people in total in the boat), and in July, you are planning to go rowing with just
one friend (two people in the boat).Will you put in more effort (row harder) on the three-person trip or the two-
person trip?
a. You will put in more effort on the three-person trip.
b. You will put in more effort on the two-person trip.
c. You will put in the same amount of effort on both trips.
d. It is impossible to say—research is inconclusive.
ANSWER: b
3. Given Max Ringelmann’s early research looking at group size and individual effort, should we expect Student X to
put in a different amount of effort depending on whether she worked on a history project in a five-person group
rather than a two-person group?
a. Yes, we should expect her to work harder in the five-person group.
b. Yes, we should expect her to work harder in the two-person group.
c. No, we should expect her to work equally hard in both groups.
d. It is impossible to say; it appears group size effects depend on other variables.
ANSWER: b
4. Who among the following psychologists was the first to publish a social psychology textbook titled Social
Psychology in the 1900s?
a. Kurt Lewin
b. Norman Triplett
c. Edward Ross
d. Max Ringelmann
ANSWER: c
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5. During the first half of the 20th century, who argued that attitudes were the most important and useful concept in
social psychology?
a. Kurt Lewin
b. Max Ringelmann
c. Norman Triplett
d. Gordon Allport
ANSWER: d
6. Who proposed in the first half of the 20th century the idea that behavior is a function of both the person and the
situation?
a. Max Ringelmann
b. Norman Triplett
c. Kurt Lewin
d. Gordon Allport
ANSWER: c
7. Eireena is required to turn in her book report by the end of the week. Based on Kurt Lewin’s formula, what kinds of
information will Eireena’s teacher need to predict whether she will indeed get the book report by Friday?
a. She will need to know whether Eireena likes the book and whether her computer is working properly.
b. She will need to know whether Eireena has weekend plans with her friends.
c. She will need to know whether Eireena parents earn enough to pay her tuition fee.
d. She will need to know whether Eireena scored well the previous year and whether her brother will help her
with the report.
ANSWER: a
8. In the history of psychology and social psychology, the late 1800s and early 1900s marked ____.
a. the very first social psychological experiments
b. social psychology’s independence from behaviorism
c. the beginnings of research in social cognition
d. the beginnings of research in social neuroscience
ANSWER: a
9. Milgram’s famous studies of obedience to authority were motivated by which of the following historical events?
a. The Holocaust
b. The fall of Communism
c. The return of soldiers from Desert Storm
d. The Great Depression
ANSWER: a
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10. Which of the following elements is particularly critical to include in a deception study but is not usually required in
other types of studies?
a. IRB approval
b. Demand characteristics
c. Complete debriefing
d. Informed consent
ANSWER: c
11. In the 1950s and 1960s, mainstream psychology was divided between two main theoretical camps: ____.
a. trait theory and behaviorism
b. Freudian psychoanalysis and humanism
c. humanism and trait theory
d. behaviorism and Freudian psychoanalysis
ANSWER: d
12. How are social psychologists generally similar to behaviorists?
a. They both tend to favor experiments and the scientific method.
b. They are both interested in thinking and thought processes.
c. They are both originally rooted in psychoanalytic theory.
d. They are both interested in the unconscious mind.
ANSWER: a
13. Social psychologists are generally similar to Freudian psychoanalysts in that they both ____.
a. are more interested in abnormal behavior than in normal behavior
b. tend to favor experiments and the scientific method
c. are primarily interested in external behaviors rather than the mind
d. have an interest in inner states and processes
ANSWER: d
14. Which topic has been of the MOST interest to social psychologists during the last 30 years?
a. Social cognition—concerned with how people think about other people and how people think about the social
world in general
b. Behaviorism—concerned with basic principles of learning, such as reward and punishment
c. The idea that modern life makes people vulnerable to alienation and exploitation
d. The idea that people act less on the basis of firm moral principles than they do on the basis of conformity or
“following the crowd”
ANSWER: a
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15. Social psychology is BEST defined as the study of ____.
a. how we learn to behave by the rules of society
b. how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are affected by other people
c. how cultures are created to serve the interests of the powerful
d. how societies work to allocate resources and responsibilities
ANSWER: b
16. As a rule, social psychologists are MOST interested in ____.
a. normal adult human beings
b. severe mental illness
c. normal childhood development
d. diagnoses in abnormal behavior
ANSWER: a
17. In social psychology, the “ABC triad” stands for ____.
a. attitudes, beliefs, and commitments
b. ambiance, biology, and culture
c. affect, behavior, and cognition
d. attributions, boundaries, and corrections
ANSWER: c
18. Which of the following is an example of an “emotion”?
a. Gullibility
b. Unpleasantness
c. Happiness
d. Activism
ANSWER: c
19. Which of the following is the BEST example of “cognition?”
a. Experiencing an auditory hallucination
b. Having a hunger pang
c. Thinking that you are a valuable employee
d. Exhibiting a nervous twitch
ANSWER: c
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20. Mike believes that his blue coat is warmer than his red coat. Russell thinks that he might want to have kids sometime
in the next few years. Xu remembers playing baseball with her friends as a child. These are all examples of ____.
a. delusions
b. schemas
c. affects
d. cognitions
ANSWER: d
21. Social psychology focuses especially on the power of ____.
a. genetics
b. reinforcement
c. situations
d. the unconscious
ANSWER: c
22. Bill stole $50 from his parents. In assessing Bill’s motives, which of the following questions would a social
psychologist be MOST likely to ask?
a. Is Bill unconsciously motivated to hurt his parents?
b. Is Bill a person with a weak moral character?
c. Does Bill have friends or other role models who are stealing?
d. Is Bill mentally healthy enough to realize what he has done?
ANSWER: c
23. Jessie holds several negative stereotypes about women. Specifically, he thinks that most women are manipulative,
vain, and lazy. In trying to understand Jessie’s beliefs, which of the following questions would a social psychologist be
MOST likely to ask?
a. Does Jessie feel so intimidated by women that he expresses these negative stereotypes to “cover up” his
deep-seated lack of self-esteem?
b. Did Jessie have a difficult relationship with his mother as a young child that might have fostered a negative
attitude toward all women?
c. Does Jessie have a brain abnormality?
d. Has Jessie been exposed to these stereotypes in the media, or has he had limited (but negative) interactions
with women that might have helped perpetuate these stereotypes?
ANSWER: d
24. Most social psychologists perform research by ____.
a. engaging in historical analyses
b. conducting individual interviews
c. conducting experiments
d. using nonexperimental observational methods
ANSWER: c
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25. Anthropologists would posit that social psychologists cannot understand human behavior fully unless they understand
the ____.
a. genetic makeup of the populations under study
b. relationship between humans and animals
c. biological basis of the behavior
d. cultural context in which that behavior occurs
ANSWER: d
26. The social psychological theory known as “social exchange theory” is based MOST obviously on which other social
sciences?
a. Economics
b. History
c. Political science
d. Anthropology
ANSWER: a
27. Makena is interested in studying same-sex couples and their motivation to marry in the context of the legalization of
same-sex marriages. In addition to social psychology, what other fields are related to her particular study?
a. Economics and anthropology
b. Sociology and history
c. Political science and anthropology
d. Sociology and political science
ANSWER: d
28. Scarlett is examining how attitudes predict voting behavior. Her research will MOST likely involve an intersection of
social psychology and _____.
a. anthropology
b. sociology
c. political science
d. economics
ANSWER: c
29. Dr. Campbell studies the relationship between crime rates and childrearing practices. He is MOST likely a(n) ____.
a. anthropologist
b. economist
c. sociologist
d. social psychologist
ANSWER: c
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30. The study of what happens in the brain, nervous system, and other aspects of the body is called _____.
a. developmental psychology
b. cognitive psychology
c. neuroscience
d. political science
ANSWER: c
31. Dr. McKee researches the effectiveness of different therapies for treating severe anxiety disorders. He is MOST
likely a ____.
a. personality psychologist
b. clinical psychologist
c. cognitive psychologist
d. Freudian psychoanalyst
ANSWER: b
32. In recent years, what has emerged as an important subfield of social psychology that explores the ways in which
people think about social situations?
a. Cognitive sociology
b. Social cognition
c. Cognitive anthropology
d. Socioneurology
ANSWER: b
33. Which of the following topics is a personality psychologist MOST likely to study?
a. The development of schizophrenia
b. Gender differences in the acquisition of language skills
c. Individual differences in leadership ability
d. Cross-cultural differences in mating and courtship behaviors
ANSWER: c
34. The study of how people change across their lives from conception to death is the purview of ____.
a. developmental psychology
b. cognitive psychology
c. clinical psychology
d. biological psychology
ANSWER: a
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35. Dr. Franklin studies individual differences in introversion (a trait similar to shyness). He is MOST likely a _____
psychologist.
a. social
b. personality
c. clinical
d. developmental
ANSWER: b
36. The key distinction between philosophy and psychology is the fact that psychology ____.
a. is concerned with observable phenomena (e.g., behaviors) rather than unobservable phenomena (e.g.,
thoughts)
b. is concerned with unobservable phenomena (e.g., thoughts) rather than observable phenomena (e.g.,
behaviors)
c. primarily relies on the scientific method
d. primarily relies on the case study method
ANSWER: c
37. Dr. Casas is a researcher who studies methods to encourage condom use among sexually active teens and
preventing unwanted pregnancies. He would probably be BEST described as a(n) ____.
a. neuroscientist
b. applied researcher
c. historian
d. economist
ANSWER: b
38. When Kurt Lewin said, “There is nothing as practical as a good theory,” he meant that ____.
a. many theories are overly abstract; a good theory should be based on directly observable facts
b. many theories are overly abstract; a good theory should make predictions about directly observable
phenomena
c. although they may seem impractical, theories can be very important in helping to stimulate practical ideas and
research
d. he was opposed to overly theoretical work and a major proponent of applied research
ANSWER: c
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Chapter 1 - The Mission and the Method
1. Based on early research by Norman Triplett, we should expect that children who work on math problems alone will
____ than children who work on math problems side by side with their classmates.
a. work more slowly
b. work more quickly
c. second-guess themselves less
d. second-guess themselves more
ANSWER: a
2. Suppose you own a rowboat and enjoy rowing on a nearby lake in the summer. In June, you are planning to go
rowing with two of your friends (three people in total in the boat), and in July, you are planning to go rowing with just
one friend (two people in the boat).Will you put in more effort (row harder) on the three-person trip or the two-
person trip?
a. You will put in more effort on the three-person trip.
b. You will put in more effort on the two-person trip.
c. You will put in the same amount of effort on both trips.
d. It is impossible to say—research is inconclusive.
ANSWER: b
3. Given Max Ringelmann’s early research looking at group size and individual effort, should we expect Student X to
put in a different amount of effort depending on whether she worked on a history project in a five-person group
rather than a two-person group?
a. Yes, we should expect her to work harder in the five-person group.
b. Yes, we should expect her to work harder in the two-person group.
c. No, we should expect her to work equally hard in both groups.
d. It is impossible to say; it appears group size effects depend on other variables.
ANSWER: b
4. Who among the following psychologists was the first to publish a social psychology textbook titled Social
Psychology in the 1900s?
a. Kurt Lewin
b. Norman Triplett
c. Edward Ross
d. Max Ringelmann
ANSWER: c
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Chapter 1 - The Mission and the Method
5. During the first half of the 20th century, who argued that attitudes were the most important and useful concept in
social psychology?
a. Kurt Lewin
b. Max Ringelmann
c. Norman Triplett
d. Gordon Allport
ANSWER: d
6. Who proposed in the first half of the 20th century the idea that behavior is a function of both the person and the
situation?
a. Max Ringelmann
b. Norman Triplett
c. Kurt Lewin
d. Gordon Allport
ANSWER: c
7. Eireena is required to turn in her book report by the end of the week. Based on Kurt Lewin’s formula, what kinds of
information will Eireena’s teacher need to predict whether she will indeed get the book report by Friday?
a. She will need to know whether Eireena likes the book and whether her computer is working properly.
b. She will need to know whether Eireena has weekend plans with her friends.
c. She will need to know whether Eireena parents earn enough to pay her tuition fee.
d. She will need to know whether Eireena scored well the previous year and whether her brother will help her
with the report.
ANSWER: a
8. In the history of psychology and social psychology, the late 1800s and early 1900s marked ____.
a. the very first social psychological experiments
b. social psychology’s independence from behaviorism
c. the beginnings of research in social cognition
d. the beginnings of research in social neuroscience
ANSWER: a
9. Milgram’s famous studies of obedience to authority were motivated by which of the following historical events?
a. The Holocaust
b. The fall of Communism
c. The return of soldiers from Desert Storm
d. The Great Depression
ANSWER: a
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10. Which of the following elements is particularly critical to include in a deception study but is not usually required in
other types of studies?
a. IRB approval
b. Demand characteristics
c. Complete debriefing
d. Informed consent
ANSWER: c
11. In the 1950s and 1960s, mainstream psychology was divided between two main theoretical camps: ____.
a. trait theory and behaviorism
b. Freudian psychoanalysis and humanism
c. humanism and trait theory
d. behaviorism and Freudian psychoanalysis
ANSWER: d
12. How are social psychologists generally similar to behaviorists?
a. They both tend to favor experiments and the scientific method.
b. They are both interested in thinking and thought processes.
c. They are both originally rooted in psychoanalytic theory.
d. They are both interested in the unconscious mind.
ANSWER: a
13. Social psychologists are generally similar to Freudian psychoanalysts in that they both ____.
a. are more interested in abnormal behavior than in normal behavior
b. tend to favor experiments and the scientific method
c. are primarily interested in external behaviors rather than the mind
d. have an interest in inner states and processes
ANSWER: d
14. Which topic has been of the MOST interest to social psychologists during the last 30 years?
a. Social cognition—concerned with how people think about other people and how people think about the social
world in general
b. Behaviorism—concerned with basic principles of learning, such as reward and punishment
c. The idea that modern life makes people vulnerable to alienation and exploitation
d. The idea that people act less on the basis of firm moral principles than they do on the basis of conformity or
“following the crowd”
ANSWER: a
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15. Social psychology is BEST defined as the study of ____.
a. how we learn to behave by the rules of society
b. how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are affected by other people
c. how cultures are created to serve the interests of the powerful
d. how societies work to allocate resources and responsibilities
ANSWER: b
16. As a rule, social psychologists are MOST interested in ____.
a. normal adult human beings
b. severe mental illness
c. normal childhood development
d. diagnoses in abnormal behavior
ANSWER: a
17. In social psychology, the “ABC triad” stands for ____.
a. attitudes, beliefs, and commitments
b. ambiance, biology, and culture
c. affect, behavior, and cognition
d. attributions, boundaries, and corrections
ANSWER: c
18. Which of the following is an example of an “emotion”?
a. Gullibility
b. Unpleasantness
c. Happiness
d. Activism
ANSWER: c
19. Which of the following is the BEST example of “cognition?”
a. Experiencing an auditory hallucination
b. Having a hunger pang
c. Thinking that you are a valuable employee
d. Exhibiting a nervous twitch
ANSWER: c
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20. Mike believes that his blue coat is warmer than his red coat. Russell thinks that he might want to have kids sometime
in the next few years. Xu remembers playing baseball with her friends as a child. These are all examples of ____.
a. delusions
b. schemas
c. affects
d. cognitions
ANSWER: d
21. Social psychology focuses especially on the power of ____.
a. genetics
b. reinforcement
c. situations
d. the unconscious
ANSWER: c
22. Bill stole $50 from his parents. In assessing Bill’s motives, which of the following questions would a social
psychologist be MOST likely to ask?
a. Is Bill unconsciously motivated to hurt his parents?
b. Is Bill a person with a weak moral character?
c. Does Bill have friends or other role models who are stealing?
d. Is Bill mentally healthy enough to realize what he has done?
ANSWER: c
23. Jessie holds several negative stereotypes about women. Specifically, he thinks that most women are manipulative,
vain, and lazy. In trying to understand Jessie’s beliefs, which of the following questions would a social psychologist be
MOST likely to ask?
a. Does Jessie feel so intimidated by women that he expresses these negative stereotypes to “cover up” his
deep-seated lack of self-esteem?
b. Did Jessie have a difficult relationship with his mother as a young child that might have fostered a negative
attitude toward all women?
c. Does Jessie have a brain abnormality?
d. Has Jessie been exposed to these stereotypes in the media, or has he had limited (but negative) interactions
with women that might have helped perpetuate these stereotypes?
ANSWER: d
24. Most social psychologists perform research by ____.
a. engaging in historical analyses
b. conducting individual interviews
c. conducting experiments
d. using nonexperimental observational methods
ANSWER: c
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25. Anthropologists would posit that social psychologists cannot understand human behavior fully unless they understand
the ____.
a. genetic makeup of the populations under study
b. relationship between humans and animals
c. biological basis of the behavior
d. cultural context in which that behavior occurs
ANSWER: d
26. The social psychological theory known as “social exchange theory” is based MOST obviously on which other social
sciences?
a. Economics
b. History
c. Political science
d. Anthropology
ANSWER: a
27. Makena is interested in studying same-sex couples and their motivation to marry in the context of the legalization of
same-sex marriages. In addition to social psychology, what other fields are related to her particular study?
a. Economics and anthropology
b. Sociology and history
c. Political science and anthropology
d. Sociology and political science
ANSWER: d
28. Scarlett is examining how attitudes predict voting behavior. Her research will MOST likely involve an intersection of
social psychology and _____.
a. anthropology
b. sociology
c. political science
d. economics
ANSWER: c
29. Dr. Campbell studies the relationship between crime rates and childrearing practices. He is MOST likely a(n) ____.
a. anthropologist
b. economist
c. sociologist
d. social psychologist
ANSWER: c
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30. The study of what happens in the brain, nervous system, and other aspects of the body is called _____.
a. developmental psychology
b. cognitive psychology
c. neuroscience
d. political science
ANSWER: c
31. Dr. McKee researches the effectiveness of different therapies for treating severe anxiety disorders. He is MOST
likely a ____.
a. personality psychologist
b. clinical psychologist
c. cognitive psychologist
d. Freudian psychoanalyst
ANSWER: b
32. In recent years, what has emerged as an important subfield of social psychology that explores the ways in which
people think about social situations?
a. Cognitive sociology
b. Social cognition
c. Cognitive anthropology
d. Socioneurology
ANSWER: b
33. Which of the following topics is a personality psychologist MOST likely to study?
a. The development of schizophrenia
b. Gender differences in the acquisition of language skills
c. Individual differences in leadership ability
d. Cross-cultural differences in mating and courtship behaviors
ANSWER: c
34. The study of how people change across their lives from conception to death is the purview of ____.
a. developmental psychology
b. cognitive psychology
c. clinical psychology
d. biological psychology
ANSWER: a
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35. Dr. Franklin studies individual differences in introversion (a trait similar to shyness). He is MOST likely a _____
psychologist.
a. social
b. personality
c. clinical
d. developmental
ANSWER: b
36. The key distinction between philosophy and psychology is the fact that psychology ____.
a. is concerned with observable phenomena (e.g., behaviors) rather than unobservable phenomena (e.g.,
thoughts)
b. is concerned with unobservable phenomena (e.g., thoughts) rather than observable phenomena (e.g.,
behaviors)
c. primarily relies on the scientific method
d. primarily relies on the case study method
ANSWER: c
37. Dr. Casas is a researcher who studies methods to encourage condom use among sexually active teens and
preventing unwanted pregnancies. He would probably be BEST described as a(n) ____.
a. neuroscientist
b. applied researcher
c. historian
d. economist
ANSWER: b
38. When Kurt Lewin said, “There is nothing as practical as a good theory,” he meant that ____.
a. many theories are overly abstract; a good theory should be based on directly observable facts
b. many theories are overly abstract; a good theory should make predictions about directly observable
phenomena
c. although they may seem impractical, theories can be very important in helping to stimulate practical ideas and
research
d. he was opposed to overly theoretical work and a major proponent of applied research
ANSWER: c
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