SOCIAL PSYCH 3331 FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE | 100% CORRECT.
Stress is widely viewed as - ANS an unpleasant state of arousal.
Penelope tends to be hostile and angry much of the time. She recently had an argument with
her best friend, Daisy, who is much more easygoing. Would it be advisable for Daisy to bring up
the debated subject again, perhaps after a significant period of time has elapsed? - ANS No,
because Penelope, having a hostile nature, will exhibit intense cardiovascular reactions even
long after the argument by just being reminded of it.
In interviews with hospital patients, Holmes and Rahe (1967) found that illness was often
preceded by a major life event. Their finding is consistent with the hypothesis that -
ANS stress is caused by change.
As a symptom of experiencing burnout at work, women are more likely to show ____ , while
men are more likely to show ____. - ANS emotional exhaustion; depersonalization
As a means to cope with stress, what has research on thought suppression shown? -
ANS suppressing the display of emotion is physiologically taxing.
Janoff-Bulman's (1979) research indicates that self-blame may be adaptive in the long term
when it is directed at one's ________ as opposed to one's ________. - ANS behavior;
character
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,What is not a reason for why socioeconomic status is negatively associated with the experience
of daily hassles? - ANS Children in low-income families do not engage in any physical exercise
Which of the following statements best illustrates the adaptation-level theory of happiness? -
ANS People who get a significant promotion at work within one year only are just as happy as
they were before the promotion.
High levels of hostility have been found to predict - ANS more intense cardiovascular
responses to events.
Research by Sbarra and colleagues (2011) showed that relative to their married counterparts,
people who were divorced at the start of the prospective studies were later 23% more likely to
die early from all causes of death during follow-up assessments. This risk was most elevated for
____________ - ANS men and those younger than 65 years of age.
The state in which people in a group mistakenly think that their own individual thoughts,
feelings, or behaviors are different from those of others in the group is called - ANS pluralistic
ignorance.
Research on culture and helping indicates that collectivist cultures are more likely to help their
____ and less likely to help their ____. - ANS ingroup; outgroup
One reason that perceived similarity may increase helping is that i - ANS provides a
meaningful connection between the helper and the person being helped.
Research suggests that if you are soliciting the help of strangers at the mall, you are most likely
to be successful if you - ANS stand in front of a bakery.
The bystander effect does not tend to occur when the bystanders are - ANS all friends.
As compared to feelings of personal distress, empathic concern - ANS is more cognitive in
nature.
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,When people think they will be scorned by others for failing to help, audience inhibition -
ANS decreases
Some research has found that bats shared food with both kin and nonkin under safe conditions.
When the conditions seemed dangerous, the bats shared a much greater proportion of food
with close relatives. This finding is consistent with - ANS kin selection.
As demonstrated by the Good Samaritan study, people are less likely to notice an emergency if
they - ANS are under time pressure.
Some cross-racial helping is not truly altruistic because it can be a sign of - ANS feelings of
superiority over the person being helped.
Which of the following questions would a social psychologist be most likely to study? - ANS Is
there a link between playing violent video games and engaging in aggressive behavior?
The scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave when in the real, implied, or
imagined presence of others is called ____ psychology. - ANS social
Why do social psychologists use the scientific method when studying human behavior? -
ANS To replicate their findings
The term self-concept refers to - ANS the sum total of a person's beliefs concerning his or her
own personal attributes.
Suppose an experiment was conducted where people were asked to watch a political debate
between two candidates who have been tied. Half of the participants saw a videotape of the
debate where the camera focused on candidate A. The other half of the participants saw a
videotape of the debate where the camera focused on candidate B. It is likely that - ANS the
group that viewed candidate A thought she was victorious, whereas the group that viewed
candidate B thought he was victorious.
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, Research on the jigsaw method has found that jigsaw classrooms saw a(n) -
ANS improvement in minority group and maintenance of test scores for the majority group.
Persuasive communication is the outcome of three possible factors. They are the following
except - ANS context
Which of the following does not account for refusal of others' requests? - ANS Following the
norm of reciprocity
How do computerized group support systems help minimize the potential for groupthink? -
ANS By allowing group members to raise concerns anonymously
According to research by Ackerman and others (2011), the person most likely to say "I love you"
first in a heterosexual relationship is - ANS the man
Which of the following research questions is most closely related to the field of social
psychology? - ANS Is there a link between playing violent video games and engaging in
aggressive behavior?
Which major domain of social psychology is concerned with the factors that influence whether
or not a bystander will help someone in an emergency? - ANS Social interaction
Which of the following is a central characteristic of social psychology? - ANS Social
psychology assumes that thoughts and behaviors are influenced by other people.
Walton and colleagues (2015) studied students in an engineering program, focusing on specific
factors related to first year grade point averages (GPAs). They found that women's GPAs were
very similar to men's when - ANS the students received the brief information designed to
counter concerns about belonging.
In which field would Rhonda's research, which involves manipulating the thermostat in a
laboratory and looking at the effect on aggressive behavior during a military simulation game,
be most appropriately characterized? - ANS social psychology
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE | 100% CORRECT.
Stress is widely viewed as - ANS an unpleasant state of arousal.
Penelope tends to be hostile and angry much of the time. She recently had an argument with
her best friend, Daisy, who is much more easygoing. Would it be advisable for Daisy to bring up
the debated subject again, perhaps after a significant period of time has elapsed? - ANS No,
because Penelope, having a hostile nature, will exhibit intense cardiovascular reactions even
long after the argument by just being reminded of it.
In interviews with hospital patients, Holmes and Rahe (1967) found that illness was often
preceded by a major life event. Their finding is consistent with the hypothesis that -
ANS stress is caused by change.
As a symptom of experiencing burnout at work, women are more likely to show ____ , while
men are more likely to show ____. - ANS emotional exhaustion; depersonalization
As a means to cope with stress, what has research on thought suppression shown? -
ANS suppressing the display of emotion is physiologically taxing.
Janoff-Bulman's (1979) research indicates that self-blame may be adaptive in the long term
when it is directed at one's ________ as opposed to one's ________. - ANS behavior;
character
@COPYRIGHT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 1 OF 40
,What is not a reason for why socioeconomic status is negatively associated with the experience
of daily hassles? - ANS Children in low-income families do not engage in any physical exercise
Which of the following statements best illustrates the adaptation-level theory of happiness? -
ANS People who get a significant promotion at work within one year only are just as happy as
they were before the promotion.
High levels of hostility have been found to predict - ANS more intense cardiovascular
responses to events.
Research by Sbarra and colleagues (2011) showed that relative to their married counterparts,
people who were divorced at the start of the prospective studies were later 23% more likely to
die early from all causes of death during follow-up assessments. This risk was most elevated for
____________ - ANS men and those younger than 65 years of age.
The state in which people in a group mistakenly think that their own individual thoughts,
feelings, or behaviors are different from those of others in the group is called - ANS pluralistic
ignorance.
Research on culture and helping indicates that collectivist cultures are more likely to help their
____ and less likely to help their ____. - ANS ingroup; outgroup
One reason that perceived similarity may increase helping is that i - ANS provides a
meaningful connection between the helper and the person being helped.
Research suggests that if you are soliciting the help of strangers at the mall, you are most likely
to be successful if you - ANS stand in front of a bakery.
The bystander effect does not tend to occur when the bystanders are - ANS all friends.
As compared to feelings of personal distress, empathic concern - ANS is more cognitive in
nature.
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,When people think they will be scorned by others for failing to help, audience inhibition -
ANS decreases
Some research has found that bats shared food with both kin and nonkin under safe conditions.
When the conditions seemed dangerous, the bats shared a much greater proportion of food
with close relatives. This finding is consistent with - ANS kin selection.
As demonstrated by the Good Samaritan study, people are less likely to notice an emergency if
they - ANS are under time pressure.
Some cross-racial helping is not truly altruistic because it can be a sign of - ANS feelings of
superiority over the person being helped.
Which of the following questions would a social psychologist be most likely to study? - ANS Is
there a link between playing violent video games and engaging in aggressive behavior?
The scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave when in the real, implied, or
imagined presence of others is called ____ psychology. - ANS social
Why do social psychologists use the scientific method when studying human behavior? -
ANS To replicate their findings
The term self-concept refers to - ANS the sum total of a person's beliefs concerning his or her
own personal attributes.
Suppose an experiment was conducted where people were asked to watch a political debate
between two candidates who have been tied. Half of the participants saw a videotape of the
debate where the camera focused on candidate A. The other half of the participants saw a
videotape of the debate where the camera focused on candidate B. It is likely that - ANS the
group that viewed candidate A thought she was victorious, whereas the group that viewed
candidate B thought he was victorious.
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, Research on the jigsaw method has found that jigsaw classrooms saw a(n) -
ANS improvement in minority group and maintenance of test scores for the majority group.
Persuasive communication is the outcome of three possible factors. They are the following
except - ANS context
Which of the following does not account for refusal of others' requests? - ANS Following the
norm of reciprocity
How do computerized group support systems help minimize the potential for groupthink? -
ANS By allowing group members to raise concerns anonymously
According to research by Ackerman and others (2011), the person most likely to say "I love you"
first in a heterosexual relationship is - ANS the man
Which of the following research questions is most closely related to the field of social
psychology? - ANS Is there a link between playing violent video games and engaging in
aggressive behavior?
Which major domain of social psychology is concerned with the factors that influence whether
or not a bystander will help someone in an emergency? - ANS Social interaction
Which of the following is a central characteristic of social psychology? - ANS Social
psychology assumes that thoughts and behaviors are influenced by other people.
Walton and colleagues (2015) studied students in an engineering program, focusing on specific
factors related to first year grade point averages (GPAs). They found that women's GPAs were
very similar to men's when - ANS the students received the brief information designed to
counter concerns about belonging.
In which field would Rhonda's research, which involves manipulating the thermostat in a
laboratory and looking at the effect on aggressive behavior during a military simulation game,
be most appropriately characterized? - ANS social psychology
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