PSY 1300 Final Review - Social Psychology Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Social psychology is the scientific study of how a person's behavior,
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thoughts, and feelings are influenced by: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the
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real, imagined, or implied presence of others
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It is 1951, and you are required to participate in a perception
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experiment. You join seven others seated in a room. You are shown a
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10-inch test line and must choose the line that matches it in length from
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|a choice of 3 lines. The experimenter, Solomon Asch, is studying
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___________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-conformity | | |
In what way is compliance different from conformity? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Compliance is a response to a direct request, whereas | | | | | | | | |
conformity is a response to indirect social pressure.
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In Solomon Asch's study, which factor increased the rate of conformity?
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|- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The number of confederates increased
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When members of a group give priority to the cohesiveness of the
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group over the facts of a situation, they are engaging in what social
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psychologists call __________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-groupthink
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, After a group of gang members learned that their friend had died in a
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seemingly random accident, several of the friends started blaming a
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rival gang for the death. Even though there was no evidence whatsoever
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that the death had been intentional, the more the gang members
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talked, the more passionate they became in their belief that an act of
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revenge was necessary. What concept from social psychology may
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contribute to an act of violent revenge in this case? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-groupthink
The prime minister notices that her closest advisers never seem to
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disagree with her or with each other in a lot of important issues, such as
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arms control. She worries that she is not getting the pros and cons of
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different issues because her advisers are engaging in ______________. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-groupthink
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All of the following are causes for groupthink EXCEPT: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-openness to differing opinions | | |
In order to reduce groupthink, which of the following strategies would
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NOT be employed? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-finding holes in arguments
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that go against the group's desires
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During the NBA Finals, LeBron James misses a foul shot that would have
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given his team the lead with 10 seconds left in the game. Even though
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Questions With Correct Answers
Social psychology is the scientific study of how a person's behavior,
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thoughts, and feelings are influenced by: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the
| | | | | | | | |
real, imagined, or implied presence of others
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It is 1951, and you are required to participate in a perception
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experiment. You join seven others seated in a room. You are shown a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
10-inch test line and must choose the line that matches it in length from
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|a choice of 3 lines. The experimenter, Solomon Asch, is studying
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___________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-conformity | | |
In what way is compliance different from conformity? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Compliance is a response to a direct request, whereas | | | | | | | | |
conformity is a response to indirect social pressure.
| | | | | | |
In Solomon Asch's study, which factor increased the rate of conformity?
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|- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The number of confederates increased
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When members of a group give priority to the cohesiveness of the
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group over the facts of a situation, they are engaging in what social
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psychologists call __________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-groupthink
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, After a group of gang members learned that their friend had died in a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
seemingly random accident, several of the friends started blaming a
| | | | | | | | | |
rival gang for the death. Even though there was no evidence whatsoever
| | | | | | | | | | |
that the death had been intentional, the more the gang members
| | | | | | | | | | | |
talked, the more passionate they became in their belief that an act of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
revenge was necessary. What concept from social psychology may
| | | | | | | | |
contribute to an act of violent revenge in this case? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-groupthink
The prime minister notices that her closest advisers never seem to
| | | | | | | | | | |
disagree with her or with each other in a lot of important issues, such as
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
arms control. She worries that she is not getting the pros and cons of
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
different issues because her advisers are engaging in ______________. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-groupthink
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All of the following are causes for groupthink EXCEPT: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-openness to differing opinions | | |
In order to reduce groupthink, which of the following strategies would
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NOT be employed? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-finding holes in arguments
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that go against the group's desires
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During the NBA Finals, LeBron James misses a foul shot that would have
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given his team the lead with 10 seconds left in the game. Even though
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