Social Psychology Test Bank QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PYC 3702

Social Psychology Test
Bank
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

,CONTENTS
Preface
Chapter 1 Social Psychology: The Science of the Social Side of Life 1
Chapter 2 Social Cognition: How we think About the Social World 27
Chapter3SocialPerception:PerceivingandUnderstandingOthers53
Chapter4TheSelf:AnsweringtheQuestion,―WhoAmI?‖79
Chapter 5 Attitudes: Evaluating and Responding to the Social World 105
Chapter6TheCauses,Effects,andCuresofStereotyping,PrejudiceandDiscrimi
nation131
Chapter 7 Interpersonal Attraction and Close Relationships 155
Chapter 8 Social Influence: Changing Others‘ Behavior 179
Chapter9ProsocialBehavior:HelpingOthers205
Chapter10Aggression:ItsNature,Causes,andControl231
Chapter11GroupsandIndividuals:TheConsequencesofBelonging257
Chapter12SocialPsychology:ApplyingItsPrinciplestoLaw,
Health,andBusiness283

Chapter1:SocialPsychology:TheScienceoftheSocialSideofLife
TESTBANK
CHAPTER1SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY:THESCIENCEOFTHESOCIALSIDEO
FLIFE
MULTIPLE-CHOICEQUESTIONS
1) Thebranchofpsychologythatseekstounderstandthenatureandcause
sof individualbehavior and
thoughtinsocialsituationsis .
A) generalpsychology
B) socialpsychology
C) organizationalpsychology
D) appliedpsychology
E) interpersonalpsychology
Answer:
BPageRef:5-6
2) Socialpsychologistsfocustheirattentionmainlyonindividualsbecause
.
A) ourbehaviorisinfluencedbytheactionsofotherindividualsinsocialsituati
ons
B) thebehaviorofgroupsistoodifficulttostudyinlaboratoryconditions
C) culturaldifferenceshaveastrongeffectonthebehaviorofgroupsbutonlya
weakeffect on
individuals
D) someindividualsaremorestronglyaffectedbysocietythanareothers
E) societydoesn'thavemuchinfluenceoverhowindividualsshouldbehaveinmo
st situations

,Answer:
APageRef:5-6
3) Asascientificdiscipline,socialpsychologystrivesfor .
A) anon-skepticalunderstandingofunobservableforces

, B) aunifiedtheoryofgroupbehavior
C) anobjectiveunderstandingofbehavior
D) anarrowfocusonthedeterminantsofgroupbehavior
E) asubjectiveunderstandingofgroupfunctions
Answer:
CPageRef:
6
4) SocialPsychologyembraces ascorescientificvalues.
A) accuracy,objectivity,skepticism,andopen-mindedness
B) accuracy,objectivity,statisticalsupport,andopen-mindedness
C) objectivity,theoreticalcoherence,open-mindedness,andskepticism
D) theoreticalcoherence,participant-observerapproach,client-
centeredstance,skepticism
E) open-mindedness,skepticism,statisticalsupport,theoreticalcoherence
Answer:
APageRef:
6
5) Thefocusofsocialpsychologyison .
A) theprocessessocietyusetodirectandcontrolthebehaviorofindivi
duals
B) howgroupsdefineandshapesociety
C) thebehaviorandthoughtsofindividuals
D) theactionsofsmallgroupsofindividuals
E) theeffectsthatsocietymayhaveongroupbehavior
Answer:
CPageRef:
6
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6) Whytakeascientificapproach?Partoftheanswerliesinthe
natureofproverbs,axioms,m
aximsandthelike.
A) contradictory
B) anecdotal
C) medieval
D) Socratic
E) rhetoricalAn
swer:
APageRef:6-7
7) Kimknowssheneedstogotakesummercourses,butworriesaboutleavin
gher newboyfriendfor3
months.Shewonders,will"absencemaketheheartgostronger"betrue,oris
"Out ofsight, out of mind"