PSYCH MISC LESSON 4EXAM AND 5 TEST SOCIAL
PSYCHOLOGY QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 2023 A+
Question 1 2..5 points
Reynald is participating in a research study where he is watching a dot of light in a dark room. In time, it
appears to move. Later, he finds out that it was really stationary. This phenomenon is
Question options:
proof that people can start seeing things if left alone for too long.
known as the autokinetic effect.
also a test for schizophrenia.
widely used to make people conform.
Question
2..5 points
2
In the field experiment described in the text, city library patrons were approached by a confederate
in the parking lot. This experiment had two independent variables. What were they?
Question options:
Confederate's behavior and cleanliness of the parking lot
Cleanliness of the parking lot and how the patrons disposed of the handbill
Confederate's behavior and number of library fines
How patrons disposed of the handbill and number of library fines
Question
2..5 points
3
Milgram found that about percent of his participants went all the way to 450 volts in
his original experiment.
Question options:
25
45
, PSYCH MISC LESSON 4EXAM AND 5 TEST SOCIAL
PSYCHOLOGY QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 2023 A+
65
85
Question
2..5 points
4
In all likelihood, participants in Milgram's obedience experiments (conducted in the 1960s and
1970s) were willing to administer increasingly severe shocks to a confederate learner because they
were concerned that the experimenter would be disappointed or perhaps even angry with them.
Such concerns reflect the power of to induce obedience to authority.
Question options:
informational social influence
the reciprocity norm
mindless conformity
normative social influence
Question
2..5 points
5
Dr. Lemitt finds Bibb Latané's (1981) social impact theory very useful when she is researching conformity
because its tenets
Question options:
predict when conformity is adaptive and when it's not.
identify the costs of refusal to conform to norms.
predict characteristics of people most likely to resist conformity pressures.
identify variables that make a source more influential.
Question
2..5 points
6
In the past ten years, the popular American holiday, Halloween, was "imported" to France by retailers
hoping to increase revenues. Essentially, the French learned the traditions such as trick-or-treating
and wearing costumes from Americans. This is an example of on an international scale.
Question options:
PSYCHOLOGY QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 2023 A+
Question 1 2..5 points
Reynald is participating in a research study where he is watching a dot of light in a dark room. In time, it
appears to move. Later, he finds out that it was really stationary. This phenomenon is
Question options:
proof that people can start seeing things if left alone for too long.
known as the autokinetic effect.
also a test for schizophrenia.
widely used to make people conform.
Question
2..5 points
2
In the field experiment described in the text, city library patrons were approached by a confederate
in the parking lot. This experiment had two independent variables. What were they?
Question options:
Confederate's behavior and cleanliness of the parking lot
Cleanliness of the parking lot and how the patrons disposed of the handbill
Confederate's behavior and number of library fines
How patrons disposed of the handbill and number of library fines
Question
2..5 points
3
Milgram found that about percent of his participants went all the way to 450 volts in
his original experiment.
Question options:
25
45
, PSYCH MISC LESSON 4EXAM AND 5 TEST SOCIAL
PSYCHOLOGY QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 2023 A+
65
85
Question
2..5 points
4
In all likelihood, participants in Milgram's obedience experiments (conducted in the 1960s and
1970s) were willing to administer increasingly severe shocks to a confederate learner because they
were concerned that the experimenter would be disappointed or perhaps even angry with them.
Such concerns reflect the power of to induce obedience to authority.
Question options:
informational social influence
the reciprocity norm
mindless conformity
normative social influence
Question
2..5 points
5
Dr. Lemitt finds Bibb Latané's (1981) social impact theory very useful when she is researching conformity
because its tenets
Question options:
predict when conformity is adaptive and when it's not.
identify the costs of refusal to conform to norms.
predict characteristics of people most likely to resist conformity pressures.
identify variables that make a source more influential.
Question
2..5 points
6
In the past ten years, the popular American holiday, Halloween, was "imported" to France by retailers
hoping to increase revenues. Essentially, the French learned the traditions such as trick-or-treating
and wearing costumes from Americans. This is an example of on an international scale.
Question options:
