SOCIAL PYSCHOLOGY COMPILED
REVISION QUESTIONS AND THEIR 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
In his first chapter, Aronson defines social
psychology as the study of:
social influence
Aronson defines social psychology as:
the influence that people have upon the beliefs, feelings,
and behaviors of others.
"The influences that people have upon the beliefs,
feelings, and behaviors of others" is the text's
definition of:
social psychology
Our tendency to overestimate our powers of
prediction once we know the outcome of a given event
is known as:
the hindsight bias
According to Aronson's text, the statement that we are
all "amateur" social psychologists means that:
we all develop hypotheses about social behavior because
we spend a lot of time interacting with other people
According to the hindsight bias you would predict
which of the following results?
If after a race were over, people were asked how confident
they were that a particular horse would win, they would
,remember being more confident if he did win than if he did
not.
After the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Joe tells Mary
that he knew all along Barack Obama would be
elected. This is an example of:
the hindsight effect.
In his or her attempts to understand human social
behavior, the professional social psychologist has the
advantage of being able to:
create and study exact duplicates of actual situations and
events.
Which of the following is NOT an advantage that
professional social psychologists have over amateur
social psychologists?
Professionals use observation of social phenomena in
their thinking about social phenomena, whereas amateurs
cannot.
According to "Aronson's first law," people who do
crazy things:
are not necessarily crazy, but may be normal people trying
to adjust to extraordinary social influences.
Aronson's first law reminds us that:
situations can cause most normal people to behave in
abnormal ways.
Explaining unpleasant behavior by labeling people
"crazy" or "sadistic":
is dangerous if it causes us to forget about situational
factors that could cause us to engage in unpleasant
behaviors.
Which of the following statements best represents a
dispositional view of human behavior?
,"Bob is so self-centered that he has trouble getting along
with other people."
Tomoko explains that her teacher is a kind, gentle
person and that is why Tomoko does well in school.
Tomoko's appraisal of her teacher is best thought of
as an example of:
the dispositional view.
Kia believes that U.S. President Barack Obama was
able to get his medical reform legislation passed in
Congress because of his dynamic interpersonal skills.
This is an example of:
the dispositional view.
Kia believes that U.S. President Barack Obama was
able to get his medical reform legislation passed in
Congress because Democrats had an overwhelming
majority of seats, and that it would happened whether
or not Obama as president. This is an example of:
the hindsight effect.
People tend to explain the causes of other people's
behavior as being a result of their personalities, Thus
if Luke gets a bad grade on a test it must be because
he is stupid. This tendency is called:
the dispositional view.
You and a friend are watching the news and hear a
report about a murder in New York City, witnessed by
dozens of bystanders - none of whom attempted to
help the victim or even telephone the police. Your
friend expresses utter disgust at this incident,
remarking "People who live in big cities have no
compassion for others. They lack fundamental
, decency - all they are about are themselves." Your
friend's remark best reflects:
a dispositional view of the world.
In Zimbardo's prison study, how were subjects
assigned the role of prisoner or guard?
Roles were assigned by flipping a coin.
The circumstances surrounding the Abu Ghraib
prison in which American soldiers abused Iraqi
detainees resembles the situation in Zimbardo's
prison study. Generalizing from this study, the guard's
behaviors could be explained as a result of:
untrained guards being places in an unusual situation.
The subjects in Zimbardo's prison study were:
normal, mature, stable young men.
Why did Zimbardo discontinue his prison experiment?
The subjects lost sight of the difference between their own
"self" and the "role" that they were playing.
In Zimbardo's prison study, young, psychologically
normal men were randomly assigned to the role of
playing a guard or prisoner. After six days, the
"prisoners" became servile, dehumanized robots,
while "guards" became despicable and cruel. In
general, the results of this study probably indicate
that:
the situation is often primarily responsible for behavior, not
the personalities of subjects.
Aronson describes an experiment in which groups of
subjects discuss the punishment appropriate for
Johnny Rocco, a juvenile delinquent. In this
experiment, subjects best liked a confederate when he
played the role of a:
REVISION QUESTIONS AND THEIR 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
In his first chapter, Aronson defines social
psychology as the study of:
social influence
Aronson defines social psychology as:
the influence that people have upon the beliefs, feelings,
and behaviors of others.
"The influences that people have upon the beliefs,
feelings, and behaviors of others" is the text's
definition of:
social psychology
Our tendency to overestimate our powers of
prediction once we know the outcome of a given event
is known as:
the hindsight bias
According to Aronson's text, the statement that we are
all "amateur" social psychologists means that:
we all develop hypotheses about social behavior because
we spend a lot of time interacting with other people
According to the hindsight bias you would predict
which of the following results?
If after a race were over, people were asked how confident
they were that a particular horse would win, they would
,remember being more confident if he did win than if he did
not.
After the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Joe tells Mary
that he knew all along Barack Obama would be
elected. This is an example of:
the hindsight effect.
In his or her attempts to understand human social
behavior, the professional social psychologist has the
advantage of being able to:
create and study exact duplicates of actual situations and
events.
Which of the following is NOT an advantage that
professional social psychologists have over amateur
social psychologists?
Professionals use observation of social phenomena in
their thinking about social phenomena, whereas amateurs
cannot.
According to "Aronson's first law," people who do
crazy things:
are not necessarily crazy, but may be normal people trying
to adjust to extraordinary social influences.
Aronson's first law reminds us that:
situations can cause most normal people to behave in
abnormal ways.
Explaining unpleasant behavior by labeling people
"crazy" or "sadistic":
is dangerous if it causes us to forget about situational
factors that could cause us to engage in unpleasant
behaviors.
Which of the following statements best represents a
dispositional view of human behavior?
,"Bob is so self-centered that he has trouble getting along
with other people."
Tomoko explains that her teacher is a kind, gentle
person and that is why Tomoko does well in school.
Tomoko's appraisal of her teacher is best thought of
as an example of:
the dispositional view.
Kia believes that U.S. President Barack Obama was
able to get his medical reform legislation passed in
Congress because of his dynamic interpersonal skills.
This is an example of:
the dispositional view.
Kia believes that U.S. President Barack Obama was
able to get his medical reform legislation passed in
Congress because Democrats had an overwhelming
majority of seats, and that it would happened whether
or not Obama as president. This is an example of:
the hindsight effect.
People tend to explain the causes of other people's
behavior as being a result of their personalities, Thus
if Luke gets a bad grade on a test it must be because
he is stupid. This tendency is called:
the dispositional view.
You and a friend are watching the news and hear a
report about a murder in New York City, witnessed by
dozens of bystanders - none of whom attempted to
help the victim or even telephone the police. Your
friend expresses utter disgust at this incident,
remarking "People who live in big cities have no
compassion for others. They lack fundamental
, decency - all they are about are themselves." Your
friend's remark best reflects:
a dispositional view of the world.
In Zimbardo's prison study, how were subjects
assigned the role of prisoner or guard?
Roles were assigned by flipping a coin.
The circumstances surrounding the Abu Ghraib
prison in which American soldiers abused Iraqi
detainees resembles the situation in Zimbardo's
prison study. Generalizing from this study, the guard's
behaviors could be explained as a result of:
untrained guards being places in an unusual situation.
The subjects in Zimbardo's prison study were:
normal, mature, stable young men.
Why did Zimbardo discontinue his prison experiment?
The subjects lost sight of the difference between their own
"self" and the "role" that they were playing.
In Zimbardo's prison study, young, psychologically
normal men were randomly assigned to the role of
playing a guard or prisoner. After six days, the
"prisoners" became servile, dehumanized robots,
while "guards" became despicable and cruel. In
general, the results of this study probably indicate
that:
the situation is often primarily responsible for behavior, not
the personalities of subjects.
Aronson describes an experiment in which groups of
subjects discuss the punishment appropriate for
Johnny Rocco, a juvenile delinquent. In this
experiment, subjects best liked a confederate when he
played the role of a:
