SOCIAL PYSCHOLOGY GOOD REVISION
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Theory of mind is important for group living because it
can prevent misunderstandings that could lead to
aggression or death.
In an independent culture, a person's sense of self
tends to be based largely on
personal achievements
According to the textbook, all the following factors
can decrease the accuracy of secondhand information
EXCEPT
base-rate information
Responses to stimuli in the environment are guided
by two different systems of thinking. The intuitive
system performs many operations ________, while the
rational system is more likely to perform operations
________.
in parallel; one at a time
People use the ________ heuristic when they try to
categorize something by judging how similar the
object is to their conception of the typical member of
the relevant category.
representatives
Research on gender and the self-concept indicates
that as compared to men, women are more likely to
define themselves in terms of social characteristics and
relationships.
,According to Sheldon Stryker, ______________ are
distributed among people with different
characteristics, depending on the ______________ for
those characteristics and identities.
resources; expectations
________ is the tendency to believe you could have
predicted an outcome accurately, when in reality you
probably could not have.
the hindsight bias
According to construal level theory, if you are
imagining working on your thesis in graduate school
in several years, you are most likely to be thinking
about
the overall goal of how your thesis will help you to finish
graduate school.
Social psychologists are particularly interested in
studying the influence of which contemporary
technology?
social media
Which of the following statements best represents
something that a Japanese coach might say to a
newspaper reporter after winning a game?
"It seems as if the other team was tired and unprepared
for this game."
Which of the following do people share with animals,
especially higher primates?
facial expressions
Ji-Min thinks of herself as outgoing, a big sister, a
runner, and intelligent. These are aspects of Ji-Min's
self-schema.
, ________ is observing and copying another person's
body language and is a form of ________ processing.
Ideomotor mimicry; nonconscious
According to self-verification theory, people with
negative self-views tend to remember ________
feedback more. In contrast, people with positive self-
views tend to remember ________ feedback more.
negative; positive
Which of the following statements about culture and
self-esteem is the most accurate?
Americans utter many more self-complimentary
statements during conversations (compared to Japanese
individuals).
According to social psychologists, which of the
following conditions is most likely to make someone
do what an authority figure says to do, even if it
involves hurting someone?
when people can hold an authority figure responsible for
his or her actions
The independent variable in an experiment is
manipulated and is the hypothesized cause of a particular
outcome.
Primacy effects often result from
a tendency for information presented early on to strongly
influence a final decision.
A reader for American schoolchildren from the 1930s
shows a little boy running, whereas a reader for
Chinese children from the same time period shows a
boy with his brother. What cultural difference does
this highlight?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Theory of mind is important for group living because it
can prevent misunderstandings that could lead to
aggression or death.
In an independent culture, a person's sense of self
tends to be based largely on
personal achievements
According to the textbook, all the following factors
can decrease the accuracy of secondhand information
EXCEPT
base-rate information
Responses to stimuli in the environment are guided
by two different systems of thinking. The intuitive
system performs many operations ________, while the
rational system is more likely to perform operations
________.
in parallel; one at a time
People use the ________ heuristic when they try to
categorize something by judging how similar the
object is to their conception of the typical member of
the relevant category.
representatives
Research on gender and the self-concept indicates
that as compared to men, women are more likely to
define themselves in terms of social characteristics and
relationships.
,According to Sheldon Stryker, ______________ are
distributed among people with different
characteristics, depending on the ______________ for
those characteristics and identities.
resources; expectations
________ is the tendency to believe you could have
predicted an outcome accurately, when in reality you
probably could not have.
the hindsight bias
According to construal level theory, if you are
imagining working on your thesis in graduate school
in several years, you are most likely to be thinking
about
the overall goal of how your thesis will help you to finish
graduate school.
Social psychologists are particularly interested in
studying the influence of which contemporary
technology?
social media
Which of the following statements best represents
something that a Japanese coach might say to a
newspaper reporter after winning a game?
"It seems as if the other team was tired and unprepared
for this game."
Which of the following do people share with animals,
especially higher primates?
facial expressions
Ji-Min thinks of herself as outgoing, a big sister, a
runner, and intelligent. These are aspects of Ji-Min's
self-schema.
, ________ is observing and copying another person's
body language and is a form of ________ processing.
Ideomotor mimicry; nonconscious
According to self-verification theory, people with
negative self-views tend to remember ________
feedback more. In contrast, people with positive self-
views tend to remember ________ feedback more.
negative; positive
Which of the following statements about culture and
self-esteem is the most accurate?
Americans utter many more self-complimentary
statements during conversations (compared to Japanese
individuals).
According to social psychologists, which of the
following conditions is most likely to make someone
do what an authority figure says to do, even if it
involves hurting someone?
when people can hold an authority figure responsible for
his or her actions
The independent variable in an experiment is
manipulated and is the hypothesized cause of a particular
outcome.
Primacy effects often result from
a tendency for information presented early on to strongly
influence a final decision.
A reader for American schoolchildren from the 1930s
shows a little boy running, whereas a reader for
Chinese children from the same time period shows a
boy with his brother. What cultural difference does
this highlight?
