SOCIAL PYSCHOLOGY QUESTIONS AND
THEIR 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
1.
Nell tastes her food, then salts it. You assume that the
food needed salt, therefore, you attribute her actions
to a(n)
a.
internal cause.
b.
external cause.
c.
setting.
d.
situational demand.
B
There is a strong relationship between dating
frequency and physical attractiveness
a.
for males.
b.
for females.
c.
for both males and females.
d.
beyond the initial stage of attraction.
B
,__________ is best known for his research on
conformity.
a.
Asch
b.
Rubin
c.
Schachter
d.
Zimbardo
A
Which is TRUE regarding choosing a mate?
a.
People who marry are highly similar in age, education,
race, religion, and ethnic background.
b.
The highest correlation between people who marry
involves their temperaments.
c.
In the United States kindness and understanding are
ranked as being the least important qualities in a
mate.
d.
Men rate physical attractiveness as a less important
quality in a mate than women do.
A
The study in which college students attached a
bumper sticker for a militant black organization to
their cars and then received frequent traffic citations
demonstrates
a.
,group prejudice.
b.
scapegoating.
c.
personal prejudice.
d.
discrimination.
D
According to Janis, John F. Kennedy's Bay of Pigs
failure was caused in large part by
a.
brainstorming.
b.
groupthink.
c.
the self-censorship effect.
d.
the expert power effect.
B
When we perform well, we typically attribute our
success to __________.
a.
internal characteristics
b.
our group of colleagues
c.
external circumstances
d.
our personality type
A
, Which is true of social stereotypes?
a.
They are always negative.
b.
They tend to be rational.
c.
Likable members of a rejected group are perceived as
an "exception."
d.
University students show more evidence of ethnic
stereotyping now than they did in the past.
C
A __________ group is a group based on social
comparison.
a.
focus
b.
personal identification
c.
reference
d.
comparison
C
During the Stanford Prison study,
a.
guards did not take their roles seriously.
b.
guards readily assumed their roles as agents of force.
c.
the prisoners and the guards quickly became friendly
towards one another
THEIR 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
1.
Nell tastes her food, then salts it. You assume that the
food needed salt, therefore, you attribute her actions
to a(n)
a.
internal cause.
b.
external cause.
c.
setting.
d.
situational demand.
B
There is a strong relationship between dating
frequency and physical attractiveness
a.
for males.
b.
for females.
c.
for both males and females.
d.
beyond the initial stage of attraction.
B
,__________ is best known for his research on
conformity.
a.
Asch
b.
Rubin
c.
Schachter
d.
Zimbardo
A
Which is TRUE regarding choosing a mate?
a.
People who marry are highly similar in age, education,
race, religion, and ethnic background.
b.
The highest correlation between people who marry
involves their temperaments.
c.
In the United States kindness and understanding are
ranked as being the least important qualities in a
mate.
d.
Men rate physical attractiveness as a less important
quality in a mate than women do.
A
The study in which college students attached a
bumper sticker for a militant black organization to
their cars and then received frequent traffic citations
demonstrates
a.
,group prejudice.
b.
scapegoating.
c.
personal prejudice.
d.
discrimination.
D
According to Janis, John F. Kennedy's Bay of Pigs
failure was caused in large part by
a.
brainstorming.
b.
groupthink.
c.
the self-censorship effect.
d.
the expert power effect.
B
When we perform well, we typically attribute our
success to __________.
a.
internal characteristics
b.
our group of colleagues
c.
external circumstances
d.
our personality type
A
, Which is true of social stereotypes?
a.
They are always negative.
b.
They tend to be rational.
c.
Likable members of a rejected group are perceived as
an "exception."
d.
University students show more evidence of ethnic
stereotyping now than they did in the past.
C
A __________ group is a group based on social
comparison.
a.
focus
b.
personal identification
c.
reference
d.
comparison
C
During the Stanford Prison study,
a.
guards did not take their roles seriously.
b.
guards readily assumed their roles as agents of force.
c.
the prisoners and the guards quickly became friendly
towards one another
