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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY - TESU - MODULE 1 2024-2025 -
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The branch of psychology that seeks to examine the potential role of genetic factors
in different aspects of human behavior is known as
Ans: evolutionary psychology
Quiz _____is the area of psychology that studies the interplay between brain events
and thought, emotion, and behavior
Ans: social neuroscience
Quiz In order to determine whether people have a strong or weak preference for the
color of their cookware, a company wants to collect information from many of its past
customers. If the number of past customers is very large, the company may want to
consider using _____ methods.
Ans: survey
Quiz Which of the following is not true of using surveys to collect information?
Ans: surveys can be used to determine causal relationships between variables
Quiz Researchers found that the correlation between the type of clothing people
wear when they are not at work and the type of jobs they hold is approximately zero.
Based on this, we can conclude that _____.
, Ans: there is no relationship between clothing worn in non-work settings and the
work people do.
Quiz Researchers who systematically change one variable in order to determine the
effect this has on another variable are using_____.
Ans: experimental methods
Quiz The extent to which experimental results can be generalized to real-life
situations is a question of an experiment's _____.
Ans: external validity
Quiz Even though there is no single best method of research, the _____ method is
generally preferred by social psychologists.
Ans: experimental
Quiz Despite some variation, universal mating preferences seem to exist for certain
physical features. This fact suggests that these attractiveness features are
influenced by_____.
Ans: evolutionary factors
Quiz Some social psychologists use deception in their research in order to_____.
Ans: prevent the purpose of the research from having an effect on participants'
behavior
Quiz Recent research on implicit processes demonstrates that such processes
are_____.
Ans: influential in our social behavior and thought
Quiz In one study, participants were presented with words that were either consistent
or inconsistent with their strongly held values. Participants showed quite strong
reactions to the value-inconsistent words. This suggests that we process information
we _____.
Ans: disagree with quickly
Quiz Much research on implicit processes has demonstrated that people often_____.
Ans: do not know why they think or behave as they do
Quiz Which of the following study questions could NOT be explored using
experimentation due to ethical issues?
Ans: How do individuals cope when their spouse dies?