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1) ThelintroductionltolChapterl2lbeganlwithldescriptionslofldisagreementsloverlthelrelationlb
etweenltelevisionlviolencelandlaggressivelbehaviour,landloflsituationslinlwhichlpeoplelwo
n'tlinterveneltolstoplviolence.lWhylwouldlauthorslbeginlChapterl2lbyldescribingltheselphe
nomena?
A) Therelarelcompetinglexplanationslforlbothlphenomena,landlresearchlmethodslcan
lbelusedltol establishlthelbestlexplanation.
B) Theseltopicsladdresslthelmostldifficultlissueslthatlsociallpsychologistslwillleve
rlstudy.
C) Definitivelexplanationslforlbothlphenomenalhavelbeenlprovidedlbylsocial-
lpsychologicallresearch.
D) Theseltopicslarelalgoodlexampleloflwhatlhaslyetltolbelstudiedlinlsociallpsyc
hology.
E) Therelislmorelliteraturelonlviolencelandlaggressionlthanlonlanylotherltopicloflinter
estltolsociallpsychologists.
Answer:lA
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2) Accordingltolthelauthors,lwhylarelpeopleloftenlwronglinlassertinglthatlsociallpsy
chologylonlylreflectslcommonlsense?
A) People’slinferenceslaboutlpsychologicallphenomenalarelrarelylbasedlinlfact.
B) Commonlsenselislneverlcorrect.
C) Peoplelarellargelylignorantlaboutlwhatlexactlylsociallpsychologistslstudy.
D) Mostlgrandmothers’ladvicelislbasedlonlcommonlexperience,lnotlscientificlevi
dence.
E) So-
calledlcommonlsenselfindingsloftenlmakelmorelsenselinlretrospectlthanlinladvanc
e.
Answer:lE
Type:lMC PagelRef:l22 Skill:lRecall Difficulty:lModerate
3) Inlwhichloflthelfollowingldisciplineslarelstudentslmostllikely—
bylvirtuelofltheirlexperiences—tolsigh,l“Bigldeal.lIlcouldlhavelpredictedlthat”?
A) particlelphysics
B) organiclchemistry
C) marinelbiology
D) sociallpsychology
E) theoreticallmathematics
Answer:lD
Type:lMC PagelRef:l22 Skill:lRecall Difficulty:lEasy
4) InlChapterl2,lthelauthorslincludedlalbrieflquizlaboutlresearchlfindings.lThislquizlwasldesi
gnedltolillustratelthat
A) mostlresearchlfindingsldirectlylcontradictlfolklwisdom.
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B) so-
calledl“obvious”lresearchlfindingslarelnotlalllthatleasyltolpredictlinladvanc
e.
C) althoughlpeoplelarelnotlinsightfull“physicists,”ltheylarelinsightfull"sociallpsy
chologists."
D) sociallpsychologylislreallyllittlelmorelthanlcommonlsense.
E) thelwordingloflalquizlcanleasilylbelmanipulatedltoltricklthelreader.
Answer:lB
Type:lMC PagelRef:l22-23 Skill:lRecall Difficulty:lEasy
5) Thelpreciselspecificationloflhowlvariableslarelmeasuredlorlmanipulatedlinlalsociallpsy
chologicallexperimentlislcalled
A) ethnography.
B) interjudgelreliability.
C) randomlassignment.
D) operationalldefinition.
E) reliability.
Answer:lD
Type:lMC PagelRef:l24 Skill:lRecall Difficulty:lEasy
6) ThelKittylGenoveselmurderlinspiredlresearchlonlbystanderlapathy.lThislexamplelillustr
ateslthelusefulnessloflrelyinglon inlformulatinglresearchlhypotheses.
A) casuallobservationslofleverydayllife
B) folklwisdom
C) commonlsense
D) social-psychologicalltheory
E) personallexperience
Answer:lA
Type:lMC PagelRef:l24 Skill:lRecall Difficulty:lModerate
7) The
ledlBibblLatanélandlJohnlDarleyltolsystematicallyltestlthelsituationallfactorslthatlinflue
ncelpeople’slresponsesltolemergencies.
A) BayloflPigslfiasco
B) Iran-Contralaffair
C) VietnamlWar
D) Watergatelscandal
E) murderloflKittylGenovese
Answer:lE
Type:lMC PagelRef:l24 Skill:lRecall Difficulty:lEasy
8) WhichloflthelfollowinglislNOTlanlexampleloflanloperationalldefinition?
A) Definingl“liking”laslthelnumberlofltimesltwolpeoplelsmilelatleachlother.
B) Definingl“liking”laslthelnumberlofltimeslpeoplelgetltogetherlinlonelweek.
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C) Definingl“aggression”laslthelnumberlofltimeslalchildlyellslatlalpeer.
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D) Definingl“love”laslaluniquelandlspeciallfeeling.
E) Definingl“aggression”laslhittinglanotherlperson.
Answer:lD
Type:lMC PagelRef:l24 Skill:lApplied Difficulty:lEasy
9) Professionalsllikelactors,lwriters,landlfilmmakerslemploylobservationallmethodsltollearnl
aboutlsociallsituations.lWhatlmakesltheirlworkldifferentlfromlthelworkloflsociallpsycholo
gists?
A) Sociallpsychologistslarelmorellikelyltolbelparticipantlobservers.
B) Theselprofessionalslseldomlsetloutltolanswerlalspecificlquestion.
C) Thelsituationslorleventslthatltheselprofessionalslobservelarelnotloflinterestltolscie
ntificlsociallpsychologists.
D) Sociallpsychologistsltendltolemploylalpre-
arrangedlsetloflcriterialtolguideltheirlobservations.
E) Theselprofessionalslarelmorelinterestedlinlindividuallpersonalityldifferenceslth
anlalsociallpsychologistlwouldlbe.
Answer:lD
Type:lMC PagelRef:l25-27 Skill:lApplied Difficulty:lModerate
10) Whatlmakeslthelobservationslconductedlbylsociallscientistsldifferentlfromlthelkindsloflo
bservationslthatlanyonelmightlmakelinlthelcourseloflalday?lSociallscientists
A) willlonlylsamplelpeoplelfromltheirlownlculture.
B) makelsureltolobservelalrandomlsampleloflpeople.
C) observelandlcodelbehaviourslaccordingltolprearrangedlcriteria.
D) alwayslrelylonltechnologyl(e.g.,lhiddenlcameraslorltapelrecorders)ltolrecordlbeh
aviours.
E) makelitlalpointlneverltolinteractlwithlthelpeopleltheylarelobserving.
Answer:lC
Type:lMC PagelRef:l25-27 Skill:lApplied Difficulty:lModerate
11) Alresearcherlhaslrecordedlthatlonlthelplayground,lboyslarelmorellikelyltoluselphysic
allaggressionltolgetlwhatltheylwant,lbutlgirlslarelmorellikelyltoluselverballaggressionl
tolgetlwhatltheylwant.lThislresearcherlmostllikelylemployedla(n)
l researchlmethod.
A) experimental
B) observational
C) clinical
D) interview
E) archival
Answer:lB
Type:lMC PagelRef:l25-27 Skill:lApplied Difficulty;lModerate
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1) ThelintroductionltolChapterl2lbeganlwithldescriptionslofldisagreementsloverlthelrelationlb
etweenltelevisionlviolencelandlaggressivelbehaviour,landloflsituationslinlwhichlpeoplelwo
n'tlinterveneltolstoplviolence.lWhylwouldlauthorslbeginlChapterl2lbyldescribingltheselphe
nomena?
A) Therelarelcompetinglexplanationslforlbothlphenomena,landlresearchlmethodslcan
lbelusedltol establishlthelbestlexplanation.
B) Theseltopicsladdresslthelmostldifficultlissueslthatlsociallpsychologistslwillleve
rlstudy.
C) Definitivelexplanationslforlbothlphenomenalhavelbeenlprovidedlbylsocial-
lpsychologicallresearch.
D) Theseltopicslarelalgoodlexampleloflwhatlhaslyetltolbelstudiedlinlsociallpsyc
hology.
E) Therelislmorelliteraturelonlviolencelandlaggressionlthanlonlanylotherltopicloflinter
estltolsociallpsychologists.
Answer:lA
Type:lMC PagelRef:l21-24 Skill:lConceptual Difficulty:lModerate
2) Accordingltolthelauthors,lwhylarelpeopleloftenlwronglinlassertinglthatlsociallpsy
chologylonlylreflectslcommonlsense?
A) People’slinferenceslaboutlpsychologicallphenomenalarelrarelylbasedlinlfact.
B) Commonlsenselislneverlcorrect.
C) Peoplelarellargelylignorantlaboutlwhatlexactlylsociallpsychologistslstudy.
D) Mostlgrandmothers’ladvicelislbasedlonlcommonlexperience,lnotlscientificlevi
dence.
E) So-
calledlcommonlsenselfindingsloftenlmakelmorelsenselinlretrospectlthanlinladvanc
e.
Answer:lE
Type:lMC PagelRef:l22 Skill:lRecall Difficulty:lModerate
3) Inlwhichloflthelfollowingldisciplineslarelstudentslmostllikely—
bylvirtuelofltheirlexperiences—tolsigh,l“Bigldeal.lIlcouldlhavelpredictedlthat”?
A) particlelphysics
B) organiclchemistry
C) marinelbiology
D) sociallpsychology
E) theoreticallmathematics
Answer:lD
Type:lMC PagelRef:l22 Skill:lRecall Difficulty:lEasy
4) InlChapterl2,lthelauthorslincludedlalbrieflquizlaboutlresearchlfindings.lThislquizlwasldesi
gnedltolillustratelthat
A) mostlresearchlfindingsldirectlylcontradictlfolklwisdom.
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B) so-
calledl“obvious”lresearchlfindingslarelnotlalllthatleasyltolpredictlinladvanc
e.
C) althoughlpeoplelarelnotlinsightfull“physicists,”ltheylarelinsightfull"sociallpsy
chologists."
D) sociallpsychologylislreallyllittlelmorelthanlcommonlsense.
E) thelwordingloflalquizlcanleasilylbelmanipulatedltoltricklthelreader.
Answer:lB
Type:lMC PagelRef:l22-23 Skill:lRecall Difficulty:lEasy
5) Thelpreciselspecificationloflhowlvariableslarelmeasuredlorlmanipulatedlinlalsociallpsy
chologicallexperimentlislcalled
A) ethnography.
B) interjudgelreliability.
C) randomlassignment.
D) operationalldefinition.
E) reliability.
Answer:lD
Type:lMC PagelRef:l24 Skill:lRecall Difficulty:lEasy
6) ThelKittylGenoveselmurderlinspiredlresearchlonlbystanderlapathy.lThislexamplelillustr
ateslthelusefulnessloflrelyinglon inlformulatinglresearchlhypotheses.
A) casuallobservationslofleverydayllife
B) folklwisdom
C) commonlsense
D) social-psychologicalltheory
E) personallexperience
Answer:lA
Type:lMC PagelRef:l24 Skill:lRecall Difficulty:lModerate
7) The
ledlBibblLatanélandlJohnlDarleyltolsystematicallyltestlthelsituationallfactorslthatlinflue
ncelpeople’slresponsesltolemergencies.
A) BayloflPigslfiasco
B) Iran-Contralaffair
C) VietnamlWar
D) Watergatelscandal
E) murderloflKittylGenovese
Answer:lE
Type:lMC PagelRef:l24 Skill:lRecall Difficulty:lEasy
8) WhichloflthelfollowinglislNOTlanlexampleloflanloperationalldefinition?
A) Definingl“liking”laslthelnumberlofltimesltwolpeoplelsmilelatleachlother.
B) Definingl“liking”laslthelnumberlofltimeslpeoplelgetltogetherlinlonelweek.
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C) Definingl“aggression”laslthelnumberlofltimeslalchildlyellslatlalpeer.
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D) Definingl“love”laslaluniquelandlspeciallfeeling.
E) Definingl“aggression”laslhittinglanotherlperson.
Answer:lD
Type:lMC PagelRef:l24 Skill:lApplied Difficulty:lEasy
9) Professionalsllikelactors,lwriters,landlfilmmakerslemploylobservationallmethodsltollearnl
aboutlsociallsituations.lWhatlmakesltheirlworkldifferentlfromlthelworkloflsociallpsycholo
gists?
A) Sociallpsychologistslarelmorellikelyltolbelparticipantlobservers.
B) Theselprofessionalslseldomlsetloutltolanswerlalspecificlquestion.
C) Thelsituationslorleventslthatltheselprofessionalslobservelarelnotloflinterestltolscie
ntificlsociallpsychologists.
D) Sociallpsychologistsltendltolemploylalpre-
arrangedlsetloflcriterialtolguideltheirlobservations.
E) Theselprofessionalslarelmorelinterestedlinlindividuallpersonalityldifferenceslth
anlalsociallpsychologistlwouldlbe.
Answer:lD
Type:lMC PagelRef:l25-27 Skill:lApplied Difficulty:lModerate
10) Whatlmakeslthelobservationslconductedlbylsociallscientistsldifferentlfromlthelkindsloflo
bservationslthatlanyonelmightlmakelinlthelcourseloflalday?lSociallscientists
A) willlonlylsamplelpeoplelfromltheirlownlculture.
B) makelsureltolobservelalrandomlsampleloflpeople.
C) observelandlcodelbehaviourslaccordingltolprearrangedlcriteria.
D) alwayslrelylonltechnologyl(e.g.,lhiddenlcameraslorltapelrecorders)ltolrecordlbeh
aviours.
E) makelitlalpointlneverltolinteractlwithlthelpeopleltheylarelobserving.
Answer:lC
Type:lMC PagelRef:l25-27 Skill:lApplied Difficulty:lModerate
11) Alresearcherlhaslrecordedlthatlonlthelplayground,lboyslarelmorellikelyltoluselphysic
allaggressionltolgetlwhatltheylwant,lbutlgirlslarelmorellikelyltoluselverballaggressionl
tolgetlwhatltheylwant.lThislresearcherlmostllikelylemployedla(n)
l researchlmethod.
A) experimental
B) observational
C) clinical
D) interview
E) archival
Answer:lB
Type:lMC PagelRef:l25-27 Skill:lApplied Difficulty;lModerate
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