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PSYCH 101 General psychology Final Exam
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an attribution - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ professor dragutan
found that his students scored much lower than usual
on their final exam which was just before the semester
ended. He believes that students were preocuppoed
with their summer plans and didnt prep well. His
explanation for his students exam performance is an
example of
dispositions or situations - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
according to social psychologists, when we try to
attribute the causes of another's action, our search for
answers often leaves us with 2 choices which are:
the fundamental attribution error - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Billy, who averages 2 touchdowns a game for his
football team did not score a touchdown in today's
game. the other players think that he was "slacking off"
but in reality he was playing despite injury. Billy's
teammates have committed...
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the foot in the door phenomenon - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
"Could you lend me a dollar?" "sure" "actually I need 5
dollars" "sure"
cognitice dissonance theory - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Before Jess left for college, she told her friend that
sororities were filled with snobs and that shed never
condider joining one. During her first week on campus,
a sorority member invited her to a social function and
encouraged her to pledge. After jess attended the party,
she told her friend "Sororities do a lot of good things
for the community. Theyre really service organizations".
Her change in attitude illistrates...
central route persuasion - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Debbie
is in the market to buy a new computer. The
salesperson shows her the feartures of each computer
she is considering, explaining the pros and cons of each
purchase. The strategy illistrates...
social contagion - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Researches had
studnets work in a room beside another person, who
was actually an accomplice working for the experiment.
Sometomes the accomplice would rub their face or
shake their foot. Students tended to rub their face with
the accomplice and sjake their foot with them. This is
an example of
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informational social influence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
influence resulting from one's willingness to accept
others' opinions about reality
informational social influence ex - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Halo was an avid beiever in astrology til she watched a
documentary saying it wasnt real science and heard
her professor say that too. THis evidence persuaded
her to adopt the view of the documentary and the prof.
This opinion change demonstrates...
social facilitation - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Tyrone is an
expert dart player. When practicing at the local tavern,
his accuracy seems to increase significantly as soon as
women enter the pub. Tyrones increase in accuracy
illustrates
stereotyping - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 70 year old Lilliann
is taking classes at the university with the intention of
completing a bachelor's degree. SOme members of her
familu think she is not likely to succeed because she is
too old to learn new information. The family's thinking
illustrates
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explicit and implicit attitudes - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ At a
conscious level, Aaron doesn't think he's prejudiced. Yet
he automatically feels uncomfortable in situations
where he has to interact with people of different races
from his own. Aaron's experience best illustrates the
distinction between
implicit racial associations - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Priming people with a flashed Black face rather than a
flashed White face makes them more likely to
mispercieve a flashed tool as a gun. This best
illustrates the subtle character of
the just world phenomenon - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
During deliberations on an assult case,some othe the
jurors commented that the victim had a history of going
out to bars and had been dressed too provocatively.
Looking like that, they believed she asked to be
assaulted. The jurors comments are best explained in
terms of
ingroup bias - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ In the US in the 80s,
most democrats wrongly believed that inflation had
risen under the republican pres Ronald Reagan. In 2010,
most Republicans wrongly believed that the taxes had
incr under the democrat pres Obama. These incorrect
beliefs indicate the impact of
PSYCH 101 General psychology Final Exam
Portage Learning Newest 2025/2026 Complete
Exam Questions And Correct Answers (Verified
Answers) |Already Graded A+
an attribution - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ professor dragutan
found that his students scored much lower than usual
on their final exam which was just before the semester
ended. He believes that students were preocuppoed
with their summer plans and didnt prep well. His
explanation for his students exam performance is an
example of
dispositions or situations - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
according to social psychologists, when we try to
attribute the causes of another's action, our search for
answers often leaves us with 2 choices which are:
the fundamental attribution error - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Billy, who averages 2 touchdowns a game for his
football team did not score a touchdown in today's
game. the other players think that he was "slacking off"
but in reality he was playing despite injury. Billy's
teammates have committed...
,2|Page
the foot in the door phenomenon - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
"Could you lend me a dollar?" "sure" "actually I need 5
dollars" "sure"
cognitice dissonance theory - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Before Jess left for college, she told her friend that
sororities were filled with snobs and that shed never
condider joining one. During her first week on campus,
a sorority member invited her to a social function and
encouraged her to pledge. After jess attended the party,
she told her friend "Sororities do a lot of good things
for the community. Theyre really service organizations".
Her change in attitude illistrates...
central route persuasion - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Debbie
is in the market to buy a new computer. The
salesperson shows her the feartures of each computer
she is considering, explaining the pros and cons of each
purchase. The strategy illistrates...
social contagion - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Researches had
studnets work in a room beside another person, who
was actually an accomplice working for the experiment.
Sometomes the accomplice would rub their face or
shake their foot. Students tended to rub their face with
the accomplice and sjake their foot with them. This is
an example of
,3|Page
informational social influence - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
influence resulting from one's willingness to accept
others' opinions about reality
informational social influence ex - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Halo was an avid beiever in astrology til she watched a
documentary saying it wasnt real science and heard
her professor say that too. THis evidence persuaded
her to adopt the view of the documentary and the prof.
This opinion change demonstrates...
social facilitation - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Tyrone is an
expert dart player. When practicing at the local tavern,
his accuracy seems to increase significantly as soon as
women enter the pub. Tyrones increase in accuracy
illustrates
stereotyping - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 70 year old Lilliann
is taking classes at the university with the intention of
completing a bachelor's degree. SOme members of her
familu think she is not likely to succeed because she is
too old to learn new information. The family's thinking
illustrates
, 4|Page
explicit and implicit attitudes - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ At a
conscious level, Aaron doesn't think he's prejudiced. Yet
he automatically feels uncomfortable in situations
where he has to interact with people of different races
from his own. Aaron's experience best illustrates the
distinction between
implicit racial associations - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Priming people with a flashed Black face rather than a
flashed White face makes them more likely to
mispercieve a flashed tool as a gun. This best
illustrates the subtle character of
the just world phenomenon - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
During deliberations on an assult case,some othe the
jurors commented that the victim had a history of going
out to bars and had been dressed too provocatively.
Looking like that, they believed she asked to be
assaulted. The jurors comments are best explained in
terms of
ingroup bias - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ In the US in the 80s,
most democrats wrongly believed that inflation had
risen under the republican pres Ronald Reagan. In 2010,
most Republicans wrongly believed that the taxes had
incr under the democrat pres Obama. These incorrect
beliefs indicate the impact of
