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Which of the following would a social psychologist be most likely to study?
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a. Do divorce rate differ within different socioeconomic classes?
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b. Does exposure to media violence increase aggression?
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c. What factors contribute to the development of depression?
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d. Are people with high IQs happier than those with low IQs?
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b
Although related to other fields, social psychology is distinct in that its emphasis is on
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which of the following? ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
a. Describing the relationship between human behaviour and societal variables.
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b. Understanding the influence of societal forces on group behaviour.
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c. Identifying individual characteristics that are relatively stable across time.
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d. Understanding the immediate situational factors that influence human behaviour
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d
Founders of social psychology Triplett and Ringelmann both did research examining which
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of the following?
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a. the influence groups exert on their members.
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b. The impact of the presence of others on performance.
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c. Hw behaviours are shaped by perceptions.
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,d. The impact of different leadership strategies on group performance.
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b
Which of the following was a key component to critiques of social psychology in the
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1960s/10970s?
a. Concerns about whether participants always received ethical treatment.
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b. Concerns over self-report research.
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c. Concerns hat too many research approaches were being used within each area.
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d. Concerns that too many different cultures were being studied.
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a
What is a hypothesis? ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
a. An organized set of principles used to explain and predict observed phenomena.
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b. A specific procedure for manipulating or measuring variables in an experiment.
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c. An explicit statement specifying the circumstances that give rise to a particular outcome.
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d. A measure of strength and association between two or more variables.
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c
What do social psychologists use descriptive research to reveal?
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a. General patterns and trends in the variables of interest.
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b. Cause and effect relationships between independent and dependent variables.
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c. Associations between two or more variables of interest.
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d. The strength of an observed effect.
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, a
According to the textbook, what is the most important feature that should be considered ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
when selecting samples in survey studies?
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a. Inclusion of equal numbers of individuals from different groups in the population.
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b. The number of people in the sample.
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c. The ration of the sample size to the population size.
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d. The extent to which the demographics of the sample proportionately match those of the
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population.
d
In order to conduct an experiment, which of the following must researchers have?
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a. The ability to observe behaviour unnoticed?
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b. The ability to systematically measure two variables.
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c. The ability to manipulate an independent variable.
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d. A laboratory environment.
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c
According to the textbook, what is the best solution to the problem of the experimenter ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
expectancy effects? ||\\//||
a. The use of different experimenters in different conditions.
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b. Letting participants choose their own condition.
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c. Keeping experimenters uninformed about group assignment.
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d. Strict attention to random assignment.
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accurate detailed answers ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Which of the following would a social psychologist be most likely to study?
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a. Do divorce rate differ within different socioeconomic classes?
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b. Does exposure to media violence increase aggression?
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c. What factors contribute to the development of depression?
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d. Are people with high IQs happier than those with low IQs?
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b
Although related to other fields, social psychology is distinct in that its emphasis is on
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which of the following? ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
a. Describing the relationship between human behaviour and societal variables.
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b. Understanding the influence of societal forces on group behaviour.
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c. Identifying individual characteristics that are relatively stable across time.
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d. Understanding the immediate situational factors that influence human behaviour
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d
Founders of social psychology Triplett and Ringelmann both did research examining which
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of the following?
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a. the influence groups exert on their members.
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b. The impact of the presence of others on performance.
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c. Hw behaviours are shaped by perceptions.
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,d. The impact of different leadership strategies on group performance.
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b
Which of the following was a key component to critiques of social psychology in the
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1960s/10970s?
a. Concerns about whether participants always received ethical treatment.
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b. Concerns over self-report research.
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c. Concerns hat too many research approaches were being used within each area.
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d. Concerns that too many different cultures were being studied.
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a
What is a hypothesis? ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
a. An organized set of principles used to explain and predict observed phenomena.
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b. A specific procedure for manipulating or measuring variables in an experiment.
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c. An explicit statement specifying the circumstances that give rise to a particular outcome.
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d. A measure of strength and association between two or more variables.
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c
What do social psychologists use descriptive research to reveal?
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a. General patterns and trends in the variables of interest.
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b. Cause and effect relationships between independent and dependent variables.
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c. Associations between two or more variables of interest.
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d. The strength of an observed effect.
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, a
According to the textbook, what is the most important feature that should be considered ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
when selecting samples in survey studies?
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a. Inclusion of equal numbers of individuals from different groups in the population.
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b. The number of people in the sample.
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c. The ration of the sample size to the population size.
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d. The extent to which the demographics of the sample proportionately match those of the
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population.
d
In order to conduct an experiment, which of the following must researchers have?
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a. The ability to observe behaviour unnoticed?
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b. The ability to systematically measure two variables.
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c. The ability to manipulate an independent variable.
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d. A laboratory environment.
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c
According to the textbook, what is the best solution to the problem of the experimenter ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
expectancy effects? ||\\//||
a. The use of different experimenters in different conditions.
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b. Letting participants choose their own condition.
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c. Keeping experimenters uninformed about group assignment.
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d. Strict attention to random assignment.
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