Chapter 17 Pop Quiz

Question 1

The tendency to feel a diminished sense of responsibility in an emergency when others are present is referred to as bystander apathy.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The halo effect would predict that you perceive a well-mannered child as more attractive than his less-polite identical twin.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Providing accurate information that contradicts a prejudiced individual’s viewpoint is an effective way to alter that person’s negative attitude.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Conformity involves simply modifying behaviors so that they are consistent with those of others; compliance involves modifying behavior in response to direct requests from others.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Berkowitz suggests that frustration will not result in aggression unless suitable environmental cues are present.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

A person believes that elementary schoolteachers are nurturing people. Of what is this an example? 
A. a person schema
B. an attribution
C. prejudice
D. an implicit personality theory

Answer 6

A. person schema

Question 7

As to what is an assumption that behavior is determined by internal causes, such as personal attitudes or goals, referred? 
A. consensus
B. fundamental attribution
C. situational attribution 
D. dispositional attribution

Answer 7

D. dispositional attribution

Question 8

Which of the following is included in the definition of attitudes?
A. attitudes involve predispositions to respond in a consistent way.
B. attitudes are learned
C.attitudes are enduring
D.all of the above are included in the definition

Answer 8

D. all of the above are included in the definition.

Question 9

We probably will be in a state of \_\_\_\_\_\_ when people that we like we do not agree with us. 
A. nonbalance 
B. imbalance
C. balance
D. dissonance

Answer 9

D. dissonance

Question 10

A used car salesman tells you, “That’s fine car at an outstanding price.” This salesman is not effective in persuading you to buy the car, in large part for what reason?
A. there is little prestige associated with being a used car salesman
B. the salesman is unattractive
C.you doubt that the salesman is trustworthy
D.you doubt that the salesman has any expertise conceding cars.

Answer 10

C. you doubt the salesman is trustworthy

Question 11

We divide our world into two groups of people, "us" and "them." You and I belong to which group? 
A. outgroup
B. ingroup
C.  minority group
D. known group

Answer 11

B. ingroup

Question 12

During what periods do overt acts of prejudice tend to increase? 
A. isolation between the groups
B. voluntarily cooperation
C. forced cooperation
D. frustration

Answer 12

D. frustration

Question 13

Who would be least likely to exhibit conforming behavior in Asch’s experiment involving line-comparison judgements?
A. an individual with low-self-esteem
B. an architectural draftsman
C. a college freshmen in a group of college seniors
D. the last individual to answer in a group of seven subjects

Answer 13

B., an architectural draftsman

Question 14

What did Milgram's study examine? 
A. obedience
B. the authoritarian personality 
C. conformity 
D. compliance

Answer 14

A. obedience

Question 15

A cross-cultural study of sex differences in mate selection found which of the following to be true?
A. Men and women both place very high values on physical attractiveness.
B. Women place greater value on physical attractiveness than men.
C. Men place greater value on physical attractiveness than women.
D. Men and women in industrial societies place less value on physical attractiveness than men and women in more primitive societies.

Answer 15

C. Men place greater value on physical attractiveness than women.