MCQs

Question 1

________ posits that we learn about our own abilities and attitudes by comparing ourselves to other people

Answer 1

social comparison theory

Question 2

The basic tenet of terror management theory is that

Answer 2

self-esteem protects people against thoughts about their own mortality

Question 3

Your best friend has joined a cult called “The Fellowship of Feeling.” He had to spend a month in a set of increasingly severe cult-joining rituals; pay an £7,000 membership fee; and go along to watch older members find homeless people to harass and beat up. Your friend loves this group and keeps urging you to join. What principle of dissonance is likely operating on your friend?

Answer 3

justification of effort

Question 4

Noah’s teachers don’t think that Noah is very smart, so they stop paying attention to him or asking him questions. After a few years, Noah decides there is no point trying to do well in school because he’s dumb. He has become a victim of

Answer 4

self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 5

From an evolutionary perspective, groups

Answer 5

help fulfill a basic human need to affiliate and belong with others.

Question 6

This is Leon Festinger. What social psychological phenomenon is he best known for?

Answer 6

cognitive dissonance

Question 7

What is theory of reasoned action?

Answer 7

used to predict how individuals will behave based on their pre-existing attitudes and behavioral intentions