Practise Exam Flashcards
According to Orne, demand characteristics are?
Information that participants pick up from the experimental context.
Experimenter effects are known to comprise the validity of an experiment. How would you best describe these effects?
Subtle cues given out by an experimenter who knows the hypothesis.
The ethical treatment human participants is paramount in all social psychology studies. Which is not a critical element of social psychological research? A. Deception B. Informed consent. C. Confidentiality D. None of these responses
A. Deception
In Batson’s empathy study, what was the scenario that the actual person was least likely to help the other person?
It was easy to escape and you perceived you were dissimilar to the participant.
Self-awareness is known to develop from approximately what age?
18months.
Which of the following is not considered a consequence of private self-awareness? A. Evaluation apprehension B. Clarification of knowledge C. Intense emotional response D. Adherence to personal standards
A. Evaluation apprehension
Evaluation apprehension is considered a consequence of which of the following? A. Private self-consciousness B. Private self-awareness C. Public self-awareness D. Public self-consciousness
C. Public self-awareness
In the Baumeister et al. (1998) study on self-regulation, why did the participants in the radishes group stop the problem solving task quicker than the chocolate biscuit group?
Because self-regulating in one area makes it hard to self-regulate in another.
Which of the following statements best reflects why people prefer to make dis positional attributions?
A. Because they are automatic
B. Because they are more valuable for making predictions about behaviour
C. Because they are more fun
D. Because they require fewer cognitive resources
B. Because they are more valuable for making predictions about behaviour
According to Kelley’s covariation model, consensus information refers to what?
The extent to which others react in the same way to a stimulus.
When explaining attribution errors, how does perceptual salience explain the fundamental attribution error?
Because the person being observed is the most perceptually salient aspect of the situation.
Describe base rate fallacy?
People tend to ignore statistical information in favour of representativeness information.
According to Bem’s (1965) self perception theory, we are more likely to make internal attributions when?
The bahviour was freely chosen.
Which one of the following is not a psychological need accounted for in the functional approach to attitude formation? A. Value-expressive B. Utilitarian C. Information D. Ego defensive
C. Information
Explain the results from the classic investigation of attitudes and behaviour (LaPierre, 1934)?
The behaviour was specific but the attitude was general.
According to the theory of planned behaviour, what reflects perceived behavioural control?
That it is determined by our perception of the difficulty associated with performing the behaviour.
Which of the following factors is not associated with affected cognitive dissonance? A. Self-esteem B. Investment C. Freedom of choice D. Consequences of the act
A. Self-esteem
Describe the foot in the door technique?
People have a tendency to judge their behaviour at face value.
James is experiencing peer pressure at school to go to a party. Which of the following social psychology strategies would help James resist peer pressure?
A. Festinger’s social comparison theory
B. McGuire’s inoculation theory
C. Festinger’s cognitive dissonance theory
D. The elaboration likelihood model
B. McGuire’s inoculation theory
You are watching a TV advert selling a product that you don't need. You begin thinking about your social psychology class on persuasion. What will influence you to be persuaded by the person on TV? A. The expertise of the seller B. The speed of the person's speech C. The attractiveness of the person D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Which of the following best explains why our though, feelings and behaviours change as a consequence of being in the presence of others? A. Conformity B. Minority influence C. Mere exposure D. Social influence
D. Social influence
___________ explains why we conform to a group norm for informative purposes, and ______ explains why we conform to a group to gain acceptance.
Informational influence; normative influence
_______ is a change in public and private attitudes, whereas _____ is a change in public attitude only.
Conversion; compliance
According to Nemeth (1986), minorities exert their influence over the majority by employing which of the following strategies? A. Convergent thinking B. Group think C. Divergent thinking D. Group polarisation
C. Divergent thinking
