Social Psychology actual questions

Question 1

The results showed that people were less likely to report the smoke when they were with others than when there were alone…

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the results were consistent with the hypothesis but it needs to be tested again (woman experiment) and there is an alternative explanation.

Question 2

social factors are important for psychological processes because experiments have demonstrated that…

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people behave differently when even a minimal social relationship is present and when their social relationship is removed from them (both a and b)

Question 3

when excluded in the cybermall experiment he or she reports low levels of..

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all of the above

Question 4

social exclusion and rejection are said to “hurt” which of the following is true about this statement…

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none of the above are true

Question 5

Bystander intervention

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working out BOTH the rewards AND the cost of helping is important

Question 6

systematic processing of information…

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you must have

.enough cognitive resources to process the information and enough motivation

Question 7

peoples judgements about personalities and abilities based on photos of others faces are…

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judgements after 100 ms are often as accurate as their considered judgements

Question 8

peoples impressions about a target person…

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impressions are formed on the basis of the cues associated with the target person

Question 9

what is true about a correspondence bias…

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people from some cultural backgrounds show a greater extent of this bias than others

Question 10

internal attributions are:

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beliefs that something inside the person who performed the behaviour has caused the behaviour

Question 11

correction process is

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NOT AUTOMATIC (FALSE)

Question 12

what is true about impression formation

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according to solomon asch…

Question 13

peoples impressions about a target person can…

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generate the target person’s behaviour that is consistent with those impressions

Question 14

impression cycle refers to…

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self perpetuating loop

Question 15

according to william james,

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Physical self is part of ME

Question 16

human babies have the ability to be aware of oneself in the mirror by the age of…

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about 2

Question 17

culture and self (false question)

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Australians are NOT MORE LIKELY TO HAVE INDEPENDENT SELF CONSTRUAL THAN AMERICANS AS BOTH INDIVIDUALISTIC CULTURES

Question 18

the sense of one’s self is concerned with…

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personal identity

Question 19

example of an attitude

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I DONT LIKE CUSTARD

Question 20

according to the theory of reasoned action—

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the best one to choose

— attitudes toward the rock bank playing at the concert on this saturday

Question 21

attitude behaviour consistency

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attitudes tend to predict consistent behaviour when attitudes are accessible

Question 22

which one is false about theories of reason action and planned behaviour

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theory of reasoned action includes perceived behavioural control as its important component…

Question 23

“i dislike X because it makes me feel bad about myself”

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serving a self esteem maintenance function

Question 24

what is true about cognitive dissonance theory

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it is a negative state which motivates us to reduce it

Question 25

what did La Piere’s famous study show

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attitudes failing to predict a specific behaviour

Question 26

what condition is best to produce an accessible attitude

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if the child is very young

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attitudes are unlikely to change if

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the induced behaviour is incongruent with the existing attitudes

Question 28

which of the following is TRUE about festinger and carlsmith —>

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a greater attitude change was observed in the $1 condition than in the $20 condition

Question 29

the elaboration likelihood model suggests that:

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when people have lots of cognitive resources, but unwilling to process the information deeply, they tend to be persuaded by peripheral cues such as source attractiveness

Question 30

a norm that can be known to exist when it is violated is

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a taken for granted norm

Question 31

group members should…

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share a common definition about what their group is

Question 32

nations need

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knowledge functions

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highly centralised positions mean

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that everyone occupies a central position

Question 34

according to steiner’s model of group performance which one is FALSE

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group performance can never exceed the potential set by group members

Question 35

“i don’t want to do what she told me, but i have to”

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a normative influence

Question 36

which one is false about the asch type conformity situation

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the conformity rate is higher in individualist cultures than in collectivist cultures

Question 37

moreland and levies theory is not…

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applicable to all groups

Question 38

group polarisation is…

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going to occur in part because group members change their opinions in line with other group members’ opinions

Question 39

what is true about a transactional leader

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their leadership is based on individualised consideration and contingent reward

Question 40

which one is FALSE about collective behaviour

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deindividuation does not always result in aggression

Question 41

prejudice and discrimination

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ALL TRUE

Question 42

in a minimal group paradigm

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people shared more with their in-group that out group members

Question 43

Berkam and Syme

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found that those who were more integrated in society have lower morality rates

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intergroup contact DOES NOT

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always reduce stereotypes and prejudices