Social Psychology 1 Set 4
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This set of Social Psychology 1 Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Social Psychology 1 Set 4
Q1 | A student who is unprepared for a final exam complains thathe has a stomach ache and cannot take the exam. If the student's roommate ignores this complaint, he or she has probably attributed the student's symptoms to the
- object.
- actor.
- situation.
- need for affiliation.
Q2 | Physical proximity increases attraction because it
- increases frequency of contact.
- enhances social comparisons.
- establishes common norms.
- reduces development of incompatible roles.
Q3 | The real danger of "groupthink" is that it
- is contagious.
- occurs in cohesive groups.
- disrupts coordinated efforts at group problem solving.
- leads to a suspension of critical thinking.
Q4 | The organization of roles, patterns of communication, andpower in a group defines the group's
- status.
- structure.
- cohesiveness.
- norms.
Q5 | Those roles which one attains voluntarily are called
- ascribed roles.
- achieved roles.
- positions.
- social selves.
Q6 | A learned disposition to respond to people, objects, orinstitutions in a positive or negative way defines
- cognitive dissonance.
- socialization.
- attitudes.
- stereotypes.
Q7 | In general, helping behavior in emergency situations isdiscouraged by
- the presence of a large number of persons.
- low costs associated with helping.
- smaller social distance between the helper and the victim.
- fear of cognitive dissonance.
Q8 | Frustration probably encourages aggression because it
- triggers genetic mechanisms.
- raises arousal levels and sensitivity to cues for aggression.
- triggers biological cues for aggression.
- relieves tension.
Q9 | Negative attitudes that are tinged with fear, hatred, orsuspicion is a definition of
- prejudice.
- authoritarianism.
- discrimination.
- displaced aggression.
Q10 | During his rise to power, Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany'seconomic woes. This is an example of
- personal discrimination.
- social stereotypes.
- symbolic prejudice.
- scapegoating.
Q11 | When you have "clashing thoughts," you are experiencing
- conformity pressure.
- obedience pressure.
- cognitive dissonance.
- open-ended role conflict.
Q12 | Interpersonal attraction is encouraged by which one of thefollowing?
- personal space
- proxemics
- competition
- similarity
Q13 | Desensitization is
- the imitation of an undesired response.
- the removal of an inhibition.
- reduction of emotional sensitivity.
- an increase in emotional sympathy.
Q14 | People's attitudes about women and rape primarily come from
- sexual images in x-rated books.
- sexual images in x-rated movies.
- violent images in mainstream movies and magazines.
- sexual images in mainstream movies and magazines.
Q15 | The judge who is caught cheating on his income tax is likelyexperiencing
- role diffusion.
- attribution failure.
- role conflict.
- attribution error.
Q16 | Alcohol
- is a direct cause of aggression.
- lowers the threshold for aggression.
- causes relaxation and raises the threshold for aggression.
- induces hypoglycemia and frustration.
Q17 | Cognitive dissonance theory is based on the human need for
- self-actualization.
- gain-loss.
- cognitive dissonance.
- consistency.
Q18 | Discrimination refers to behaviors that
- allow us to tell one ethnic group from another.
- occur when members of a racial group threaten an individual\s security.
- prevent individuals from doing things they should be able to do.
- are directed toward a particular group.
Q19 | In an experiment in which a "student" simulated a seizure,helping was inhibited by
- conditions employing smaller groups.
- diffusion of responsibility.
- group discussion.
- reference cognitive dissonance.
Q20 | Sharing your own private thoughts and feelings is called
- self-talk.
- autonomy.
- self-disclosure.
- introspection.
Q21 | When making the "attribution error," we tend to overestimatethe importance of __________ in judging the behavior of others.
- personal factors
- situational factors
- intelligence
- motivation
Q22 | People who think their ethnic, national, or religious group issuperior to others are called
- authoritarian.
- dogmatic.
- ethnocentric.
- rigid.
Q23 | Expected behavior patterns associated with particular socialpositions are called
- roles.
- culture.
- stereotypes.
- mannerisms.
Q24 | The demonstration by Jane Elliot with blue-eyed and browneyed children suggests that an effective way to generateconditions of prejudice is to
- require persons to compete for scarce resources.
- physically isolate two groups from each other.
- produce inequalities in power, prestige, or privileges of group members.
- demand that members of two groups cooperate to achieve a common goal.
Q25 | Comparing yourself with a person who ranks lower than youis referred to as
- social comparison.
- downward comparison.
- upward comparison.
- physical proximity.