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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.