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This set of Social Psychology 2 Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Social Psychology 2 Set 5

Q1 | The concept of cognitive Dissonance was proposed by
  • Allport
  • Weiner.
  • Festinger.
  • Bandura.
Q2 | __________ is a branch that study the origin, development, structure, and functioning of socialgroups
  • Sociology.
  • Social Psychology.
  • Antropology.
  • Personality Psychology.
Q3 | __________ is the key to uncovering causal relationships between variables.
  • Observation.
  • Experimental Method.
  • Case study.
  • Survey.
Q4 | __________ is the treatment variable that is manipulated by the experimenter.
  • Dependent variable.
  • Intervening variable.
  • Control variable.
  • Independent variable.
Q5 | Which of the following is not a core value that the field of social psychology is committed to?
  • Open-mindedness.
  • Objectivity.
  • Intuition.
  • Accuracy.
Q6 | Social psychology seeks to understand __________ in social situations.
  • Individual Behavior.
  • Individual thought.
  • Group behavior.
  • Both A and B.
Q7 | Which of the following factors that can affect an individual’s behavior in social settings?
  • Cognitive processes.
  • Cultural context.
  • Biological factors.
  • All of the above are correct.
Q8 | Social psychologists currently view cognition and behavior as
  • Two distinct groups.
  • Two distinct, but mutually exclusive concepts.
  • Two intimately and continuously linked concepts.
  • Social psychologists still have not come to a unified view of these concepts.
Q9 | The practice of systematic observation is a(n) __________ practice of observation.
  • Formal.
  • Informal.
  • Careful.
  • Both A and C.
Q10 | If a researcher wanted to determine how consumers felt about a particular detergent, he wouldideally use which research method?
  • Systematic observation.
  • The survey method.
  • A correlational study.
  • The experimental method.
Q11 | Which of the following represents the strongest correlation
  • .51
  • .02
  • -.91
  • .00
Q12 | Which of the following elements does an experiment require to be considered successful?
  • The lack of confounding variables.
  • The presence of confounding variables.
  • Random assignment of participants to conditions.
  • Both A and C are correct.
Q13 | A testable proposition that describes a relationship that may exist between event is
  • Hypothesis.
  • Theory.
  • Research topic.
  • Direction to research.
Q14 | The study of the naturally occurring relationship among variables is
  • Experimental research.
  • Correlational research.
  • Field research.
  • Interpretative research.
Q15 | The procedure in which every person in the population being studied has an equal chance ofinclusion is
  • Survey.
  • Equal sample.
  • Controlled sample.
  • Random sample.
Q16 | A person’s answer to the question “who am I” is
  • Possible selves.
  • Self concept.
  • Self esteem.
  • Self scheme.
Q17 | Beliefs about self that organize and guide the processing of self-relevant information is
  • Self-esteem.
  • Self-reference effect.
  • Self-schema.
  • Self-concept.
Q18 | The term “possible selves” does not include
  • Self-schema.
  • Self-esteem.
  • The self we dream of becoming.
  • The self we fear we might become.
Q19 | Self-esteem is
  • The total of our possible selves.
  • The sum of all our self-schemas.
  • The total sum of our thoughts about ourselves.
  • A person’s overall evaluation of oneself.
Q20 | The art of expressing oneself in ways designed to create a favourable impression is
  • Self-presentation.
  • Self-monitoring.
  • Self-handicapping.
  • Egocentric role playing
Q21 | __________ is defined as the study of how we form impression of and make inferences aboutother people
  • Social perception.
  • Social facilitation.
  • Social loafing.
  • Social cognition.
Q22 | __________ states that first impression are very important
  • Recency effect.
  • Placebo effect.
  • Hallo effect.
  • Primacy effect.
Q23 | __________ is the extent to which other people behave in the same way in similar situation.
  • Distinctiveness.
  • Consensus.
  • Consistency.
  • Validity.
Q24 | The originator of message or the information source selects desire message.
  • Sender.
  • Encoder.
  • Decoder.
  • Noise.
Q25 | “ABX” model of communication was proposed by
  • Shannon.
  • Weaver.
  • Newcomb.
  • De Fleur