Social Psychology 2 Set 7
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This set of Social Psychology 2 Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Social Psychology 2 Set 7
Q1 | The process of understanding what something is by knowing what other things it is equivalentto, and what other things it is different from” describes the process of
- Individuation.
- Categorization.
- Illusory correlation.
- Differentiation.
Q2 | __________ __________ describes the belief that two variables are associated with one anotherwhen in fact there is a little or no actual association. The appropriate blanks are
- Illusory correlation.
- Illuminated correlation.
- Correlated categories.
- Shared distinctiveness.
Q3 | Behavior that is valued by others in a particular culture is known as:
- Prosocial behavior.
- Helping behavior.
- Altruism.
- None of the above.
Q4 | Helping behavior:
- Is defined as behavior that only benefits others and does not benefit the self
- Includes actions that only benefit the self
- Includes actions that benefit others and the self in the same instance.
- None of the above.
Q5 | Which of the following normative beliefs provides an explanation for why we have a tendencyto help others?
- Social responsibility.
- Diffusion of responsibility.
- Audience inhibition.
- Bystander apathy.
Q6 | The belief people have that the world is a fair place where good things happen to good peopleand bad things happen to bad people leads perceivers to be:
- More likely to help others.
- Less likely to help others.
- More likely to help those who are not responsible for their situation.
- None of the above.
Q7 | When an individual observes another person in an emergency and actively decides to help thatperson, this is known as
- Bystander apathy.
- Bystander intervention.
- Diffusion of responsibility.
- Audience inhibition
Q8 | The failure to act in an emergency due to concern over what other people will think of you and/or because you think the situation isn’t an emergency because no-one else is reacting is knownas
- Audience inhibition.
- Diffusion of responsibility.
- The bystander calculus model.
- Costs of helping.
Q9 | Which of the following people are less likely to help?
- Those with an altruistic personality.
- Those with an internal locus of control.
- Those with high dispositional empathy.
- Those who are low in social responsibility.
Q10 | In general __________ moods __________ helping behavior. The most appropriate blanks are
- Good, decrease.
- Bad, increase.
- Bad, decrease.
- Good, don’t influence.
Q11 | The idea that if we empathise with someone in need we are more likely to help them is knownas
- The helping oneself hypothesis.
- Egotistic helping
- The affect-priming model.
- The empathy-altruism hypothesis.
Q12 | The state of arousal that is victim-focused, involving feelings of sympathy and compassion forthe sufferer, is known as
- Reciprocity.
- Empathic concern.
- Personal distress.
- Altruism.
Q13 | A perceiver is more likely to feel empathy when the victim is
- Similar to them
- Female
- Crying
- Stupid
Q14 | The term that describes our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in relation to other individuals is
- Intergroup relations.
- Interpersonal relation
- Affiliation
- Attraction
Q15 | The idea that our need for affiliation is satisfied by aligning our desire for privacy with ouractual level of contact is outlined by the
- Dialectic principle
- Optimization principle
- Privacy regulation theory
- Social affiliation model
Q16 | People generally prefer other people whose faces are
- Asymmetric.
- Symmetric
- Small
- Oval
Q17 | The matching hypothesis says that couples who are matched in terms of __________ will bebetter suited to one another
- Attractiveness
- Intelligence
- Hobbies and interests
- Number of other friends
Q18 | The way in which we compare ourselves to others in order to provide our attitudes and behaviorwith validity is known as:
- Social competition.
- Social comparison
- A self-fulfilling prophecy
- An evolutionary explanation
Q19 | The idea of complementarity suggests that a perceiver may find someone who is powerfulattractive because __________. The most appropriate blanks are
- They are weak
- They are not powerful
- Powerful people are always attractive
- None of the above.
Q20 | Knowing that another person likes us might increase our attraction to them via
- Social comparison.
- Social cognition
- A self-fulfilling prophecy
- Mere exposure
Q21 | Scientific research in social psychology began around the end of the
- 1600’s
- 1700’s
- 1800’s
- 1900’s
Q22 | Relative to individuals with low self-esteem, individuals with high self-esteem are
- Less likely to benefit from social comparisons.
- More likely to react to rejection violently
- More likely to have realistic appraisals of themselves
- More likely to engage in self-handicapping.
Q23 | Which of the following is least characteristic of research in social psychology between the1930s and 1950s?
- The use of experimentation in research
- An emphasis on the application of social psychology to practical concerns
- An integration of social and cognitive processes that determine behavior
- Attention to the topics of conformity and prejudice
Q24 | Sociologists tend to study behavior at the __________ level, whereas the social psychologistsstudy behavior at the __________ level.
- Interpersonal; cultural
- Specific; general
- Social; cognitive
- Group; individual
Q25 | What factor does not initiate attraction?
- Long distance
- Physical attractiveness
- Similarity
- Feeling liked