Social Psychology 2 Set 8
On This Page
This set of Social Psychology 2 Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Social Psychology 2 Set 8
Q1 | According to the text, geographical nearness is
- Closeness
- Nearness
- Proximity
- Immediacy
Q2 | The tendency for novel stimuli to be liked more after the rater has repeatedly exposed to them is
- The novel stimuli effect
- The mere-exposure effect
- The repeated exposure effect
- The nonsense effect
Q3 | Which of the following is supported by research on social attraction?
- Distance makes the heart fonder.
- Beauty and brains are equal
- Opposites
- Familiarity produces fondness
Q4 | The tendency for men and women to choose as partners those who are similar in attractivenessand other traits is
- The partner effect
- The attractiveness effect
- Similarity phenomenon
- Matching phenomenon
Q5 | The presumption that physically attractive people possess other socially desirable traits is the
- Attractiveness effect
- Physical-attractiveness stereotype
- Reciprocity effect
- Matching phenomenon
Q6 | Opposites attract is an aspect of the
- Matching phenomenon
- Reward theory of attraction
- Complementary hypothesis
- The ingratiation effect
Q7 | A motive to increase another’s welfare without conscious regard for one’s self-interests is
- Empathy
- Reciprocity
- Altruism
- Personality trait
Q8 | The theory that human interactions are transactions that aim to maximize one’s rewards is
- Social-exchange theory
- Social-interaction theory
- Reciprocity theory
- Social norms theory
Q9 | A motive to increase one’s own welfare is
- The illusion of control effect
- Achievement motivation
- Self-efficacy
- Egoism
Q10 | An expectation that people will help those who have helped them is
- Social norm
- Social-responsibility norm
- Reciprocity norm
- Restitution norm
Q11 | An expectation that people will help those dependent upon them is
- Social-responsibility norm
- Reciprocity norm
- Dependent norm
- Social norm
Q12 | The idea that evolution has selected altruism toward one’s close relatives to enhance thesurvival of mutually shared genes is
- Evolutionary altruism
- Kin selection
- The close relatives effect
- The mutually shared genes effect
Q13 | The finding that a person is less likely to help when there are other people around is
- The bystander effect
- The reciprocity effect
- The situational effect
- The negative empathy
Q14 | Which of the following moods is most likely to motivate altruism?
- Depression
- Grief
- Guilt
- Anger.
Q15 | According to the text, people are likely to help when
- Other people are around
- They feel happy
- They are depressed
- They are well educated
Q16 | From an evolutionary perspective it would be most difficult to explain why
- Someone risked his life to help a stranger
- Someone paid his daughter’s hospital bill
- Someone risked his life to help his father.
- Someone risked his life to help his daughter
Q17 | Attribution theory concerns our tendency to explain our behavior and that of others
- By external causes rather than internal causes
- By inferring causes on the basis of internal or external factors
- By internal rather than external causes
- Based on personality factors.
Q18 | When making the “attribution error,” we tend to overestimate the importance of __________in judging the behavior of others.
- Personal factors
- Situational factors
- Intelligence
- Motivation