Question 1

Which of the following statements is true?

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A)   Science is purely objective.
B)   Different levels of explanation compete to provide a real understanding of human nature.
C)   Scientific labels are value-free.
D)   Humans tend to prejudge reality based on expectations.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT an example of how values play a role in social psychology?

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A)   Values influence researchers' choice of topics.
B)   Values affect the types of people attracted to various disciplines.
C)   Values are frequently the object of social psychological analysis.
D)   Values influence the study of individual differences.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Hypotheses implied by a theory allow researchers to

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A)   learn about the theory.
B)   test the theory.
C)   confirm the theory.
D)   disconfirm the theory.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Which of the following questions is NOT likely to be addressed by social psychologists?

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A)   Are our social beliefs self-fulfilling?
B)   In what ways do other people influence our attitudes and actions?
C)   What situations trigger people to be helpful or greedy?
D)   Is human development a continuous process or does it proceed through a series of stages?E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the major themes in social psychology?

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A)   Social influences shape our behaviour.
B)   Social intuitions are often incorrect but powerful.
C)   Social behaviour is biologically rooted.
D)   Relating to others is a basic need.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Compare and contrast correlational and experimental research. Be sure to address the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.

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Question 7

In a psychological experiment, the factor being measured is called the _____________ variable.

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A)   independent
B)   experimental
C)   dependent
D)   controlledE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

showed elementary school children an episode of a violent children's television program. The viewing of this material resulted in an increase in the children's aggressive behaviour. The aggressive behaviour represents the

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A)   independent variable.
B)   dependent variable.
C)   control variable.
D)   confounding variable.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

Compared with ________, social psychology focuses more on individuals with methods that more often use experimentation

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A)   personality psychology
B)   cognitive psychology
C)   clinical psychology
D)   sociologyE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Research on the wording of survey questions suggests that

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A)   how questions are framed influence how they are answered.
B)   how questions are framed have very little influence on how they are answered.
C)   wording is an unimportant element of survey research.
D)   framing the questions differently will not influence apparent public opinion.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

You would like to know the relationship between the number of psychology courses people take and their interpersonal sensitivity. You survey college students to determine how much psychology they have taken and then have them complete a test of social sensitivity. Finally you plot the relationship. This is an example of

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A)   a laboratory experiment.
B)   a field experiment.
C)   a correlational study.
D)   participant observation.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Which of the following practices are being used to try to detect and eliminate fraud in research?

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A)   greater public availability of data from one's experiment
B)   providing fuller reports of the methods used in experiments
C)   carefully describing the statistical tests used to test hypotheses
D)   all of the choices are correctE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Describe the hindsight bias and explain how it could influence how much the typical student prepares for a social psychology exam.

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Question 14

Contrary to popular opinion, scientists investigate nature

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A)   from a position of pure objectivity, with no personal motives or social agenda.
B)   by interpreting it according to their own mental categories.
C)   for its aesthetic value with little or no regard for the artificial value of objectivity.
D)   with no preconceptions.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 15

According to the text, _______________ tends to make people overconfident about their ability to predict something that, at the time it was unfolding, they had no idea how it will all turn out.

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A)   the fundamental attribution error
B)   the illusory correlation
C)   the naturalistic fallacy
D)   the hindsight biasE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Research done in natural, real-life settings outside a laboratory is called

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A)   case study research.
B)   field research.
C)   correlational research.
D)   experimental research.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 17

The first social psychology experiments were reported

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A)   just two centuries ago.
B)   just a century ago.
C)   just 75 years ago.
D)   just after World War I.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Which of the following research situations best represent an example of correlational research?

Accepted Answer

A)   A psychologist administers to his participants a mood questionnaire and collects their demographics data and then looks at the relationship between the variables he considered.
B)   A psychologist administers to her participants either 3 mg of sugar or 8 mg of sugar and then asks them to complete a mood questionnaire. She will subsequently examine if sugar had an effect on participant's mood.
C)   All of the choices are correct.
D)   None of the choices are correct.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 19

The hindsight bias is also known as the "I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The hindsight bias contributes to the idea that

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A)   psychological experiments lack mundane realism.
B)   social psychology is potentially dangerous.
C)   the results of psychological experiments are mere common sense.
D)   psychological experiments lack experimental realism.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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