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Clicker Questions
Psychology, 7th Edition
by Sandra E. Hockenbury, Susan A. Nolan, and
Don H. Hockenbury
Slides by Cathleen Campbell-Raufer, Ph.D.
Chapter 12: Social Psychology
1. ______ refers to how we form impressions of
and interpret the meaning of other people’s
behavior.
a. Deindividuation
b. Social cognition
c. Motivation
d. Social influence
1. ______ refers to how we form impressions of
and interpret the meaning of other people’s
behavior.
a. Deindividuation
b. Social cognition
c. Motivation
d. Social influence
2. We have expectations for appropriate behavior
in particular social situations. These are
referred to as:
a. social cognitions
b. social norms
c. explicit cognitions
d. implicit cognitions
2. We have expectations for appropriate behavior
in particular social situations. These are
referred to as:
a. social cognitions
b. social norms
c. explicit cognitions
d. implicit cognitions
3. Dr. Worley assumes that John is not doing well
in his classes because he is too lazy to study.
She is unaware of his mother’s terminal illness
and the recent breakup with his girlfriend. Dr.
Worley’s attribution is a good example of:
a. hindsight bias.
b. stereotyping.
c. cognitive dissonance.
d. the fundamental attribution error.
3. Dr. Worley assumes that John is not doing well
in his classes because he is too lazy to study.
She is unaware of his mother’s terminal illness
and the recent breakup with his girlfriend. Dr.
Worley’s attribution is a good example of:
a. hindsight bias.
b. stereotyping.
c. cognitive dissonance.
d. the fundamental attribution error.
4. Taking credit for success and blaming
circumstances for failure is referred to as:
a. self-serving bias
b. actor-observer bias
c. hindsight bias
d. blaming the victim
4. Taking credit for success and blaming
circumstances for failure is referred to as:
a. self-serving bias
b. actor-observer bias
c. hindsight bias
d. blaming the victim
5. Sometimes we experience ______ when our
behavior and our attitudes are inconsistent.
a. hindsight bias
b. cognitive dissonance
c. ethnocentrism
d. the fundamental attribution error
5. Sometimes we experience ______ when our
behavior and our attitudes are inconsistent.
a. hindsight bias
b. cognitive dissonance
c. ethnocentrism
d. the fundamental attribution error
6.You would not be guilty of stereotyping if you
explained a girl’s poor computer skills by saying
she is bad because:
a. she is a girl
b. she hasn’t had any experience
c. teenagers are incompetent
d. young people are lazy
6.You would not be guilty of stereotyping if you
explained a girl’s poor computer skills by saying
she is bad because:
a. she is a girl
b. she hasn’t had any experience
c. teenagers are incompetent
d. young people are lazy
7. What reduced the aggression caused by
competition in the Robbers Cave Summer Camp
experiment?
a. contact between the groups
b. propaganda
c. cooperation
d. rivalry
7. What reduced the aggression caused by
competition in the Robbers Cave Summer Camp
experiment?
a. contact between the groups
b. propaganda
c. cooperation
d. rivalry
8. Which of the following factors does NOT
promote conformity?
a. doubting your abilities or knowledge
b. having already expressed your commitment to
an opinion or idea
c. having to go against four or five people who all
agree on an opinion or idea
d. having to give your response in front of a group
8. Which of the following factors does NOT
promote conformity?
a. doubting your abilities or knowledge
b. having already expressed your commitment
to an opinion or idea
c. having to go against four or five people who all
agree on an opinion or idea
d. having to give your response in front of a group
9. The majority of participants in Stanley Milgram’s
experiments administered the highest levels of
shocks to the learner because:
a. they were inherently cruel people.
b. they were uneducated and poor.
c. the situation compelled them to obey.
d. they were being paid a lot of money to do the
experiment.
9. The majority of participants in Stanley Milgram’s
experiments administered the highest levels of
shocks to the learner because:
a. they were inherently cruel people.
b. they were uneducated and poor.
c. the situation compelled them to obey.
d. they were being paid a lot of money to do the
experiment.
10. ______ is a phenomenon in which the
presence of other people makes it less likely that
any individual will help someone in distress
because the obligation to intervene is shared
among all the onlookers.
a. Displaced aggression
b. Prosocial behavior
c. Diffusion of responsibility
d. Altruism
10. ______ is a phenomenon in which the
presence of other people makes it less likely that
any individual will help someone in distress
because the obligation to intervene is shared
among all the onlookers.
a. Displaced aggression
b. Prosocial behavior
c. Diffusion of responsibility
d. Altruism
11. Which has NOT been associated with a higher
rate of aggression?
a. frustration
b. genetics
c. income equality
d. observational learning
11. Which has NOT been associated with a higher
rate of aggression?
a. frustration
b. genetics
c. income equality
d. observational learning
12. The tendency to expend less effort on a task
when it is a group effort is defined as:
a. social loafing.
b. altruism.
c. social facilitation.
d. deindividuation.
12. The tendency to expend less effort on a task
when it is a group effort is defined as:
a. social loafing.
b. altruism.
c. social facilitation.
d. deindividuation.
13. Sports teams may have the home field
advantage because of:
a. social facilitation.
b. social loafing.
c. deindividuation.
d. social inhibition.
13. Sports teams may have the home field
advantage because of:
a. social facilitation.
b. social loafing.
c. deindividuation.
d. social inhibition.
14. Which is NOT a result of deindividuation?
a. self-awareness
b. cyberbullying
c. rioting
d. Halloween pranks
14. Which is NOT a result of deindividuation?
a. self-awareness
b. cyberbullying
c. rioting
d. Halloween pranks
15. You ask your parents to buy you a new car and
they refuse. You then ask to borrow their car for
the weekend and they agree. You are using which
persuasion technique?
a. Foot-in-the-face
b. Low-balling
c. Foot-in-the-door
d. Door-in-the-face
15. You ask your parents to buy you a new car and
they refuse. You then ask to borrow their car for
the weekend and they agree. You are using which
persuasion technique?
a. Foot-in-the-face
b. Low-balling
c. Foot-in-the-door
d. Door-in-the-face