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Unit 14 Difficults
Name: __________________________ Date: _____________
1. A dispositional attribution is to ________ as a situational attribution is to ________.
A) normative influence; informational influence
B) high ability; low motivation
C) personality traits; assigned roles
D) politically liberal; politically conservative
E) introversion; extraversion
2. When a salesperson visits your home and asks you to try a free sample of a cleaning fluid, you
agree. When he returns the following week and asks you to purchase an assortment of
expensive cleaning products, you make the purchase. The salesperson appears to have made
effective use of
A) the bystander effect.
D) the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
B) the fundamental attribution error.
E) deindividuation.
C) the social responsibility norm.
3. Naseeb disagrees with his classmates on an issue. During a class discussion of the issue,
Naseeb is MOST likely to conform to his classmates' opinion if he
A) has a high level of self-esteem.
B) does not have to reveal his personal opinion at the close of the class discussion.
C) believes the rest of the class is unanimous in their position.
D) verbally expresses his own unique opinion early in the class discussion.
E) never developed a strong attachment to his mother.
4. In Milgram's obedience experiments, “teachers” were MOST likely to deliver high levels of shock
when
A) the experimenter was perceived to be an ordinary college student like themselves.
B) the “learner” was placed in a different room from the “teacher.”
C) they saw that other “learners” disobeyed the experimenter.
D) they saw how “learners” who disobeyed the experimenter were punished.
E) they were introduced to the “learner” before the experiment began.
5. On which of the following tasks would the presence of others be MOST likely to lead to improved
performance?
A) reciting the months of the year in alphabetical order
B) solving a crossword puzzle
C) learning foreign language words
D) counting backward from 10 to 1
E) learning nonsense syllables
6. Individuals who believe that the death penalty should be abolished meet to discuss the issue.
Research on group interaction suggests that after discussion the individuals will be
A) even more convinced that the death penalty should be abolished.
B) convinced that the death penalty should be retained.
C) sharply divided over whether the death penalty should be abolished.
D) in favor of a more moderate position on the issue.
E) less certain about whether the death penalty should be abolished.
7. In which of the following countries do people generally prefer to maintain the largest personal
space?
A) France B) England C) Mexico D) Saudi Arabia E) Japan
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8. Anton is the only juror to favor acquittal on a murder trial. To influence the majority, he should
A) express some uncertainty about his position.
B) be self-confident and consistent in expressing his viewpoint.
C) be the last member to speak and present his argument as briefly as possible.
D) address his arguments specifically to the member of the majority who seems most
disagreeable.
E) find out whether fellow jurors have similar backgrounds.
9. If researchers found that people take longer to identify words such as assertive and bold as “strong”
when the words are associated with female faces rather than with male faces, this would be considered to
illustrate
A)
B)
C)
deindividuation.
implicit prejudice.
cognitive dissonance.
D)
E)
the fundamental attribution error.
a social trap.
10. Disparaging or belittling a despised outgroup provides people with a heightened sense of their
own
A) fundamental attribution errors.
D) self-worth.
B) deindividuation.
E) social loafing.
C) superordinate goals.
11. The tendency to categorize people on the basis of their gender is most likely to lead Jack to
believe that
A) women all have pretty much the same attitudes about sex.
B) women seem to be unpredictable, because no two are alike.
C) most men tend to be logical and emotionally controlled.
D) in contrast to women, men have very similar tastes in dress and fashion.
E) women tend to act on ingroup bias, while men tend to act on outgroup bias.
12. Which of the following would be the best advice to give parents who are concerned about the
frequent aggressive outbursts of their 6-year-old son?
A) “Encourage your son to express his anger by slugging a punching bag.”
B) “Make a point of rewarding and praising your son whenever he is socially cooperative and
altruistic.”
C) “Be consistent in spanking your child after every outburst, so he'll realize that aggression
never pays.”
D) “Encourage your son to watch the devastating consequences of violence portrayed on TV.”
E) “Don't be concerned about your child's aggressiveness, unless the behavior pattern
continues beyond the fifth grade.”
13. People tend to prefer a(n) ________ image of themselves, while their friends prefer a(n)
________ version of them.
A) mirror; actual
D) mirror; mirror
B) digitized; mirror
E) mirror, digitized
C) actual; digitized
14. In investigating the impact of physical arousal on passionate love, Donald Dutton and Arthur
Aron arranged for an attractive woman to briefly interact with men who had recently
A) consumed an alcoholic beverage.
D) intervened in an emergency.
B) crossed a swaying footbridge.
E) failed a midterm test.
C) listened to romantic music.
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15. The best explanation for the inaction of bystanders during the Kitty Genovese murder is that they
failed to
A) experience any empathy for a stranger.
B) assume personal responsibility for helping the victim.
C) realize that the incident was really an emergency situation.
D) notice that the incident was taking place.
E) act on their empathetic feelings.
16. Two classmates ask you to spend a couple of hours helping them prepare for a chemistry test.
According to social exchange theory, you would be most likely to help them if
A) your parents helped you study for tests when you were younger.
B) your classmates are slow learners who really need your help.
C) you know you would feel terribly guilty for refusing their request.
D) you know that someone else helped them prepare for an earlier test.
E) your classmates cannot afford to pay for a private tutor.
17. Simple “non–zero-sum games” have been used in laboratory settings to study
A) the just-world phenomenon.
D) the bystander effect.
B) the mere exposure effect.
E) social facilitation.
C) social traps.
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