Download Social Psychology Practice Test ___ 1. You are walking into a store

Social Psychology Practice Test
___ 1. You are walking into a store when a man rudely cuts in front of you, almost shoving you, so that he may enter the store first. “What a jerk!” you think to yourself. As
you enter the store, you see the same man performing an emergency tracheotomy on a woman with a collapsed windpipe. You have just
A. discounted a person’s actions due to situational demands.
C. overemphasized the object in this action sequence.
B. self-handicapped.
D. made the fundamental attribution error.
___ 2. The _____________________ hypothesis states that frustration tends to lead to aggression.
A. frustration-aggression
C. social learning
B. biological instinct
D. cognitive dissonance
___ 3. The person who agrees to a small request initially is more likely later to comply with a larger demand. This describes the
A. door-in the face effect.
C. low-ball technique.
B. foot-in-the-door effect.
D. high-ball technique.
___ 4. If everyone leaves five minutes before the game is over to avoid a traffic jam, the resulting traffic jam would be an example of
A. social impregnation.
C. groupthink.
B. a social trap.
D. self-handicapping.
___ 5. A learned disposition to respond to people, objects, or institutions in a positive or negative way defines
A. cognitive dissonance.
C. attitudes.
B. socialization.
D. stereotypes.
___ 6. The fact that physically attractive people also tend to be related more highly on traits such as intelligence and honesty is an example of
A. social magnetism.
C. social comparisons.
B. role modeling.
D. the halo effect.
___ 7. As part an experiment, two young women stroll down a busy sidewalk with their arms around each other. They get a variety of reactions from passersby, including
disapproving looks and comments. These reactions demonstrate the existence of
A. norms.
C. group structures.
B. ascribed roles.
D. achieved roles.
___ 8. After Mrs. Keech’s doomsday predictions failed, her followers suddenly became interested in convincing others they were right. This turn of events is predicted by
____________theory.
A. social exchange
C. cognitive dissonance
B. gain-loss
D. balance
___ 9. Shows such as Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood and Sesame Street demonstrate television’s ability to
A. teach prosocial behavior.
C. disinhibit antisocial behavior.
B. desensitize children.
D. reduce tension and frustration.
___ 10. Stanley Milgram’s experiment in which a “teacher” gave shocks to a “learner” was designed to test the limits of
A. expert power.
C. obedience.
B. coercive power.
D. conformity to a majority.
___ 11. You are asked by a close friend to outline a complete text to aid her studying for a final exam. You refuse to help. Later, your friend asks if you would at least outline
two chapters. Feeling guilty, you now agree to help. Your behavior is predicted by the
A. foot-in-the-face technique.
C. low-ball technique.
B. high-ball effect.
D. door-in-the-face effect.
___ 12. ____________________ is best known for his research on conformity.
A. Asch
C. Schachter
B. Rubin
D. Zimbardo
___ 13. Research by Donnerstein suggests that the circumstances most likely to increase violent sexual acts against women (such as rape) involve:
A. newspaper publicity given to rapists.
C. media images of violence.
B. direct exposure to persons who have committed such acts.
D. pornographic stimuli that generate sexual fantasies.
___ 14. Attribution theory concerns our tendency to explain our behavior and that of others
A. by external causes rather than internal causes.
C. by internal rather than external causes.
B. by inferring causes on the basis of internal or external factors.
D. based on personality factors.
___ 15. Social position in a group determines one’s
A. competence.
C. role.
B. autokinetic norms.
D. usefulness.