TEST nBANK nFOR nSOCIAL nPSYCHOLOGY

TOM nGILOVICH nISBN:n9780393667691

5TH nEDITION TEST nBANK nFOR nSOCIAL nPSYCHOLOGY 1 / 4

TablenofnContents

• AnnInvitationntonSocialnPsychology
• ThenMethodsnofnSocialnPsychology
• ThenSocialnSelf

4. SocialnCognition:nThinkingnaboutnPeoplenandnSituations

5. SocialnAttribution:nExplainingnBehavior

• Emotion
• Attitudes,nBehavior,nandnRationalization
• Persuasion
• SocialnInfluence
• RelationshipsnandnAttraction
• Stereotyping,nPrejudice,nandnDiscrimination
• Groups
• Aggression
• AltruismnandnCooperation

ApplicationnModulen1:nSocialnPsychologynandnHeathnApplicatio

nnModulen2:nSocialnPsychologynandnEducationnApplicationnModu

len3:nSocialnPsychologynandnthenLaw 2 / 4

CHAPTER n1:nAnnInvitationntonSocialnPsychology

MULTIPLE nCHOICE

• Socialnpsychologyncannbendefinednasnthen studynofnthen

ofnindividualsninnsocialnsituations.

• intuitive;nbehaviors
• scientific;nbehaviors
• scientific;nfeelings,nthoughts,nandnbehaviors
• behavioral;nthoughtsnandnfeelings

ANS:nC DIF: Easy REF:nCharacterizingnSocialnPsychologynOBJ:nFactual

• WhichnofnthenfollowingnSupremenCourtnrulingsnwasnheavilyninfluencednbynsocialnpsychologicaln

research?

• Roenv.nWade c. Marburynv.nMadison
• Brownnv.nBoardnofnEducation d.nnMirandanv.nArizona

ANS:nB DIF: Easy REF:nCharacterizingnSocialnPsychologynOBJ:nFactual

• A a a a , a a .nA(n)

isnmostnlikelyntonconductnannexperimentntonidentifynthenconditionsnornsituationsnundern whichneachnofnthesenassertionsnisnaccurate.

• personalitynpsychologist c. sociologist
• socialnpsychologist d.nnanthropologist

ANS:nB DIF: Easy REF:nCharacterizingnSocialnPsychologynOBJ:nFactual

• Saa a a a a a a a

offer.nThenmainndifferencenbetweennSandra a a a a anpsychologicalntheoriesnare

• alwaysnmorencomplicated. c. basednonnlogic.
• almostnalwaysncounterintuitive. d.nnputntonthentest.

ANS:nD DIF: Medium REF:nCharacterizingnSocialnPsychologynOBJ:nFactual

• Socialnpsychologistsndiffernfromnpersonalitynpsychologistsnbecausensocialnpsychologistsntendnto
• relynprimarilynonncorrelationalnresearch.
• arguenthatngeneticsndonnotnexertncausalneffectsnonnsocialnbehavior.
• examinentheninfluencenofnsituationsnonnbehaviors.
• stressnindividualndifferencesninnbehavior.

ANS:nC DIF: Medium REF:nCharacterizingnSocialnPsychologynOBJ:nFactual

• WhichnofnthenfollowingnisnLEASTncharacteristicnofnthengoalsnofnsocialnpsychology?
• understandingnhownpeopleninndifferentnculturesnthink,nfeel,nandnbehave
• a a a
• evaluatingnthenaccuracynofnfolkntheoriesnaboutnhownsituationsninfluencenbehavior
• understandingnhownpersonalityntraitsnpredisposenpeoplentonrespondntonsocialnsituations 3 / 4

ANS:nD DIF: Medium REF:nCharacterizingnSocialnPsychologynOBJ:nConceptual

• JacquienandnKarennarenbothninterestedninnthentopicnofndivorce.nJacquienisnansocialnpsychologistnandnKa

rennisnansociologist.nComparedntonKaren,nwhichnofnthenfollowingnquestionsnisnJacquienmostnlikelyntona sk?

• Dondifferentndivorcenlawsninfluencendivorcenrates?
• Arendivorcenratesnhighernamongnpeoplenwhonarenmoreneducated?
• Whyndoesninfidelitynleadntondivorce?
• IsndivorcenmorenprevalentninnNorthernnstatesnrelativentonSouthernnstates?

ANS:nC DIF: Medium REF:nCharacterizingnSocialnPsychologynOBJ:nConceptual

• Whichnofnthenfollowingnphenomenanbestnillustratesnthenrelationshipnbetweennsocialninfluencenandn

behavior?

• actingnmorencooperativenwhennyounareninnangoodnmoodn(asnopposedntonanbadnmood)
• preferringntondrivenwithnthencarnradiononn(asnopposedntonoff)
• cyclingnfasternwhennpeoplenarenwatchingnyoun(asnopposedntonwhennyounarenalone)
• gettingnintonmorenargumentsnwhennthentemperaturenisnaboven80ndegreesn(asnopposednton

undern80ndegrees) ANS:nC DIF: Difficult REF:nCharacterizingnSocialnPsychologynOBJ:nConceptual

• K L snconcept,nthenfieldnofnforces,nemphasizesnthatn

underlie(s)nmuchnofnhumannbehavior.

• genetics c. thencharacteristicsnofnansituation
• physicalnstimulation d.nnnaturalnselection

ANS:nC DIF: Easy REF:nThenPowernofnthenSituationnOBJ:nFactual

• KurtnLewin,nthenfoundernofnmodernnsocialnpsychology,narguednthatntheneffectsnofnpsychologicalnforcesn

cannbenunderstoodninnthensamenwaynthatn arenunderstood.

• physicalnforces c. personalitynforces
• attributenforces d.nnarmednforces

ANS:nA DIF: Easy REF:nThenPowernofnthenSituationnOBJ:nFactual

• Researchnonn suggestsnitnisn

fornpeoplentonassumenthatndispositionsnarenthenunderlyingncausesnofnmo stnbehaviors.

• thenfundamentalnattributionnerror;ncommon
• thenfundamentalnattributionnerror;nuncommon
• obediencentonauthority;ncommon
• obediencentonauthority;nuncommon

ANS:nA DIF: Easy REF:nThenPowernofnthenSituationnOBJ:nFactual

• ThenclassicnMilgramnstudynshowednthatnabout
• 1npercentnofnparticipantsndeliverednan330- a .
• 10 a a a .
• 20npercentnofnparticipantsndeliverednan450- a .
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