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Social Psychology, 7/e
David G Myers, Hope College


Practice Final

Please answer all questions



1

An unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group or its members is
A)discrimination.
B)prejudice.
C)racism.
D)sexism.
2

People's beliefs about how women and men behave are
A)gender roles.
B)gender stereotypes.
C)gender norms.
D)gender expectations.
3

According to the text, stereotypes rationalize
A)racism.
B)prejudice.
C)discrimination.
D)unequal status.
4

The just world phenomenon may explain that an unemployed person is
A)in need of more education.
B)a victim of prejudice.
C)in need of help.
D)lazy.
5

According to the text, subtyping protects
A)biases.
B)stereotypes.
C)emotions.
D)social identity.
6

Physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone is
A)aggression.
B)instrumental aggression.
C)violence.
D)hostility.
7

Which of the following is an innate behavior?
A)reading a book
B)watching a movie
C)playing in the band
D)fleeing danger
8

The redirection of aggression to a target other than the source of the frustration is
A)disarticulation.
B)the redirection effect.
C)displacement.
D)the frustration-aggression effect.
9

In a national survey, what percentage of women reported having been forced by a man to do something sexually?
A)15
B)22
C)29
D)37
10

Which of the following is true of findings on the catharsis hypothesis?
A)Catharsis always occurs.
B)The calming effect of retaliation seems to occur only in very specific circumstances.
C)The catharsis hypothesis has been well-supported.
D)The catharsis hypothesis is valid for children but not for adults.
11

Which of the following is supported by research on social attraction?
A)Distance makes the heart fonder.
B)Beauty and brains are equal.
C)Opposites attract.
D)Familiarity produces fondness.
12

According to the text, what percent of cosmetic surgery is performed on women?
A)90
B)80
C)75
D)65
13

According to the text, White culture tends to be
A)individualistic.
B)expressive.
C)emotionally driven.
D)present-oriented.
14

Opposites attract is an aspect of the
A)matching phenomenon.
B)reward theory of attraction.
C)complementarity hypothesis.
D)the ingratiation effect.
15

Revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others is called
A)self-disclosure.
B)the intimacy effect.
C)the commitment effect.
D)the infatuation effect.
16

A motive to increase another's welfare without conscious regard for one's self-interests is
A)empathy.
B)reciprocity.
C)altruism.
D)a personality trait.
17

An expectation that people will help those who have helped them is
A)social norm.
B)social-responsibility norm.
C)reciprocity norm.
D)restitution norm.
18

The finding that a person is less likely to help when there are other people around is
A)the bystander effect.
B)the reciprocity effect.
C)the situational influence effect.
D)the negative empathy effect.
19

In Latane and Darley's research involving staging an epileptic seizure, _________ percent of those who thought they were alone and ________ percent of those who thought there were others left the room to seek aid.
A)66, 24
B)76, 42
C)85, 31
D)90, 54
20

From an evolutionary perspective it would be most difficult to explain why
A)someone risked his life to help a stranger.
B)someone paid his daughter's hospital bill.
C)someone risked his life to help his father.
D)someone risked his life to help his daughter.
21

According to Alvin Gouldner, a universal moral code is
A)the norm of social responsibility.
B)the norm of social contract.
C)the norm of efficacy.
D)the norm of reciprocity.
22

According to the tragedy of commons, the smaller the group
A)the more interest each person has.
B)the more responsibility each person feels.
C)the more work each person will do.
D)the more rewards each person will receive.
23

Reciprocal views of one another often held by parties in conflict are
A)self-confirming perceptions.
B)reciprocal perceptions.
C)mirror-image perceptions.
D)superordinate perceptions.
24

A shared goal that necessitates cooperative effort is
A)reciprocal.
B)equitable.
C)superordinate.
D)summation.
25

Win-win agreements that reconcile both parties' interests to their mutual benefit are
A)amalgamation agreements.
B)integrative agreements.
C)value added agreements.
D)reconciliation agreements.
26

According to Gotlib and Colby, to fight constructively do not
A)welcome feedback about your behavior.
B)offer positive suggestions for mutual improvement.
C)bring in unrelated issues.
D)fight privately.
27

According to the text, which of the following is accurate?
A)Clinical psychologists are more susceptible to illusory thinking than social psychologists.
B)Behaviors of people undergoing psychotherapy come to fit the theories of their therapists.
C)People who seek out therapy want to hear negative things about themselves.
D)Projective tests actually give more useful information than objective tests.
28

In one study, _______ percent of people with high self-esteem and ______ percent of depressed people elected to see unfavorable feedback as opposed to favorable feedback.
A)5, 67
B)25, 82
C)15, 42
D)35, 59
29

An interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge is
A)health psychology.
B)behavioral medicine.
C)psychiatry.
D)psychoanalytic medicine.
30

The best predictor of overall happiness is satisfaction with
A)work.
B)personal relationships.
C)income.
D)status.
31

The stress of a new job can best be handled by approaching it with a sense of
A)ambition and competitiveness.
B)humility and assertiveness.
C)control and optimism.
D)urgency and conscientiousness.
32

In a study at California State University-Hayward, 141 students witnessed an assault on a professor. Seven weeks later, what percentage of students identified an innocent person as the assailant from a group of six photographs?
A)60
B)28
C)42
D)72
33

To minimize false lineup identifications, which of the following is not true?
A)If all suspects are male, have every suspect wear a tie.
B)Give eyewitnesses a lineup with no suspects to screen out those who make false identifications.
C)Have witnesses make yes or no judgments to a sequence of people.
D)Include instructions that the suspect might not be in the lineup.
34

Mock juries are less sympathetic to a defendant who is
A)less educated.
B)the same race.
C)shares their attitudes.
D)the same gender.
35

Research shows that __________ juries ultimately reach the verdict favored by the majority on the first ballot.
A)9 out of 10
B)7 out of 8
C)5 out of 9
D)7 out of 10
36

A criticism of a six-member jury is that it is
A)less likely to represent a community's diversity.
B)more likely to have hung verdicts.
C)easily dominated by one individual.
D)less likely to take the task seriously.
37

Zoologist E. O. Wilson estimates what percentage of the earth's plant and animal species could be extinct within a century?
A)20
B)25
C)35
D)50
38

In the United States, the divorce rate between 1960 and 1990
A)doubled.
B)tripled.
C)increased marginally.
D)decreased marginally.
39

Which of the following is not one of George Howard's killer thoughts?
A)Consumption will produce happiness.
B)Growth is good.
C)Don't discount the future.
D)Greed is good.
40

In a poll in 1975, what percent of Americans identified a lot of money as the basis for the good life? In 1996?
A)42, 75
B)38, 63
C)23, 54
D)54, 72
41

In 1998, what percent of Americans earning between $75,000 and $100,000 agreed to the statement, I cannot afford to buy everything I really need.
A)24
B)39
C)45
D)62