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The definition of social psychology being "a discipline that uses scientific methods in an attempt to understand and explain how the thought, feeling, and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others," was stated by _____________. |
| | A) | John Watson |
| | B) | B.F. Skinner |
| | C) | Gordon Allport |
| | D) | Jean Piaget |
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In most cases, our social world beliefs are best characterized as being embedded within a __________________. |
| | A) | functional psychology |
| | B) | naïve psychology |
| | C) | structured psychology |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The central focus of psychological social psychology tends ______________. |
| | A) | to be on the larger group. |
| | B) | to focus on the individual and how she or he responds to social situations. |
| | C) | to explain societal-based problems as poverty, crime, and deviance. |
| | D) | none of the above |
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Stanley Milgram researched the influence of authority of obedience and conformity on individual behavior. This concept analyzes the ______________ personality. |
| | A) | authoritarian |
| | B) | powerful |
| | C) | deceptive |
| | D) | hostile |
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______________ social psychology downplays the importance of individual differences and the effects of immediate social stimuli on behavior. |
| | A) | Biological |
| | B) | Psychological |
| | C) | Anthropological |
| | D) | Sociological |
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During the time of World War II one of the most influential social psychologists in establishing social psychology as a science was _____________. |
| | A) | Kurt Lewin |
| | B) | John Watson |
| | C) | Sigmund Freud |
| | D) | Adolf Hitler |
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Social psychology's "professional center of gravity" resides in _________________. |
| | A) | Canada |
| | B) | the United States |
| | C) | Eastern Asia |
| | D) | all of the above; there is no distinction |
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Individualism means ______________. |
| | A) | 'people need people' and desire the influence of others |
| | B) | tight-knit social relationships |
| | C) | communal ownership |
| | D) | none of the above |
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The way that one thinks of one's self is called ___________. |
| | A) | self-reward |
| | B) | self-concept |
| | C) | selfishness |
| | D) | self-thought |
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The principle of natural selection, which is based on ____________, would conclude that aggressive behaviors are shaped by inherited traits. |
| | A) | cognitive theory |
| | B) | romantic love ideals |
| | C) | evolutionary theory |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Soloman Asch ______________. |
| | A) | studied animal responsiveness |
| | B) | studied how our ancestors' traits reflect on today's behaviors |
| | C) | studied conformity to false majority judgments |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Social neuroscience ______________. |
| | A) | is redundant and a contradictory term |
| | B) | can be applied to sociology only |
| | C) | cannot be applied to any scientific methods |
| | D) | none of the above |
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The first empirical social-psychological study was performed by _________. |
| | A) | William McDougall |
| | B) | Soloman Asch |
| | C) | Norman Triplett |
| | D) | Stanley Milgram |
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A philosophy of life that stresses the priority of group needs over individual needs is termed ______________. |
| | A) | individuation |
| | B) | socialization |
| | C) | materialization |
| | D) | collectivism |
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Interactionism studies _____________. |
| | A) | human behavior |
| | B) | situational factors |
| | C) | the combined effects of both the situation and the person on human behavior |
| | D) | none of the above |
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