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1

A survey of happily married people revealed that the most frequently cited reason for happiness was an attitude of personal concern on the part of the spouse, which is an example of
A)internal attribution
B)romantic love
C)attribution error
D)conformity
2

An adult who observes a group of college students dressed in ragged, apparently dirty clothes and concludes that the students are probably disrespectful and make low grades is
A)experiencing the bystander effect
B)making a fundamental attribution error
C)conducting impression management
D)applying social identity theory
3

College students preparing for job interviews or for admission to postgraduate educational programs who purchase dark suits and concentrate on making eye contact with people to whom they are talking are concerned about
A)Social identity
B)conformity
C)deindividuation
D)impression management
4

A social psychologist who asks college students what they think about student involvement in binge drinking is asking the students to express
A)prejudices
B)altruism
C)attitudes
D)normative social influence
5

A student who says "I haven't cut my psychology course all term. I must enjoy psychology" is applying
A)dissonance theory
B)self-perception theory
C)social identity theory
D)attribution theory
6

An adolescent who has just moved to another town begins to spend all his allowance on clothes like those the other boys wear. The boy's behavior is an example of
A)conformity
B)cognitive dissonance
C)obedience
D)ethnocentrism
7

After describing her low grades in two psychology courses to three psychology majors who are about to graduate, a student decides to delay declaring psychology as her major for at least one more semester. The student's behavior is an example of
A)attribution theory
B)self-monitoring
C)informational social influence
D)bystander effect
8

Children who wait to cross a street because their parents have told them not to cross unless an adult is present are demonstrating
A)conformity
B)self-monitoring
C)altruism
D)obedience
9

A social psychologist interviewed five men individually to learn how much money they would bet on a sporting event. When he interviewed the men together, he found that they would bet more than the average of their individual bets. The psychologist has demonstrated
A)the risky shift
B)conformity
C)deindividuation
D)groupthink
10

A student has campaigned for two years to have activity fees raised so that more entertainment can be offered on campus. The student government association sponsored three debates on the issue. After hearing the pros and cons at all three debates, the student is even more convinced that fees should be raised. The student's opinion is a result of
A)groupthink
B)the group polarization effect
C)informational social influence
D)cognitive dissonance
11

The many special interest groups in the United States today are examples of
A)group polarization
B)deindividuation
C)ethnocentrism
D)prejudice
12

A college student who is denied admission to a graduate program because she is a woman is a victim of
A)discrimination
B)prejudice
C)ethnocentrism
D)group polarization
13

Following a dormitory fire, a group of students held a series of car washes and used the proceeds to fund an account at the bookstore that students who had lived in the dormitory could use to replace textbooks and supplies lost in the fire. This behavior is an example of
A)egoism
B)altruism
C)self-monitoring
D)normative social influence
14

A college student who works in a homeless shelter because the experience will enhance his application to graduate school is exhibiting
A)social identity theory
B)conformity
C)altruism
D)egoism
15

Which of the following behaviors characterizes romantic love?
A)reduced attachment anxiety
B)increased commitment
C)infatuation
D)affection





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