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1 | | Jill believes she received a ‘C’ on her Biology test because the test was difficult. Jill is |
| | A) | making a situational attribution. |
| | B) | making a personal attribution. |
| | C) | committing the fundamental attribution error. |
| | D) | exhibiting self-serving bias. |
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2 | | One dark winter morning, Paul's neighbour was backing out of his driveway when he knocked over Paul's wheelie-bin. Paul immediately concludes that the neighbour knocked over the wheelie-bin because he dislikes him. Paul is |
| | A) | making a situational attribution. |
| | B) | committing the fundamental attribution error. |
| | C) | exhibiting self-serving bias. |
| | D) | making an external attribution. |
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3 | | One's tendency to make situational attributions for failures and personal attributions for successes is called |
| | A) | mental set. |
| | B) | the fundamental attribution error. |
| | C) | the internal attribution error. |
| | D) | self-serving bias. |
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4 | | One's tendency to place the most importance on 'first impressions' or initial information that is learned about a person, is called the ________ effect. |
| | A) | primacy |
| | B) | recency |
| | C) | judgment |
| | D) | attribution |
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5 | | Based on the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy, if teachers expect their students to misbehave and have low performance, then |
| | A) | their students will probably rebel. |
| | B) | their students are likely do the opposite. |
| | C) | some will misbehave and have low performance and some will behave and have high performance. |
| | D) | their students will probably misbehave and have low performance. |
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6 | | Higgins distinguished between the actual self, the ideal self and the ought self. This theory is known as |
| | A) | the regulatory focus theory. |
| | B) | the self-discrepancy theory. |
| | C) | social identity theory. |
| | D) | social exchange theory. |
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7 | | When presented with information, if you are most influenced by the message and the argument being presented, then |
| | A) | the peripheral route of persuasion has occurred. |
| | B) | the central route of persuasion has occurred. |
| | C) | social penetration has occurred. |
| | D) | social facilitation has occurred. |
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8 | | Martin is a father, a university student, a son, a grandson, a friend and a husband. For each of these _____, Martin has a different set of norms that dictate how he is to behave. |
| | A) | social norms |
| | B) | social attitudes |
| | C) | social roles |
| | D) | cultural roles |
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9 | | Expectations about how individuals should think, feel, and behave are known as |
| | A) | cultural roles. |
| | B) | social roles. |
| | C) | normative social influence. |
| | D) | social norms. |
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10 | | In Solomon Asch's study, he found that conformity was influenced by |
| | A) | group size and the presence or absence of a dissenter. |
| | B) | group size and gender. |
| | C) | the age of the group members. |
| | D) | age and gender. |
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11 | | Stanley Milgram conducted a study to determine whether ordinary people would |
| | A) | harm someone if they got angry enough. |
| | B) | ask a stranger out on a date because they were told to obey an authority figure. |
| | C) | harm someone because they were told to obey an authority figure. |
| | D) | help a stranger because they were told to obey an authority figure. |
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12 | | A charitable organisation contacts you by telephone and asks you to donate £250 to their cause. When you refuse, they ask you to donate £25 to their organisation. This is an example of |
| | A) | the foot-in-the-door technique. |
| | B) | the door-in-the-face technique. |
| | C) | the central route of persuasion. |
| | D) | lowballing. |
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13 | | __________ occurs when an individual reduces his or her output when working in a group. |
| | A) | Social loafing |
| | B) | Social facilitation |
| | C) | Group polarisation |
| | D) | De-individuation |
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14 | | The term __________ refers to negative attitudes based on group membership whereas _______ refers to overt unfair treatment towards members of a specific group. |
| | A) | stereotyping; discrimination |
| | B) | discrimination; prejudice |
| | C) | stereotyping; prejudice |
| | D) | prejudice; discrimination |
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15 | | __________ proposes that love consists of three major components: passion, intimacy and commitment. |
| | A) | Social exchange theory |
| | B) | Sexual strategies theory |
| | C) | Triangular theory of love |
| | D) | Mere exposure effect |
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