MCQs on the Social Psychology

MCQs on the Social Psychology

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MCQs on the Social Psychology

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Social Psychology

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Attribution theory concerns our tendency to explain our behavior and that of others

by internal rather than external causes.

by inferring causes on the basis of internal or external factors.

by external causes rather than internal causes.

based on personality factors.

2 / 20

Prejudice based on displaced aggression represents a form of

scapegoating.

projection.

discrimination

authoritarianism.

3 / 20

The study of unspoken rules for the use of interpersonal space is called

kinesics.

territoriality.

proxemics.

psychoecology.

4 / 20

A __________ group is a group based on social comparison.

focus.

personal identification

comparison

reference

5 / 20

A reference group is

one with which a person has face-to-face contact.

any group whose values and attitudes are seen as relevant to one's own.

any group in which one plays an active role or has membership.

any group outside one's social distance boundaries.

6 / 20

According to Janis, John F. Kennedy’s Bay of Pigs failure was caused in large part by

brainstorming.

the expert power effect.

groupthink.

the self-censorship effect.

7 / 20

The organization of roles, patterns of communication, and power in a group defines the group’s

structure

norms

cohesiveness.

status.

8 / 20

Which statement about physical attractiveness is FALSE?

Looks are less related to dating frequency for men than for women.

For marriage partners there is a tendency for attractive men to be paired with highly educated women with high incomes.

Beauty is a factor mainly in initial acquaintances.

For men, there is little relationship between attractiveness and the achievement of status.

9 / 20

When we perform well, we typically attribute our success to __________.

external circumstances

internal characteristics

our personality type

our group of colleagues

10 / 20

Which is a method to reduce prejudice?

mixed-status contact

mutual interdependence

mutual exclusivity

groupthink

11 / 20

Which of the following is a testament to the power of roles?

Milgram's message experiment

Zimbardo's prison experiment

Cialdini's door-in-the-face effect

Zilstein's shock research

12 / 20

The judge who is caught cheating on his income tax is likely experiencing

attribution failure.

role diffusion.

role conflict.

attribution error.

13 / 20

You are asked by a close friend to outline a complete text to aid her studying for a final exam. You refuse to help. Later, your friend asks if you would at least outline two chapters. Feeling guilty, you now agree to help. Your behavior is predicted by the

door-in-the-face effect.

low-ball technique.

high-ball effect.

foot-in-the-face technique.

14 / 20

Solomon Asch’s classic experiment (in which subjects judged a standard line and comparison lines) was arranged to test the limits of

conformity.

coercive power.

indoctrination.

social perception

15 / 20

Which is TRUE regarding choosing a mate

Men rate physical attractiveness as a less important quality in a mate than women do.

The highest correlation between people who marry involves their temperaments.

People who marry are highly similar in age, education, race, religion, and ethnic background.

In the United States kindness and understanding are ranked as being the least important qualities in a mate.

16 / 20

Overdisclosure often results in

increased attraction.

a tendency to respond in the same way.

suspicion and reduced attraction.

growing trust and intimacy.

17 / 20

In his classic studies of conformity, Asch demonstrated that

size of the majority does not influence how many people will conform.

lack of unanimity greatly reduces the pressure to conform.

obedience to authority was determined by the authority's perceived referent power.

a majority of one produces about as much conformity as a majority of eight.

18 / 20

Milgram’s shock study showed people to be surprisingly

obedient

rebellious.

sexist

intelligent

19 / 20

People’s invisible “spatial envelope” defines their __________, and extends “I” or “me” boundaries past the skin.

ego location

spatial role

proximal location

personal space

20 / 20

Cognitive dissonance theory is based on the human need for

self-actualization.

cognitive dissonance.

consistency.

gain-loss.

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