MCQs on the Social Psychology

1. Those roles which one attains voluntarily are called

2. Which is TRUE regarding choosing a mate

3. The demonstration by Jane Elliot with blue-eyed and brown-eyed children suggests that an effective way to generate conditions of prejudice is to

4. If everyone leaves five minutes before the game is over to avoid a traffic jam, the resulting traffic jam would be an example of

5. The fact that physically attractive people also tend to be rated more highly on traits such as intelligence and honesty is an example of

6. You are walking into a store when a man rudely cuts in front of you, almost shoving you, so that he may enter the store first. “What a jerk!” you think to yourself. As you enter the store, you see the same man performing an emergency tracheotomy on a women with a collapsed windpipe. You have justa

7. With respect to social traps, people are more likely to restrain themselves from inappropriate behavior if

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

9. Scapegoating is releasing aggression on __________ targets.

10. People who think their ethnic, national, or religious group is superior to others are called

11. Which is a method to reduce prejudice?

12. Groups reward members with __________ and __________ for comformity.

13. Zimbardo interpreted the results of his simulated prison study as an indication of the

14. hen subjects in Milgram’s obedience experiments received their orders over the phone, they

15. When you have “clashing thoughts,” you are experiencing

16. Physical proximity increases attraction because it

17. People’s attitudes about women and rape primarily come from

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

19. Aggression is best defined as

20. Shows such as Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood and Sesame Street demonstrate TV’s ability toa