P300 Chapter 18 (or Ch. 16): Social Psychology Quiz
Name: __________________________ Date: _____________
1. Experimental studies indicate that college men who are randomly assigned to play a
violent video game:
A) experience increasing levels of arousal and become increasingly likely to hurt a
fellow student.
B) experience decreasing levels of arousal and become decreasingly likely to hurt a
fellow student.
C) experience increasing levels of arousal and become decreasingly likely to hurt a
fellow student.
D) experience decreasing levels of arousal and become increasingly likely to hurt a
fellow student.
2. Darley and Latané observed that most university students failed to help a person having
an epileptic seizure when they thought there were four other witnesses to the
emergency. The students' failure to help is best explained in terms of:
A) the ingroup bias.
B) a failure to interpret the incident as an emergency.
C) indifference and apathy.
D) diffusion of responsibility.
3. Our tendency to establish and maintain warm relationships with people if they are
physically attractive is best explained in terms of:
A) the bystander effect.
B) social exchange theory.
C) the just-world phenomenon.
D) the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
4. The best explanation for the inaction of bystanders during the Kitty Genovese murder is
that they failed to:
A) experience any empathy for a stranger.
B) assume personal responsibility for helping the victim.
C) realize that the incident was really an emergency situation.
D) notice that the incident was taking place.
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5. Individuals who believe that the death penalty should be abolished meet to discuss the
issue. Research on group interaction suggests that after discussion the individuals will
be:
A) even more convinced that the death penalty should be abolished.
B) convinced that the death penalty should be retained.
C) sharply divided over whether the death penalty should be abolished.
D) in favor of a more moderate position on the issue.
6. Nora, Ko, Ian, and May each think that Ms. Akey may be a slightly better teacher than
Mr. Schwenke. After discussing why each of them believes this to be so, they all
conclude that Ms. Akey is definitely a much better teacher than Mr. Schwenke. This
episode provides an example of:
A) social facilitation.
B) the fundamental attribution error.
C) group polarization.
D) deindividuation.
7. When shown pictures of men with either a slightly feminized or a slightly masculinized
face, women were ________ attracted to slightly masculinized faces and they were
________ likely to perceive a slightly masculinized face as belonging to someone
interested in a long-term relationship.
A) more; more
B) less; less
C) more; less
D) less; more
8. Accepting others' opinions about reality is to ________ as the desire to gain approval is
to ________.
A) deindividuation; social facilitation
B) social facilitation; deindividuation
C) informational social influence; normative social influence
D) normative social influence; informational social influence
9. Fritz Heider concluded that people tend to attribute others' behavior either to their:
A) heredity or their environment.
B) biological motives or their psychological motives.
C) thoughts or their emotions.
D) dispositions or their situations.
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10. The fact that human aggression varies widely from culture to culture most strongly
suggests that it is not:
A) a reaction to frustration.
B) influenced by social norms.
C) an unlearned instinct.
D) a product of deindividuation.
11. Ellie is unusually attractive and intelligent, and she works hard to please her husband.
He displays little affection for her, however, and spends most of the family's resources
on his own interests. Ellie's relationship with her husband is best characterized as:
A) deindividuated.
B) companionate.
C) inequitable.
D) complementary.
12. When a mild-mannered woman had an electrode implanted in her amygdala, she:
A) developed more aggressive tendencies.
B) acted just as she had before the implantation.
C) became even milder, unable to even say “no” to anyone's request for help.
D) lost her ability to remember events that had recently occurred.
13. The fundamental attribution error refers to our tendency to underestimate the impact of
________ and to overestimate the impact of ________ in explaining the behavior of
others.
A) normative influences; informational influences
B) informational influences; normative influences
C) personal dispositions; situational influences
D) situational influences; personal dispositions
14. The fundamental attribution error is likely to be restrained by observing someone:
A) in a variety of situations.
B) who is unemployed.
C) who is wealthy.
D) we dislike.
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15. A terrorist mentality that becomes increasingly extreme among people who interact
without outside moderating influences best illustrates:
A) the bystander effect.
B) deindividuation.
C) group polarization.
D) social loafing.
16. According to the scapegoat theory, prejudice is likely to result from:
A) stereotypes.
B) the just-world phenomenon.
C) ingroup bias.
D) frustration.
17. The experience of empathy is most directly facilitated by:
A) the bystander effect.
B) the chameleon effect.
C) mirror-image perceptions.
D) social facilitation.
18. Unconsciously mimicking those around us is known as:
A) group polarization.
B) the chameleon effect.
C) social facilitation.
D) social loafing.
19. The tendency for people to exert less effort when they are pooling their efforts toward a
common goal is known as:
A) deindividuation.
B) the bystander effect.
C) social loafing.
D) the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
20. Philip Zimbardo devised a simulated prison and randomly assigned college students to
serve as prisoners or guards. This experiment best illustrated the impact of:
A) team membership on social loafing.
B) self-disclosure on conciliation.
C) frustration on aggression.
D) role-playing on attitudes.
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21. In contrast to watching violence on television, participating in violent video games
involves:
A) acquiring social scripts.
B) role-playing aggression.
C) desensitization to violence.
D) priming aggressive thoughts.
22. To a social psychologist, a perceived incompatibility of goals is indicative of:
A) social loafing.
B) prejudice.
C) conflict.
D) group polarization.
23. Felippe, a 19-year-old university freshman, is very talkative, intelligent, assertive, and
politically conservative. Research suggests that he would be most likely to develop a
close friendship with:
A) Toren, who is talkative and assertive.
B) Erez, who is quiet and passive.
C) Tom, who is intelligent and quiet.
D) Fabio, who is politically liberal and talkative.
24. We have a tendency to explain the behavior of strangers in terms of ________ and to
explain our own behavior in terms of ________.
A) informational influence; normative influence
B) situational constraints; personality traits
C) normative influence; informational influence
D) personality traits; situational constraints
25. Ostracism has been observed to intensify:
A) self-disclosure.
B) aggression.
C) hindsight bias.
D) deindividuation.
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