Question 1

The field of social psychology emerged as a distinct discipline around the end of the

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A)  17th century.
B)  18th century.
C)  19th century.
D)  20th century.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 2

The "hot" perspective in social psychology emphasizes______________,whereas the "cold" perspective emphasizes______________.

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A)  positive information;negative information
B)  feelings;behavior
C)  facts;motives
D)  emotion and motivation;cognitionE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Chauncy is interested in how behavior is influenced by the way people think about their social world.Chauncy subscribes to the______________perspective in social psychology.

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A)  "cold"
B)  "hot"
C)  interactionist
D)  cross-culturalE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Which statement is not a valid criticism of laboratory experimentation in the 1960s and 1970s?

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A)  Experiments were sometimes unethical.
B)  Experimenters' expectations might influence the results.
C)  The theories being tested in the laboratory were often historically and culturally limited.
D)  Experiments did not allow researchers to draw conclusions about causal relationships.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Which statement about commonsense explanations and social psychology is the most accurate?

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A)  Social psychology typically avoids studying phenomena for which there are widely-accepted commonsense explanations.
B)  Commonsense explanations form the basis of nearly all modern social psychological theories.
C)  At least at present,commonsense explanations can more accurately predict behavior than can social psychology.
D)  The scientific approach of social psychology does not always yield results that support commonsense explanations.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 6

By stressing both internal differences among individuals and differences among external situations,the interactionist perspective is an approach combining

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A)  personality psychology with social psychology.
B)  social psychology with clinical psychology.
C)  cognitive psychology with social psychology.
D)  social psychology with sociology.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 7

Positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) are technologies that enable social psychologists to

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A)  record research participants' true attitudes without their awareness.
B)  present visual stimuli to research participants for one-hundredth of a second.
C)  see images of the brain as people think,feel,and behave.
D)  induce a particular mood state in people.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Of the following important figures in the history of social psychology,who most explicitly emphasized the importance______________of making important practical contributions to society?

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A)  Gordon Allport
B)  Fritz Heider
C)  Max Ringelmann
D)  Muzafer SherifE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Social psychology differs from history and philosophy in its

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A)  attention to the scientific method.
B)  concern with human behavior.
C)  greater focus on cultural influences.
D)  more narrowly defined areas of interest.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Much of the debate in social psychology during the period of "confidence and crisis" occurred in reaction to

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A)  the usefulness of applied research.
B)  the use of laboratory experiments.
C)  new technological developments in the research lab.
D)  Lewin's interactionist perspective.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Which question would be of most interest to a social psychologist who studies behavioral genetics?

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A)  To what extent are attitudes inherited?
B)  What brain structures are involved in describing the self?
C)  Does high self-esteem help people to resist disease?
D)  What role does testosterone play in aggression?E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 12

The role of natural selection processes in the development of social behavior is a primary concern in

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A)  behavioral genetics.
B)  social cognition.
C)  personality psychology.
D)  evolutionary psychology.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Christine conducts cross-cultural research and Betty conducts multicultural research.Which statement is most likely______________to be true?

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A)  Christine is more interested in discovering differences between her samples than is Betty.
B)  Betty is more likely to use social psychological research methods.
C)  Christine is more likely to sample individuals from many different cultures.
D)  Betty is more likely to find differences between her samples than is Christine.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 14

How does social psychology differ from each of the following: (a)sociology, (b)the other subdisciplines of psychology,and (c)the approach taken by a journalist who examines the social behaviors of various individuals?

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Although social psychologists and sociol...

Question 15

Arguably,the most famous research in social psychology focused on the situational factors influencing obedience to authority and was conducted by

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A)  Floyd Allport.
B)  Muzafer Sherif.
C)  Leon Festinger.
D)  Stanley Milgram.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

Which matter is not identified by your textbook as an influential factor in today's social psychology?

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A)  new technological advances
B)  behavioral genetics
C)  the split between "red" and "blue" states in the U.S.
D)  online communicationE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Which statement regarding Kurt Lewin is most accurate?

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A)  His interactionist perspective argues that human behavior is mostly a function of situational pressures.
B)  His push for practical research was met with great resistance in the early days of social psychology.
C)  He was the first to test social psychological hypotheses in a scientific manner.
D)  He conducted research on what kinds of leaders elicit the best work from group members.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 18

Which technology is not mentioned in your text as one that is used in social psychological research?

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A)  ERP
B)  fMRI
C)  TMS
D)  EEGE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 19

An interdisciplinary subfield that focuses on how social and cognitive psychology relate to economic decision making______________ is called

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A)  embodied cognition.
B)  behavioral economics.
C)  social neuroscience.
D)  social political science.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Elliot is interested in how people can change their attitudes through their own behavior.The best approach for him would be to read the writings of

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A)  Gordon Allport.
B)  Solomon Asch.
C)  Leon Festinger.
D)  Stanley Milgram.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Exam 1: What Is Social Psychology

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The "hot" perspective in social psychology emphasizes______________,whereas the "cold" perspective emphasizes______________.

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Which statement regarding Kurt Lewin is most accurate?

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