Question 1

You are interested in finding out the effect that crowding has on people's moods.You conduct a study in a psychology research lab using two types of participants - participants who have to wait in a crowded waiting room before completing a measure of their mood,and participants who wait in an empty room before completing the same measure.Which type of research did you conduct?

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A)  correlational research
B)  experimental research
C)  laboratory research
D)  both experimental and laboratory researchE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Your psychology professor tells you that she is collecting data on the amount that students study and their grades (i.e. ,she is asking each student to report how many hours he/she studies each week,so that she can determine if there is a relationship between hours spent studying and grades) .Which type of research is this?

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A)  correlational research
B)  experimental research
C)  controlled research
D)  hypothetical researchE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

You have just participated in a research study that required you to choose which picture you preferred among several pairs.At the end of the study,the researcher explained that she was trying to identify correlations between age,gender,and racial groups when making preferences.The researcher's disclosing of the true purpose of the study is part of the ____ process.

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A)  debriefing
B)  deception
C)  informed consent
D)  experimental honestyE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

The difference between facts and theories is that

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A)   facts explain theories.
B)   theories explain facts.
C)   facts are ideas.
D)   theories are statements.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 5

The variable being measured in an experiment,so called because it may depend on manipulations of another variable,is called the ______ variable.

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A)  experimental
B)  control
C)  independent
D)  dependentE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

According to the text,_______ realism is not as important in social psychological research as _______ realism is.

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A)  mundane;experimental
B)  social;psychological
C)  experimental;mundane
D)  psychological;socialE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Time-lagged correlations,according to the text,are an advanced correlational technique that can reveal the _______ variables or events,such as achievement and self-esteem.

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A)  relationship between
B)  differences between
C)  sequence of
D)  confoundingE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is FALSE?

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A)  Social psychologists use experimentation more than sociologists.
B)  Social psychologists focus less on individual differences than personality psychologists.
C)  Sociologists focus more on groups than social psychologists.
D)  Personality psychologists use experimentation more than social psychologists.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

According to the text,values enter the work of social psychology when researchers

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A)  collect data for their studies.
B)  present the results of their studies.
C)  summarize their studies.
D)  choose the topics of their studies.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Carroll,Smith,and Bennett (1994) found that the height of graveyard markers in a Glasgow cemetery was positively correlated with

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A)  gender.
B)  race.
C)  affluence.
D)  longevity.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 11

You ask your academic advisor what to major in,as you can't seem to decide.She suggests psychology;however,it is important to remember that this answer likely reflects her

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A)  training.
B)  education.
C)  belief that you would make a good psychologist.
D)  values.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

A major requirement of the ethical principles of social-psychological research is that the researcher

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A)  use random sampling and assignment.
B)  protect participants from harm and significant discomfort.
C)  refrain from using any deception in the research design.
D)  ensure that all participants know what is expected of them.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Social psychology is defined as the scientific study of how people

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A)  motivate,persuade,and hurt one another.
B)  think about,influence,and relate to one another.
C)  manipulate,use,and betray one another.
D)  conform,help,and form attitudes about one another.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 14

Myers argues that the major strength of correlational research is the

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A)  cause-effect sequencing of events.
B)  ambiguity of the results.
C)  ability to extract the influence of confounded variables.
D)  fact that it occurs in real-world settings.E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

Myers' discussion of the relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement concludes that

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A)  self-esteem causes academic achievement.
B)  academic achievement causes self-esteem.
C)  both self-esteem and academic achievement are likely caused by a third variable.
D)  None of the aboveE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Two essential ingredients in a social-psychological experiment are

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A)  deception and payment for participation.
B)  the use of surveys and the use of deception.
C)  framing and biases.
D)  control and random assignment.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 17

The degree to which an experiment is superficially similar to everyday situations refers to

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A)  realistic experimentation.
B)  televised reality.
C)  mundane realism.
D)  experimental realism.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

If you ask conservative,liberal,independent,and green party voters their opinions of political candidates,rather than just conservative voters,you are attempting to ensure that your sample is

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A)  fair.
B)   large enough.
C)   representative.
D)   random.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 19

Social representations are

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A)  value commitments within a culture.
B)  intuitive ideas that prove to be true.
C)  socially shared beliefs,including our assumptions and cultural ideologies.
D)  stereotypes that are rooted in racism rather than in reality.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 20

_____ helps researchers generalize to a population.

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A)  Random sampling
B)  Random assignment
C)  Random surveying
D)  Informed consentE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Exam 1: Introducing Social Psychology

The variable being measured in an experiment,so called because it may depend on manipulations of another variable,is called the ______ variable.

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Social psychology is defined as the scientific study of how people

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According to the text,_ realism is not as important in social psychological research as _ realism is.

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Two essential ingredients in a social-psychological experiment are

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Carroll,Smith,and Bennett (1994) found that the height of graveyard markers in a Glasgow cemetery was positively correlated with

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Time-lagged correlations,according to the text,are an advanced correlational technique that can reveal the _______ variables or events,such as achievement and self-esteem.

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A major requirement of the ethical principles of social-psychological research is that the researcher

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If you ask conservative,liberal,independent,and green party voters their opinions of political candidates,rather than just conservative voters,you are attempting to ensure that your sample is

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_____ helps researchers generalize to a population.

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Which of the following is FALSE?

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According to the text,values enter the work of social psychology when researchers

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You ask your academic advisor what to major in,as you can't seem to decide.She suggests psychology;however,it is important to remember that this answer likely reflects her

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Myers' discussion of the relationship between self-esteem and academic achievement concludes that

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Myers argues that the major strength of correlational research is the

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The difference between facts and theories is that

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