Question 1

People who successfully stop smoking and do well in school tend to have a(n) _______ locus of control.

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A)  internal
B)  external
C)  high
D)  lowE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

You prefer that professors post exam scores (by identification number) ,rather than returning them individually.It makes you feel better to see how you did in comparison to other students.This is an example of what social psychology phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A)  social rank
B)  social comparison
C)  social ratings
D)  social contrastE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

According to Myers,we are prone to "impact bias," or _______ the impact of emotion-causing events (such as finding out the results after being tested for HIV) .

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A)  failing to appreciate
B)  denying
C)  underestimating
D)  overestimatingE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Persons from western cultures (e.g. ,America,England) ,relative to persons from eastern cultures (e.g. ,China,Korea) ,tend to

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A)  have more interdependent selves.
B)  be more collectivistic.
C)  be happier when the members of their group succeed.
D)  stress their individual accomplishments and uniqueness.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Giving priority to the goals of one's group,such as one's family or workplace,and defining one's identity accordingly is called

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A)  cooperation.
B)  communality.
C)  collectivism.
D)  groupthink.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Assuming that other people are as prejudiced against a certain group as we are can easily be explained by

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A)  unrealistic optimism.
B)  the self-serving bias.
C)  the false uniqueness effect.
D)  the false consensus effect.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Greenberg (2008) argues that,to manage their fear of death and feel that their lives are not in vain,people seek to pursue self-esteem by meeting the standards of their society.This is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  collective narcissism.
B)  terror management theory.
C)  self-efficacy.
D)  an internal locus of control.E) None of the above
F) A) and B) B

Question 8

Carmen was assigned a term paper at the start of her Social Psychology class.She figured it would only take two days to write the paper so she did not start it until two days before it was due.Halfway through the second day Carmen was devastated;she wasn't even halfway done yet! Carmen's underestimation of how long it would take her to complete her paper is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  planning fallacy.
B)  self-handicapping.
C)  defensive pessimism.
D)  learned helplessness.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D) A

Question 9

Jack is very nervous about meeting his future in-laws for the first time.On the day they arrive at his home to meet him,he greets them in ripped sweat pants and a stained T-shirt.Later,his fiancé tells him that her parents were unimpressed with him.Which of the following best describes Jack's behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  He is self-handicapping.
B)  He is demonstrating false modesty.
C)  He is demonstrating false pride.
D)  He is self-monitoring.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 10

If your initial efforts to lose weight,stop smoking,or improve your grades are successful,it is likely that your self-efficacy will

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A)  increase.
B)  decrease.
C)  stay the same.
D)  eventually become stable.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

John is about to become a father.He wants to be the "cool dad" but fears that he will be a harsh disciplinarian like his father was.These two types of fathers represent John's

Accepted Answer

A)  self-schemas.
B)  loci of control.
C)  possible selves.
D)  social roles.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Which of the following maxims best represents the concept of individualism?

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A)  Two heads are better than one.
B)  To thine own self be true.
C)  Father knows best.
D)  It takes a village to raise a chilD.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Describe how self-presentation is linked with self-esteem and self-monitoring.

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Question 14

The false uniqueness effect is

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A)  the anticipation of problems to motive effective action.
B)  the unrealistic optimism about future life events.
C)  the tendency to see our talents and moral behaviors as relatively unusual.
D)  the tendency to see oneself as superior to others.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 15

In a recent study,Gentile et al.(2010) found that U.S.college students' most common score on a self-esteem measure was

Accepted Answer

A)  lower than in the 1990s.
B)  almost 0.
C)  the maximum value on the questionnaire.
D)  higher than in the 1990s but lower than in the 1980s.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 16

In Savitsky and Gilovich's study,public speakers who were informed about the illusion-of-transparency phenomenon felt

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A)  more nervous while speaking.
B)  better about their speech and appearance.
C)  worse about their appearance while speaking.
D)  no different about their speech.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Mark knows that he is an excellent liar but he doesn't feel very good about himself in general.Mark is likely to score _____ on measures of self-esteem and _____ on measures of self-efficacy.

Accepted Answer

A)  high;high
B)  low;low
C)  low;high
D)  high;lowE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that the self-serving bias is adaptive?

Accepted Answer

A)  It helps protect from depression.
B)  It makes us feel less vulnerable to risks such as AIDS.
C)  It can motivate us to achieve.
D)  It helps to buffer stress.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

_______ is defined as the beliefs about the self that organize and guide the processing of self-relevant information.

Accepted Answer

A)  Personality
B)  Self-schema
C)  Self-esteem
D)  Self-conceptE) A) and B)
F) None of the above B

Question 20

Learning about immune neglect,which statement applies to how most people respond to failing an exam?

Accepted Answer

A)  They don't care.
B)  They quit working in class because they feel so bad.
C)  They move on and try to do better.
D)  There is no immune neglect.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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People who successfully stop smoking and do well in school tend to have a(n) _______ locus of control.

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You prefer that professors post exam scores (by identification number) ,rather than returning them individually.It makes you feel better to see how you did in comparison to other students.This is an example of what social psychology phenomenon?

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According to Myers,we are prone to "impact bias," or _______ the impact of emotion-causing events (such as finding out the results after being tested for HIV) .

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Persons from western cultures (e.g. ,America,England) ,relative to persons from eastern cultures (e.g. ,China,Korea) ,tend to

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Giving priority to the goals of one's group,such as one's family or workplace,and defining one's identity accordingly is called

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Assuming that other people are as prejudiced against a certain group as we are can easily be explained by

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Greenberg (2008) argues that,to manage their fear of death and feel that their lives are not in vain,people seek to pursue self-esteem by meeting the standards of their society.This is known as

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If your initial efforts to lose weight,stop smoking,or improve your grades are successful,it is likely that your self-efficacy will

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John is about to become a father.He wants to be the "cool dad" but fears that he will be a harsh disciplinarian like his father was.These two types of fathers represent John's

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Which of the following maxims best represents the concept of individualism?

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