118 Review Questions for Social Psychology
Click here for Answer Key
Multiple Choice Questions
1. As a field, social psychology focuses on ________ in predicting human behaviour.
- personality traits
- genetic predispositions
- biological forces
- situational factors
2. Making internal attributions for your successes and making external attributions for your failures is an example of ________.
- actor-observer bias
- fundamental attribution error
- self-serving bias
- just-world hypothesis
3. Collectivistic cultures are to ________ as individualistic cultures are to ________.
- dispositional; situational
- situational; dispositional
- autonomy; group harmony
- just-world hypothesis; self-serving bias
4. According to the actor-observer bias, we have more information about ________.
- situational influences on behaviour
- influences on our own behaviour
- influences on others’ behaviour
- dispositional influences on behaviour
5. A(n) ________ is a set of group expectations for appropriate thoughts and behaviours of its members.
- social role
- social norm
- script
- attribution
6. On his first day of soccer practice, Jose suits up in a t-shirt, shorts, and cleats and runs out to the field to join his teammates. Jose’s behaviour is reflective of ________.
- a script
- social influence
- good athletic behaviour
- normative behaviour
7. When it comes to buying clothes, teenagers often follow social norms; this is likely motivated by ________.
- following parents’ rules
- saving money
- fitting in
- looking good
8. In the Stanford prison experiment, even the lead researcher succumbed to his role as a prison supervisor. This is an example of the power of ________ influencing behaviour.
- scripts
- social norms
- conformity
- social roles
9. Attitudes describe our ________ of people, objects, and ideas.
- treatment
- evaluations
- cognitions
- knowledge
10. Cognitive dissonance causes discomfort because it disrupts our sense of ________.
- dependency
- unpredictability
- consistency
- power
11. In order for the central route to persuasion to be effective, the audience must be ________ and ________.
- analytical; motivated
- attentive; happy
- intelligent; unemotional
- gullible; distracted
12. Examples of cues used in peripheral route persuasion include all of the following except ________.
- celebrity endorsement
- positive emotions
- attractive models
- factual information
13. In the Asch experiment, participants conformed due to ________ social influence.
- informational
- normative
- inspirational
- persuasive
14. Under what conditions will informational social influence be more likely?
- when individuals want to fit in
- when the answer is unclear
- when the group has expertise
- both b and c
15. Social loafing occurs when ________.
- individual performance cannot be evaluated
- the task is easy
- both a and b
- none of the above
16. If group members modify their opinions to align with a perceived group consensus, then ________ has occurred.
- group