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PYC3701 SocialPsychology Test
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,1. According to a classical conditioning model of attraction, if you saw a funny film with
someone, you would ________.
like the person more
2. According to the elaboration-likelihood and the heuristic-systematic models of persuasion,
the two key factors that will determine whether we engage in effortful or effortless
processing of information are one's ________.
capacity to process information and level of motivation
3. According to the process of instrumental conditioning, behaviour will be displayed often by
an individual if ________.
it is reinforced
4. According to the theory of planned behaviour, our behavioural intentions are determined in
part by our perceptions of whether others will approve or disapprove of the behaviour, our
attitudes toward a particular behaviour, and ________.
our perceptions of our ability to perform the behaviour
5. According to the theory of planned behaviour, our behavioural intentions are determined in
part by our perceptions of whether others will approve or disapprove of the behaviour, our
perceptions of our ability to perform the behaviour, and ________.
our attitudes toward a particular behaviour
6. According to the theory of planned behaviour, our behavioural intentions are partially
determined by our attitudes toward a particular behaviour, our perceptions of our ability to
perform the behaviour, and ________.
• our perceptions of whether others will approve or disapprove of the behaviour
7. According to Bandura's social learning perspective, people learn ___.
which persons or groups are acceptable targets for aggression and what actions justify
aggressive behaviour
8. According to Bandura's social learning perspective, people learn ___.
different ways of inflicting harm on others and what situations tolerate or encourage
aggressive behaviour
9. According to Diener & Oishi (2005), among the very best predictors of level of happiness
among the population is ________.
degree of connectedness to others
,10. According to recent research, white males performed less well on an "athletic performance
task" when they expected to be compared to ___ males. When the same task was called a
___, white males performed better when they expected to be compared to ___.
Black; "sports intelligence task;" Black males
11. According to the general aggression model, repeated exposure to aggressive models in films
or video games may increase a person's level of aggressiveness by ________.
strengthening knowledge structures such as beliefs, attitudes, and schemas that are
related to aggression
12. According to the general aggression model, situational factors and personal factors can lead
to aggressive behaviour because of their influence on ________, ________, and ________.
physiological arousal; affective states; cognitions
13. According to the general aggression model, there are two broad categories of variables that
influence aggressive behaviour: ________ and ________.
situational factors; personal factors
14. According to the process of instrumental conditioning, behaviour will be displayed often by
an individual if ________.
it is reinforced
15. According to social comparison theory, we are most likely to compare our abilities to those of
another person when ___.
there is no objective measure to judge ourselves by
16. According to the social learning perspective, people learn ________.
different ways of inflicting harm on others and what situations tolerate or encourage
aggressive behaviour; which persons or groups are acceptable targets for aggression and
what actions justify aggressive behaviour
17. A condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it
is called ___.
Equity
18. Actions that benefit others without providing any direct benefit to the actor are known as
________.
, prosocial behaviour
19. Action taken by another individual that tends to trigger aggression in the recipient of that
action is ________.
a provocation
20. After playing a particularly violent video game for a few hours, Tom became involved in a
heated discussion with his roommate. When his roommate suddenly stood up to go to
another room, thereby ending the discussion, Tom believed that his roommate was about to
attack him. This misinterpretation of his roommate's actions is probably due to ___.
a hostile expectation bias
21. After watching wrestling on TV for an hour, five-year-old Samuel went outside to play. When
five-year-old Jamie, who lives next door, came outside, Samuel shoved him and tried to get
him in a headlock. This situation can best be explained by ___.
the social learning perspective
22. The above average effect is ___.
thinking that we are above average on most social traits
23. The author, while speculating about why she got called a "troll" in a chat room, thought it
was because she didn't "know the ropes," but she also displayed some ___.
stigma consciousness
24. Adolescents who are better at empathic accuracy are ____.
more liked and less likely to be bullied
25. After the election of President Obama, White Americans report _____.
less support for policies that address racial inequality
26. Aggression is best explained by ___.
a wide range of social, cultural, personal and situational factors
27. Ahmed belongs to his university's Student Senate, a group that is high in entitativity. It is
likely that Ahmed feels that the Student Senate ________.
is of great consequence to him
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