Social Psych Test 1 Assignments Questions
With Correct Answers
The way an individual understands his or her own social word is called: - answer✔social cognition
The best way to understand social behavior is to use the _____ method. - answer✔scientific method
The _____ perspective is a view that focuses on the influence of culture on thought, feeling, and
behavior. - answer✔cultural
Social _____ is an example of how behavior depends on a socially constructed view of reality. -
answer✔comparison
The _____ perspective is a view that focuses on the influence of one's social network on thought,
feeling, and behavior. - answer✔cultural
Since people are cognitive misers, we have a tendency to prefer mental efficiency at the potential cost
of :
B processing. [[This can actually make us process information faster.]] - answer✔accuracy
The field of _____ psychology is defined as the scientific study of the causes and consequences of
people's thoughts, feelings, and actions regarding themselves and other people. - answer✔social
Jake and Mary read the same two news stories which take opposite positions on global warming. Jake
found the article in support of global warming to be more persuasive and Mary found the article against
global warming to be more persuasive. What would be expected about Jake and Mary's personal
opinions? - answer✔Jake believes in global warming; Mary does not believe in global warming.
Someone from the _____ perspective would be MOST likely to say human behavior is due to repressed
desires for sex and aggression. - answer✔psycoanalytic
What term refers to the tendency of humans to avoid expending effort and cognitive resources when
thinking and to prefer seizing on quick and easy answers to questions? - answer✔cognitive misers
Dr. Brown begins his social psychology class by drawing the metaphor of human beings as information
processors. Which social psychological perspective does Dr. Brown MOST likely follow? -
answer✔cognitive
Guinevere conducts research using brain scans and heart rate monitors. Which psychological
perspective does Guinevere MOST likely come from? - answer✔neuroscience
Jamar realizes that he avoids an intersection because he previously got into an accident at that location.
This would be evidence of which perspective? - answer✔behaviorism
Jordan MOST likely comes from the _____ perspective. She focuses on the cognitive, affective, and
behavioral consequences of basic aspects of the human condition such as the knowledge of mortality,
the desire for meaning, and the precarious nature of identity. - answer✔existential
Eddie grew up in an environment where disparaging comments were regularly made about people from
certain backgrounds. As Eddie meets people from these backgrounds, he rarely thinks these individuals
are worth talking to or developing a friendship with. This is an example of which core social
psychological assumption? - answer✔Behavior depends on a socially constructed view of reality.
The core assumption that behavior is strongly influence by social _____ is evidenced by Fritz Heider's
observation that people's causal explanations of others' actions play a significant role in determining
their behavior. - answer✔cognitions
Technological advances have been particularly beneficial to which field of social psychology? -
answer✔neuroscience
Joan believes human behaviors are a result of the basic nature of the self and the core human motives.
Joan most likely prescribes to which major social psychology perspective? - answer✔existential
People are more likely to scrutinize the environment around them if events are important to them or if
an event is: - answer✔unexpected
Maria argues that humans are only social creatures because it is an adaptation that increased the
species chances of survival. Maria MOST likely adheres to the _____ perspective. - answer✔evolutionary
_____ assignment is a procedure in which participants are assigned to conditions in such a way that
each person has an equal chance of being in any condition of an experiment. - answer✔random
A theory should generate new _____. - answer✔questions
Ensuring findings generalize to other populations, settings, and context relates to _____ validity. -
answer✔external
The practice of not providing a participant with all information or procedures in an experiment is known
as: - answer✔deception
A procedure in which participants are assigned to conditions in such a way that each person has an
equal chance of being in any condition of an experiment is known as: - answer✔random assignment
A benefit of a theory is that it helps organize and _____ observations. - answer✔explain
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