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SOCIAL PSYCH MCQ WITH VERIFIES SOLUTIONS
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SOCIAL PSYCH MCQ WITH VERIFIESSOLUTIONS
Lecture 1
1. Which historical event has had the greatest impact on the development of social psychology?
a World War I
b World War II and Nazism
c Vietnam war
d the world depression in the 30s - b World War II and Nazism
2. Which statement concerning social psychology is most correct?
a social psychology is not concerned with cognitive processes
b social psychology focuses on group processes
c social psychology is based on the scientific principle of behaviourism
d social psychology is concerned with the cognition of individuals and their interactions with others - d
social psychology is concerned with the cognition of individuals and their interactions with others
3. According to Smith and Mackie, the two most important principles (axioms) in social psychology are:
a people are influenced by reality, and social influences are pervasive
b people construct their own reality, and social influences are pervasive
c people are influenced by reality, and social psychology assumes everyday knowledge (common sense)
d people construct their own reality, and social psychology assumes everyday knowledge (common
sense) - b people construct their own reality, and social
4. The idea that we are motivated to create and maintain feelings of mutual support, liking and
acceptance is called:
a seeking connectedness
b personal appraisal
c self-discrepancy
d valuing ' me and mine ' - a seeking connectedness
Lecture 2
5. Social psychologists use the term 'social identity ' refer to:
a aspects of the self-image which are related to a person's group membership
, b the process of seeing oneself as a member of a social group
c a tendency for people to favour their own group over other groups
d the belief that one's group is more important than one's individuality - a aspects of the self-image
which are related to a person's group membership
6. In general, having high self-esteem...
a. helps people resist bad behaviour, such as taking drugs
b. provides a major boost to how we perform, such as in exams
c. results in people being less likely to speak up and defend others
d. leads people to keep persisting even after they have failed - d. leads people to keep persisting even
after they have failed
7. According to Higgins (1987), it is by comparing actual self with ideal self, and actual self with 'ought'
self, that:
a. self-realisation is brought about
b. the inner self is finally tracked down
c. one's public and private self can be reconciled
d. self-discrepancies are revealed - d. self-discrepancies are revealed
8. An implication of Tesser's (1988) self-evaluation maintenance model is that people...
a. avoid damaging comparisons with people who might be 'superior' to them
b. constantly revise and update their models of self
c. really need regular psychotherapy to maintain their self's mental health
d. average out their positive and negative traits to retain a regular self-image - a. avoid damaging
comparisons with people who might be 'superior' to them
Lecture 3
9. Research on the impact of physical attractiveness on perceptions of individuals has shown that:
a unattractive people are attributed more positive characteristics than attractive people, to compensate
for their inferior appearance
b attractive people are attributed more negative characteristics than unattractive people, primarily due
to jealousy
c physical attractiveness no influence has on attributions about people
d attractive people are attributed with more positive characteristics than unattractive people - d
attractive people are attributed with more positive characteristics than unattractive people
10. Which of the following is not a common way of integrating "superficial" and "considered"
information when forming impressions of others?
a. discounting the superficial information using the considered information
b. ignoring the inconsistencies in the information
c. paying greater attention to the positive information from both superficial and considered processes
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