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Social Psychology 13th Edition by David Myers - Test Bank
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1. Social psychology is defined as the scientific study of how people:
A. motivate, persuade, and interact with one another.
B. think about, influence, and relate to one another.
C. manipulate, use, and betray one another.
D. conform, help, and form attitudes about one another.
APA Outcome: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's Level: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Define social psychology and explain what it does.
Page: 2
Topic: Social Psychology
Feedback: What is Social Psychology?
2. The attributions a person makes for his or her spouse's acid remark depends on the happiness of his or her marriage. What
concept does this portray?
A. Social behavior is a function of what we believe.
B. Social behavior is a function of an individual's general attitude in relation to his or her environment.
C. Social behavior is a function of how a situation is handled.
D. Social behavior is a function of an objective situation and how it is construed.
APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's Level: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Define social psychology and explain what it does.
Page: 2
Topic: Social Psychology
Feedback: What is Social Psychology?
3. Emma attributes the hostile behavior of her best friend, David, to the relationship problems he has with his wife.
Which of the following statements represents this scenario?
A. Social beliefs can be self-fulfilling.
B. Self-efficacy leads one to persist during challenging times.
C. People attribute negative outcomes to their internal factors.
D. Illusory optimism increases one's vulnerability.
APA Outcome: 1.3: Describe applications of psychology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's Level: Apply
Difficulty: High
Learning Objective: Define social psychology and explain what it does.
Page: 2
Topic: Social Psychology
Feedback: What is Social Psychology?
4. Identify a true statement about social psychology.
A. Compared with personality psychology, social psychology focuses more on the differences between individuals.
B. Compared with sociology, social psychology focuses more on individuals.
C. Compared with sociology, social psychology performs less experiments.
D. Compared with personality psychology, social psychology focuses less on how people view and affect one another.
APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's Level: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Define social psychology and explain what it does.
Page: 2
Topic: Social Psychology
Feedback: What is Social Psychology?
5. Which of the following topics is NOT an example of what a social psychologist might study?
A. love
B. conformity
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,C. intelligence
D. attitudes
APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's Level: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Define social psychology and explain what it does.
Page: 3
Topic: Social Psychology
Feedback: What is Social Psychology?
6. According to Social Psychology, a true statement about objective reality is that:
A. it is constant.
B. it does not exist.
C. it is an unchanging set of perceptions.
D. it is always viewed through the lens of our values and beliefs.
APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's Level: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify and describe the central concepts behind social psychology.
Page: 4
Topic: Central Concepts
Feedback: What Are Social Psychology's Big Ideas?
7. In the context of social psychology, identify a true statement about intuitions.
A. Intuitions require one to adopt the approach of conscious reasoning.
B. Intuitions are also known as conscious information processing.
C. Intuitions are routinely powerful and sometimes perilous.
D. Intuitions depend on objective reality rather than subjective reality.
APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's Level: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify and describe the central concepts behind social psychology.
Page: 5
Topic: Central Concepts
Feedback: What Are Social Psychology's Big Ideas?
8. Which of the following is an example of how our attitudes and behavior are shaped by external social forces?
A. Our personality disposition affects our choices.
B. Our inherited human nature predisposes us to react in certain ways.
C. Our political attitudes influence our voting behavior.
D. Our standards regarding promptness, openness, and clothing vary across different cultures.
APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's Level: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify and describe the central concepts behind social psychology.
Page: 5
Topic: Central Concepts
Feedback: What Are Social Psychology's Big Ideas?
9. Identify a true statement about attitudes and personality.
A. They influence behavior.
B. They are the results of an individual's own understanding of the world.
C. They are primary motivators for action.
D. They are inherited biologically.
APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's Level: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify and describe the central concepts behind social psychology.
Page: 6
Topic: Central Concepts
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10. When examining topics such as dating rituals and mating behaviors, evolutionary psychologists ask how natural selection
might:
A. shape our actions.
B. change our attitudes.
C. account for similarities in our behaviors.
D. reinforce our attitudes.
APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's Level: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Identify and describe the central concepts behind social psychology.
Page: 6
Topic: Central Concepts
Feedback: What Are Social Psychology's Big Ideas?
11. Identify a true statement about social psychology.
A. It answers one's ultimate questions about life.
B. It helps in the understanding of the purpose of life.
C. It is about beliefs, attitudes, and relationships.
D. It helps in understanding an individual's ultimate destiny.
APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's Level: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify and describe the central concepts behind social psychology.
Page: 7
Topic: Social Psychology
Feedback: What Are Social Psychology's Big Ideas?
12. A social psychologist's personal convictions about what is desirable and how people ought to behave are known as his or her:
A. intuitions.
B. hypotheses.
C. values.
D. memoirs.
APA Outcome: 1.2: Develop a working knowledge of psychology's content domains
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's Level: Understand
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify the ways that values penetrate the work of social psychologists.
Page: 7
Topic: Human Values
Feedback: How Do Human Values Influence Social Psychology?
13. Social representations are:
A. value commitments within a culture.
B. intuitive ideas that prove to be true
C. widely held ideas and values, including assumptions and cultural ideologies.
D. stereotypes that are rooted in racism rather than in objective truth.
APA Outcome: 1.1: Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's Level: Remember
Difficulty: Low
Learning Objective: Recognize how—and how accurately—we explain others' behavior.
Page: 8
Topic: Culture
Feedback: How Do Human Values Influence Social Psychology?
14. Values enter social psychology when researchers:
A. collect data for their studies.
B. present the results of their experiments.
C. summarize their studies.
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