psy1010 final exam Summer 2016 UPDATED 2022 VRIFIED & APPROVED BY EXPERT TUTORS
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psy1010 final exam Summer 2016 UPDATED 2022 VRIFIED & APPROVED BY EXPERT TUTORS
psy1010 final exam Summer 2016 UPDATED 2022 VRIFIED & APPROVED BY EXPERT TUTORS
11. A college student gives a speech in front of an audience of 1,000 high school kids
about how one should never drink and drive. Two n...
PSYCHOLOGY 1010 psy1010 final exam Summer 2016 psy1010 final exam Summer201 6 Final Exam – Markman – Summer 2014 – Psy1010 – Good Luck! 1. In Milgram’s Obedience Study, a. The teacher administered increasingly harsher shocks to the leaner b. The teacher was led to believe that he or she was administering increasingly harsher shocks to the learner, but in reality, no actual shocks were administered c. The learner administered increasingly harsher shocks to the teacher d. The experimenter administered increasingly harsher shocks to the learner 2. In one research study college students performed extremely boring tasks. When a one- hour session had been completed, the students were asked to tell the next participant that the experiment was extremely interesting and enjoyable. Some of the students were offered a $1 incentive for telling th e next student about the experiment, whereas others were paid $20. In this study, Festinger and Carlsmith found that: a. the more subjects were paid to act in a manner that was inconsistent with their true feelings, the more likely their attitudes were to change b. any amount of incentive was sufficient to change attitudes when participants had acted in a manner that was inconsistent with their true feelings c. the more subjects were paid to act in a manner that was inconsistent with their true feelings, the less likely their attitudes were to change d. no matter how much the incentive was, participants did not change their attitudes about the task 3. Which of the following is NOT generally considered to be an explanation for the behavior of subjects in Milgram’s “Obedience” study? a. Responsibility assumed by individual perceived to be legitimate authority figure b. Entrapment and escalation c. Cognitive dissonance and self-justification d. The insensitivity of the subjects 4. Which of the following statements best characterizes the take-home message of the Milgram study? a. The subjects in the experiment were insensitive individuals who had no regard for the welfare of the person they believed they were shocking. b. Some individuals simply have a higher capacity for evil than others. c. Given the proper situation and context, each and every one of us would feel a great deal of pressure to obey authority. d. People find it fairly easy to resist authority. PSYCHOLOGY 1010 psy1010 final exam Summer 2016 5. In the recent (2007) video depicting Jerry Burger’s attempt to replicate the Milgram Obedience Study, it was found that: a. participants were significantly less likely to obey in 2006 than they were in 1962 b. the majority of participants in the 2006 study were willing to obey c. women in the 2006 study were much less likely to obey than were the men in the 2006 study d. men in the 2006 study obeyed a male experimenter, but typically refused to obey a female experimenter 6. Which of the following is NOT true about obedience? a. Relieving participants of personal responsibility will increase obedience. b. People are more likely to obey persons with visible signs of authority. c. Obedience is more likely if one begins with strong commands and then gradually decreased their nature to that of mild commands. d. People are more likely to obey if the authority figure is in the same room with them and less likely to obey if the authority figure is in a different room from them 7. Which of the following offers the best explanation for the effectiveness of fraternity and sorority hazing? a. Effort justification b. Self-perception c. Low-balling d. The reciprocity norm 8. In the recent (2007) video depicting Jerry Burger’s attempt to replicate the Milgram Obedience Study, Burger: a. allowed participants to go up to 450 volts on the shock generator, as in Milgram’s study b. only allowed participants to go up to 150 volts on the shock generator, unlike Milgram’s study c. found that men were more likely to obey than women d. found that college students were less likely to obey than older adults from the community 9. If you attribute the behavior of participants in Milgram’s obedience study to their insensitivity and inner sadism, then you would most likely be: a. falling prey to cognitive dissonance b. falling prey to mindless compliance c. committing the fundamental attribution error d. falling prey to the social loafing effect PSYCHOLOGY 1010 psy1010 final exam Summer 2016 10. A McDonald’s manager was ordered over the phone by someone claiming to be a police officer to strip search a young woman who worked behind the counter. According to the video seen in class, what did the manager do? a. She told the man on the phone that she refused to follow his orders b. She told the man on the phone to come down to the McDonald’s first, and agreed to strip search the young woman as soon as she saw his police badge c. She told the man on the phone to come down to the McDonald’s first, but when he got there, she recognized that the man was her ex-husband d. She followed the orders of the man on the phone 11. A college student gives a speech in front of an audience of 1,000 high school kids about how one should never drink and drive. Two nights later, he hits the bars with his friends, gets very drunk, and then drives them all home. According to social psycholo gical theory, the college student should experience some when he reflects on his behavior the next morning. a. cognitive dissonance b. social facilitation c. social perception d. deindividuation 12. As discussed in class, one thought that the college student described in #35 might have the next morning that might help him justify his behavior to himself could be: a. “Most people drive too fast when they’re drunk, but I’m careful and drive more slowly. So, it’s really not that big of a deal.” b. “I have absolutely no memory of what happened last night.” 13. Robbie says he got an A on the psychology test because he is smart, but he got a D on the English test because the professor is mean and gave an unfair exam. Robbie is most likely committing . a. a self-serving bias b. an actor -observer bias c. the ultimate attribution error d. the fundamental attribution error 14. People make attributions when they think that something outside the person, such as the environment or circumstances, is the cause of his or her behavior. a. internal/dispositional b. external/situational c. general d. specific
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