Individual And Society Sociological Social Psychol
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Individual and Society Sociological Social Psychology, 1e Lizabeth Crawford, Katherine Novak (Test Bank)
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Chapter 1
1 After Trudy’s aliens went to see a play, they reported back to her that “The play was soup . .
. the audience, art.” Thinking as a social psychologist, what might this mean? Which face of
social psychology is most useful to understand the aliens’ report?
Answer:
2 The research on bystander apathy discussed in the chapter is within the realm of:
(A) psychological social psychology
(B) symbolic interactionism
(C) social structure and personality
(D) group processes and structures
(E) group conflict
Answer: (A) psychological social psychology
Feedback: 9
3 When studying immigrants' social experiences, sociological social psychologists working
within social structure and personality have focused on:
(A) explaining why immigrant youths have lower levels of delinquency than their native-born
counterparts
(B) how members of particular immigrant groups construct identities through face-to-face
interaction
(C) identifying the environmental and interpersonal factors that result in high levels of delinquency
among particular immigrant groups
(D) the effects of immigrant status on interaction in task groups
(E) variations in the personal experiences of members of a particular immigrant group
Answer: (A) explaining why immigrant youths have lower levels of delinquency than their native-
born counterparts
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4 Which of the following faces of sociological social psychology would be the most likely to
focus on how members of an immigrant group construct identities through face-to-face
interaction?
(A) group conflict
(B) group processes and social structures
(C) psychological
(D) social structure and personality
(E) symbolic interactionism
Answer: (E) symbolic interactionism
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5 When studying immigrants' social experiences, social psychologists working within the
symbolic interactionist face of sociological social psychology have focused on:
, (A) explaining why immigrant youths have lower levels of delinquency than their native-
(B) born counterparts
(C) how members of particular immigrant groups construct identities through face-to-face
interaction
(D) identifying the environmental and interpersonal factors that result in high levels of
(E) delinquency among particular immigrant groups
(F) the effects of immigrant status on interaction in task groups
(G) variations in status characteristics among members of a particular immigrant group
Answer: (C) how members of particular immigrant groups construct identities through face-to-face
interaction
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6 Which face of sociological social psychology has generated research that is largely
experimental?
(A) group conflict
(B) group processes and structures
(C) psychological
(D) social structure and personality
(E) symbolic interactionism
Answer: (B) group processes and structures
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7 Pugh and Wahrman's study on gender and social influence in task groups is within the
_____________________ face of sociological social psychology.
(A) group conflict
(B) group processes and structures
(C) psychological
(D) social structure and personality
(E) symbolic interactionist
Answer: (B) group processes and structures
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8 Pugh and Wahrman studied the effectiveness of different interventions in their experiment
on the effects of gender on social influence in task groups. Their results suggest that gender
differences in susceptibility to social influence can be reduced by:
(A) showing that women outperform men on a task similar to the one used in the experiment
(B) showing that women perform equally as well as men on a task similar to the one used in the
(C) experiment
(D) telling subjects that men and women are equally competent
(E) telling subjects that men and women are likely to perform equally well on the experimental task
, (F) all of the above
Answer: (A) showing that women outperform men on a task similar to the one used in the
experiment
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9 Status characteristics are:
(A) achieved personal attributes, like educational attainment or occupational standing, that serve as
(B) the basis for group membership
(C) attributes, like being male or level of education, that affect the way people are perceived and
(D) treated
(E) behaviors people display in face-to-face interactions, like friendliness or competence, that give
(F) them status within a group
(G) dimensions of group membership within society, like being female or White, that have social
(H) consequences despite their biological basis
(I) micro-level attributes independent of society's system of stratification (e.g., marital status)
Answer: (C) attributes, like being male or level of education, that affect the way people are
perceived and
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10 Research on adolescent employment within the social structure and personality face of
social psychology suggests that:
(A) adolescents who work do so for the same reasons as adults
(B) adolescents who work are less likely than those who don't work to use alcohol and drugs
(C) adolescents who work are more optimistic about their futures than adolescents who don't work
(D) working in high school is associated with low grades
(E) there are no notable gender differences in how adolescents respond to their work environments
Answer: (C) adolescents who work are more optimistic about their futures than adolescents who
don't work
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11 Which of the following statements about sociological social psychology is true?
(A) Sociological social psychology emerged in conjunction with the development of computerized
procedures for data analysis.
(B) Sociological social psychology is a field of study based on empirical research.
(C) Sociological social psychology is more macro in focus than sociology but more micro in focus
than psychology.
(D) Sociological social psychology is theoretical and not research-oriented.
Answer: (B) Sociological social psychology is a field of study based on empirical research.
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12 What is the main contribution of Besen's symbolic interactionist study of teenagers working
in coffee shops?
, (A) that groups whose members have very different social characteristics share a common
perspective on work and other aspects of everyday life
(B) that gender discrimination in the workplace often starts with an individual's first job
(C) that jobs that seem exploitive to social psychologists and other academics might not be viewed
that way by their occupants
(D) the documentation of generalizable patterns of worker behavior
(E) the verification of the long-held belief that early job training translates into economic success in
(F) adulthood
Answer: (C) that jobs that seem exploitive to social psychologists and other academics might not be
viewed that way by their occupants
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13 The greater the number of bystanders present in an emergency situation, the lower the
likelihood that assistance will be given to the victim. Which of the following concepts has
been used within the research literature to explain this finding?
(A) apathy
(B) discrepancy
(C) consolidation of responsibility
(D) diffusion of responsibility
(E) response latency
Answer: (D) diffusion of responsibility
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14 Which of the following social psychological analyses has a micro-level unit of analysis?
(A) a study of the social interactions that occur among a group of homeless individuals
(B) a study of the relationship between family income and the level of support for
(C) government assistance for people who are unemployed
(D) a study of how race/ethnicity affects interaction in task groups
(E) a study of gender differences in reactions to stress
(F) a study of the relationship between immigrant status and delinquency
Answer: (A) a study of the social interactions that occur among a group of homeless individuals
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15 Which of the following faces of social psychology would be most likely to focus on the effect
of social class on depression?
(A) ethnographic (participant observation)
(B) group processes and structures
(C) psychological
(D) social structure and personality
(E) symbolic interactionism
Answer: (D) social structure and personality
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