Chapter 2 Testbank Exam Questions With Correct Answers.
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Social Psychology
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Social Psychology
Chapter 2 Testbank Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
The introduction to Chapter 2 began with descriptions of disagreements over the relation between
television violence and aggressive behaviour, and of situations in which people won't intervene to stop
violence. Why would authors begin Chap...
Chapter 2 Testbank Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
The introduction to Chapter 2 began with descriptions of disagreements over the relation between
television violence and aggressive behaviour, and of situations in which people won't intervene to stop
violence. Why would authors begin Chapter 2 by describing these phenomena?
A) There are competing explanations for both phenomena, and research methods can be used to
establish the best explanation.
B) These topics address the most difficult issues that social psychologists will ever study.
C) Definitive explanations for both phenomena have been provided by social-psychological research.
D) These topics are a good example of what has yet to be studied in social psychology.
E) There is more literature on violence and aggression than on any other topic of interest to social
psychologists. - answer✔A) There are competing explanations for both phenomena, and research
methods can be used to establish the best explanation.
According to the authors, why are people often wrong in asserting that social psychology only reflects
common sense?
A) People's inferences about psychological phenomena are rarely based in fact.
B) Common sense is never correct.
C) People are largely ignorant about what exactly social psychologists study.
D) Most grandmothers' advice is based on common experience, not scientific evidence.
E) So-called common sense findings often make more sense in retrospect than in advance. - answer✔E)
So-called common sense findings often make more sense in retrospect than in advance.
In which of the following disciplines are students most likely—by virtue of their experiences—to sigh,
"Big deal. I could have predicted that"?
E) theoretical mathematics - answer✔D) social psychology
In Chapter 2, the authors included a brief quiz about research findings. This quiz was designed to
illustrate that
A) most research findings directly contradict folk wisdom.
B) so-called "obvious" research findings are not all that easy to predict in advance.
C) although people are not insightful "physicists," they are insightful "social psychologists."
D) social psychology is really little more than common sense.
E) the wording of a quiz can easily be manipulated to trick the reader. - answer✔B) so-called "obvious"
research findings are not all that easy to predict in advance.
The precise specification of how variables are measured or manipulated in a social psychological
experiment is called
The Kitty Genovese murder inspired research on bystander apathy. This example illustrates the
usefulness of relying on ________ in formulating research hypotheses.
E) personal experience - answer✔A) casual observations of everyday life
The _______ led Bibb Latané and John Darley to systematically test the situational factors that influence
people's responses to emergencies.
A) Bay of Pigs fiasco
B) Iran-Contra affair
C) Vietnam War
D) Watergate scandal
E) murder of Kitty Genovese - answer✔E) murder of Kitty Genovese
Which of the following is NOT an example of an operational definition?
A) Defining "liking" as the number of times two people smile at each other.
B) Defining "liking" as the number of times people get together in one week.
C) Defining "aggression" as the number of times a child yells at a peer.
D) Defining "love" as a unique and special feeling.
E) Defining "aggression" as hitting another person. - answer✔D) Defining "love" as a unique and special
feeling.
Professionals like actors, writers, and filmmakers employ observational methods to learn about social
situations. What makes their work different from the work of social psychologists?
A) Social psychologists are more likely to be participant observers.
B) These professionals seldom set out to answer a specific question.
C) The situations or events that these professionals observe are not of interest to scientific social
psychologists.
D) Social psychologists tend to employ a pre-arranged set of criteria to guide their observations.
E) These professionals are more interested in individual personality differences than a social
psychologist would be. - answer✔D) Social psychologists tend to employ a pre-arranged set of criteria to
guide their observations.
What makes the observations conducted by social scientists different from the kinds of observations
that anyone might make in the course of a day? Social scientists
A) will only sample people from their own culture.
B) make sure to observe a random sample of people.
C) observe and code behaviours according to prearranged criteria.
D) always rely on technology (e.g., hidden cameras or tape recorders) to record behaviours.
E) make it a point never to interact with the people they are observing. - answer✔C) observe and code
behaviours according to prearranged criteria.
A researcher has recorded that on the playground, boys are more likely to use physical aggression to get
what they want, but girls are more likely to use verbal aggression to get what they want. This researcher
most likely employed a(n) ________ research method.
A) experimental
B) observational
C) clinical
D) interview
E) archival - answer✔B) observational
A social psychologist employing the ________ method of research is most like a video camera.
A) experimental
B) co-reactive
C) archival analysis
D) observational
E) correlational - answer✔D) observational
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