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PYC3701 EXAM PACK 2025 {DETAILED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS }
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- Social Psychology
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- University Of South Africa
PYC3701 EXAM PACK 2025 {DETAILED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS }
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QUESTION 1
The process during which we interpret, analyse, remember, and
use information about the social world is known as - - - - -.
1. encoding
2. automatic processing
3. social cognition
4. schemas
Alternative 3 is correct. The process during which we
interpret, analyse, remember, and use information about the
social world is known as social cognition (See chapter 2 in the
textbook on page 55 for more information).
QUESTION 2
Decisions made on the basis of the representativeness heuristic
may be flawed because they tend to ignore information about -
- - - -.
1 base rates
2. schemas
3. rational processing schemes
4. automatic priming
Alternative 1 is correct. Decisions made on the basis of the
representativeness heuristic may be flawed because they tend
,to ignore information about base rates (See chapter 2 in the
textbook on page 58 for more information).
QUESTION 3
We might think that a waiter who flirts with a customer does so
because he likes to flirt if we notice that other waiters avoid
flirting with that customer. This best represents the concept of
low - - - - -.
1. noncommon effect
2. consensus
3. consistency
4. distinctiveness
Alternative 2 is correct. We might think that a waiter who flirts
with a customer does so because he likes to flirt if we notice
that other waiters avoid flirting with that customer. This best
represents the concept of low consensus (See chapter 3 in the
textbook on page 106 for more information).
QUESTION 4
Socially introverted individuals who use Facebook or other
online social programs tend to - - - - -
1. not be able to transfer their online personas into the real
world.
2. create completely unattainable identities online.
3. become more introverted because their social interaction
is only occurring online.
, 4. benefit from receiving validation of a possible self and
may improve social success offline.
Alternative 4 is correct. Socially introverted individuals who
use Facebook or other online social programs tend to benefit
from receiving validation of a possible self and may improve
social success offline (See chapter 4 in the textbook on page
124 for more information).
QUESTION 5
George was listening as a friend described him to someone else
on the telephone. His friend’s description included “friendly,
taller, active” and similar terms. As a result, George is now
probably thinking of himself in terms of - - - - -.
1. collectivist relationships
2. indeterminant relationships
3. intergroup comparisons
4. intragroup comparisons
Alternative 4 is correct. George was listening as a friend
described him to someone else on the telephone. His friend’s
description included “friendly, taller, active” and similar terms.
As a result, George is now probably thinking of himself in
terms of intragroup comparisons (See chapter 4 in the textbook
on page 134 for more information).
QUESTION 6
11. According to the process of instrumental conditioning,
behaviour will be displayed often by an individual if - - - - -.
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