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Question 1 of 32

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The "social self" refers to the idea that we change how we present ourselves in different social circumstances.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 2 of 32

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If you were to walk into a lecture late and feel everybody in the lecture was watching you, you would be displaying...

Select one of the following:

  • The Spotlight Effect

  • Illusions of transparency

  • Paranoia

  • Attention attraction effect

Explanation

Question 3 of 32

1

If someone is accused of an act, but denies it, the feeling that the accuser knows they are lying is an instance of

Select one of the following:

  • Illusion of transparency

  • Spotlight effect

  • Drug abuse resulting in paranoia

  • Guilt caused obviousness

Explanation

Question 4 of 32

1

How can one decrease the illusion of transparency?

Select one of the following:

  • Wear dark clothes to hide themselves

  • Understand what illusion of transparency is

  • Masked feelings training

  • increased self-esteem

Explanation

Question 5 of 32

1

John tried to answer a question in a lecture and got it very wrong. He was incredibly embarrassed this and agonised over it for a very long time. What could explain his continued worry over such a small event?

Select one of the following:

  • A fundamental fear of rejection

  • John hates being embarrassed

  • John is a perfectionist

  • John is a psychopath

Explanation

Question 6 of 32

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In regards to social Psychology, what is the use of negative emotions such as embarrassment?

Select one of the following:

  • It makes us prosocial and shows other we care

  • It stops arrogance, leading to an increased chance of survival

  • It shows others our weakness

  • Leads to faster learning of mistakes

Explanation

Question 7 of 32

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The spotlight effect and the illusion of transparency is evidence for...

Select one of the following:

  • how much the social world impacts our sense of self

  • We are very paranoid creatures

  • We are generally self-obssessed

  • We aren't very good at hiding our emotions

Explanation

Question 8 of 32

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How is self knowledge stored?

Select one of the following:

  • As generalised self-categorisations or beliefs

  • As social schemas

  • In the amygdala

  • In brain books

Explanation

Question 9 of 32

1

The fact that we tend to remember what was said about us in conversations, shows that we are very egocentric creatures

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 32

1

Other people are just as good at reporting about ourselves as we are

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 32

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What are some factors that affect the development of the social self?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Biological factors

  • Family position

  • Race or religion

  • Comparison of ourselves to others

  • Other's judgements

  • Our success & failures

Explanation

Question 12 of 32

1

How and where we fit into groups, how we see ourselves compared to others and how others see us, shapes our social self.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 13 of 32

1

Stephanie from a family of 3 is hard working, assertive, caring, dominant, excitable, and conscientious. She is most likely to be

Select one of the following:

  • the oldest child

  • the youngest child

  • the middle child

  • adopted

Explanation

Question 14 of 32

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Bobby is 24 years old, he attends uni and jumps at any opportunity he gets to try something new. His tutors love him because he always pays attention and does what is instructed. He has many friends and is always finding new ways to stand out. he is most likely the...

Select one of the following:

  • oldest

  • youngest

  • an only child

  • adopted

Explanation

Question 15 of 32

1

Maddy went to a public school during her whole education. She hates girls from private schools and believes that they are all "spoilt rich girls". Maddy is displaying the effects of

Select one of the following:

  • Out group biasing

  • In-group favouritism

  • educational biasing

  • side effects of bullying

Explanation

Question 16 of 32

1

You make a joke and watch somebodies reaction to that joke and subsequently decide if you are funny or not. This would be in alignment with

Select one of the following:

  • the looking glass self

  • spotlight effect

  • self-fulfilling prophecy

  • confirmation bias

Explanation

Question 17 of 32

1

Reflected self-appraisals refers to the idea that we internalise what people actually believe about us.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 18 of 32

1

Working self concept refers to the idea that

Select one of the following:

  • we only access limited amounts of self-knowledge at any one time

  • we have a continually evolving sense of self

  • We are broken creatures that need to be constantly worked on

  • we are all striving to be the best we can be, so consistently work on ourselves

Explanation

Question 19 of 32

1

select all the reasons why human beings are bad at affective forecasting:

Select one or more of the following:

  • because of the impact bias

  • we don't know the power of our psychological immune system

  • We don't study the weather at school

  • because of the confirmation bias

Explanation

Question 20 of 32

1

Being stuck in a traffic jam isn't likely to effect me very much because of my psychological immune system.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 21 of 32

1

The idea that self-esteem is related to a sociometer means self-esteem is

Select one of the following:

  • a measure of how included we are feeling

  • a measure of how close we to becoming sociopathic

  • a self defence mechanism

  • a measure of how happy we are

Explanation

Question 22 of 32

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Mike is a very self-conscious individual, who consistently compares himself with others. Although, he only compares himself to people who seem similar to him. What theory is this in accordance with?

Select one of the following:

  • Social-comparison theory

  • Self-evaluation theory

  • working self concept

  • sociometer

Explanation

Question 23 of 32

1

Tom is a very arrogant business man. He thinks he is very included in all circles and everyone loves him. In his annual work performance report he was told he was not performing to the level required of him. How is he likely to respond?

Select one of the following:

  • Aggressively and become anti-social

  • Be very upset by this and lose motivation

  • He wouldn't hear it through his arrogance

  • He would accept it. He would understand what was being said was fair and try to improve on it.

Explanation

Question 24 of 32

1

Beth plays soccer and she believes that she is the best striker on the team, "no-one can put spin on the ball like me" she will often say. She also believes that abusing your team mates when they are playing poorly is common and everyone else on the team does this. Beth is displaying

Select one or more of the following:

  • false consensus

  • false uniqueness

  • false confirmation

  • false ability

Explanation

Question 25 of 32

1

Someones belief that they are the best around, and that their negative behaviour is normal, will be reinforced by

Select one or more of the following:

  • attentional biases

  • subtle motivational influences

  • can't be bothered to think of another answer

Explanation

Question 26 of 32

1

gestalt psychology refers to the idea that

Select one of the following:

  • we form an impression of someone based on the whole of them rather than the parts

  • We make assumptions about people based on brief instances

  • we place attributions on people very rapidly

  • we infer peoples behaviour based on internal causes

Explanation

Question 27 of 32

1

A trait that has a more significant impact on how we judge someone is called a

Select one of the following:

  • central trait

  • peripheral trait

  • biased trait

  • personality trait

Explanation

Question 28 of 32

1

Jimmy is 30 years old but his round baby face has always made him look younger. He applies for a top management position in a big bank. Unfortunately he doesn’t receive the job. What could have been an attributing factor to him not getting the job?

Select one of the following:

  • Baby face theory

  • hypothetical blindness

  • availability heuristic

  • counter-factual judgement

Explanation

Question 29 of 32

1

The fact that Georgia thinks happy people are generally outgoing is an example of

Select one of the following:

  • implicit personality theory

  • attribution error

  • confirmation bias

  • attentional bias

Explanation

Question 30 of 32

1

Two people have the same resume, but they have written their personal attributions in different orders. One states they are intelligent, industrious, impulsive, critical, stubborn, envious, and the other states they are envious, stubborn, critical, impulsive, industrious, Intelligent. The first person is seen in a positive light and the second in a negative light. What is the cause of this?

Select one of the following:

  • primacy vs recency

  • fundamental attribution error

  • actor observer effect

  • implicit personality theories

Explanation

Question 31 of 32

1

We continually Receive ambiguous information and convert it into information that is consistent with our schemas

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 32 of 32

1

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

In self-discrepancy theory, people in Western cultures generally tend to exhibit a ( promotion, prevention ) focus, while people in Eastern cultures tend to exhibit a ( prevention, promotion ) focus

Explanation

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