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Psychology Quiz on PSY204 Social Psychology, created by Stephanie Moore on 07/11/2019.
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Question 1

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Which of the following research methods allow a researcher to make a cause-effect conclusion?
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  • correlational
  • laboratory experiment
  • both correlational and laboratory experiment
  • none of the above

Question 2

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Which of the following is NOT a research ethics issue?
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  • validity
  • debriefing
  • informed consent
  • privacy

Question 3

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Which of the following is a bias that can occur in forming an impression?
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  • central trait
  • cognitive algebra
  • script
  • personal construct

Question 4

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Consider the following example of a schema change: A woman who believes that men are violent might, through encountering many men who are not, form a subgroup of non-violent men to contrast with violent men. This schema change is an example of:
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  • bookkeeping
  • conversion
  • subtyping
  • categorisation

Question 5

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My friend forgot to contact me for my birthday. I decided she forgot because a family member is very ill. Why type of attribution have I made?
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  • external attribution
  • internal attribution
  • dispositional attribution
  • fundamental attribution error

Question 6

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A self-serving bias is one that protects:
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  • self-esteem
  • self-concept
  • both A and B
  • none of the above

Question 7

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Self-perception theory proposes that we gain knowledge of ourselves only by making __________ .
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  • self-esteem comparisons
  • gains in self-awareness
  • self-attributions
  • all of the above

Question 8

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Barbie defines herself as a toy. This is an example of:
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  • personal identity
  • social identity
  • BIRGing
  • relational self

Question 9

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Which of the following is NOT a function of an attitude?
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  • instrumentality
  • ego defence
  • value expressiveness
  • none of the above

Question 10

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Modelling is a process more likely involved in which of the following?
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  • observational learning
  • instrumental conditioning
  • operant conditioning
  • classical conditioning

Question 11

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In persuasive communication research, one of the following is NOT a variable considered to be a ‘message’ factor:
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  • credibility
  • repetition
  • fear
  • fact

Question 12

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Which of the following is a special case of cognitive dissonance where inconsistency is experienced when a person makes a considerable effort to achieve a modest goal?
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  • overjustification effect
  • effort justification
  • minimising-maximising strategy
  • belief in a just world

Question 13

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When I ask my friend, “Can you do me a favour?”, and I am expecting my friend to accept without knowing what the favour is, I am using which of the following compliance tactics?
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  • foot-in-the-door
  • door-in-the-face
  • obedience
  • low-ball

Question 14

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If you were a member of a group, working on a collective task that was important to you, which of the following behaviours would you hope your fellow group members exhibited?
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  • social loafing
  • social compensation
  • both A and B
  • free-rider

Question 15

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The patterns of behaviour that distinguish between different activities within a group is known as:
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  • status
  • schema
  • roles
  • both B and C

Question 16

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In the Ohio State Leadership Studies research, two leadership behaviours were identified. Which leadership behaviour was focused on being task-orientated?
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  • outcome focused
  • initiating structure
  • democratic
  • performance structure

Question 17

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Groupthink is more likely to occur in:
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  • groups that have low cohesiveness
  • groups that are highly cohesive
  • groups that have no more than 8 members
  • none of the above

Question 18

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A distinction between prejudice and discrimination is that:
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  • prejudice is an attitude, while discrimination is the behaviour
  • prejudice is a behaviour, while discrimination is an attitude
  • prejudice is a cognitive component, while discrimination is an emotional component
  • prejudice is an emotional component, while discrimination is a cognitive component

Question 19

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A cognitive style that is rigid and intolerant and predisposes people to be prejudiced is known as:
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  • belief congruence theory
  • social dominance theory
  • ethnocentrism
  • dogmatism

Question 20

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Realistic conflict theory explains intergroup behaviour in terms of the nature of goal relations between groups. Which of the following type of goal would decrease intergroup conflict?
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  • mutually exclusive goal
  • conflict avoidance goal
  • competitive goal
  • superordinate goal

Question 21

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Collective behaviour that arises from a distinctive behaviour in an initially normless crowd is known as:
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  • firecracker theory
  • distinctive response theory
  • the spotlight effect
  • emergent norm theory

Question 22

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A critique of the frustration-aggression hypothesis is that:
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  • the theory’s loose definition of frustration
  • difficulty in predicting which kinds of frustrating circumstances may lead to aggression
  • both A and B
  • none of the above

Question 23

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A dramatic realise of pent-up feelings as an outlet for aggression is known as:
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  • catharsis
  • Type A personality
  • disinhibition
  • instinct

Question 24

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The process whereby people are less likely to help in an emergency when they are with others than when alone is known as:
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  • bystander intervention
  • bystander effect
  • volunteerism
  • just-world hypothesis

Question 25

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Which of the following is NOT a component in Latane and Darley’s cognitive model?
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  • attend to what is happening
  • assume responsibility
  • define the event as an emergency
  • empathy for the person needing help

Question 26

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Assortative mating is:
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  • coupling of individuals based on similarity of attitudes
  • coupling of individuals based on their resemblance to each other on physical appearance
  • coupling of individuals based on their resemblance to each other on one or more characteristics
  • none of the above

Question 27

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According to Rusbult and Zembrodt (1983), which of the following is an active stance during the deterioration of a relationship?
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  • loyalty
  • neglect
  • commitment behaviour
  • voice behaviour

Question 28

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Meaning can be communicated by language at a number of levels. Which of the following is the level regarding ‘words placed in sequence’?
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  • utterance
  • locution
  • illocution
  • semantics

Question 29

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Which of the following is NOT one of the six basic emotions as proposed by Vaughan and Hogg (2018)?
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  • anger
  • disgust
  • contempt
  • surprise

Question 30

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an independent person?
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  • is cooperative
  • is competitive
  • strives to feel good about the self
  • has personal attributes that guide action

Question 31

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A ____ has greater internal validity, while a ___ has greater external validity.
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  • Laboratory experiment, field experiment
  • Field experiment, laboratory experiment
  • Both a and b correct as they are both experimental research designs
  • Field study, laboratory experiment

Question 32

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Which self-best reflects your thoughts, feelings, and attitudes.
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  • Looking-glass self
  • Private self
  • Ideal self
  • Ought self

Question 33

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Which of the following is NOT a type of schema?
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  • Person schema
  • Role schema
  • Event schema
  • Script

Question 34

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Which of the following is NOT a type of self-serving bias?
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  • Self-perception
  • Self-handicapping
  • Illusion of control
  • Belief in a just world

Question 35

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According to Vaughan and Hogg (2014), which of the following is NOT a function of attitudes?
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  • Value expressiveness
  • Ego defence
  • Instrumentality
  • Consistency

Question 36

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If you wanted to appear similar to a person and changed your accent to be more similar to that of the person you were taking to, what process would you be using?
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  • Speech similarity
  • Speech matching
  • Speech likeness
  • Speech convergence

Question 37

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Which multiple requests tactic would have the focal request after an initial request that was likely to be refused?
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  • Foot-in-the-door
  • Door-in-the-face
  • Low-ball
  • Fist-in-the-face

Question 38

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Which of the following is NOT a social exchange model?
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  • Maximise strategy
  • Profit
  • Cost-reward ratio
  • Comparison level

Question 39

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Which of the following is an explanation of prejudice and discrimination as identified by Vaughan and Hogg (2018)?
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  • Authoritative personality
  • Left-wing authoritarianism
  • Social equity theory
  • Dogmatism

Question 40

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Which of the following is a behaviour of leaders as identified by the Ohio State Leadership Studies?
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  • Output-orientated
  • Task-orientated
  • Cohesion-orientated
  • Both a and c

Question 41

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Which of the following is NOT a group behaviour in social identity?
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  • Ethnocentrism
  • Intergroup similarity
  • Ingroup Favouritism
  • Stereotype

Question 42

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Which of the following forms of aggression would national defence fall under?
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  • Intergroup conflict
  • Interpersonal aggression
  • International aggression
  • Institutionalised aggression
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