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Lectures 11 - 12 Social Motivation (Ch 13)

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PSYC104 - Introduction to Psychology 1 Quiz on Lectures 11 - 12 Social Motivation (Ch 13), created by Nicole Chadwick on 21/01/2017.
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Question 1

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Social psychology is the study of
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  • How societies perceptions influence our own psyche
  • Peoples behaviour and how it influences others behaviour, beliefs and attitudes
  • Other people's beliefs and attitudes effecting a person's own beliefs, behaviours and attitudes

Question 2

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We as humans, use social comparison theory as a way to help us understand ourselves and our social worls better
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  • True
  • False

Question 3

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The fundamental attribution error reminds us, that we tend to attribute others' behaviour primarily to their personality traits and attitudes.
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  • True
  • False

Question 4

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Freud and Lorenz determined that agression is a healthy adaptive instinct, but
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  • is maladaptive
  • requires appropriate chanelling
  • foundational to assert dominance

Question 5

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Drinking alchohol calms us down and reduces the risk of agression.
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  • True
  • False

Question 6

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Acquiring resources, defence, asserting dominance and social manipulation are all functions of aggression.
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  • True
  • False

Question 7

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Agression is always inevitable.
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  • True
  • False

Question 8

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Cognitive dissonance theory
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  • Our attitudes are acquired from observing out own attitudes.
  • Attitudes are altered due to experiencing two or more thoughts which are conflicting, we are then motivated to eliminate the tension.
  • We don't really change our attitude, we report a change to maintain a consistent behaviour and attitude

Question 9

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Self perception theory
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  • Our attitudes are acquired from observing out own attitudes.
  • Attitudes are altered due to experiencing two or more thoughts which are conflicting; we are then motivated to eliminate the tension.
  • We don't really change our attitude, we report a change to maintain a consistent behaviour and attitude

Question 10

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Impression management theory
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  • Our attitudes are acquired from observing out own attitudes.
  • Attitudes are altered due to experiencing two or more thoughts which are conflicting; we are then motivated to eliminate the tension.
  • We don't really change our attitude, we report a change to maintain a consistent behaviour and attitude

Question 11

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Which of the following are persuasion techniques? (as identified by Lilienfeld et al.)
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  • but you are fixed
  • but you are free
  • foot-in-the-door
  • high ball
  • door-in-the-face
  • low ball

Question 12

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The IAT Test assesses levels of anger and altruism
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  • True
  • False

Question 13

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Humans are more likely to help their kin than others is an example of
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  • Altruism
  • Inclusive fitness theory
  • Evolutionary bias

Question 14

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Cognitive empathy is being aware of, and understanding suffering whilst always experiencing the same distress
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  • True
  • False
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