Advanced Social Psychology Study Guide
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Course Introduction
Advanced Social Psychology delves into the complex interplay between individual behavior and social environments, building upon foundational psychological theories and research. This course explores topics such as social cognition, attitudes and persuasion, group processes, prejudice and discrimination, interpersonal relationships, and the influence of culture on behavior. Through analysis of current research, case studies, and experimental design, students will gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms driving social behavior, learn to critically evaluate empirical findings, and examine the application of social psychological principles to real-world issues.
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Social Psychology 9th Edition by Saul Kassin
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Chapter 1: What is Social Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding the relationship between the Internet and contemporary social psychology research?
A) The Internet facilitates collaboration among researchers, but is also, in and of itself, a provocative topic for empirical inquiry.
B) The Internet has increased the number of different variables that can be studied at one time, but at the same time has led to an unfortunate increase in the cost of running psychological studies.
C) The Internet allows researchers to combat the artificiality of laboratory experiments, and increases the demographic diversity of the participant sample used in most studies.
D) The Internet is still years away from having a significant impact on the nature and topics of research in social psychology.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Doing Social Psychology Research
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Q1) One of the problems with searches for social psychological studies on the Internet generally, without the aid of a database like PsycInfo, is that the results of such a search can vary wildly in
A) accuracy.
B) relevance.
C) quality.
D) All of these
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following has been shown to increase the accuracy of self-reports?
A) Experimental research
B) Construct validity
C) Bogus pipeline
D) Random sampling
Answer: C
Q3) The problem with Freudian theory was that
A) it failed to generate new hypotheses.
B) it was not sufficiently testable.
C) it did not pique the interest of other researchers of the time.
D) it did not enhance our understanding of psychological processes.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: The Social Self
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Q1) The process by which we seek to control or alter our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and urges is called
A) self-handicapping.
B) self-verification.
C) self-presentation.
D) self-regulation.
Answer: D
Q2) Goldstein and Cialdini's 2007 study on vicarious self-perception demonstrated that A) people sometimes infer something about themselves by observing the behavior of those who they believe to be biologically similar to them.
B) people's self-perceptions are not affected by others' actions.
C) people only pay attention to their self-perception when in the presence of those who they perceive as similar to them.
D) People lose their sense of self when observing the behavior of someone with whom they identify.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Perceiving Persons
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Q1) People most often and easily differentiate each other based on which of the following two dimensions?
A) Warm vs. cold.
B) Introvert vs. extrovert.
C) Kind vs. mean.
D) Positive vs. negative
Q2) The finding that moderately positive traits can dilute the impact of extremely positive traits on impressions is most consistent with the
A) role of central traits in impression formation.
B) influence of priming effects in impression formation.
C) averaging model of impression formation.
D) summation model of impression formation.
Q3) According to the covariation principle, a situational attribution is most likely to result when consistency is _____, consensus is _____, and distinctiveness is _____.
A) low; low; low
B) low; high; high
C) high; low; low
D) high; high; high
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Chapter 5: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
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Q1) Which of the following statements concerning the relationship between competition and prejudice is false?
A) Imagined competition can lead to prejudice just as much as actual competition.
B) The perception that one is not doing as well as outgroup members is sufficient to produce prejudice.
C) Prejudice can result from competitive threat to the ingroup as well as the individual.
D) Superordinate goals help diffuse conflict between children, but not adults.
Q2) Latrell is not satisfied with his $5 million annual salary because he feels that other basketball All-Stars are paid far more money.Latrell's dissatisfaction is most likely the result of
A) realistic conflict theory.
B) ingroup favoritism.
C) outgroup homogeneity.
D) relative deprivation.
Q3) Name at least three strategies that can be employed to reduce stereotype threat.
Q4) Describe two ways in which gender stereotypes are strengthened and maintained.
Q5) Explain how social identity theory accounts for ingroup favoritism.
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Chapter 6: Attitudes
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Q1) Steele's research on self-affirmation and cognitive dissonance indicates that when self-affirmations fail, dissonance
A) is reduced.
B) returns.
C) goes away permanently.
D) becomes much greater than it ever was.
Q2) In a study about political attitudes and opinions during the 2004 presidential election, researchers used brain imaging to examine what happened in the brain when participants listened to positive or negative statements about the candidate of their choice.They found that most affected were those areas of the brain associated with which of the following?
A) Emotion
B) Cognitive reasoning
C) Speech
D) Mood
Q3) All of the following factors can distinguish strong from weak attitudes except
A) the personal relevance of the issue.
B) the importance of the issue to family and friends.
C) the amount of perceived behavioral control.
D) the extent to which the issue concerns important values.
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Chapter 7: Conformity
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Q1) Ireland and Pennebaker (2010)found evidence for A) mood contagion.
B) mimicry in use of language.
C) destructive obedience.
D) the dynamic nature of mimicry.
Q2) Research has found that when people are presented with a request accompanied by a reason that does not offer a real justification for the request, they often respond
A) with skeptical reactance.
B) by asking for a more complete explanation.
C) with surprise followed by caution.
D) by complying mindlessly.
Q3) Baron and others (1996)found that participants' levels of conformity depended on how motivated they were to do well.When offered a financial incentive,
A) conformity went down when the task was difficult and up when the task was easy.
B) conformity went up in both conditions.
C) conformity went down in both conditions.
D) conformity went up when the task was difficult and down when the task was easy.
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Chapter 8: Group Processes
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Q1) Virtual groups are _____ susceptible to process loss than face-to-face groups.
A) more
B) less
C) equally
D) more and less
Q2) Deindividuation refers to the
A) loss of individuality and reduction of constraints against deviant behavior.
B) decrease in individual effort on simple group tasks.
C) tendency for group decisions to be more extreme than the decisions of the individuals comprising the group.
D) impairment in group decision making that results from a concern with unanimity.
Q3) According to Zajonc, social facilitation
A) occurs because of concerns about being evaluated by others.
B) results from the physical immediacy of others.
C) occurs in humans, but not in less intelligent animals.
D) can be explained by considering attentional processes.
Q4) Define groupthink, and identify antecedents that contribute to the phenomenon as well as strategies for preventing it.
Q5) Describe three key structural features of groups.
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Chapter 9: Attraction and Close Relationships
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Q1) Popular wisdom is often contradictory, as with the following two sayings: 1)"opposites attract" and 2)"birds of a feather flock together." Research on the relationship between similarity and liking suggests that
A) #1 is more accurate; people tend to be more attracted to those who are dissimilar from themselves.
B) #2 is more accurate; people tend to be more attracted to those who are similar to themselves.
C) both are right for different people; heterosexual men tend to be attracted to similar others whereas gay men tend to be attracted to dissimilar others.
D) both are right in different conditions; people are attracted to similar others when they are interested in long-term relationships, but they prefer dissimilar others for less serious relationships without commitment.
Q2) According to Reis and colleagues (2011), familiarity breeds A) attraction.
B) contempt.
C) dislike.
D) boredom.
Q3) How are mating preferences explained from an evolutionary perspective?
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Chapter 10: Helping Others
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Q1) Kevin asks Winnie to drive him to the airport.Though Winnie doesn't really want to, she agrees because Kevin loaned her money last week.Winnie agreed to help because of the norm of
A) equity.
B) reciprocity.
C) justice.
D) cooperation.
Q2) Research by Batson on the empathy-altruism hypothesis suggests that
A) all helping is altruistic.
B) most helping is egoistic.
C) helping is affected by many motives, including sometimes altruism.
D) helping is affected by many motives, but rarely altruism.
Q3) Which of the following would be the most effective way for a person to secure help in an emergency situation?
A) Make a very loud general plea for help
B) Ask a specific individual for help
C) Request help from those who are more psychologically distant from the situation
D) Appear to have the situation entirely under control
Q4) Describe how the presence of bystanders affects helping.
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Chapter 11: Aggression
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Q1) United States citizens tend to be more likely than those of other nations to engage in A) politically motivated violence directed toward groups.
B) mob violence at sporting events.
C) violence against young girls.
D) gun-related violence against individuals.
Q2) The theory that behavior is learned through the observation of others as well as through the direct experience of rewards and punishments is called _____ theory
A) modeling
B) frustration-aggression
C) social learning
D) cultivation
Q3) Discuss the role played by arousal and affect in aggression.
Q4) The strong positive correlation between testosterone levels and aggressive behavior could reflect all of the following except
A) testosterone and aggression are unrelated.
B) testosterone increases aggression.
C) aggression increases testosterone.
D) stress may increase both aggression and testosterone.
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Chapter 12: Law
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Q1) In a murder trial, Bob was selected to serve on a death-qualified jury.Given his attitude toward the death penalty, he is probably ______ than the average U.S.citizen.
A) less likely to vote for acquittal
B) more likely to recommend the death penalty
C) less tolerant of procedures that protect the accused
D) All of these
Q2) The pre-trial interview of prospective jurors conducted by the judge and lawyers is called
A) decision control.
B) jury nullification.
C) scientific jury selection.
D) voir dire.
Q3) The tendency for the presence of a weapon to draw attention and impair a witness's ability to identify a culprit is called the
A) weapon-focus effect.
B) distraction effect.
C) inattention phenomenon.
D) CSI effect.
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Chapter 13: Business
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Q1) Jordan, a successful CEO, is asked in an interview to explain her success.She replies, "To lead, you must inspire." Given her response, she can best be described as a
A) transactional leader.
B) relations-oriented leader.
C) transformational leader.
D) task-oriented leader.
Q2) Halo effects are most likely to be caused by A) reliance on implicit personality theories.
B) the tendency to perceive women as having a nurturing role.
C) biases in the graphology process.
D) the use of structured interviews in personnel selection.
Q3) All of the following are aspects of the due process model of performance appraisal except A) adequate notice.
B) fair hearing.
C) integrity tests.
D) evidence of job performance.
Q4) How do rewards affect intrinsic motivation?
Q5) Describe two factors that can reduce the validity of the traditional interview.
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Chapter 14: Health and Well being
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Q1) After an extraordinarily stressful week at work, Mahmoud spends the weekend in bed with the flu.Which of the following best explains why Mahmoud became ill?
A) Mahmoud depleted his body's stress-fighting resources, thus increasing his susceptibility to illness.
B) Prolonged activity of Mahmoud's stress-fighting resources caused other bodily systems to break down, increasing his susceptibility to illness.
C) Mahmoud's natural stress-fighting resources weakened with prolonged use, making his body more susceptible to illness.
D) Mahmoud has a Type B, rather than a Type A, personality.
Q2) Sue Ellen typically explains negative events using temporary, specific, external attributions.According to Seligman (1991), Sue Ellen could best be described as possessing
A) a Type B personality.
B) hardiness.
C) learned helplessness.
D) optimism.
Q3) Explain how self-focus may exacerbate the negative effects of stress, and how this may be avoided.
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