Applied Social Psychology Exam Review
Course Introduction
Applied Social Psychology explores how the principles and theories of social psychology can be used to address real-world issues and improve societal outcomes. This course examines topics such as attitude change, persuasion, social influence, group dynamics, prejudice reduction, health behavior, and organizational behavior. Students will analyze the psychological processes underlying everyday social interactions and learn to design interventions targeting social problems such as discrimination, health promotion, environmental sustainability, and workplace productivity. Case studies and current research are integrated to illustrate the practical applications of social psychology in diverse contexts.
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THINK Social Psychology 1st Canadian Edition by Kimberley Duff
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Chapter 1: What Is Social Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following represents a major factor in determining whether social loafing occurs instead of social facilitation?
A) Intelligence
B) Accountability
C) Personality
D) Conformity
Answer: B
Q2) Social loafing is reduced when a task is perceived as important to an individual.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Social comparison theory and cognitive dissonance theory were developed by which of the following social psychologists?
A) Stanley Milgram
B) Solomon Asch
C) Leon Festinger
D) Kurt Lewin
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Science of Social Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following can be considered a major limitation of correlations?
A) Correlations cannot tell you if two variables are related.
B) Correlations are only studied in small samples.
C) Correlations cannot tell you how much two variables are related.
D) Correlations do not allow researchers to assess cause and effect between two variables.
Answer: D
Q2) One reason random assignment is considered important in experimental research is because:
A) it allows researchers to determine which two variables are correlated to one another.
B) it allows a more representative sample of participants to be chosen for the study .
C) it allows researchers the ability to infer cause and effect.
D) it both allows a more representative sample of participants to be chosen for the study and it allows researchers the ability to infer cause and effect.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Social Cognition
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Q1) When you arrive at your first university class you find a seat, take out your notebook, and begin to record information the professor writes on the board. Previous experience of being a high school student helped you determine what to do in this situation. In social psychological terms, the cognitive structure that guided your behaviour is commonly known as ______________.
A) a plan
B) a schema
C) a self-fulfilling prophecy
D) the perseverance effect
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is an example of the availability heuristic?
A) People assume that John is not masculine because he is a nurse.
B) Sam avoids going into the ocean because he can easily remember two recent shark attacks reported in the media.
C) People assume that Andrea is not feminine because she likes to box.
D) None of the examples provided illustrate the availability heuristic.
Answer: B
Q3) Define schema and provide an example.
Answer: not answered
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Chapter 4: The Self
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Q1) Charlie practices the piano every day after school because he loves music and finds playing the piano enjoyable. In this example, Charlie's behaviour is:
A) extrinsically motivated.
B) intrinsically motivated.
C) self-serving.
D) unmotivated.
Q2) Moskalenko and Heine (2003) manipulated the type of feedback individuals received about their level of intelligence. They found that individuals who received negative feedback about an IQ test subsequently:
A) consumed more alcohol.
B) spent more time watching TV.
C) ate more cookies.
D) improved their test scores.
Q3) Individualism places an emphasis on ___________, while collectivism places an emphasis on ___________.
A) independence; autonomy
B) autonomy; independence
C) interdependence; dependence
D) independence; interdependence
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Chapter 5: Social Perception
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Q1) Individuals high in___________ like to think, solve problems, and understand their world accurately.
A) need for education
B) need for understanding
C) need for cognition
D) need for intelligence
Q2) Explaining Maureen's bad test grade by suggesting she is not intelligent is an example of a situational attribution.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Judy is going on a date but does not expect to have a good time. She acts in a way that communicates to her date that she is bored and disinterested. As a result, he behaves bored and disinterested. This exemplifies what phenomenon?
A) Belief perseverance
B) Confirmatory hypothesis testing
C) Self-fulfilling prophecy
D) Attribution bias
Q4) Why are nonverbal cues important for understanding other people's thoughts and behaviours?
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Chapter 6: Attitudes
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Q1) Your parents are trying to reduce the number of times you skip your high school classes. They take away your phone privileges every time they find out you did not go to class. This is an example of:
A) Negative reinforcement.
B) Positive reinforcement.
C) Positive punishment.
D) Negative punishment.
Q2) Operant conditioning was first discovered by:
A) Ivan Pavlov.
B) Albert Bandura.
C) B.F. Skinner.
D) Edward Thorndike.
Q3) When you are forming an attitude about an idea, object, or person you are more likely to focus on the negative information over the positive information. This is termed
A) attitude ambivalence
B) mere exposure
C) negativity bias
D) the pessimism effect
Q4) Define ambivalence and explain what it means to hold an ambivalent attitude.
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Chapter 7: The Power of Persuasion
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Q1) Would you always want an audience to focus intently on your message? Elaborate on why the use of distraction could enhance the persuasiveness of a message in some cases.
Q2) According to Hovland and colleagues, a measure will be accepted based on which three factors?
A) Communicator, cogency, and audience
B) Persuasiveness, content, and audience
C) Communicator, content, and audience
D) Persuasiveness, cogency, and salience
Q3) Which of the following is NOT one of Cialdini's "weapons of influence"?
A) Liking
B) Social proof
C) Classification
D) Commitment and consistency
Q4) How does the attractiveness of the source affect the power of a persuasive message? Are there limits to the influence of attractive sources in persuasive attempts? Why or why not?
Q5) For a fear-based appeal to be most effective, it should be as scary as possible.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Social Influence
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Q1) You are hired to solicit donations for a charity. Pick two compliance techniques described in your textbook and describe how you could use each one to increase the likelihood of receiving donations.
Q2) Which compliance technique involves a target accepting a 'low cost' offer, only to then be told there are additional hidden costs?
A) The door-in-the-face technique
B) The foot-in-the-door technique
C) The lowball technique
D) The that's-not-all technique
Q3) ___________ describe patterns of behaviour that are accepted as normal, and to which an individual is expected to conform.
A) The chameleon effect
B) Social influence
C) Social norms
D) Social roles
Q4) Describe two of the six principles of compliance described in your textbook and explain how they can be used to induce compliance.
Q5) Define and describe the chameleon effect. Provide an example.
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Chapter 9: The Power of the Group
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Q1) The manager of a department store wants to reduce social loafing among his employees. Describe at least two ways in which he could decrease their tendency to loaf.
Q2) Research suggests that as self-awareness decreases, ________ will likely increase.
A) evaluation apprehension
B) performance
C) deindividuation
D) social facilitation
Q3) _________ the personal importance of a task will _________social loafing.
A) Increasing; increase
B) Increasing; decrease
C) Changing; not affect
D) Decreasing; decrease
Q4) Latane, Williams, and Harkins (1979) found that when performing ???________, participants clapped and shouted much louder than when performing________.
A) alone; in a group
B) in a group; alone
C) well; poorly
D) poorly; well
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Chapter 10: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
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Q1) Prejudice is to ___________ as discrimination is to ___________.
A) behaviour; attitudes
B) attitudes; behaviour
C) emotions; attitudes
D) feelings; attitudes
Q2) The prejudice and discrimination that occurred in the Robber Cave Experiment is explained, in part, by which of the following?
A) Aversive racism
B) Just-world hypothesis
C) Realistic group conflict theory
D) Modern racism
Q3) Research suggests that people with low self-esteem favour their ingroup more than people with high self-esteem.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What appears to be one consequence of threatening a person's self-esteem?
A) It leads to increased understanding between members of different groups.
B) It decreases the tendency to stereotype.
C) It decreases the tendency to display prejudice.
D) It increases the tendency to stereotype.
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Chapter 11: Aggression
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Q1) According to your textbook, which of the following is true concerning gender differences in provoked aggression?
A) Women are more likely than men to act aggressively when provoked.
B) Women are more likely than men to act aggressively when unprovoked.
C) Men are more likely than women to act aggressively when unprovoked.
D) Men and women are equally likely to act aggressively when unprovoked.
Q2) Compare and contrast frustration aggression theory with cognitive-neoassociation theory.
Q3) You would expect cultures of honour to exist to a greater extent in which of the following places?
A) Country W, where the laws are not well enforced
B) Country Z, where there is strong financial security
C) Country Y, where the majority of citizens enjoy middle to upper class status and wealth
D) Country X, where there are strong laws and harsh punishments for disobeying rules
Q4) Elaborate on the effectiveness of punishment as a strategy for reducing and preventing aggressive behaviour. Is punishment a successful tactic? Why or why not?
Q5) Briefly name and describe two strategies for reducing aggression.
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Chapter 12: Attraction and Close Relationships
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Q1) What is the repulsion hypothesis and is there research evidence to support this idea?
Q2) Are there gender differences in jealousy? Explain why men and women would differ in jealousy.
Q3) Women are more likely than men to use stonewalling in their relationships.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What attitude is considered to underlie the formation of attachment styles?
A) Affection
B) Interpersonal trust
C) Self-respect
D) Interpersonal trust and self-respect
Q5) Compare and contrast the four attachment styles described in your textbook. Which style is best for successful relationships? Explain why.
Q6) Describe John Gottman's (1994) four relationship conflict styles.
Q7) If Rose likes her new dress more after trying it on several times, her increased liking may be a function of the mere exposure effect.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Prosocial Behaviour
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Q1) Laura is affiliated with the Conservative Party and identifies herself as Catholic. Based on this information, who would Laura be most likely to help?
A) John, a Catholic man who contracted AIDS from unsafe sex
B) Dawn, a Catholic mother who is homeless
C) Paul, a Jewish man and heavy smoker who contracted lung cancer
D) Laura would be equally likely to help everyone
Q2) Learning about the bystander effect is one way to increase helping behaviour in group situations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Two social norms that can affect when people decide to help are:
A) reciprocity and social engagement.
B) reciprocity and social responsibility.
C) social responsibility and social conscientiousness.
D) social responsibility and descriptive empathy.
Q4) How can the phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance decrease helping behaviour in an emergency? Be sure to define pluralistic ignorance in your answer.
Q5) In what situations are men more likely to help compared to women?
Q6) Define prosocial behaviour. Provide an example.
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