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Course Introduction
Applied Social Psychology explores how social psychological principles and theories can be utilized to address real-world issues and improve outcomes in various domains such as health, education, environment, business, and law. The course examines topics like attitude change, social influence, group dynamics, prejudice, and prosocial behavior, with a focus on understanding and designing interventions for social problems. Students will learn to critically analyze case studies, apply research findings to practical scenarios, and develop skills in creating evidence-based solutions that promote positive social change.
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Social Psychology and Human Nature Comprehensive Edition 4th Edition by Roy F. Baumeister
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Chapter 1: The Mission and the Method
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Q1) Compared to true experiments, MOST correlational studies are low in ____.
A) internal validity
B) external validity
C) construct validity of the cause
D) construct validity of the effect
Answer: A
Q2) Most social psychologists perform research by ____.
A) engaging in historical analyses
B) conducting case studies (individual interviews)
C) conducting experiments
D) using nonexperimental observational methods
Answer: C
Q3) The study of how people change across their lives from conception to death is the purview of ____.
A) developmental psychology
B) cognitive psychology
C) clinical psychology
D) biological psychology
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Culture and Nature
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Q1) Consider the many steps involved in how most people get their food in modern societies (e.g., steps involving everything from farms to factories to stores). This process is a good example of ____.
A) "the conscious override"
B) "the selfish gene"
C) "nature says go, culture says stop"
D) "putting people first"
Answer: D
Q2) The automatic system is ____.
A) incapable of experiencing emotions or having thoughts
B) incapable of experiencing emotions but is capable of having thoughts
C) capable of experiencing emotions but is incapable of having thoughts
D) capable both of experiencing emotions and of having thoughts
Answer: D
Q3) In evolutionary theory, the process of natural selection MOST favors the ____.
A) genes of people who are most physically fit
B) genes of people who reproduce the most
C) genes of people who survive the longest (even if they don't reproduce)
D) most unique (uncommon) genes in a population
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: The Self
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Q1) Is self-esteem related to academic grades?
A) Yes, they are positively correlated; and it appears that high self-esteem leads to good grades.
B) Yes, they are positively correlated; and it appears that good grades lead to high self-esteem.
C) Yes, they are positively correlated; and it appears that high self-esteem leads to good grades AND that good grades lead to high self-esteem.
D) No, self-esteem is not related to academic grades.
Answer: B
Q2) Research suggests that pursuing self-esteem as an end in itself tends to ____.
A) increase people's independence
B) improve people's relationships
C) facilitate learning
D) lead to a variety of negative consequences
Answer: D
Q3) Pamela is in a study where she has to rate how desirable each person in her class is to her as a friendship partner. Pamela is in a study that probably tests ________________ theory.
Answer: sociometer
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Chapter 4: Choices and Actions
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Q1) Dierdre smokes a pack of Marlboro Reds every day. Social psychologists would say that this is a self-defeating behavior ____.
A) only if Dierdre is aware of the health risks associated with smoking
B) only if Dierdre gets sick or dies as a direct result of smoking
C) only if Dierdre is aware of the health risks associated with smoking AND gets sick or dies as a direct result of smoking
D) regardless of what Dierdre is aware of the health risks or whether she gets sick
Q2) Rosa has just been told she has a serious illness and visited with a specialist who has outlined a number of treatment options. If she is like most people, her next step will be to ____.
A) Google her disease to find more treatment options
B) eliminate some choices to focus on a select few
C) rank order all of the options and make a choice
D) select a few at random to research further
Q3) When people are making decisions among several different choices (e.g., choosing a car to purchase), there are several patterns of irrational thought to which they commonly fall prey. Please identify and discuss three of these.
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Chapter 5: Social Cognition
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Q1) Describe how one might reduce cognitive errors in processing social information.
Q2) The Stroop test is a psychological test that highlights the ____. A) distinction between automatic thinking and deliberate thinking B) tendency for ironic processes to occur in the wake of attempted thought suppressions C) fact that thinking is guided by three different types of goals D) tendency for people to make the fundamental attribution error
Q3) Polina is three years old. She is just beginning to understand concepts such as "dog," "cat," "chair," and "sofa," and to understand how these concepts differ from one another. In other words, she is just beginning to develop ________________.
Q4) A gain-framed appeal focuses on framing something in ____ terms.
A) negative
B) positive
C) neutral
D) truthful
Q5) People tend to want to explore most issues thoroughly before making decisions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Emotion and Affect
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Q1) A feeling state that is not clearly linked to any particular event is known as a(n)
Q2) During economic recessions, when large corporations must lay off many workers, those who retain their jobs sometimes feel ____. They think: "That's not really fair. I don't necessarily deserve to keep my job when so many other great workers are now unemployed. I shouldn't really still be here either..."
A) schadenfreude
B) survivor guilt
C) shame
D) catharsis
Q3) Research suggests that when people feel guilt, they usually ____.
A) apologize or seek to make amends
B) withdraw from others or lash out in anger
C) try to repress or avoid the emotion
D) seek to change their social situation or circumstances
Q4) Sherrill is really good at affective forecasting. She probably will also score high on the Managing Emotions branch of an emotional intelligence measure.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Attitudes, Beliefs and Consistency
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Q1) Religious beliefs have no psychological benefit.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Research in social cognition has more or less suggested that evaluation is part of perception.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Kelly's first pregnancy was a disaster by most people's standards. Her water broke 24 weeks into the pregnancy, she delivered the baby 15 weeks premature, and he survived but with multiple physical and behavioral health problems that take enormous resources to tackle. Yet every time Kelly takes the baby to the doctor, she notices other families with worse situations--children with terminal illnesses or more profound disabilities. Kelly is using ____ to cope with her baby's complications.
A) assumptive worlds
B) downward comparisons
C) presumptive reasoning
D) stigmatization
Q4) Explain the conditions under which the mere exposure effect holds true.
Q5) Explain the potential benefits and costs of holding strong religious beliefs.
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Chapter 8: Social Influence and Persuasion
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Q1) If you look at a pinpoint of light in a dark room, the light appears to move even though it is in fact stationary. This illusion of movement is called the ____ effect.
A) autokinetic
B) omega
C) sleeper
D) visual pique
Q2) An apartment manager lists a "luxury penthouse" in the newspaper for an astoundingly low price, even though he has no such units available. The idea is to lure people in, and then try to sell them his relatively mediocre apartments. The manager is apparently using an influence technique known as the ____.
A) foot-in-the-door technique
B) bait-and-switch technique
C) legitimization-of-paltry-favors technique
D) disrupt-then-reframe technique
Q3) To avoid advertisement wear-out, one should use ____.
A) credible sources
B) convert communicators
C) repetition-with-variation
D) the pique technique
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Chapter 9: Prosocial Behavior: Doing Whats Best for Others
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Q1) When communication is difficult in a prisoner's dilemma game, cooperation ____.
A) increases dramatically
B) increases a small amount
C) decreases a small amount
D) decreases dramatically
Q2) In general, people make moral decisions based on principles.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If Maria helps another person with the sole goal of increasing his or her welfare, and expects nothing from the other person in return, then she is said to be engaging in ____.
A) egoistic helping
B) altruistic helping
C) zero-sum helping
D) non-zero-sum helping
Q4) Research shows that playing violent video games tends to ____.
A) decrease empathy
B) increase empathy
C) have no effect on empathy
D) increase empathy only among individuals who are low in empathy to begin with
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Chapter 10: Aggression and Antisocial Behavior
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Q1) While males commit most of the violent acts around the world, there are some societies in which females commit the majority of the violence.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What does social psychological research say about the impact of violent media on aggressive behavior? Discuss all of the key conclusions from this research.
Q3) Briefly explain the differences between antisocial behavior, aggression, and violence, as defined in the textbook. Then explain the distinction between hostile aggression and instrumental aggression, and give an example of each.
Q4) Research on the weapons effect shows that this effect occurs ____.
A) via social learning
B) through a nonconscious, automatic process
C) for men but not women
D) only for people who are already angry
Q5) Social psychologists sometimes use the Indonesian term ____________________ to refer to the idea of becoming wildly and uncontrollably violent and destructive, or "going berserk."
Q6) Why should aggression be understood as a form of social influence?
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Chapter 11: Interpersonal Attraction and Rejection
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Q1) Which statement regarding testosterone levels in men is MOST accurate?
A) They usually dip after men reach their early twenties.
B) They are usually constant throughout life.
C) They do not appear to be associated with sex drive.
D) They do not appear to be associated with risk-taking behavior.
Q2) What makes people most reluctant to live alone?
A) The desire for social status
B) The drive for sex
C) The fear of uncertainty
D) The need to belong
Q3) According to the text, the main reason for social rejection among adults is ____.
A) aggression
B) social deviance
C) physical weakness
D) lack of physical attractiveness
Q4) The situation in which Person X loves Person Y, but Person Y does not love Person X, is known as ________________ love.
Q5) Describe the necessary ingredients for a sense of belongingness.
Q6) Social exclusion can also be called ________________.
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Chapter 12: Close Relationships: Passion, Intimacy, and Sexuality
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Q1) Social psychologists have identified several different types of love. So-called "romantic love" is referred to as ____.
A) passionate love
B) companionate love
C) committed love
D) fool's love
Q2) Couples who are experiencing passionate love tend to have overly positive, idealized views of one another. Research suggests that such views can often ____.
A) help relationships to survive long term
B) interfere with the development of companionate love
C) interfere with the process of disclosure
D) ironically, lead to misunderstandings and conflicts
Q3) While ____ love may be the most effective for starting relationships, ____ love may be the most effective for sustaining them in the long term.
A) passionate; companionate
B) companionate; passionate
C) affectionate; intimate
D) committed; affectionate
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Chapter 13: Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
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Q1) Research concerning prejudice against atheists suggests that ____.
A) belief in a deity is no longer considered to be particularly important in deciding whether someone is trustworthy or moral
B) because religions tend to promote the idea that coreligionists are "family," atheists are viewed as having no family and therefore, they cannot be trusted
C) belief in a deity remains critical in assessments of morality and trustworthiness among nearly all cultures
D) discrimination against atheists is extremely rare and largely made up in an attempt by atheists to disparage religious groups
Q2) Research concerning prejudice and discrimination against gays and lesbians suggests that ____.
A) they are largely a result of religious prohibitions against homosexuality
B) laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexuality are ineffective
C) people's attitudes are mainly rooted in various fears regarding homosexuality
D) nearly all cultures have extremely negative views towards gays and lesbians
Q3) The idea that regular interactions among members of different groups reduces prejudice, so long as the interactions occur under favorable conditions, is known as the
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Chapter 14: Groups
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Q1) According to social facilitation theory, for most people, task performance for tasks such as ____ should be enhanced by the presence of others, while task performance for tasks such as ____ should be hindered by the presence of others.
A) washing dishes; walking
B) solving a difficult math problem; walking
C) solving a difficult math problem; washing dishes
D) washing dishes; solving a difficult math problem
Q2) Early research in social psychology conducted by Max Ringelmann revealed that people ____ when they work as part of a group (e.g., pushing a car off of the road with two other people) compared to when they work alone at the same task.
A) do not work as hard
B) work harder
C) feel like they are doing more work
D) feel like they are doing less work
Q3) When groups make use of transactive memory, they tend to ____.
A) be more effective
B) be less effective
C) develop a stronger group bond
D) develop a weaker group bond
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Chapter 15: Applying Social Psychology to Consumer Behavior
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Q1) Tony is too cheap to buy weights to do weight-lifting. He therefore decides to use bottled water instead. Consumer psychologists would say that this is an example of
A) shrinkage
B) lateral cycling
C) product misuse
D) unbranded creativity
Q2) When consumers experience loud music, in-store crowding, or other shopping stressors, they tend to ____.
A) enact their dominant response
B) enact their non-dominant response
C) purchase more
D) purchase less
Q3) As discussed in the text, the consumer consumption process begins ____.
A) long before we choose a product
B) when we recognize that we need a product
C) when we decide to shop for a product
D) when we choose among different products
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Chapter 16: Applying Social Psychology to Health
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Q1) People who experience ____ show a disease-prone personality.
A) low levels of anxiety
B) long-term negative feelings
C) high self-esteem
D) chronic positive affect
Q2) Your text describes a study in which researchers recruited single, sexually active student volunteers to take part in a campaign (actually the experimental manipulation) supposedly designed to get other students who were just becoming sexually active to practice safe sex. The volunteers were asked to develop a persuasive speech about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and safer sex that was then videotaped. Researchers found that the students who made the taped speeches were more likely to use condoms, a finding that is consistent with ____.
A) social learning theory
B) the stages of change model
C) the health belief model
D) cognitive dissonance
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Chapter 17: Applying Social Psychology to the Workplace
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Q1) "Can-do" is to ____ as "will-do" is to ____.
A) ability; motivation
B) motivation; ability
C) mentoring; leadership
D) leadership; mentoring
Q2) Research indicates that ____ of U.S. professionals indicated that a positive online reputation influences their decision to hire job candidates.
A) 71%
B) 86%
C) 91%
D) 99%
Q3) One of the defining characteristics of industrial/organizational psychology is its _____.
A) atheoretical orientation
B) focus on normal behavior
C) focus on basic rather than applied research
D) study of groups rather than individuals
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Chapter 18: Applying Social Psychology to the Law
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Q1) In a properly conducted lineup, wherein eyewitnesses are asked to identify criminals who they saw commit a crime, the foils in the lineup are people who ____.
A) are all suspects of the crime
B) are all known to be innocent of the crime
C) do not match the physical description of the suspect
D) do not match the psychological profile of the suspect
Q2) According to the text, when police use lineup procedures to obtain identifications of criminals from eyewitnesses, which is better, the match-to-suspect approach or the match-to-culprit approach?
A) The match-to-suspect approach-because it does not "burn" eyewitnesses as much.
B) The match-to-suspect approach-because it is less likely to "lead" suspects.
C) The match-to-culprit approach-because it does not "burn" eyewitnesses as much.
D) The match-to-culprit approach-because it is less likely to "lead" suspects.
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Chapter 19: Applying Social Psychology to the Environment
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Q1) At what age does awareness of personal space boundaries usually begin?
A) one year
B) two years
C) four years
D) ten years
Q2) Research suggests that ____ can negatively impact employee work performance.
A) climate and noise (but not pollution)
B) noise (but not climate or pollution)
C) pollution and noise (but not climate)
D) climate, pollution, and noise
Q3) After a badly rusted storage tank leaked into the river that supplies drinking water for a large region, the owners of the tank deliberately withhold information about the chemicals that had been stored in the tank. This is best described as the ____ trap.
A) missing-hero
B) missing-information
C) missing-integrity
D) missing-regulation
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