Contemporary Issues in Social Psychology Review
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This course explores current trends, debates, and research developments within the field of social psychology. Emphasizing real-world applications, students will examine theoretical perspectives and empirical studies on pressing topics such as social identity, prejudice, group dynamics, digital behavior, social influence, and well-being. Through critical analysis of case studies and recent scholarly literature, participants will gain a nuanced understanding of how social contexts, technological advancements, and global events shape individual and collective behavior in modern societies.
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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 is most true regarding common sense?
A) Common sense is an objective idea.
B) Common sense is a good predictor of others' behaviour.
C) Common sense is a subjective concept.
D) Common sense is usually based upon solid evidence.
Answer: C
Q2) Who is considered the father of modern social psychology?
A) Norman Triplett
B) Fritz Heider
C) Solomon Asch
D) Kurt Lewin
Answer: D
Q3) Social perception is the process through which other people affect an individual's thoughts or actions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Science of Social Psychology
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Q1) In an attempt to determine whether noise interferes with performance, Marc randomly assigns participants to take a math test either while listening to loud music or in silence. In this study, the presence of absence of noise would be considered the:
A) independent variable.
B) subject variable.
C) dependent variable.
D) random variable.
Answer: A
Q2) A researcher formed the following hypothesis: Good children receive more positive attention from their parents than bad children. The main problem with this hypothesis is:
A) The hypothesis is too specific.
B) The hypothesis does not define the sample of interest.
C) 'Good children' and 'bad children' are too vague and abstract.
D) There is no problem with the hypothesis.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Social Cognition
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Q1) Once they are formed, schemas are easy to change.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) John likes to read books and spends a great deal of time in the library. The tendency to conclude that John is more likely to be a university professor than a mechanic is an example of using the _____________ heuristic.
A) representativeness
B) availability
C) anchoring and adjustment
D) framing
Answer: A
Q3) We are more likely to respond to negative stimuli and filter out positive stimuli when:
A) the information is arousing, personally relevant, or uncertain.
B) the information is context-dependent, dispositionally irrelevant, or precise.
C) the information is temporal, spatially-relevant, or costly.
D) the information is transient, frequency-encoded, or enduring.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Self
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Q1) Clive Wearing, a professional musician with detailed knowledge of composers and musical scores, contracted an infection of the brain which damaged his hippocampus. Following the development of the infection, what was Clive Wearing unable to do anymore?
A) He could not name songs he once knew.
B) He was not able to play music.
C) He was not able to recognize his wife by sight.
D) He was not able to name songs he once knew or play music.
Q2) 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.
Q3) Josh believes that he will be more likely than his friends to graduate from university, earn a PhD, and get a high paying job. What concept defines this tendency to be overly positive? What are the potential hazards to being overly positive?
Q4) Briefly compare and contrast the concepts of individualism and collectivism.
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Chapter 5: Social Perception
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Q1) Compared with an individual high in need for cognition, research suggests that an individual low in need for cognition is more likely to engage in what phenomenon?
A) The three-stage model of attribution
B) The self-serving bias
C) Belief in a just world
D) The correspondence bias
Q2) Inferring that a person's traits caused his or her behaviour is known as a(n)
A) situational attribution
B) dispositional attribution
C) extrinsic attribution
D) external attribution
Q3) Research by Mann, Vrij, and Bull (2004) showed that police officers who were considered experienced lie detection experts were:
A) accurate at detecting lies 82 percent of the time.
B) accurate at detecting lies 80 percent of the time.
C) less accurate at detecting lies when relying on nonverbal cues.
D) less accurate at detecting lies when relying on verbal cues.
Q4) Describe the halo effect and provide an example.
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Chapter 6: Attitudes
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Q1) Classical conditioning was first demonstrated by __________ in his famous experiment with dogs.
A) Ivan Pavlov
B) Albert Bandura
C) B.F. Skinner
D) Edward Thorndike
Q2) Research shows that people with names like Tanya are more likely to live in Tampa and people with names like Sarah are more likely live in Sarasota. What can we conclude from this research?
A) We can conclude that having certain initials is correlated with certain outcomes.
B) We can conclude that living in a place that starts with an 'S' causes people choose names that start with an 'S.'
C) We can conclude that living in a place that starts with a 'T' causes people choose names that start with a 'T.'
D) We can conclude that having a name that starts with a 'T' causes people to live in places that start with a 'T.'
Q3) Define ambivalence and explain what it means to hold an ambivalent attitude.
Q4) What is the name-letter effect? What impact might this effect have on your life?
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Chapter 7: The Power of Persuasion
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Q1) Individuals with low need for cognition are more likely to be persuaded by ___________, rather than by____________.
A) the quality of the message; peripheral route cues
B) peripheral route cues; the quality of the message
C) the gender of the source; peripheral route cues
D) the credibility of the source; peripheral route cues
Q2) Why should advertisers be careful about the physical cues they use in messages?
A) Because physical cues only impact audiences prone to central route processing
B) Because physical cues can vary in meaning for different audiences
C) Because physical cues never impact persuasion
D) Because physical cues are always offensive
Q3) When tennis star Roger Federer appears in commercials for Gillete Razor Blades, he is considered:
A) the model.
B) the source.
C) the endorser.
D) the spokesperson.
Q4) Persuasion is always something to be resisted.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Social Influence
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Q1) When Danny is at work he interacts with customers in a friendly way and maintains a professional relationship with other staff members. This is likely because:
A) this is Danny's social role at work.
B) this is Danny's personality in general.
C) this is Danny's work ethic in general.
D) Danny is a very motivated individual.
Q2) What did Cialdini call people who depend upon their ability persuade other people?
A) Compliance professionals
B) Obedience professionals
C) Conformity specialists
D) Obedience specialists
Q3) Who would be most likely to conform to the majority?
A) A male
B) A female who can provide her viewpoint in private
C) A female who must provide her viewpoint in public
D) A male can provide his viewpoint in private
Q4) Who is more likely to conform, a person from a collectivist culture or a person from an individualistic culture? Why?
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Chapter 9: The Power of the Group
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Q1) Research suggests that the presence of others can have either a positive or negative impact on our performance. According to information presented in your textbook, what factor helps to determine whether performance is enhanced or hindered by others?
A) The duration of the task
B) The age of the individual
C) The familiarity of the task
D) How time-consuming the task is
Q2) Which of the following represents an example of social facilitation?
A) A talented musician performs better in front of an instructor than an audience.
B) An individual's test score improves after studying with a group of friends the previous evening.
C) An individual concentrates better on his exam after the teacher moves him to a more quiet room.
D) An individual runs faster with a group of friends than by herself.
Q3) Name and describe the three factors that may lead to arousal.
Q4) Social loafing has only been identified in adults.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
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Q1) Glick and colleagues have found that ambivalent sexism is more prevalent in people from:
A) countries with the greatest wealth.
B) countries with the greatest degree of economic and political inequality between races.
C) countries that have very low educational achievement.
D) countries with the greatest degree of economic and political inequality between the sexes.
Q2) Education seems to be an effective way to combat stereotyping and prejudice under what condition?
A) When the targets are intelligent
B) When the targets are young
C) When the targets actually participate in the educational exercise
D) When the targets are shown educational videos on prejudice
Q3) Which of the following would NOT be considered a source of stereotypes and prejudice?
A) Social learning
B) Social categorization
C) Competition for scarce resources
D) Increasing contact between members of different groups
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Chapter 11: Aggression
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Q1) Low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin are associated with which of the following?
A) Compromised impulse control
B) Improved impulse control
C) Decreased direct aggression
D) Decreased indirect aggression
Q2) How do cues in the environment relate to aggression? How can perceptions of the weapon influence this relationship?
Q3) Charlie learns that when his father yells at his mother, she complies with his demands. As a result, Charlie yells at his girlfriend when she doesn't agree with him in an attempt to get her to change her views. Which theory of aggression best explains Charlie's verbal aggression against his girlfriend?
A) Instinct theory
B) Social learning theory
C) Frustration aggression theory
D) Cognitive-neoassociation theory
Q4) Describe instinct theory. Briefly elaborate on one of the major criticisms of this theory.
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) The 'what is beautiful is good' stereotype would lead us to assume that because an individual is attractive he is also:
A) competitive.
B) successful.
C) ruthless.
D) power-hungry.
Q2) According to research, women are more likely than men to be upset when:
A) their partner has sexual intercourse with someone else.
B) their partner forms an emotional attachment to someone else.
C) their partner flirts with someone powerful and successful.
D) either when their partner has sexual intercourse with someone else or when their partner forms an emotional attachment to someone else.
Q3) Women are more likely than men to use stonewalling in their relationships. A)True
B)False
Q4) 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) Which of the following is true regarding helping and attractiveness?
A) Men are more likely to help attractive women than unattractive women.
B) Women are more likely to help attractive women than unattractive women.
C) Women are more likely to help unattractive women than attractive women.
D) Men are more likely to help unattractive women than attractive women.
Q2) When an individual feels less personal responsibility to help this is known as________.
A) diffusion of responsibility
B) reciprocity
C) pluralistic ignorance
D) kin selection
Q3) Research suggests that we are more likely to offer assistance to people when we view their circumstances as something out of their control as opposed to something they might have 'caused' themselves. In other words, helping behaviour is related to the: A) reciprocity norm.
B) attributions we make for behaviour.
C) social responsibility norm.
D) empathy we feel.
Q4) Define prosocial behaviour. Provide an example.
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