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Health Psychology explores the interplay between psychological processes and physical health, emphasizing how behavior, cognition, and emotion influence well-being and illness. This course examines topics such as stress, coping strategies, health behavior change, chronic illness management, and the impact of social and cultural factors on health. Students learn about psychological interventions to promote healthy lifestyles, patient-provider communication, and the role of psychological assessment in healthcare settings. By integrating theories and empirical research, the course provides a comprehensive understanding of how psychological principles can be applied to prevent illness, promote health, and improve quality of life.
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Applied Social Psychology 3rd Edition by Jamie A. Gruman
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Chapter 1: Defining the Field of Applied Social Psychology
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Q1) Explain what is meant by level of analysis in social psychology,and name the different levels at which interventions may be directed.
Answer: In social psychology,the term level of analysis refers to the explanation level or focus point at which one assesses the social situational determinants of individual behavior.Interventions may be directed at one of five levels; these include interpersonal,group,organizational,community,or societal/cultural.Drawing on the example given in the text,if one seeks to explain a person's behavior by investigating the effects of individuals on him or her,the level of analysis in question would be interpersonal.Likewise,if one seeks to explain a person's behavior by investigating the effects of groups on him or her,the level of analysis in question would be group.
Q2) Which activity carried out by a student named Brenda does NOT represent the subject matter of social psychology?
A) She wonders if a new acquaintance is really as happy as he says.
B) She chuckles as she remembers a comment by her roommate.
C) She finds the husband of a friend very attractive.
D) She ponders what she will make for dinner.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Social Psychological Theory
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Q1) Theory development involves the processes of induction and deduction.Describe these processes in detail.
Answer: Induction refers to the process of moving from the specific to the general-that is,inferring general principles from observing specific instances.According to the authors of Chapter 2,the vast majority of social psychological theories are constructed through the process of induction.Deduction,on the other hand,refers to the process of deriving specific hypotheses from the general hypotheses and propositions of the theory.
Q2) ______ theories attempt to explain a particular human behavior when faced with a particular set of circumstances.
A) Broad
B) Social psychological
C) Mid-level
D) Mini
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Research Methods in Applied Social Psychology
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Q1) Random assignment of participants to conditions and experimental control of extraneous variables allows researchers to infer internal validity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Qualitative research methods are used,in particular,to investigate
A) a topic or issue once it is understood sufficiently well as a result of quantitative analyses
B) basic issues in psychology, as opposed to more applied issues
C) topics or issues that are more validly examined in a lab setting, as opposed to a field setting
D) the meaning that people attach to a problem or issue
Answer: D
Q3) Qualitative research is the form of research that allows applied social psychologists to assess the quality of the quantitative data they gather.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Intervention and Evaluation
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Q1) The text notes that the social norm intervention designed to curb drinking at Northern Illinois University
A) was examined using a process evaluation
B) involved a quasi-experimental design
C) involved an equivalent comparison group of universities closely matched with Northern Illinois University students on several demographic variables
D) was unsuccessful during the first few years until the basic message was adjusted
Q2) The essence of the application of social norm theory is to
A) increase awareness of consequences of antisocial norms
B) increase conformity to prevailing norms
C) help people to resist conforming to deviant norms
D) correct people's misperceptions of norms
Q3) Conclusions made in evaluations encompass both a(n)______ aspect.
A) empirical and numerical
B) numerical and diagnostic
C) empirical and normative
D) diagnostic and empirical
Q4) Name the two broad types of interventions,and distinguish between them.
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Chapter 5: Applying Social Psychology to Clinical and Counseling Psychology
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Q1) After a person has formed an impression about something or someone,new information that is discrepant from the initial impression will tend to be discounted.This phenomenon is known as the ______.
A) availability heuristic
B) base rate fallacy
C) confirmation bias
D) proving paradox
Q2) Joan failed her psychology exam.She accounted for the failing grade by explaining to herself that she didn't study very hard,that she normally studies hard in her other courses and will probably study harder on her next psychology exam.Joan has made a ______ /______ attribution,and she ______ likely to become somewhat depressed as a result.
A) global/unstable; is
B) specific/stable; is not
C) global/stable; is
D) specific/unstable; is not
Q3) Clinicians are sometimes influenced or biased based on group stereotypes.Name and describe three factors that may influence a clinician's judgment of others.
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Chapter 6: Applying Social Psychology to Sports Teams
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Q1) ______ focus on achieving success based on self-comparison.
A) Outcome goals
B) Process goals
C) Performance goals
D) Comparison goals
Q2) Research has shown that intervening in the problems experienced by sports teams by using family psychology interventions
A) has little effect because teams are not families
B) has little effect because families usually have children but high-level sports teams are composed mainly of adults
C) can help to remediate the problems teams face
D) has sometimes resulted in a decrease in team performance
Q3) Anecdotal and research evidence suggests that teams low in cohesion perform better than teams high in cohesion.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Team confidence and team goal setting are two core aspects of team dynamics.Describe these features in detail.
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Chapter 7: Applying Social Psychology to the Media
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Q1) The form of pornography that is centered on an extreme stereotype of male dominance and female subservience,where the more powerful coerce the less powerful,is known as ______.
A) nonviolent pornography
B) violent pornography
C) erotica
D) violent sexuality
Q2) Research has shown that people who watch a lot of media violence are
A) less likely to engage in risky behavior because they have observed the risks
B) less likely to engage in risky behavior because they have vicariously experienced the consequences as a result of watching TV
C) more likely to engage in risky behavior
D) less likely to engage in risky behavior because of the heightened fear of getting caught
Q3) In relation to violent TV programs and movies,the cathartic effect refers to the process by which people relieve their stress and aggressive impulses from watching violence.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Applying Social Psychology to Health
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Q1) Cues to action are events or messages that act as triggers to get people to adopt healthy behaviors.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Distinguish between social influence and persuasion.
Q3) In a study by Lafreniere,Ledgerwood,and Docherty (1997),gender was found to moderate the effect of family support on students,such that ______ who lived at home reported the least amount of stress regardless of level of ______.
A) females; financial support
B) males; financial support
C) females; family support
D) males; family support
Q4) You visit a cancer patient in a hospital.According to research,which of the following should you probably avoid doing if you wish to be helpful to the patient?
A) put on a very cheerful demeanor
B) discuss his or her illness
C) discuss his or her impending death
D) discuss his or her symptoms
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Chapter 9: Applying Social Psychology to Education
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Q1) Describe Festinger's social comparison theory.
Q2) Which of the following theories recognizes that behavioral intentions and behaviors are affected by the extent that an individual believes he or she has control over a situation?
A) social cognitive theory
B) self-perception theory
C) theory of planned behavior
D) cognitive dissonance theory
Q3) With Festinger's social comparison theory,comparisons are often made with people who are slightly better than we are,called upward social comparisons,and with those who are slightly worse off than we are,called downward social comparisons.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to Festinger's social comparison theory,in assessing performance and abilities,people may use two types of standards: objective and social.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Differentiate between self-handicapping and procrastination.
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Chapter 10: Applying Social Psychology to Organizations
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT described in Kelley's (1973)covariation model as a type of information that people rely on in trying to explain reasons for behavior?
A) consistency
B) severity
C) distinctiveness
D) consensus
Q2) Schemas are mental structures that people use to organize their knowledge about the social world around themes or subjects.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Nonverbal communication refers to all information (including the words themselves)conveyed by a sender that plays a role in the transmission of meaning,including the words.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Social constructionism posits that there is no reality apart from that which we create socially.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Applying Social Psychology to the Criminal Justice System
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Q1) A therapeutic community can be distinguished from other therapeutic approaches by its emphasis on ______ as the primary vehicle for promoting social and psychological change.
A) social psychological factors
B) the community
C) the transition to the home environment
D) the inmate-therapist relationship
Q2) Describe the social ecological perspective used to examine criminal acts.
Q3) Adolescence-limited offenders
A) compose approximately 25% of adolescents
B) experience few developmental risk factors, such as punitive parenting
C) usually show an onset of antisocial behavior in preadolescence
D) are characterized by the display of violent offenses
Q4) What is meant by bystander effect? Explain the link between bystander effect and diffusion of responsibility.
Q5) Self-fulfilling prophecy refers to the way in which a person's expectations can influence his or her own and others' behaviors in a way that will confirm the person's beliefs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Applying Social Psychology to the Community
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Q1) The ecological perspective refers to the idea that
A) biologically speaking, people are closely related to fish
B) conservation of natural resources can produce psychological health
C) community activities such as gardening can promote psychological health
D) the fit between people and their environments can contribute to a sense of community
Q2) Describe two applied social psychology research traditions that have been most influential in community psychology.
Q3) Community psychology developed primarily out of the general area of ______.
A) crime prevention
B) mental health
C) environmental protection
D) residential psychology
Q4) Physical barriers addressed by community psychologists include prejudicial attitudes and stereotypes.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain what is meant by the term intersectionality.
Q6) Describe community-based action research,and outline one challenge associated with this approach.
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Chapter 13: Applying Social Psychology to the Environment
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Q1) Which is NOT one of the main categories of factors that have been found to influence cooperation in commons dilemmas?
A) nature and characteristics of the resource
B) concurrent influence of other environmental variables
C) social conditions or rules surrounding harvesting
D) characteristics of the people doing the harvesting
Q2) The social dilemma is sometimes called the commons dilemma.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the "Focus on Research" in Chapter 13 ("Environment"),the author reports the results of a research project by Hine and Gifford (1997)that examined the factors people consider when deciding how to use a limited resource (i.e.,fish).The researchers identified three action strategies that fell into the category of
A) the nature and characteristics of the resource
B) concurrent influences of other environmental variables
C) social conditions or rules surrounding the harvesting
D) characteristics of the people doing the harvesting
Q4) Describe,in detail,the following two social dilemmas: public goods problems and social traps.
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Chapter 14: Applying Social Psychology to Diversity
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Q1) Power distance refers to the extent to which people in a society accept inequalities based on social status,wealth,power,laws,and/or physical characteristics.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Define racism,and describe two types.
Q3) Someone who handles conflict by trying to fully satisfy the interests of both parties would be using which of the following conflict management styles?
A) compromising
B) obliging
C) integrating
D) dominating
Q4) Gender is a product of ______.
A) physiology
B) sociocultural influences
C) diversity
D) normative influences
Q5) Differentiate between prejudice and discrimination.
Q6) Explain what is meant by diversity.
Q7) Differentiate between the terms sex and gender.
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Chapter 15: Applying Social Psychology to Personal Relationships
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Q1) Identify three factors that influence relationship formation and satisfaction.
Q2) Which is NOT true of Back,Schmukle,and Egloff's (2008)study on the relationship between proximity and friendship?
A) Students in a first-year psychology course were randomly assigned seats in the classroom and instructed to introduce themselves to the other students in their row.
B) One year later, the students were contacted again and asked to rate the intensity of their current friendships with the other students in the class.
C) Their research highlighted the weak effects of proximity in friendship formation.
D) Even a full year after the initial seating arrangement, participants rated students who were randomly assigned to sit beside them as closer friends than students who did not sit nearby.
Q3) The text describes a study called the T-Shirt study,which examined physical attractiveness and mate selection,among other things.Describe the findings of the study.
Q4) Explain the role of proximity and familiarity in establishing relationships.
Q5) Identify three attachment styles associated with infants.
Q6) Explain what is meant by infantile separation distress.
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Chapter 16: Applying Social Psychology to the Classroom
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Q1) Explain what is meant by self-handicapping,and describe Berglas and Jones's classic study in which they used analogies to help them study self-handicapping.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT true regarding Elliot and Church's (2003)study of self-handicapping?
A) Self-handicapping was positively correlated with fear of failure.
B) Self-handicapping was negatively correlated with need for achievement.
C) Students who scored higher on self-handicapping tended to be more afraid of failing, but they had lower drive for accomplishment.
D) Self-handicapping was associated with lower exam scores but higher GPAs.
Q3) Chapter 16 ("Classroom")discusses three forms of self-perception.Explain how two of the three self-perceptions may affect students in the classroom environment.
Q4) With the fundamental attribution error,people tend to focus on the influence of situational causes and downplay personal causes of other people's behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Differentiate between individualism and collectivism.
Q6) Explain what is meant by cognitive errors,and list two types.
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Chapter 17: Applying Social Psychology to the Good Life: Balancing Optimism and Pessimism
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Q1) Describe what is meant by defensive pessimism.
Q2) Gruman,Lumley,and Gonzalez-Morales (2016)suggested a number of ways of conceptualizing balance.Which of the following is NOT one of those ways?
A) balance as midrange
B) balance as stable constructs
C) balance as synthesis
D) balance as tempered view
Q3) Differentiate between internal and external attributions.
Q4) Describe pathway thinking and agency thinking.
Q5) Which of the following is NOT true of positive psychology?
A) It focuses on optimal human functioning and the positive side of life more generally. B) It includes the study of how social phenomena, such as institutions, help to promote positive outcomes.
C) It focuses on how well-being can be promoted through interventions at various levels of the social environment.
D) It focuses on how well-being can be promoted through testing at a specific level of the built environment.
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