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This course explores the dynamics of interpersonal relationships, focusing on how individuals interact, communicate, and maintain connections in various social contexts. Students examine key concepts such as self-disclosure, empathy, conflict resolution, and emotional intelligence, drawing from psychological theories and research. Through case studies, group discussions, and experiential activities, learners develop practical skills for building and sustaining healthy relationships in personal, academic, and professional settings. The course emphasizes the importance of cultural competence, ethical considerations, and self-awareness in fostering meaningful and effective interpersonal interactions.
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Social Psychology 1st Edition by Thomas
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Chapter 1: An Introduction to Social Psychology
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Q1) Applying social psychological concepts to your own life may make the field more interesting to you
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following describes the study of understanding how individuals thinks about and remember other people and social situations
A) social cognition
B) social behavior
C) anthropology
D) sociology
Answer: A
Q3) What is action research?
Answer: not answered
Q4) Wilhelm Wundt is most known for his controversial theories about how hidden thoughts come out in dreams
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Research Methods
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Q1) Which is the best example of naturalistic observation
A) analyzing trends in student database usage
B) watching students check out library books
C) watching education students give practice lectures
D) listening to recordings of Spanish classes
Answer: B
Q2) What is the job of an Institutional Review Board
A) IRBs do cost analysis of research.
B) IRBs consider the ethical implications of any study.
C) IRBs check the credentials of researchers.
D) IRBs grant research certification and accreditation.
Answer: B
Q3) There is a positive correlation between the amount of ice cream sold and the number of drowning deaths. What does this likely reflect
A) Ice cream causes cramping that results in drowning deaths.
B) The statistical analyses were likely flawed.
C) As drowning deaths increase, the number of ice creams sold decreases.
D) Correlation does not imply causation.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: The Social Self
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Q1) Frederick is a high school student. He currently knows that he has trouble staying organized, which causes him to constantly be running late for class and meetings. As a New Year resolution, Frederick determines that he will become more organized and be more prompt. When he tells his mother this, she also notes that he currently eats an unhealthy diet. In addition to his other resolutions, Frederick starts to eat healthier, even though he didn't personally have a problem with the food ate. Which of the following refers to Frederick's ideal self
A) Frederick eating a healthier diet
B) Frederick being unorganized
C) Frederick running late
D) Frederick becoming more organized
Answer: D
Q2) What are beliefs that depart from reality in ways that make us remain optimistic
A) positive illusions
B) self-differentiation
C) self-discrepancy
D) cognitive distortion
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Social Cognition
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Q1) Which statement is the best example of magical thinking
A) Everything happens for a reason.
B) If only I had front row tickets, maybe I could have gone onstage during the concert.
C) Some things are meant to be.
D) There is a right person for everyone.
Q2) The principle of parsimony means the simplest answer that explains the least evidence.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Social cognition is the study of how people combine intuition and logic to process social information.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A defined, step-by-step process that leads to one correct answer is what type of problem-solving approach
A) algorithm
B) anchoring
C) heuristics
D) availability
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Chapter 5: Person Perception
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Q1) Which of the following is a self-fulfilling prophecy
A) unintentionally eliciting rude behavior because we expect someone to be rude
B) basing our entire evaluation of someone on a single trait
C) treating someone as better because they are attractive
D) being confused over why someone treats you the way they do
Q2) The "run" on the bank mentioned in the text is an example of how panic may lead to ______.
A) attributional ambiguity
B) a central trait
C) self-fulfilling prophecy
D) halo effect
Q3) Confusion over why someone treats you in a particular way is called ______.
A) emotional climate
B) expectancy effect
C) attributional ambiguity
D) self-fulfilling prophecy
Q4) There are six basic emotions considered to be universal by most researchers.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the relationship between attributions and historical events?
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Chapter 6: Attitudes and Persuasion
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Q1) What is having contrasting beliefs about the same thing
A) informational belief
B) evaluative belief
C) implicit attitudes
D) dual attitudes
Q2) Tia received a time-out every time she yelled in the house. Now she doesn't like loud sounds in the house. Her attitude was shaped by ______.
A) classical conditioning
B) social learning
C) operant conditioning
D) self-affirmation
Q3) Barry feels obligated to help Maxine move because Maxine often babysits his children for free. This is an example of ______.
A) lowball technique
B) reciprocity norm
C) door-in-the-face
D) foot-in-the-door
Q4) Explain how commitment and consistency are related to the lowball technique.
Q5) List one aspect of a source variable and show its connection to persuasion.
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Chapter 7: Social Influence: Conformity, Social Roles, and Obedience
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Q1) A new office building opens, and people are falling ill with cough, headache, and dizziness. Research reveals no physical cause. With your knowledge of how mass psychogenic illness works, which of the following might you recommend A) further study, retesting all features that have already been tested B) recommend destroying the building and rebuilding from scratch
C) announce that you've discovered the source, making up false details as needed, and that you've fixed the problem
D) begin disciplining people who claim to be sick
Q2) Darnell lost his wedding ring but could not find it in the tall grass. He needed help and convinced one person to stop. Soon, he had 30 passersby helping him, and one found the ring. What concept did Darnell understand
A) obedience
B) social contagion
C) social norms
D) herd mentality
Q3) What is a cultural norm that persists even after group members are replaced with new people?
Q4) Define the term social influence.
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Chapter 8: Group Processes
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Q1) According to Fiedler, which type of leader focuses on completing assignments
A) social leaders
B) transformational leaders
C) transactional leaders
D) task leaders
Q2) Among college students, how likely diffusion of responsibility happens when students get to grade one another
A) more likely
B) less likely
C) not at all likely
D) about the same
Q3) Erica promises a day off if the project is finished early, and overtime if it isn't finished on time. What best describes her leadership style
A) task
B) social
C) transactional
D) transformational
Q4) Discuss brainstorming and explain under what circumstances it is most and least effective.
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Chapter 9: Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination
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Q1) "Why can't we have a Straight Pride parade?" This statement is an example of
A) benevolent prejudice
B) modern-symbolic prejudice
C) old-fashioned prejudice
D) ambivalent prejudice
Q2) Denise believes there is dancing in the aisles at all predominantly African American churches. This is an example of discrimination.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Theresa values hierarchy and rules. She was raised in a segregated city in the deep South. Which single concept would address personal and environmental causes of her racism?
Q4) Explain the difference between stereotype, prejudice, and discrimination. Provide an example of each.
Q5) Name one study that shows the effect of cooperation on racism.
Q6) People can often easily generate stereotypes about other countries, but have difficulty generating them about their own. What two concepts explain this phenomenon?
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Chapter 10: Helping Prosocial Behavior
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Q1) Which of the following is a statement you would expect to hear from someone high in extroversion
A) Let's not go out tonight.
B) I love being around other people.
C) I like to keep things organized.
D) If you don't say anything, no one will notice the problem.
Q2) What is the theory that humans engage in prosocial behaviors to help our group survive and have more opportunities to mate
A) social norms
B) social exchange
C) evolutionary perspective
D) empathy-altruism
Q3) Which of the following is a statement you would expect to hear from someone high in Machiavellianism
A) How can I make this work better
B) I would love to visit tomorrow.
C) Do not mess with me or my things.
D) I hope I can help.
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Chapter 11: Aggression
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Q1) When threatened by sharks, most schooling fish will quickly leave the area together. Which of the following best describes this behavior
A) fight
B) flight
C) freeze
D) tend and befriend
Q2) Punching someone who just insulted your mother is an example of what
A) hostile aggression
B) proactive aggression
C) instrumental aggression
D) microassault
Q3) List and define the three types of microaggression. Give examples of how each can have negative effects on their victims.
Q4) Which of the following is true of "cobra" domestic abusers
A) Spouses of cobra abusers are less likely to leave the relationship.
B) Cobras have higher resting heart rates.
C) Cobras tend to get blustery and red in the face.
D) Cobras are terrified of being abandoned.
Q5) What is a term for when human or animal behavior is determined by biology?
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Chapter 12: Intimate Relationships
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Q1) Describe similarities and differences between research of heterosexual and same-sex relationship.
Q2) What evolutionary theory suggests that men should be more jealous than women of potential sexual infidelity
A) high parental investment
B) low parental investment
C) paternity uncertainty
D) maternity uncertainty
Q3) Which of the following refers to the actual, measurable space between two people or things
A) propinquity effect
B) mere exposure
C) physical distance
D) functional distance
Q4) The ______ attachment style is produced by consistently supportive parents.
A) anxious
B) ambivalent
C) secure
D) avoidant
Q5) What is the relationship between parenting and attachment theory?
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Chapter 13: Social Psychology and a Sustainable Environment
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Q1) Coping skills required to live pleasantly in densely populated areas are similar to those coping skills required for living with noise population.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Terrestrial animals are most affected by climate change
A)True
B)False
Q3) There are only psychological responses to noise.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is an example of a threshold effect
A) a steady level of rainfall over several decades
B) climate becomes increasingly erratic
C) a decease in rates of extinction
D) and increase in biodiversity
Q5) Choose a sound that you consider to be noise. Use the three components of what makes noise to support your answer.
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Q6) What is the tragedy of commons? What is its relationship to the sustainability crisis?
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Chapter 14: Social Psychology of Law and the Courtroom
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Q1) Instrumental, cocerced confessions are the most contentious issue that the American Psychological association has faced in several decades
A)True
B)False
Q2) People who do criminal profiling are often trained in psychology.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What role might a dispute mediator play during divorce proceedings involving families with children?
Q4) Which of the following describes the California Supreme court's decision regarding the use of anatomically correct dolls
A) It deemed them valid.
B) It deemed them reliable.
C) It referred the problem back to the scientific community.
D) It referred the problem to a higher court.
Q5) Both psychologists and lawyers attempt to gather evidence that is both valid and reliabe.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Social Psychology of Stress and Health
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Q1) Which common persuasion tactic states that people are more likely to comply with a large request after first agreeing to a smaller request
A) reciprocity
B) theory of planned behavior
C) consensus
D) foot-in-the-door
Q2) Which of the following conditions has also been caled "shell shock" or "battle fatigue?"
A) agism
B) weathering
C) general adaptation syndrome
D) post-traumatic stress disorder
Q3) Any level of stress is usually very bad for our health
A)True
B)False
Q4) Climate change has little affect on the physical stress experienced by living creatures.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What role do summative and formative assessment play in medical care?
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Chapter 16: Social Psychology and Happiness: Positive
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Q1) Which are events that can be interpreted in a variety of ways
A) positive subjective experiences
B) positive individual traits
C) positive institutions
D) positive social norms
Q2) Pop psychology is a specific, tested way to treat complex psychological challenges.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the role of a life coach
A) identify areas for improvement in an individual's life
B) eliminate areas of negativity hindering individuals
C) offering guidance to individuals making decisions
D) engaging individuals in emotional strength-building exercises
Q4) Long before the push for more research into positive psychology, the disciplines principles were already being applied to which field
A) life coaching
B) teaching
C) health promotion
D) military training
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Chapter 17: Social Psychology and Behavioral
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Q1) Compare and contrast the standard economic model and behavioral economic.
Q2) Mateo is a social psychologist who studies behaviors and psychological factors that influence how people choose items they will buy or sell. Which of the following does Mateo study
A) standard economic model
B) behavioral economics
C) loss aversion
D) bounded rationality
Q3) One could reasonably say that the behavioral economic model ______ the standard economic model
A) contrasts
B) extends
C) limits
D) mirrors
Q4) Standard game theory emphasizes rationality.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Psychology did not exist when economic philosophy was created.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Social Psychology and Relationship Violence
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Q1) What is the relationship between minimizing and cognitive dissonance?
Q2) Which of the following is a romantic myth that notes that a man, who is a relative stranger, can come into a woman's life and save her from her problems
A) Cinderella fantasy
B) Beauty and the Beast fantasy
C) Pocahontas fantasy
D) Snow White fantasy
Q3) Which of the following reaches people to stop violence before it occurs on the individual level
A) primary prevention
B) secondary prevention
C) tertiary prevention
D) affective prevention
Q4) Which of the following refers to a phase in which one is no longer able to deny or minimize the violence he or r she experiences in the relationship
A) seeds of doubt
B) affective forecasting
C) posttraumatic growth
D) self-reclaiming actions
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Chapter 19: Social Psychology of Work:
Industrialorganizational Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of an industrial/organizational psychologist
A) someone who helps victims of relationship violence
B) someone who researches environmental design of buildings
C) someone who helps people determine what career is best for them based on their skills
D) someone who publishes academic articles on parenting practices
Q2) What is the relationship between work/life balance and employee assistance programs?
Q3) Gradually, the quality of psychological tests improved, causing an increased demand for such tests in many industries.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Organizations with strict reporting criteria along formal lines of command likely have a hierarchical organizational structure.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe an example of the Hawthorne effect that is either fictional or that you have witnessed/experienced.
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Chapter 20: Social Psychology of Volunteerism and Internships
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Q1) Which of the following refers to engaging in planned prosocial behavior
A) agreeableness
B) extraversion
C) path analysis
D) volunteerism
Q2) Which of the following describes supervised work experience that gives students the chance to reflect on possible careers
A) internship
B) empathy
C) volunteering
D) prosocial interaction
Q3) Using personality as a predictor of volunteerism generally ______.
A) is very useful
B) cannot be used predictably
C) has little practical use
D) helps recruit quality volunteers
Q4) Internships must be well-organized in order to provide benefit to the student intern.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 21: Social Psychology and Personal Finance
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Q1) What role does opportunity of costs play in merchandiser's use of reference prices and discounts?
Q2) Which of the following refers to a basis or standard used to estimate value?
A) mental accounting
B) payment decoupling
C) reference points
D) default decisions
Q3) The colloquialism "Keeping up with the Jones" refers to how one always desires more and better items commensurate with what others might have. This could also be viewed as an example of which of the following?
A) payment decoupling
B) mere ownership effect
C) default decision
D) hedonic treadmill
Q4) The pain of losing is psychologically more powerful than the pleasure of gaining. A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe how loss aversion may affect one's ability to make financial decisions.
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Chapter 22: Social Psychology and Forgiveness
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Q1) After a violent and illegal act, a community unites and makes repeated, public statements condoning the act. What does this exemplify?
A) seeking retribution for illegal acts
B) upholding the rule of law and justice
C) knowing and telling one's story
D) forgiving and forgetting
Q2) Which of the following "tit-for-tat" elements keeps you from "getting into unnecessary trouble?"
A) niceness
B) retaliation
C) forgiveness
D) clarity
Q3) Some research shows storytelling helps victims of trauma by______.
A) validating their experience
B) helping them forget their experience
C) assisting in living with the experience
D) sharing the experience with future generations
Q4) It is possible to be reconciled with someone without actually forgiving them.
A)True
B)False
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