Personality and Social Behavior
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Course Introduction
This course explores the dynamic interplay between personality and social behavior, examining how individual differences influence and are influenced by social contexts. Students will study major theoretical approaches to personality, including trait, cognitive, and psychodynamic perspectives, alongside key concepts in social psychology such as conformity, persuasion, group processes, and interpersonal relationships. Through the analysis of empirical research and real-world applications, the course aims to deepen understanding of how factors like self-concept, attitudes, and motivation shape social interactions and contribute to diverse behavioral outcomes.
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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 statements about social psychology is most true?
A) Social psychology is only concerned with private internal functioning.
B) Social psychology is not concerned with an individual's thoughts and behaviours.
C) Social psychology is an extremely old discipline.
D) Social psychology is primarily considered to be a Western-dominated discipline.
Answer: D
Q2) In regards to social psychology research on married couples, which phrase is most true?
A) Absense make the heart grow fonder.
B) Opposites attract.
C) Out of sight, out of mind.
D) Birds of a feather flock together.
Answer: D
Q3) The sociocultural perspective focuses on the relationship between social behaviour and culture.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Science of Social Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following would NOT represent a formal step in the research process?
A) Searching personal blogs and websites like Wikipedia for information on your topic
B) Gathering past research and background information on a topic
C) Developing a research question
D) Developing a hypothesis
Answer: A
Q2) A subject in your study correctly assumes that you are interested in whether people behave in a prejudicial way towards people of a homosexual orientation. She then goes out of her way to act friendly and nice. This represents an example of
A) the placebo effect
B) participant bias
C) error
D) experimenter bias
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Social Cognition
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Q1) Which of the following statements about schemas is NOT true?
A) Schemas help us organize information efficiently.
B) Schemas help guide processing of future information.
C) Schemas eliminate all errors in thinking and remembering.
D) Schemas affect what we notice and remember.
Answer: C
Q2) What could be considered a potential shortcoming of a schema once it is activated?
A) Schemas can mislead you because they are not created based on real experiences.
B) Schemas do not help us organize information efficiently.
C) The use of schemas often takes a lot of controlled processing.
D) Schemas can result in errors in thinking and remembering of information.
Answer: D
Q3) The optimistic bias would explain why Sarah, a graduating student, believes she will be less likely than her peers to experience hardship from a difficult job market.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: The Self
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Q1) Research on motivation and culture would suggest that Susan, a Canadian, would be motivated to perform well at her job if rewarded with:
A) a salary increase.
B) an increase in medical benefits.
C) a financial bonus.
D) the title of employee of the month.
Q2) BIRGing is a strategy by which we reinforce our positive self-concepts by identifying ourselves with successful others
A)True
B)False
Q3) The expression "the nail that sticks out gets pounded down" is associated with which of the following concepts?
A) Individualism
B) Western ideology
C) Collectivism
D) Introspection
Q4) Name two things you could do to increase a friend's self-awareness. What effect does increasing a person's self-awareness have on their behaviour?
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Chapter 5: Social Perception
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Q1) The primacy effect is a phenomenon whereby the first pieces of information to which we are exposed have the least impact on our judgments.
A)True
B)False
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following is an example of the reverse halo effect?
A) Helen is unattractive, and her boss thinks she is also an unreliable worker.
B) Hailey is unattractive, but her boss thinks she is also a good worker.
C) Joan is attractive, but her boss thinks she is also an unreliable worker.
D) Martha is attractive, and her boss thinks she is also a good worker.
Q4) It takes a very long time for people to form impressions of another person.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Attitudes
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Q1) Briefly describe two ways in which attitudes can be assessed.
Q2) Bob was recently in a car accident that paralyzed him from the waist down. He realizes the driver that hit him was not to blame, but he has very mixed emotions towards this person. Bob's attitude is ___________.
A) ambivalent
B) indifferent
C) explicit
D) implicit
Q3) Suppose you wanted to make people's attitudes towards a new product more favourable. Using the mere exposure effect, describe what you could do to increase people's liking of the product. How could this backfire on you?
Q4) Distinguish between implicit and explicit attitudes. Provide an example of each.
Q5) Provide the definition of an attitude and describe the three major components an attitude.
Q6) Briefly describe how classical conditioning can impact attitudes.
Q7) What is the name-letter effect? What impact might this effect have on your life?
Q8) Cooper and Fazio proposed a modification to cognitive dissonance theory. Name and describe the four steps that they argue are involved in the arousal and reduction of cognitive dissonance?
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Chapter 7: The Power of Persuasion
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Q1) Researchers gave participants one of three messages, each differing in the level of fear, about the dangers of not practicing oral hygiene. The message that resulted in the most improvement of oral hygiene had a(n) ________ level of fear.
A) absent
B) mild
C) very high
D) extreme
Q2) Distinguish between peripheral route processing and central route processing. What determines whether people are likely to process information through the central route compared with the peripheral route? Describe at least two important factors that help determine the route people take.
Q3) Joe is gearing up to deliver a campaign speech to a group of individuals who he believes have a high need for cognition. Prior to delivering his speech, Joe should focus his efforts on which of the following?
A) Developing a strong argument for his views
B) Preparing a very long speech
C) Dressing very attractively
D) Preparing a very short speech
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Chapter 8: Social Influence
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Q1) Muzafer Sherif conducted a study where he had participants estimate how far a light 'moved' in a dark room. When participants were placed together in the dark room, he found that after several trials their estimates began to converge. What did he find happened to participants' estimates after testing them again individually?
A) Participants' estimates began to vary widely again.
B) Participants' estimates were much lower than those initially provided.
C) Participants' estimates were much lower than the group estimate.
D) Participants' estimates continued to be consistent with the group estimate.
Q2) Based on Milgram's work showing the effect of proximity on obedience, it would be harder for John to obey an order to kill another individual under which of the following conditions?
A) When the authority figure is far away from John
B) When John is shooting at the individual from a great distance
C) When John has to use his bare hands to kill the individual
D) When the authority figure is wearing a military uniform
Q3) The chameleon effect is both conscious and non-conscious mimicry.
A)True
B)False
Q4) 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) Researchers have found that people tend to view _______ as more effective leaders than _______.
A) men; women
B) younger men; older men
C) women; men
D) younger women; younger men
Q2) The extent to which a group is connected refers to the_________ of a group.
A) unanimity
B) structure
C) cohesion
D) consistency
Q3) According to your text, when do biased perceptions most often occur?
A) In groups or individuals in powerful or controlling positions
B) In groups or individuals with very little social status
C) In collectivist cultures
D) In individualistic cultures
Q4) How can groupthink be prevented? Name and describe three solutions to groupthink.
Q5) How does culture interact with social loafing? How does this relate to gender differences in social loafing?
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Chapter 10: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
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Q1) Describe how gender prejudice and gender stereotypes are related. Be sure to define each concept in your answer.
Q2) According to your textbook, which of the following conditions is associated with an increased tendency to engage in ingroup favouritism and outgroup derogation?
A) A high status
B) Being part of a small ingroup
C) Being young
D) Being part of a big ingroup
Q3) Which researchers coined the term aversive racism?
A) John Gaertner and Patricia Devine
B) Samuel Dovidio and Patricia Devine
C) Samuel Dovidio and John Gaertner
D) Patricia Devine and John Bargh
Q4) Stereotypes are most closely associated with which of the following?
A) Reasoned action
B) Automatic processing
C) Discrimination
D) Controlled processing
Q5) Define modern racism and provide an example.
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Chapter 11: Aggression
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Q1) The correlation between alcohol consumption and aggressive behaviour is best characterized as:
A) nonlinear.
B) positive.
C) negative.
D) negative and nonlinear.
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following has been found in violence-prone children and adults?
A) High levels of serotonin
B) Low levels of serotonin
C) Low levels of testosterone
D) Low levels of corticosterone
Q4) Briefly name and describe two strategies for reducing aggression.
Q5) How are 'cultures of honour' related to honour killings, and under what circumstances are honour killings most likely to occur?
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Chapter 12: Attraction and Close Relationships
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Q1) Companionate love is a state of intense longing for union with another person.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to your textbook, which of the following is predicted by the attachment styles of a couple?
A) Marital success
B) Professional success
C) Sexual orientation
D) Religious affiliation
Q3) The proportion of similarity refers to which of the following?
A) An equation that divides the number of topics on which people share similar views by the total number of topics they have communicated on
B) An equation that adds the number of topics on which people share similar views to the total number of topics they have communicated on
C) An equation that predicts an individual's level of physical attractiveness
D) An equation that predicts the likelihood an individual will get married to an individual who is similar
Q4) Describe John Gottman's (1994) four relationship conflict styles.
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Chapter 13: Prosocial Behaviour
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Q1) When Ilene weighs the personal costs of donating time at a charity event (e.g., giving up her weekend) to personal benefits (e.g., feeling good about herself), she is engaging in decision-making process known as cost-benefit analysis.
A)True
B)False
Q2) If you have fallen and hurt your ankle, which of the following tactics would lead someone to help you in this situation?
A) Yelling that you have fallen and making it clear that you need help
B) Trying not to panic anyone and calmly attempting to get someone's attention
C) Publicly identify a person, and specifically requesting his or her help
D) Either yelling that you have fallen and making it clear that you need help or publicly identifing a person, and specifically requesting his or her help
Q3) Making charitable donations activates the same brain regions that are:
A) activated in response to attractive others.
B) central to person perception and morals.
C) responsible for substance abuse and addiction.
D) activated upon receipt of monetary rewards.
Q4) How could the enlightenment effect be useful for increasing prosocial behaviour?
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