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Course Introduction
Psychology of Groups explores the dynamics of human behavior within group contexts, examining how individuals think, feel, and act in social collectives. The course covers foundational theories and research on group formation, structure, leadership, decision-making, conformity, conflict, and cooperation. Students analyze how group processes influence identity, attitudes, and performance and consider the role of culture and diversity in group functioning. Through case studies and practical applications, the course equips students with insights into managing and participating effectively in groups across organizational, educational, and social settings.
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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) Social loafing is reduced when a task is perceived as important to an individual.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) What is considered the quintessential reference guide for the field of social psychology?
A) Handbook of Social Psychology
B) Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
C) The Journal of Social Issues
D) Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Answer: A
Q3) You are a very fast swimmer but you always perform better during competitions than during practice. This phenomenon is called:
A) social facilitation.
B) confirmation bias.
C) social perception.
D) social loafing.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: The Science of Social Psychology
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Q1) According to your textbook, what is considered the first step in the research process?
A) Creating a research question
B) Creating a hypothesis
C) Defining your variables
D) Colleting the data for your study
Answer: A
Q2) When a hypothesis is not supported by the data this means that it false.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The tendency to view events that have already occurred in the past as more predictable than they were before they took place is called _____________.
A) hindsight bias
B) observational bias
C) the false consensus effect
D) retrospection
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Social Cognition
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Q1) Which of the following would NOT be considered a consequence of being in a good mood?
A) Relying more on heuristics
B) Using stereotypes more
C) Being more easily persuaded
D) Evaluating information carefully
Answer: D
Q2) Schemas are universal across cultures and are very much the same in every person.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) An imagined outcome in which things turn out better than the real event is called a(n) ______________; whereas, an imagined outcome in which things turn out worse than the real event is called a ______________.
A) higher counterfactual; lower counterfactual
B) upward counterfactual; downward counterfactual
C) elevated counterfactual; subordinate counterfactual
D) increased counterfactual; decreased counterfactual
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: The Self
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Q1) Distinguish between high and low self-monitors. How would a high self-monitor behave at work with his co-workers compared with at social gathering with his friends? How would a low self-monitor act in these two different situations?
Q2) Which of the following statements is an example of an ingratiating tactic?
A) "Luck is the only reason you passed that exam."
B) "Your father may be a lawyer, but my father is a doctor."
C) "Did you get a haircut? Your hair looks great!"
D) "I need an extension on my final essay."
Q3) Define and describe self-schemas. Provide an example.
Q4) Individualism places an emphasis on ___________, while collectivism places an emphasis on ___________.
A) independence; autonomy
B) autonomy; independence
C) interdependence; dependence
D) independence; interdependence
Q5) Describe a situation from your own life where you might be likely to engage in CORFing. Be sure to explain what CORFing is in your answer.
Q6) Define the spotlight effect.
Q7) Briefly define self-perception theory.
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Chapter 5: Social Perception
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Q1) Your sister borrowed your bicycle and tells you it was stolen even though she locked it up. You think that she is lying to you and just forgot to lock it up. You are likely to be correct in believing that she is lying if:
A) you are mimicking your sister's nonverbal behaviour.
B) you rely upon nonverbal cues rather than verbal cues.
C) she is failing to describe visual images and reports fewer details.
D) she provides spontaneous corrections and reports many details.
Q2) Why are some people motivated to have 'belief in a just world'? Describe the practical implications of just world beliefs for victims of misfortune or those who need assistance.
Q3) Self-verification refers to the notion that we want others to see us the way we see ourselves.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Suppose a child steals money from his sibling. Provide both a dispositional and situational explanation for this behaviour.
Q5) Compare and contrast the types of attributions that are made in individualistic cultures compared with collectivist cultures.
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Chapter 6: Attitudes
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Q1) Emma is trying to decide if she wants to exercise. She thinks exercise is important and knows that her doctor, friends, and family think it's a good idea for her to exercise. However, she is not sure if she is too out of shape to initiate an exercise routine. The favourable attitude that her doctor, friends, and family hold regarding her exercise behaviour best represents which component of the theory of planned behaviour?
A) Attitudes
B) Perceived control
C) Social norms
D) Cultural norms
Q2) Culture moderates the extent to which individuals experience dissonance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Affect is one main component of an attitude.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to your text, we are less likely to donate to charities for causes with which we have direct experience.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: The Power of Persuasion
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Q1) Compared with an attitude formed through the peripheral route, an attitude formed through the central route will:
A) be more likely to produce a negative outcome.
B) remain more resistant to persuasion.
C) exert no impact on cognition and behaviour.
D) be influenced only by external cues.
Q2) Which statement about individuals with a high need for cognition is FALSE?
A) They enjoy thinking abstractly.
B) They are likely to be persuaded by messages that can withstand scrutiny.
C) They are more likely to default to central route processing.
D) They tend to avoid situations in which they need to think abstractly.
Q3) How might persuasion and the use of persuasion tactics differ across cultures?
Q4) Would you always want an audience to focus intently on your message? Elaborate on why the use of distraction could enhance the persuasiveness of a message in some cases.
Q5) What type of model proposes that persuasion occurs through two routes?
A) A Yale model
B) A heuristic model
C) A dual process model
D) A two-part persuasion model
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Chapter 8: Social Influence
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Q1) Jerry Burger, who replicated Milgram's experiments on obedience, found that:
A) participants showed much higher levels of obedience than demonstrated in Milgram's work.
B) participants showed slightly higher levels of obedience than demonstrated in Milgram's work.
C) participants showed the exact same levels of obedience as in Milgram's work.
D) participants showed slightly lower levels of obedience than demonstrated in Milgram's work.
Q2) You go to the drugstore to pick up medicine because a friend asked you to do her the favour. This can be considered an example of:
A) informational social influence.
B) private conformity.
C) compliance.
D) ingratiation.
Q3) Jerry Burger's work on obedience suggests that people in today's society are much more likely to resist authority figures than those individuals tested back in the 60s by Stanley Milgram.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: The Power of the Group
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Q1) ________ refers to the tendency for people to take greater risks than individuals would alone.
A) Group polarization
B) Risky shift
C) Deindividuation
D) Group transfer effect
Q2) Individuals from ________ are more prone to social loafing than ??are individuals from ________.
A) collectivist cultures; individualistic cultures
B) individualistic cultures; collectivist cultures
C) public schools; private schools
D) private schools; public schools
Q3) A(n) ________leader welcomes new approaches for problem solving and creates internal motivation among group members.
A) transactional
B) authoritarian
C) transformational
D) totalitarian
Q4) What causes conflict? Describe three of the most prevalent factors that lead to conflict.
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Chapter 10: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
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Q1) Dr. Jones, a professor who teaches literature, believes that most mathematics professors have poor social skills and are not very friendly. However, he sees people within his own discipline as possessing a range of social skills with varying degrees of friendliness. This example illustrates which phenomenon?
A) Social cataloguing
B) Outgroup homogeneity effect
C) Outgroup favouritism
D) Ingroup favouritism
Q2) You would expect that Jack, a Caucasian man, would more easily recognize people of which racial/ethnic group?
A) Blacks
B) Hispanics
C) Caucasians
D) Both Caucasians and blacks
Q3) Explain how ingroup favouritism and outgroup homogeneity effect may foster the development of stereotypes and prejudice.
Q4) Compare and contrast old-fashioned sexism, modern sexism, and ambivalent sexism. Provide examples of all three.
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Chapter 11: Aggression
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Q1) A wrestler throws his opponent onto the ground in order to try and pin him. The wrestler is displaying what type of aggression?
A) Affective aggression
B) Hostile aggression
C) Expressive view of aggression
D) Instrumental aggression
Q2) Aggression that is performed to attain a non-injurious goal refers to hostile aggression.
A)True
B)False
Q3) How do cues in the environment relate to aggression? How can perceptions of the weapon influence this relationship?
Q4) A man hits his wife because he is angry with her and wants her to feel pain. This serves as an example of:
A) indirect aggression.
B) instrumental aggression.
C) hostile aggression.
D) non-injurious aggression.
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) Men are not as "hardwired" to bond with their children as women.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Define passionate and companionate love. When are these types of love most likely to occur in a relationship and how long will each one last?
Q3) Stephanie has dated her boyfriend, Johnny, for 11 years. Although she feels the relationship is not working anymore, she is hesitant to break things off because she has devoted so much time and energy to their relationship. In this example, the time that Stephanie has spent with her boyfriend can be considered:
A) a waste of time.
B) an emotional burden.
C) an investment.
D) both a waste of time and an emotional burden.
Q4) What is reciprocity and how does it relate to attraction and liking?
Q5) Companionate love is a state of intense longing for union with another person.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe Sternberg's triangular theory of love.
Q7) Define 'need for affiliation.'
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Chapter 13: Prosocial Behaviour
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Q1) In what situations are men more likely to help compared to women?
Q2) ________ are more likely to receive help than are _________.
A) Heterosexuals; homosexuals
B) Homosexuals; heterosexuals
C) Liberals; conservatives
D) Conservatives; liberals
Q3) The opposite of altruistic is:
A) egoistic.
B) impassive.
C) apathetic.
D) extrinsic.
Q4) Based on the concept of kin selection, you would be more likely to help your sister than a close friend.
A)True
B)False
Q5) 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.
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