Social Psychology
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Course Introduction
Social Psychology explores the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in social contexts. The course examines the influence of social perception, group dynamics, attitudes, persuasion, conformity, prejudice, and interpersonal relationships on human behavior. Through analysis of classic and contemporary research, students gain insight into the psychological mechanisms underlying social interactions and the ways cultural and environmental factors shape our social experiences. Critical thinking and application of social psychological concepts to everyday life are emphasized throughout the course.
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Social Psychology Sociological Perspectives 3rd Edition by David E. Rohall
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Sociological Social Psychology
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Q1) How can macrosociological perspectives be used to study individual-level,or micro-level,interactions?
A)Macrosociological conditions may cause some individual-level conditions to exist in the first place.
B)Differences in our macrosociological conditions are irrelevant to the way we react to life events.
C)Life events that affect us the most are never caused by societal conditions.
D)Macrosociological perspectives cannot be used to study individual-level interactions. Answer: A
Q2) Which macrosociological perspective views society as a biological organism in which each part of the body has a function that promotes the survival of the whole?
A)conflict perspective
B)symbolic interactionism
C)behavioralism
D)structural functionalism
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Perspectives in Sociological Social Psychology
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Q1) Janelle wants to study how and why some people are able to tell other people what to do,whereas others are not.What aspect of group processes is she studying?
A)power
B)status
C)justice
D)legitimacy
Answer: A
Q2) Which social theorists are most associated with the concept of the social construction of reality?
A)Marx and Engels
B)Thomas and Thomas
C)Berger and Luckmann
D)Blumer and Mead
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Studying People
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Q1) Social psychologist B.F.Skinner developed __________,in which animals learned to press levers to obtain rewards,such as food pellets.
A)the "Skinner box"
B)autoethnography
C)animal testing
D)laboratory experimentation
Answer: A
Q2) Quantitative research includes __________.
A)experiments and interviews
B)data analysis,surveys,and experiments
C)only surveys
D)data analysis,surveys,and interviews
Answer: B
Q3) Research conducted by interview,participant observation,and ethnography is what kind of research?
A)quantitative
B)qualitative
C)breeching
D)experimental
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: The Social Psychology of Stratification
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Q1) Shirley Brice Heath's research on the socialization of status and race among whites and blacks in the rural Piedmont Carolinas is important because it shows __________.
A)how social class does not shape how we interact with other people
B)how historical and social conditions can affect our day-to-day interactions
C)that white people have an advantage over African Americans in getting into good colleges
D)how working-class people are less intelligent than the middle class,regardless of race
Q2) According to social exchange theory,who is likely to be named a leader in the neighborhood?
A)Doug
B)Jake
C)Janet
D)Lee
Q3) Why are weak ties so important for finding work?
A)People with whom we have weak ties live and work in circles outside our own.
B)People with whom we have weak ties tend to have better jobs.
C)People with whom we have weak ties aren't biased against us in the job market.
D)People with whom we have weak ties provide training in getting better jobs.
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Chapter 5: Self and Identity
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Q1) Which of the following are elements of identity?
A)otherings
B)status indicators
C)personal characteristics
D)self-attitudes
Q2) Research generally shows that people modify their behaviors to __________ their sense of self.
A)correspond with
B)conflict with
C)contradict
D)demonstrate
Q3) Identity theory comes from which social-psychological perspective?
A)symbolic interactionism
B)social structure and personality
C)group processes
D)structural functionalism
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Chapter 6: Socialization Over the Life Course
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Q1) Research in early childhood interactions generally shows that __________ are incapable of symbolic interaction.
A)teens
B)adults
C)seniors
D)babies
Q2) In what part of the life-course paradigm does Seanne's stepmother fit?
A)linked lives
B)turning point
C)historical context
D)agency
Q3) Socialization is a process that __________.
A)begins around two years of age
B)lasts until the young twenties
C)begins at birth and continues through the life cycle
D)begins in late childhood
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Chapter 7: The Social Psychology of Deviance
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Q1) Most college students represent __________ in Merton's typology of deviance.
A)conformists
B)innovators
C)ritualists
D)retreatists
Q2) __________ are individuals who seek to challenge either traditional goals or the accepted means of achieving those goals.
A)Rebels
B)Ritualists
C)Innovators
D)Retreatists
Q3) Which theorist is most associated with primary and secondary deviance?
A)C.Wright Mills
B)Edwin Lemert
C)Robert Merton
D)Herbert Blumer
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Chapter 8: Mental Health and Illness
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Q1) Studies have found that discrimination of any kind __________ levels of mental illness.
A)increases
B)decreases
C)fails to impact
D)eliminates
Q2) Given the research and theory on the medicalization of deviance,how will the clinic likely treat Trudy's malady in today's world?
A)by providing reading materials to cope with freshman life
B)by trying some form of medication to treat depression
C)by giving her some ideas for ways to mediate her problems
D)by giving her some ideas for ways to moderate her problems
Q3) Which of the following statements is a measurement of someone's depression level?
A)I drink with friends.
B)I feel depressed.
C)Life is not challenging.
D)I am very self-confidant.
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Chapter 9: Social Attitudes
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Q1) Equal status,shared goals,group interaction,and authority supporting the group are all part of what hypothesis?
A)social contact hypothesis
B)group contact hypothesis
C)team-building hypothesis
D)status construction
Q2) The slow response to Hurricane Katrina victims was cited as an example of __________ in your textbook.
A)government inefficiency
B)conscious racism
C)unconscious racism
D)racial equality
Q3) How do Americans spend the majority of their productive time?
A)in personal care
B)at work
C)watching TV
D)in family care
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Chapter 10: The Sociology of Emotions and Relationships
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Q1) The sociocentric model of emotional socialization argues that the primary means of learning about emotions comes from __________.
A)physiological cues
B)social instruction
C)cybernetic conditions
D)observation without interpretation
Q2) Which of the following jobs demands high levels of emotion work?
A)plumber
B)teacher
C)ballet dancer
D)factory worker
Q3) Zurcher's concept of emotional scripts most closely resembles what other concept reviewed in this chapter?
A)emotion rules
B)emotional energy
C)feeling rules
D)sentiment
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Chapter 11: Collective Behavior
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Q1) According to Turner and Killian,what kind of participant is Reba?
A)ego-involved participant
B)concerned participant
C)insecure participant
D)curiosity seeker
Q2) Steve turned to the people around him for help in deciding how to act at a local protest.According to perception control theory,what form of perception control is Steve using?
A)independent instruction
B)interdependent instruction
C)organizational instruction
D)interactional instruction
Q3) Using Blumer's theory of circular reaction,what stage was Reba going through before she decided to help the witch being taken away by the police?
A)circular reaction
B)milling
C)interpretive phase
D)stage 1
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