Social Psychology Practice Exam
Course Introduction
Social Psychology examines how individuals think, feel, and behave in social contexts. This course explores the influence of social factors on attitudes, perceptions, and actions, focusing on topics such as social cognition, conformity, group dynamics, prejudice, interpersonal relationships, and persuasion. Through empirical research and theoretical frameworks, students learn how social environments shape behaviors and attitudes, and how people affect and are affected by others in society. The course aims to develop critical understanding of real-world social issues and foster analytical skills applicable to personal, academic, and professional life.
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Intimate Relationships 7th Edition by Rowland Miller
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Chapter 1: The Building Blocks of Relationships
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Q1) Joanne endorses the statement,"I want to be completely emotionally intimate with others,but I often find that others are reluctant to get as close as I would like.I am uncomfortable being without close relationships but sometimes worry that others don't value me as much as I value them." Which attachment style does Joanne's self-description reflect?
A) Avoidant
B) Dismissing
C) Fearful
D) Preoccupied
Answer: D
Q2) A count of the number of men for every 100 women in a particular population is called the:
A) sex ratio.
B) gender ratio.
C) gender schema.
D) male/female count.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Research Methods
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Q1) If you posted an advertisement for your research study on marriage on the Internet and the couples who responded were more likely to be happy than the general public,this would be an example of:
A) experimenter bias.
B) volunteer bias.
C) research bias.
D) social desirability bias.
Answer: B
Q2) In the 1960s and 1970s,when studying relationship science,a new emphasis was put on:
A) laboratory experiments.
B) poetry and philosophy.
C) chemistry.
D) medical science.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Attraction
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Q1) Which of the following is true about playing "hard to get"?
A) Individuals who appear aloof and largely uninterested are most likely to get dates.
B) Individuals who are selectively hard to get-an easy catch for a desired partner but difficult for everyone else to catch-are most attractive to their desired partner.
C) Playing hard to get is always a bad strategy: those who are hard to get have few dates.
D) Some individuals find those who are hard to get interesting, others don't. The success of the strategy depends on the personality of the other person.
Answer: B
Q2) What kind of similarity is important to liking?
A) Attitude similarity
B) Demographic similarity
C) Personality similarity
D) All of these.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Social Cognition
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Q1) Which form of memory has been found to help couples stay optimistic about the future?
A) Implicit
B) Explicit
C) Reconstructive
D) Illusory
Q2) Over time in a developing relationship,accuracy with regard to sexual history of the partner _____ and confidence _____.
A) increases; remains the same
B) remains the same; increases
C) remains the same; remains the same
D) increases; increases
Q3) On an application a potential employee describes herself as friendly.In talking with references,before you meet her,you ask questions that probe for information that this expectation is correct.You are engaging in:
A) the fundamental attribution error.
B) the primacy effect.
C) confirmation bias.
D) self-monitoring.
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Chapter 5: Communication
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Q1) In general,when it comes to nonverbal communication:
A) women seem to have more talent and apply themselves more than men.
B) men seem to have more talent and apply themselves more than women.
C) women seem to have more talent, but they may not apply themselves as much as men.
D) men seem to have more talent, but they may not apply themselves as much as women.
Q2) Differences between men and women in self-disclosure have to do with:
A) gender roles.
B) biological sex.
C) effort.
D) false stereotypes-there really is no difference.
Q3) All of the following statements about flirtation are true EXCEPT which one?
A) Women are more likely to read sexual motives into flirting.
B) The speech is more animated.
C) It may involve pouting of the mouth.
D) It is a means of attracting attention.
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Chapter 6: Interdependency
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Q1) In close relationships:
A) positive events have greater psychological impact than negative events do.
B) positive and negative events have roughly the same impact.
C) negative events have greater psychological impact than positive events do.
D) positive events have greater impact in the early stages of relationships, but negative events have greater impact later on.
Q2) Maurice receives many rewards and has few costs in his relationship with Karla.He believes he should have many more rewards.What is likely to be the outcome of this arrangement?
A) Maurice is likely to experience satisfaction in this relationship.
B) Maurice is likely to experience dissatisfaction in this relationship.
C) Maurice is likely to be dependent on this relationship.
D) Maurice is likely to be independent in this relationship.
Q3) Jamal is in a relationship where he has high outcomes and his comparison level and comparison level for alternatives are low.It is likely this relationship is:
A) happy and stable.
B) unhappy and unstable.
C) happy and unstable.
D) unhappy and stable.
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Chapter 7: Friendship
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Q1) All of these are rules of friendship EXCEPT:
A) don't nag.
B) keep confidences.
C) keep the friendship exclusive.
D) volunteer to help in time of need.
Q2) Research on peer popularity in elementary school has found that:
A) it is not very stable in elementary school, so it is not a very good predictor of subsequent behavior.
B) peer popularity in elementary school predicts peer popularity toward the end of high school.
C) rejection by peers in elementary school is a risk factor for later difficulties.
D) None of these; there isn't enough research to draw a conclusion.
Q3) Nichole shares good news about her new job with her friend Kari.Kari responds with genuine excitement and enthusiasm.This pattern of interaction is known as:
A) material support.
B) disclosure reciprocity.
C) capitalization.
D) dyadic withdrawal.
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Chapter 8: Love
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Q1) Companionate love comprises:
A) intimacy and commitment.
B) passion and intimacy.
C) passion and companionship.
D) passion and altruism.
Q2) In a study assessing whether relationship status would influence judgment,men rated an incompetent woman _____ if they believed they'd be going out with her that weekend.
A) as more competent
B) as less competent
C) at an appropriate level (they were accurate)
D) as more competent than she was but still less competent than another competent woman
Q3) When asked about their marriages,spouses who had been married for 15 years or more most frequently mentioned which of the following?
A) Altruism: they would do anything for their spouses
B) Companionship: their friendship with their spouse
C) Economic and other forms of support: they would be less well-off if they were single
D) Passion: they would be miserable without their partners
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Chapter 9: Sexuality
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Q1) Coming out of her health class Louise says to a friend "I know other people get those kinds of sexually transmitted diseases,but that won't ever happen to me." Assuming Louise engages in the same kinds of sexual behaviors as others,she is showing:
A) an unrestricted sociosexual orientation.
B) a sexual double standard.
C) pluralistic ignorance.
D) the illusion of unique invulnerability.
Q2) Pursuing long-term mates that contribute resources to raising offspring and meanwhile surreptitiously seeking desirable genes in order to have strong healthy children that survive is called:
A) the tend and befriend hypothesis.
B) sexual double standard.
C) the good genes hypothesis.
D) sociosexual orientation.
Q3) Direct and honest sexual communication is associated with both:
A) desire and passion.
B) sexual and relationship satisfaction.
C) condom use and intimacy.
D) sexual anxiety and dysfunction.
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Chapter 10: Stresses and Strains
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Q1) Which of the following factors has the greatest effect on self-esteem?
A) Ordering someone to leave
B) Physically throwing someone out of a party
C) Asking someone politely to leave
D) All of these have nearly equal effect.
Q2) Which of the following types of people are most likely to forgive?
A) Insecure people (in terms of attachment style)
B) Those high in agreeableness
C) Those high in neuroticism
D) Those high in narcissism
Q3) Which of the following is characteristic of deception in close as opposed to less-intimate relationships?
A) Lies are often told with belief that they "benefit" the other.
B) We are not as likely to tell lies about serious matters to close partners.
C) Partners' accuracy in detecting lies is especially good.
D) All of these.
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Chapter 11: Conflict
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Q1) Which type of couple is unable to maintain a 5-to-1 ratio of nice behavior to nasty conduct?
A) Avoiders
B) Validators
C) Volatiles
D) Hostiles
Q2) The Smiths have frequent,passionate arguments,but these are tempered with fondness.The Smiths can best be classified as:
A) avoiders.
B) hostiles.
C) validators.
D) volatiles.
Q3) Structural improvement,integrative agreements,compromise,and domination are associated with which stage of conflict?
A) Escalation
B) Separation
C) Reconciliation
D) Termination
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Chapter 12: Power and Violence
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Q1) Which kind of power do we willingly give to another person out of identification with that person?
A) Expertise
B) Informational
C) Legitimate
D) Referent
Q2) For your roommate,it is very important that the two of you live together next year.You wouldn't mind living with him/her again next year but have considered other options.In this relationship,you have more power than your roommate.This is an example of:
A) the principle of lesser interest.
B) the principle of greater options.
C) intimate terrorism.
D) behavior control.
Q3) Sadie craves affection and compliments from her husband.He has _____ power over her.
A) coercive
B) legitimate
C) reward
D) expert
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Chapter 13: The Dissolution and Loss of Relationships
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Q1) In Leslie Baxter's study of college student break ups,she found that:
A) people broke up about half the time by directly telling their partner and half the time using indirect strategies.
B) in most cases people ended their relationships by telling their partner they wanted to break up.
C) in most cases people tried to end the relationship without ever directly saying so.
D) although people wanted to use indirect strategies, they ended up using direct strategies to break up.
Q2) Greta has four children in her day-care class.Which one is most likely to have adjustment problems?
A) Amy, living with both of her biological parents who argue a great deal
B) Ken, living with his mother and stepfather who are happily married
C) Paul, living with his divorced mother who is still friends with her ex-spouse
D) Shelly, living with her father who has been widowed for several years
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Chapter 14: Maintaining and Repairing Relationships
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Q1) To repair their relationship,Andrew and Betty obtain help from a family therapist.After de-escalating their problematic interactional cycles,the therapist asks the couple to accept their own disowned needs,to accept their partner's evolving construction of the situation,and to create emotional engagement with each other.Lastly,the therapist tries to consolidate new patterns of attachment behavior.Which approach does this description best represent?
A) Behavioral couple therapy
B) Cognitive-behavioral couple therapy
C) Integrative behavioral couple therapy
D) Emotionally focused couple therapy
Q2) Seeing a movie that interests your partner but not you is a(n):
A) unproductive strategy.
B) behavioral maintenance mechanism.
C) cognitive maintenance mechanism.
D) form of derogation of alternatives.
Q3) _____ partners tend to stay alert for better relationship options.
A) Uncommitted
B) Committed
C) Long-married
D) Young
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