Social Psychology Practice Questions
Course Introduction
Social Psychology explores the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in social contexts. This course examines foundational theories and research findings related to topics such as social perception, attitudes, group dynamics, conformity, prejudice, aggression, prosocial behavior, and interpersonal relationships. Through a combination of lectures, discussions, and practical activities, students will gain insights into how social influences shape behavior and how psychological principles can be applied to real-world social issues. The course encourages critical evaluation of classic and contemporary studies, fostering a deeper understanding of the interactions between individuals and their social environments.
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Theories of Personality 7th Edition by Jess Feist
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Personality Theory
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Q1) A useful theory must be falsifiable, which means that
A)it will eventually be proven false.
B)it must be precise enough to suggest research that may either support or fail to support its major tenets.
C)it should be flexible enough to encompass opposing data into its framework.
D)it must be either true or false.
Answer: B
Q2) A theory may be set aside when it
A)generates testable hypotheses.
B)explains a set of observations.
C)is proven by experimentation.
D)loses its usefulness.
Answer: D
Q3) A reliable test
A)is always valid.
B)measures what it purports to measure.
C)correlates positively with its validity.
D)yields consistent results.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Freud: Psychoanalysis
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Q1) The superego, said Freud,
A)is rational.
B)strives for perfection.
C)is the executive branch of personality.
D)strives for pleasure.
E)does all of the above.
Answer: B
Q2) Freud's free association technique evolved from
A)Charcot's hypnotic technique.
B)his use of cocaine.
C)Breuer's cathartic method.
D)the periodicity theory of Wilhelm Fliess.
Answer: C
Q3) According to Freud, dreams have meaning on two levels.The more important level concerns the
A)conscious level.
B)the preconscious level.
C)manifest content.
D)latent content.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Adler: Individual Psychology
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Q1) The death of Adler's younger brother resulted in Adler
A)withdrawing from other family members.
B)developing a severe childhood neurosis.
C)deciding to become a doctor.
D)turning to his older brother for protection.
Answer: C
Q2) Adler hypothesized that early recollections
A)are complex daydreams.
B)cause or determine one's style of life.
C)are usually unpleasant and traumatic.
D)are shaped by one's present style of life.
E)All the above are correct.
Answer: D
Q3) From an Adlerian perspective,
A)all behavior is inconsistent.
B)psychological conflict leads to inconsistent behavior.
C)inconsistent behavior serves multiple purposes.
D)inconsistent behavior serves a single purpose.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Jung: Analytical Psychology
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Q1) Jung believed that
A)motivation should remain consistent throughout life.
B)infancy and childhood are the most important stages of development.
C)goals and behaviors of early life are not fitting for the second half of life.
D)people should develop an extraverted attitude during the second half of life.
Q2) Jungian psychology
A)is basically causal.
B)is essentially teleological.
C)emphasizes a balance of causality and teleology.
D)assumes the validity of Freud's position on causality versus teleology.
Q3) Jung developed the _______ technique during his self-analysis and then later used it with many of his patients.
A)free association
B)word association test
C)bibliotherapy
D)rational-emotive therapy
E)active imagination
Q4) Discuss Jung's notion of extraversion and introversion.
Q5) List and briefly describe Jung's most important archetypes.
Q6) Describe Jung's levels of the psyche.
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Chapter 5: Klein: Object Relations Theory
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Q1) Kohut's narcissistic needs include
A)the need to exhibit the grandiose self.
B)the need to be first in the eyes of one's parents.
C)the need to acquire a sense of self-identity.
D)the needs for power and authority.
Q2) Klein believed that during the female Oedipus complex, the girl
A)sees only the positive, not negative, aspects of the mother's breast.
B)phantasizes that the father's penis feeds the mother with babies.
C)sees only the negative, not positive, aspects of the mother's breast.
D)adopts a masculine position toward both parents.
E)holds her mother responsible for her lack of a penis.
Q3) Klein's depressive position includes
A)anxiety over losing a loved object and guilt for wanting to destroy it.
B)feelings of fear and persecution for wanting to destroy the bad breast.
C)a desire to devour and harbor the good breast.
D)a fear of being bitten by animals.
Q4) List and discuss Klein's psychic defense mechanisms.
Q5) Discuss Klein's concept of the paranoid-schizoid position.
Q6) Compare and contrast Klein's object relations theory and Freud's psychoanalytic theory.
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Chapter 6: Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory
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Q1) Horney saw neurotic behavior as a protection against A)low self-esteem.
B)self-hated.
C)psychoses.
D)basic anxiety.
Q2) Horney believed that an idealized self-image is established in order to A)achieve self-actualization.
B)overcome feelings of inferiority.
C)convince others of one's worth.
D)combat a sense of self-alienation.
Q3) According to Horney, two important intrapsychic conflicts are A)guilt and remorse.
B)competition and cooperation.
C)self-hatred and the idealized self-image.
D)moving away from people and moving toward people.
E)moving against people and moving toward people.
Q4) Discuss Horney's criticism of Freud.
Q5) Comment on Horney's unique contribution to feminine psychology within the more promasculine psychoanalytic view.Be sure to address the main tenets of Freud that Horney rejected.
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Chapter 7: Erikson: Post-Freudian Theory
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Q1) According to Fromm, Hitler's neurotic need to annihilate his enemies shows his A)incestuous symbiosis.
B)receptive orientation.
C)malignant narcissism.
D)necrophilic orientation.
Q2) For Fromm, psychologically disturbed people
A)received too much love from their mothers.
B)have failed to establish union with others.
C)have failed to resolve their normal Oedipus complex.
D)none of these.
E)all of these.
Q3) Fromm's hoarding character is similar to Freud's _______ character.
A)hysterical.
B)oral.
C)anal.
D)phallic.
Q4) Discuss Fromm's basic assumptions about personality and include his three existential dichotomies.
Q5) Discuss Fromm's five human, or existential, needs.
Q6) List and discuss Fromm's nonproductive and productive character orientations.
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Chapter 8: Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis
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Q1) As a child, Sullivan
A)twice was elected most popular boy in his class.
B)had few friends or acquaintances his age.
C)fought in religious wars in Ireland.
D)aspired to become a farmer and move to Kansas.
E)experienced a warm, intimate relationship with his father.
Q2) The end of Sullivan's juvenile era is marked by the
A)development of a consensually validated language.
B)onset of puberty.
C)complete integration of the self-system.
D)beginning of intimacy with a single chum.
Q3) Sullivan said that an infant's experiences with reward and approval lead to A)the good-me personification.
B)uncanny emotion.
C)the malevolent transformation.
D)a pampered style of life.
Q4) Enumerate and discuss the basic Sullivanian epochs.
Q5) Distinguish between Sullivan's concepts of intimacy and lust.
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Chapter 9: Maslow: Holistic-Dynamic Theory
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Q1) Erikson's school age stage of psychosocial development parallels which of Freud's stages of psychosexual development?
A)oral
B)phallic
C)anal
D)genital
E)latency
Q2) In contrast to Freud, Erikson
A)placed greater emphasis on the id.
B)placed less emphasis on social and historical influences.
C)had no college degree of any kind.
D)was trained as a physician.
Q3) In his concept of humanity, Erikson
A)emphasized free choice more than determinism.
B)emphasized determinism more than free choice.
C)moderately viewed free choice and determinism.
D)rejected both free choice and determinism.
Q4) List the key concepts in Erikson's infancy stage.
Q5) Discuss Erikson's basic assumptions that underlie his theory of developmental stages.
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Chapter 10: Rogers: Person-Centered Theory
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Q1) Maslow's feelings toward his mother were marked by A)hatred and animosity.
B)affection and respect.
C)a clinging dependence.
D)indifference.
E)B-love.
Q2) List and explain the five needs in Maslow's hierarchy.
Q3) In general, studies using the POI and the Short Index of the POI have found that self-actualizing people usually
A)resist or reject socially desirable cultural standards
B)are low in creativity.
C)lack close interpersonal relationships.
D)All the above are correct.
Q4) Maslow believed that the impulse toward growth and self-actualization
A)is characteristic of animals as well as humans.
B)is the result of courage and determination.
C)is a natural characteristic of humans.
D)is usually thwarted by the satisfaction of metaneeds.
Q5) List and explain five assumptions Maslow made about motivation.
Q6) Discuss Maslow's concept of conative, aesthetic, cognitive, and neurotic needs.
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Chapter 11: May: Existential Psychology
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Q1) Rogers would say that unconditional positive regard is at greatest variance with A)prizing.
B)nonpossessive warmth.
C)external evaluation.
D)love.
Q2) Rogers's theory of personality evolved out of A)his experiences as a client-centered therapist.
B)his training in the physical and biological sciences.
C)his period of education at Union Theological Seminary.
D)the philosophical influence of John Dewey.
Q3) According to Rogers's view of the therapeutic process, psychological growth appears to be irreversible at the _____ stage.
A)7th
B)6th
C)5th
D)4th
Q4) Discuss the necessary and sufficient conditions for psychological growth, as postulated by Rogers.
Q5) Describe Rogers' notion of the self and self-actualization.
Q6) Describe Rogers's concepts of the formative and actualizing tendencies.
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Chapter 12: Allport: Psychology of the Individual
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Q1) According to May, people's being-in-the-world is characterized by A)Umwelt.
B)Mitwelt.
C)Eigenwelt.
D)All the above are correct.
Q2) May believed that we experience ______ when we become aware that our existence or some value identified with it may be destroyed.
A)guilt
B)shame
C)nonbeing
D)anxiety
Q3) According to May, psychologically disturbed individuals deny their A)anxiety.
B)guilt.
C)love.
D)destiny.
E)illness.
Q4) Define and explain being-in-the-world and nonbeing
Q5) List and define the four forms of love, as seen by Rollo May.
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Chapter 13: Mccrae and Costas Five Factor Trait Theory
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Q1) According to Allport, any symptom that cannot be extinguished through psychotherapy, or does not change as self-concept changes, is
A)homeostatic in tendency.
B)reactive.
C)a propriate striving.
D)functionally autonomous.
Q2) The technique that Baldwin developed to analyze the structure of Jenny's personality from her letters was called
A)factor analysis.
B)the nomothetic procedure.
C)content analysis.
D)personal structure analysis.
E)the analysis of functional autonomy.
Q3) To Allport, the most important structures of personality are
A)personal disposition and proprium.
B)primary traits and secondary traits.
C)cardinal traits and primary traits.
D)common traits and superfactors.
Q4) Discuss Allport's concept of the psychologically healthy personality.
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Chapter 14: Eysencks Biologically Based Factor Theory
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Q1) Some people are vulnerable to organic and psychiatric illness because they have a genetic or acquired weakness that predisposes them to the illness.This explanation for an illness is what Eysenck called the A)psychoticism factor.
B)hardiness model.
C)biological imperative.
D)diathesis-stress model.
Q2) Cattell extracted more traits from his data than Eysenck.This is partially explained by Cattell's
A)orthogonal (method) rotation
B)vast quantity of data collected.
C)time frame for collection of data.
D)types of subjects used to generate data.
E)use of oblique (method) rotation.
Q3) ______ is defined as "everything the person does, thinks or feels across the whole life span."
A)Self-concept
B)Basic tendency
C)Objective biography
D)Personal narrative
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Chapter 15: Buss: Evolutionary Theory of Personality
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Q1) John Watson argued that
A)the goal of psychology should be the prediction and control of behavior.
B)psychologists should be primarily concerned with why people act as they do.
C)psychology should be limited to the study of consciousness.
D)psychology is not and cannot be a science.
Q2) During World War II, Skinner
A)served in the Naval Air Force as a fighter pilot.
B)trained pigeons to pilot missiles into enemy targets.
C)worked in a VA hospital as a psychotherapist.
D)made an unsuccessful attempt to become a U.S.senator.
Q3) Which term is LEAST descriptive of B.F.Skinner?
A)psychodynamic
B)determinist
C)environmentalist
D)radical behaviorist
Q4) Behavior reinforced on an intermittent schedule is
A)learned very rapidly.
B)extinguished very rapidly.
C)resistant to extinction.
D)extinguished rapidly through punishment.
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Chapter 16: Skinner: Behavioral Analysis
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Q1) The notion that behavior is a consequence of a mutual interaction of three forces is what Bandura calls
A)triadic reciprocal causation.
B)higher cognitive processes.
C)radical behaviorism.
D)coincidental conduct.
E)balanced counteraction.
Q2) Bandura believes that motivation to change dysfunctional behavior is enhanced by A)setting realistic goals.
B)receiving feedback on performance.
C)neither of these.
D)both of these.
Q3) Self-efficacy enters Bandura's reciprocal determinism paradigm at the point of A)behavior.
B)person.
C)environment.
D)self-system.
Q4) Discuss specific ways in which Bandura's social cognitive theory differs from Skinner's behavioral analysis.
Q5) List and describe the components of Bandura's theory of self-regulation.
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Chapter 17: Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory
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Q1) According to Mischel, behavior is determined by A)the interaction of person variables with situational variables.
B)environmental contingencies.
C)relatively permanent personal dispositions.
D)the interaction between need potential and freedom of movement.
Q2) A study by Wright and Mischel asked children and adults to report everything they knew about certain groups of children.Findings from this research suggested that A)children were more likely than adults to give specific predictions of behavior of the target group of children.
B)adults were more likely than children to hedge their descriptions of behavior of the target group of children.
C)neither children nor adults were able to predict the behavior of the target group of children.
D)both children and adults recognized the interrelationship between situations and behavior.
Q3) Explain Rotter's concepts of internal and external control of reinforcement.
Q4) Discuss Mischel's person-situation interaction, or conditional view of personal dispositions.
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Chapter 18: Rotter and Mischel: Cognitive Social Learning Theory
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Q1) Kelly's personal construct theory emphasizes the notion that A)people are motivated by basic needs, instincts, and drives.
B)human beings are basically social animals.
C)people are constantly changing the way they view events.
D)the world has no objective existence.
Q2) According to Kelly, when people act in ways inconsistent with their core roles, they experience
A)threat.
B)anxiety.
C)fear.
D)guilt.
E)shame.
Q3) As a scientific theory, Kelly's psychology of constructs is rated highest on its A)organizing knowledge.
B)generating research.
C)guidance of action.
D)internal consistency.
Q4) Define Kelly's concept of role, including core role.
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Q5) Discuss the fundamental postulate of Kelly's theory.
Q6) Discuss Kelly's philosophical position.
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