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Social Psychology explores the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in social contexts. This course examines topics such as social perception, attitudes, group dynamics, conformity, persuasion, prejudice, interpersonal attraction, and the influence of culture on behavior. Students will gain an understanding of the psychological mechanisms underlying social interactions and how they shape both individual and group outcomes. Emphasis is placed on empirical research findings, real-world applications, and the development of analytical skills to critically assess social phenomena.
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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) What level of analysis does this vignette reflect?
A)psychological level of analysis
B)macrosociological level of analysis
C)anthropological level of analysis
D)microsociological level of analysis
Answer: D
Q2) Which elements of the sociological tool box can best help us understand Janet's behavior in this story?
A)institutions
B)statuses
C)organizations
Answer: B
Q3) The term "sociological imagination" is associated with which social theorist?
A)Emile Durkheim
B)Max Weber
C)C.Wright Mills
D)Auguste Comte
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Perspectives in Sociological Social Psychology
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Q1) Which symbolic interaction principle helps to explain Malcolm's behavior toward Ginny?
A)Meanings arise through social interaction among individuals.
B)People use the meanings they derive from their first impressions only to guide their own behavior.
C)People employ a biological process regarding interactions.
D)The size of Malcolm's group influences his relationships with members.
Answer: A
Q2) After Donna cheated on her most recent exam,she started to feel a sense of guilt,making her reconsider whether she will cheat again.Donna's feelings of guilt can be considered a __________,according to the social structure and personality perspective,leading her to rethink her future behaviors.
A)social more
B)social norm
C)social force
D)social fear
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Studying People
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Q1) In preparing for a survey of country club members,Donella asked the manager of the club for a list of members.This list refers to a __________.
A)random sample
B)probability sample
C)sample list
D)sampling frame
Answer: D
Q2) 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) Which group best represents a task group used to study status hierarchies in groups?
A)a group of students at a class lecture
B)a group of people waiting in line to pay at a store
C)a group of citizens meeting to resolve a local problem
D)a group of people waiting at a bus stop
Q2) Status hierarchies are generally developed through __________ processes.
A)deliberative
B)unconscious
C)legitimated
D)conscious
Q3) Based on research and theory involving status characteristics,who will likely receive the highest status in a task-oriented group,regardless of his or her contributions?
A)a white woman
B)a white man
C)a minority woman
D)a minority man
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Chapter 5: Self and Identity
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Q1) How do you code the response,"I am an emotional person," according to the Twenty Statements Test?
A)physical self
B)social self
C)reflective self
D)oceanic self
Q2) Which of the following are elements of identity?
A)otherings
B)status indicators
C)personal characteristics
D)self-attitudes
Q3) Which part or parts of the self-concept is associated with mastery?
A)the self
B)self-identities
C)self-evaluations
D)self-indication
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Chapter 6: Socialization Over the Life Course
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Q1) Race,class,and gender are __________.
A)important elements of socialization
B)not important to socialization
C)important only to the socialization of children
D)important only to the socialization of adults
Q2) Rosenthal and Jacobson's study of classroom interaction is important because it showed that __________.
A)children are taught to be racist in the classroom
B)IQ scores could be manipulated based on a group prejudice
C)children's IQ scores were not linked to race
D)racist beliefs and values exist in every classroom
Q3) Several studies have shown that there is a correlation between watching __________ and __________.
A)violent television;aggressive behavior
B)violent television;violent crime
C)nonviolent television;stereotyping D0 racist television;violent behavior
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Chapter 7: The Social Psychology of Deviance
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Q1) Sampson and Laub's research on delinquent and nondelinquent youths in Boston found delinquency was greater when bonds with which social institutions were weakest?
A)family
B)education
C)peers
D)church
Q2) Murder would most likely be considered the breaking of a __________;picking your nose in public would be breaking a __________.
A)more;folkway
B)folkway;more
C)norm;value
D)more;more
Q3) According to Edwin Lemert,when is society involved in the deviance process?
A)during primary deviance,when society makes deviance symbolic in nature
B)during secondary deviance,when society labels a person as deviant
C)during primary deviance,when society hires police personnel to put away criminals
D)during secondary deviance,when members of a society commit a deviant act
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Chapter 8: Mental Health and Illness
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Q1) Which of the following forces are associated with putting aspects of social life,including mental illness,under the boundaries of medical professionals?
A)the power and authority of medical professionals
B)the seeking out psychotropic drugs by patients
C)the weakening of medical unions
D)the end of public mental institutions
Q2) Which of the following would be considered a total institution?
A)a college
B)a police station
C)a prison
D)a family household
Q3) Which social theorist applied role theory to understanding the sick?
A)Peter Conrad
B)Michel Foucault
C)Talcott Parsons
D)Herbert Blumer
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Chapter 9: Social Attitudes
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Q1) What kind of bias is the speaker in this story showing?
A)pro-social bias
B)out-group bias
C)prejudicial bias
D)low-resource bias
Q2) Willer's research showing presidential approval ratings increasing after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in clearly showed __________.
A)in-group bias tendencies
B)out-group bias tendencies
C)prejudicial biases
D)ideological alliances
Q3) In the United States,which group tends to be the most liberal?
A)females living in the Midwest
B)females living on the West Coast
C)males living in the Midwest
D)males living on the West Coast
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Chapter 10: The Sociology of Emotions and Relationships
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Q1) What did Swidler's research on love in American culture reveal?
A)that Americans find it hard to fall in love
B)that Americans initiate relationships based on a mythical view of emotional bonding between lovers
C)that Americans use the ideal of perfect love to sustain relationships on a day-to-day basis.
D)that Americans see love as involuntary and uncontrollable
Q2) Which of the following jobs is most likely to have an extensive set of feeling rules?
A)a cashier at McDonald's
B)a stay-at-home mother
C)a plumber
D)a farmer
Q3) Which of the following theories or concepts best explains why Fred is able to blow up at his secretary but she is not able to respond to his outbursts?
A)dramaturgy
B)power-status approach to emotions
C)affect control theory
D)structural functionalism
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Chapter 11: Collective Behavior
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Q1) What is the best predictor of participation in a march or a riot?
A)a person's structural position
B)a person's concern over a social condition in society
C)a person being asked to go to the event
D)a person's access to resources
Q2) Authorities explained students' behavior at the "Stairway to the Stars" concert using which theory?
A)emergent norm theory
B)value-added theory
C)resource mobilization theory
D)mass hysteria theory
Q3) According to Turner and Killian,what kind of participant is Reba?
A)ego-involved participant
B)concerned participant
C)insecure participant
D)curiosity seeker
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