Multiple Choice Questions

Social facilitation is most likely to occur in the performance of ____ tasks.
  • frontal lobes
  • easy
  • in a variety of situations
  • visual perception
In the United States during the late 1980s, most Democrats wrongly believed inflation had risen under Republican president Ronald Reagan. In 2010, most Republicans wrongly believed that taxes had increased under Democratic president Barack Obama. These incorrect beliefs best illustrate impact of
  • have not; will
  • the fundamental attribution error
  • the just-world phenomenon
  • no others were pulling with them
In a study of social loafing, students were asked to pull on a rope as hard as they could. The students tugged hardest when they thought
  • in a variety of situations
  • the fundamental attribution error
  • the just-world phenomenon
  • no others were pulling with them
The hostilities between two racial subgroups of a riverfront community were dramatically reduced when the threat of their river flooding its banks required that they work together to save their own. This best illustrates the impact of
  • superordinate goals
  • deindividuation
  • social facilitation
  • interracial contact
Individuals are likely to conform to the responses of other group members if they ____ already publicly committed themselves to their own personal response and if they know that others in the group ____ observe their own personal response.
  • deindividuation
  • have not; will
  • superordinate goals
  • frontal lobes
After an exciting football game in which the home team loses by one point, angry fans throw bottles and begin to tear up the field. This behavior is best understood in terms of
  • interracial contact
  • deindividuation
  • personal control
  • superordinate goals
Professor Stewart wrote a very positive letter of recommendation for a student despite having doubts about her competence. Which theory best explains why he subsequently began to develop more favorable attitudes about the student's abilities?
  • is intended to hurt another person
  • cognitive dissonance theory
  • complied with all the demands of the experiment
  • mirror-image perceptions
Culturally modeled guides for how to act in various situations are called
  • visual perception
  • social facilitation
  • frontal lobes
  • social scripts
An increase in ____ has been followed by more positive attitudes between South African Whites and Blacks.
  • personal control
  • in a variety of situations
  • interracial contact
  • social facilitation
An eagerness to believe that victims of a natural disaster are being punished by God for their sins is best explained in terms of
  • the just-world phenomenon
  • interracial contact
  • the fundamental attribution error
  • no others were pulling with them
Comedy routines that are mildly amusing to people in an uncrowded room seem funnier in a densely packed room. This is best explained in terms of
  • superordinate goals
  • social facilitation
  • personal control
  • social scripts
Although the leaders of two enemy nations admit to a buildup of their own military forces, each sees the other country's actions as unreasonable and motivated by evil intentions. This situation best illustrates
  • is intended to hurt another person
  • mirror-image perceptions
  • superordinate goals
  • complied with all the demands of the experiment
When pressured to conform, people may do the opposite of what is expected as a way of increasing their sense of
  • interracial contact
  • visual perception
  • frontal lobes
  • personal control
Frieda is typically very quiet and shy. As part of a huge rock concert crowd she loses her inhibitions and becomes a screaming, dancing fan. Frieda's unusual behavior is best understood in terms of
  • deindividuation
  • have not; will
  • social facilitation
  • superordinate goals
Research participants believed that the Asch conformity test involved a study of
  • in a variety of situations
  • social scripts
  • personal control
  • visual perception
Attitudes are ____ that guide behavior.
  • believe that victims of misfortune deserve to suffer
  • interracial contact
  • frontal lobes
  • belief-based feelings
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