MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. In one of the first social psychological experiments ever conducted, researcher Norman Triplett
examined the records of teams of cyclists. He found that cyclists who raced against each other ____
than those who raced alone (against the clock).
a. were more aggressive after the race
b. got into more accidents
c. cycled more quickly
d. enjoyed the race less
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: A Brief History of Social Psychology
TYPE: Factual
2. In one of the first social psychological experiments ever conducted, researcher Norman Triplett built a
"competition machine," in which children wind up a fishing reel. He found that the children were able to
wind more quickly when ____.
a. they worked as a group side by side than when they worked alone
b. they worked alone than when they worked as a group side by side
c. they were explicitly asked to work as fast as possible
d. they were explicitly asked to take their time to “get it right”
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: A Brief History of Social Psychology
TYPE: Factual
3. Based on early research by Norman Triplett, we should expect that children who work on math
problems alone will ____ than children who work on math problems side by side with their classmates.
a. work more slowly
b. work more quickly
c. second-guess themselves less
d. second-guess themselves more
ANS: A DIF: Difficult REF: A Brief History of Social Psychology
TYPE: Applied
4. Based on early research by Norman Triplett with racing cyclists, we should expect that people who
exercise on rowing machines at gyms are more likely to ____ than people who exercise on the same
machines in the privacy of their homes.
a. burn more calories
b. burn less calories
c. feel a sense of accomplishment
d. feel a sense of failure
ANS: A DIF: Difficult REF: A Brief History of Social Psychology
TYPE: Applied
5. In one of the first social psychological experiments ever conducted, researcher Max Ringlemann
observed men as they pulled on a rope either alone, as part of a small group, or as part of a large group.
He found that as the size of the group increased, ____.
a. individual effort increased
b. individual effort decreased
c. the task took longer to complete
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d. the task took less time to complete
ANS: B DIF: Difficult REF: A Brief History of Social Psychology
TYPE: Applied
6. Suppose that you own a rowboat and enjoy going rowing on a nearby lake in the summer. In June, you
are planning to go rowing with two of your friends (three people total in the boat), and in July, you are
planning to go rowing with just one friend (two people total in the boat). Will you put in more effort
(row harder) on the three-person trip or on the two-person trip?
a. You will put in more effort on the three-person trip.
b. You will put in more effort on the two-person trip.
c. You will put in the same amount of effort on both trips.
d. It is impossible to say—no research has examined this question.
ANS: B DIF: Difficult REF: A Brief History of Social Psychology
TYPE: Applied
7. Given Max Ringlemann's early research looking at group size and individual effort, should we expect
Student X to put in a different amount of effort depending on whether she worked on a history project
in a five-person group rather than a two-person group?
a. Yes, we should expect her to work harder in the five-person group.
b. Yes, we should expect her to work harder in the two-person group.
c. No, we should expect her to work equally hard in both groups.
d. It is impossible to say; it appears that there are no predictable patterns regarding group
size and individual effort.
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: A Brief History of Social Psychology
TYPE: Applied
8. Early research in social psychology conducted by Max Ringlemann revealed that people ____ when they
work as part of a group (e.g., pushing a car off of the road with two other people) compared to when
they work alone at the same task.
a. do not work as hard
b. work harder
c. feel like they are doing more work
d. feel like they are doing less work
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: A Brief History of Social Psychology
TYPE: Conceptual
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9. The first social psychological experiments and the publication of the first book to bear the title Social
Psychology both occurred around ____.
a. 400 A.D.
b. 1750
c. 1900
d. 1965
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: A Brief History of Social Psychology
TYPE: Factual
10. During the first half of the 20th century, who argued that attitudes were the most important and useful
concept in social psychology?
a. Kurt Lewin
b. Max Ringlemann
c. Norman Triplett
d. Gordon Allport
ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: A Brief History of Social Psychology
TYPE: Factual
11. Who proposed the idea that behavior is a function of both the person and the situation in the first half
of the 20th century?
a. Max Ringlemann
b. Norman Triplett
c. Kurt Lewin
d. Gordon Allport
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: A Brief History of Social Psychology
TYPE: Factual
12. You want to ask your friend Maya to help you with your sorority’s float for the competition in the
homecoming parade next week. Maya is extremely reliable and trustworthy, but she is totally swamped
with her internship and upcoming midterm exams. You decide not to ask her since she might be too
busy to follow through. According to Kurt Lewin’s analysis of human behavior, knowing that Maya is
reliable is an example of “____” information, and knowing she is busy is an example of “____”
information.
a. person; situation
b. situation; person
c. social; nonsocial
d. nonsocial; social
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: A Brief History of Social Psychology
TYPE: Applied
13. In the history of psychology and social psychology, the late 1800s and early 1900s marked ____.
a. the very first social psychological experiments
b. the era in which social psychology came into its own—breaking away from behaviorism
and Freudian psychoanalysis
c. the beginnings of research in social cognition
d. the beginnings of research in social neuroscience
ANS: A DIF: Difficult REF: A Brief History of Social Psychology
TYPE: Factual
14. When did social psychology begin to come into its own as a field?
a. The 1950s and 1960s
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