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Heinzen, Social Psychology, 2eChapter 1: An Introduction to Social Psychology
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Multiple Choice
1. Which field of scientific study examines how people influence each other?
A. sociology
B. social psychology
C. anthropology
D. clinical psychology
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain social psychology’s origin story and what social
psychologists do now.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is Social Psychology?
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. How did the world wars influence social psychology?
A. They created a greater need for laboratory research.
B. They inspired the topics that were chosen for study.
C. They produced better technologies for studying social interactions.
D. They made it more difficult to carry out ethical research.
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain social psychology’s origin story and what social
psychologists do now.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Origins of Social Psychology
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Social psychology focuses on how three main areas affect our everyday lives. Which
of the following is one of these main areas of focus?
A. social norms
B. social deviance
C. social thinking
D. social conflict
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain social psychology’s origin story and what social
psychologists do now.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Content Domains: Social Thinking, Social Influence, and Social
Behavior
Difficulty Level: Easy
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4. Which of the following is primarily used in social psychological research?
A. interviews
B. surveys
C. controlled experiments
D. demographic analyses
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain social psychology’s origin story and what social
psychologists do now.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Content Domains: Social Thinking, Social Influence, and Social
Behavior
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Which discipline seeks to understand discrete groups of people by making detailed
observations over time?
A. positive psychology
B. clinical psychology
C. anthropology
D. sociology
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain social psychology’s origin story and what social
psychologists do now.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Content Domains: Social Thinking, Social Influence, and Social
Behavior
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. What term describes the scientific study of human strengths and virtues?
A. positive psychology
B. clinical psychology
C. anthropology
D. sociology
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain social psychology’s origin story and what social
psychologists do now.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Content Domains: Social Thinking, Social Influence, and Social
Behavior
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Someone who is studying how individuals think about and remember other people
and social situations is studying ______.
A. social cognition
B. social behavior
C. anthropology
D. sociology
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Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain social psychology’s origin story and what social
psychologists do now.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Content Domains: Social Thinking, Social Influence, and Social
Behavior
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. A social psychologist whose primary area of interest is conformity and prejudice is
focused on which aspect of social psychology?
A. social thinking
B. social influence
C. social behavior
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain social psychology’s origin story and what social
psychologists do now.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Content Domains: Social Thinking, Social Influence, and Social
Behavior
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. What aspect of social psychology is primarily interested in how each person defines
himself or herself?
A. social thinking
B. social influence
C. social behavior
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain social psychology’s origin story and what social
psychologists do now.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Content Domains: Social Thinking, Social Influence, and Social
Behavior
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. A researcher who is studying romantic relationships is studying which aspect of
social psychology?
A. social thinking
B. social influence
C. social behavior
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain social psychology’s origin story and what social
psychologists do now.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Content Domains: Social Thinking, Social Influence, and Social
Behavior
Difficulty Level: Medium
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11. Which discipline primarily uses detailed observational research methods?
A. sociology
B. social psychology
C. anthropology
D. clinical psychology
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain social psychology’s origin story and what social
psychologists do now.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Content Domains: Social Thinking, Social Influence, and Social
Behavior
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Which of the following is the best example of a topic that would be studied by a
sociologist?
A. documenting how tribal rituals have changed within a culture over the past 50 years
B. examining how anxiety is related to parental attachment
C. studying how being “lost in a crowd” causes people to behave aggressively
D. exploring differences in how members of street gangs define deviant behavior
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain social psychology’s origin story and what social
psychologists do now.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Content Domains: Social Thinking, Social Influence, and Social
Behavior
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Which research topic is part of the content domain of social thinking in social
psychology?
A. aggression
B. stereotypes
C. self-perception
D. obedience
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain social psychology’s origin story and what social
psychologists do now.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Content Domains: Social Thinking, Social Influence, and Social
Behavior
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Which research topic is part of the content domain of social influence in social
psychology?
A. aggression
B. romantic relationships
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