PSYC 349 Midterm Exam | Questions and Answers (Complete Solutions)
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PSYC 349 Midterm Exam | Questions and Answers (Complete Solutions) Studies of "affective forecasting" as conducted by Wilson and Gilbert in 2003, required participants to predict their future: A) school performance B) emotions C) thoughts D) family situation Identify a characteristic of collecti...
Studies of "affective forecasting" as conducted by Wilson and Gilbert in 2003, required
participants to predict their future:
A) school performance
B) emotions
C) thoughts
D) family situation
Identify a characteristic of collectivist cultures
A) collectivist cultures disapprove of conformity
B) identity is social and defined by connections with others
C) the illustrative motto is "to thine own self be true"
d) collectivist cultures approve of egotism
Values enter social psychology when researchers:
A) present the results of their experiments
B) summarize their studies
C) collect data for their studies
D) choose topics of their studies
People with low self-esteem are more likely than people with high self-esteem to:
A) have an inflated sense of self
B) take a negative view of everything
C) believe that their partners like them
D) be satisfied with their relationships
Laboratory research is an example of research in a:
A) field setting
B) common environment
C) correlation context
D) controlled situation
Who among the following in the United States achieve the most academically as
students and earn the highest median income as adults, yet have the lowest self-
esteem?
,A) Asian-American
B) Native Americans
C) Latin Americans
D) African-Americans
The fact that we usually attribute more responsibility to our partners than to ourselves
when problems arise in a relationship is an example of how:
A) social relationships help define our self
B) self-concern motivates our social behavior
C) self-interest colors our social judgement
D) social surroundings affect our self-awareness
Identify a true statement about social psychology
A) Compared to sociology, social psychology focuses more on individuals
B) Compared with personality psychology, social psychology focuses more on the
difference between individuals
C) Compared with sociology, social psychology performs less experiments
D) Compared with personality psychology, social psychology focuses less on how
people view and affect one another
Self-serving bias can be adaptive in that it:
A) allows us to savor the good things that happen in our lives
B) decreases our vulnerability through illusory correlation
C) prevents us from blaming others when things go wrong
D) enables us to exhibit realistic optimism about our futures
The experimental factor that a researcher manipulates in a study is called the ________
variable
A) independent
B) dependent
C) control
D) correlation
The false uniqueness effect is:
A) the anticipation of problems to motivate effective action
B) the tendency to underestimate the commonality of one's abilities
C) the unrealistic optimism about future life events
D) the tendency to see oneself as superior to others
Research done in natural, real-life settings outside the laboratory is referred to as:
,A) correlation research
B) experimental research
C) qualitative research
D) field research
Research on the wording of survey questions suggests that:
A) how the questions are framed can influence how they are answered
B) how the questions are framed has very little influence on how they are answered
C) wording is an unimportant element of survey research
D) framing the questions differently will not influence the survey results
The tendency to perceive oneself favorably is referred to as:
A) self-deprecating bias
B) impact bias
C) self-serving bias
D) in-group bias
Theories formed from testable predication are called:
A) values
B) ideologies
C) hypotheses
D) assumptions
Social psychology is defined as the scientific study of how people:
A) conform, help, and form attitudes about one another
B) think about, influence, and relate to one another
C) manipulate, use, and betray one another
D) motivate, persuade, and interact with one another
The enduring behaviors, ideas, and traditions shared by a large group of people and
transmitted from one generation to the next is referred to as:
A) nationality
B) race
C) religion
D) culture
The belief that others are paying more attention to one's appearance and behavior than
they actually are is referred to as the _________ effect
A) transparency
B) spotlight
, C) halo
D) audience
Random assignment helps researchers __________.
A) develop correlations
B) infer cause and effect
C) collect large amounts of data
D) generalize to a population
The extent to which one evaluates one's abilities and opinions by comparing oneself
with others is called:
A) social comparison
B) competitive comparison
C) social ranking
D) comparative analysis
Which of the following is one of the purposes of hypotheses?
A) Hypotheses prove theories
B) Hypotheses provide explanations for research results
C) Hypotheses allow us to test a theory
D) Hypotheses communicate the results of research studies
When examining topics such as dating rituals and mating behaviors, evolutionary
psychologists ask how natural selection might:
A) account for similarities in our behaviors
B) shape our actions
C) change our attitudes
D) reinforce our attitudes
A society's widely held ideas and values, including assumptions and cultural ideologies,
are known as:
A) general moralities
B) national diversities
C) social representations
D) racial inclinations
Experimental laboratory research findings in social psychology:
A) are specific to the research only
B) should cautiously be generalized to everyday life
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