Question 1

Which of the following individuals did not author one of social psychology's first textbooks?

Accepted Answer

A)   William McDougall
B)   Muzafer Sherif
C)   Edward Ross
D)   Floyd Allport

Question 2

A social psychologist studying the effects of media violence would

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A)   conduct experiments manipulating the amount of media violence viewed by participants.
B)   assess how television availability and murder rates have increased over the last 30 years.
C)   assess the socioeconomic background of people engaging in violence.
D)   focus on the types of individuals who choose to view media violence.

Question 3

Lewin's research was important in establishing the idea that

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A)   different topics require different research strategies.
B)   social psychology could be used to understand and help solve practical problems.
C)   early theories in social psychology were often historically and culturally limited.
D)   social psychologists may unwittingly influence the behavior of research participants.

Question 4

Dr. White is using a recently developed technology to conduct research on how the brain responds to visual images that are culturally familiar or unfamiliar. Which of the following tools might he employ in his laboratory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Event-related potential (ERP) 
B)   Electrooculography (EOG) 
C)   X-ray images
D)   Phrenology mapping (PM)

Question 5

From the middle 1970s through the 2000s, a(n)  _____ emerged as a wider range of research techniques and questions became established.

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A)   recidivistic approach
B)   activist approach
C)   pluralistic approach
D)   interactionist approach

Question 6

According to the interactionist perspective, behavior is a result of the interaction between

Accepted Answer

A)   motivation and cognition.
B)   intuition and common sense.
C)   personality and environmental characteristics.
D)   theoretical and practical concerns.

Question 7

Anita wants to spend her career studying the factors that predict whether the members of a couple are satisfied with their marriage. If she chooses to do so as a social psychologist, it is likely that her pursuit will

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A)   focus more on the thoughts of various couples than on their actual behavior.
B)   emphasize the importance of different personality types of couples.
C)   examine groups rather than individuals as the unit of analysis.
D)   include systematic observation, description, and measurement of couples.

Question 8

Which of the following classic investigations does not have its roots in violence, war, or wartime culture?

Accepted Answer

A)   Sherif's experiments on social influence
B)   Triplett's research on performance in groups
C)   Milgram's study of destructive obedience
D)   Lewin's research on conservation

Question 9

The field of social psychology endured significant critique in the 1960s and 1970s. What were the most important elements of this critique, and how has the field addressed them?

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Question 10

Which of the following matters is not identified by your textbook as an influential factor in today's social psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)   New technological advances
B)   Behavioral genetics
C)   Anecdotal findings
D)   Online communication

Question 11

Abe understands human behaviors through the lens of the theories of psychoanalysis. Abe's view probably differs from that of Kurt Lewin in that Abe is more likely to emphasize the power of

Accepted Answer

A)   external rewards.
B)   internal motives.
C)   situational factors.
D)   interpersonal relationships.

Question 12

Annie wants to find the first source that established social psychology as a separate field with an emphasis on experimentation and the scientific method. What should she probably read?

Accepted Answer

A)   Allport's (1924)  text
B)   Ringelmann's (1913)  article
C)   McDougall's (1908)  text
D)   Triplett's (1897-1898)  article

Question 13

Hyunwoo is a human resource professional working for an electronics firm. She is studying various researches on group dynamics, and how it can provide the best working condition for an employee. She is most likely to use

Accepted Answer

A)   clinical psychology.
B)   cognitive psychology.
C)   social psychology.
D)   forensic psychology.

Question 14

The remarkable success of human beings can be traced to their

Accepted Answer

A)   physical size and strength in the animal kingdom.
B)   ability to focus on their own needs irrespective of what other people think.
C)   ability to coordinate with extended networks of other people.
D)   aggressive and territorial tendencies.

Question 15

Muzafer Sherif's research was crucial for the development of social psychology because it

Accepted Answer

A)   introduced the idea of cognitive dissonance.
B)   marked the beginning of the pluralistic approach that continues to characterize the field.
C)   firmly established the importance of an interactionist perspective.
D)   demonstrated the feasibility of studying complex social issues in a rigorous manner.

Question 16

Who of the following published groundbreaking experimental research on social influence?

Accepted Answer

A)   Muzafer Sherif
B)   Gordon Allport
C)   Edward Ross
D)   Kurt Lewin

Question 17

Max Ringelmann, Floyd Allport, and Kurt Lewin all made singularly important contributions to the development of social psychology as a field. Summarize these contributions.

Accepted Answer

Max Ringelmann was a French agricultural...

Question 18

Social cognition can be best described as the study of

Accepted Answer

A)   how we perceive, remember, and interpret information about the self and others.
B)   how cultural differences are manifested in social behavior.
C)   the extent to which social behavior is rooted in the chemistry of the brain.
D)   the interaction of people and new "thinking" computers.

Question 19

Which of the following branches of psychology studies how behaviors of individuals are influenced by other people?

Accepted Answer

A)   Clinical psychology
B)   Cognitive psychology
C)   Personality psychology
D)   Social psychology

Question 20

Which of the following researchers is regarded as one of the original founders of social psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)   Norman Triplett
B)   Stanley Milgram
C)   Michael Norton
D)   Philip Zimbardo

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Which of the following individuals did not author one of social psychology's first textbooks?

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Lewin's research was important in establishing the idea that

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Which of the following classic investigations does not have its roots in violence, war, or wartime culture?

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Max Ringelmann, Floyd Allport, and Kurt Lewin all made singularly important contributions to the development of social psychology as a field. Summarize these contributions.

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