Question 1

Despite some variation,there appear to be universal mating preferences for certain physical features.This fact suggests that these attractiveness features are influenced by .

Accepted Answer

A)  evolutionary factors
B)  cultural context
C)  cognitive processes

Question 2

Random assignment of research participants to experimental conditions means that .

Accepted Answer

A)  each participant will experience all experimental conditions at different times
B)  experimental conditions will be the same for all research participants
C)  participant characteristics will have an effect on the outcomes of the experiment
D)  each participant has an equal chance of being assigned to each experimental condition
E)  a confounding of variables can not occur

Question 3

A researcher thinks that a person's mood has an effect on how helpful that person is likely to be.To test this,the researcher has participants come to the laboratory where they are first given a difficult test and then either heavily praised or strongly criticized for their test performance.As it happens,the researcher has one of two research assistants,one who is a bit rude and the other more friendly,running each participant through the experimental procedure.After the praise or critical feedback,each participant is asked to help the research assistant in moving some heavy boxes into another room.The researcher observes how many boxes each participant moves in helping the research assistant.One possible confound for this experiment is .

Accepted Answer

A)  the researcher's notes and observations
B)  the participants' mood after the praise or criticism
C)  whether or not participants showed up for the experiment
D)  the attitude of the assistant
E)  the number of boxes the assistant moved

Question 4

A framework that reflects basic concepts,as well as statements about the relationships between these concepts,is known as .

Accepted Answer

A)  a hypothesis
B)  a theory
C)  a paradigm

Question 5

Suppose a company asked its workers "Now that you have received a raise,how satisfied are you with your job?," and found out that 87% indicated they were "very satisfied" or "satisfied." A major concern of this study would likely be .

Accepted Answer

A)  the way the question was asked
B)  the way the participants were selected
C)  the way the jobs were described
D)  the amount of the raise
E)  the way the results were tabulated

Question 6

The is a tendency to believe that projects will take less time than they actually do.

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The answer of The is a tendency to believe that...

Question 7

The planning fallacy is .

Accepted Answer

A)  a tendency for individuals to believe that projects will take less time than they actually do
B)  a bias that some people have in planning for worst-case scenarios
C)  a tendency to rely on our memories of previous similar activities when planning future projects
D)  the mistaken belief that one can completely plan for social encounters
E)  a technique used by some social psychologists when studying group interactions

Question 8

In experimental research,one variable is systematically changed.This variable is known as the .

Accepted Answer

A)  confound
B)  dependent variable
C)  independent variable

Question 9

in social psychology refers to the belief that one should obtain and evaluate information in a manner that is as free from bias as possible.

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The answer of in social psychology refers to the belief...

Question 10

Suppose smoking and drinking alcohol are found to be correlated at +.65.We can conclude that .

Accepted Answer

A)  smoking is probably unrelated to drinking
B)  smoking causes drinking
C)  drinking causes smoking
D)  smoking is probably related to drinking
E)  people who smoke tend to drink less than non-smokers

Question 11

A multicultural perspective is recognized as increasingly important to research in social psychology because .

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural factors such as race or ethnicity help determine self-identity
B)  some cultural factors may be important,but these factors have not yet been identified
C)  cultural factors are only important in some areas of research,such as research dealing with facial recognition
D)  cultural factors have a weak influence on social behavior
E)  cultural factors are relatively unimportant in a heterogeneous society

Question 12

In one study,3-month-old African infants who had grown up with mainly African people,or who had grown up with a mixture of both African and Caucasian people,were shown photos of both African people and Caucasian people.While the infants from the first group spent more time looking at photos of Africans,the second group showed no such preference,demonstrating that .

Accepted Answer

A)  an innate own-race preference existed
B)  there was an implicit influence for attraction to the photos of persons reflecting the racial make-up of those with whom they had grown up
C)  there was an explicit attraction for people of their own race
D)  Africans are implicitly attracted to photos of Africans
E)  time spent looking at photos in such a study does not demonstrate explicitly-influenced attraction

Question 13

Recent research on implicit processes demonstrate that such processes .

Accepted Answer

A)  are relatively unimportant in our social behavior and thought
B)  are quite influential in our social behavior and thought
C)  are extremely difficult to study and therefore of little use
D)  often show strong influence,but are impossible to properly interpret
E)  are becoming less of an interest in the field of social psychology

Question 14

A correlation exists between two variables when .

Accepted Answer

A)  changing one variable has no effect on the other variable
B)  changing one variable causes the other to change by the same amount
C)  changes in the two variables are related to each other
D)  the two variables are inversely related - as one increases,the other decreases
E)  changing one variable sometimes causes the other to change and sometimes not

Question 15

The fundamental purpose of a theory is to .

Accepted Answer

A)  provide practical applications for observed data
B)  generate statistical analyses for further exploration
C)  explain some particular group of events or processes
D)  unify all the known factors that contribute to human behavior
E)  produce evidence in support of a hypothesis

Question 16

research involves making careful observations in an attempt to identify relationships between variables,but without changing or controlling any aspect of the variables being studied.

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The answer of research involves making careful observations in an...

Question 17

In one study,when participants encountered a person who was on both warmth and competence,neural circuitry that normally responds to the presence of a human being .

Accepted Answer

A)  low; was not activated,as if the person were not human
B)  high; was not activated,because more complex cognition is involved in responses to these persons
C)  low; was incapacitated for several hours
D)  high; showed a positive,but uncomprehending,response
E)  high; showed a positive response to all social objects for several hours

Question 18

The basic goal of any theory is .

Accepted Answer

A)  empiricism
B)  explanation
C)  demonstration

Question 19

A researcher thinks that a person's mood has an effect on how helpful that person is likely to be.To test this,the researcher has some research participants come to the laboratory where they are first given a difficult test and then either heavily praised or strongly criticized for their test performance.Afterwards,participants are asked to help the researcher's assistant move some heavy boxes into another room.The researcher makes careful note of how many and which participants help with moving the boxes.In this example,the hypothesis is .

Accepted Answer

A)  a person's mood has an effect on how helpful that person is likely to be
B)  praise will improve the mood of research subjects and criticism will worsen their mood
C)  helping the researcher's assistant will change a participant's mood
D)  some participants will be in a better mood than others
E)  the difficulty of the test will cause participants to be in a bad mood

Question 20

In an experiment,researchers wanted to know whether changing the level of lighting in a factory would have an effect on the productivity of employees.In order to address this question,employees were randomly assigned to three separate identical work areas,but the lighting was set at a different level in each of the work areas.Then employees in all three work groups began to operate machinery that produced small electrical components.The number of components produced by each group was carefully tallied at the end of each 8-hour shift.In this example,the dependent variable is .

Accepted Answer

A)  the machinery operated by the employees
B)  the employees chosen to participate in the experiment
C)  the presence or absence of the researchers
D)  the level of lighting
E)  the number of components produced

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A multicultural perspective is recognized as increasingly important to research in social psychology because .

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Despite some variation,there appear to be universal mating preferences for certain physical features.This fact suggests that these attractiveness features are influenced by .

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Suppose a company asked its workers "Now that you have received a raise,how satisfied are you with your job?," and found out that 87% indicated they were "very satisfied" or "satisfied." A major concern of this study would likely be .

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A framework that reflects basic concepts,as well as statements about the relationships between these concepts,is known as .

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In experimental research,one variable is systematically changed.This variable is known as the .

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The basic goal of any theory is .

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In one study,when participants encountered a person who was on both warmth and competence,neural circuitry that normally responds to the presence of a human being .

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research involves making careful observations in an attempt to identify relationships between variables,but without changing or controlling any aspect of the variables being studied.

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A correlation exists between two variables when .

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The fundamental purpose of a theory is to .

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The planning fallacy is .

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Recent research on implicit processes demonstrate that such processes .

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in social psychology refers to the belief that one should obtain and evaluate information in a manner that is as free from bias as possible.

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The is a tendency to believe that projects will take less time than they actually do.

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