Problem 1
Janice is a college student who is active in politics. She considers voting to be very important for everyone, especially young people. So she volunteers 5 hours a week to staff a table at the student union, encouraging students to register to vote, for any political party. Her stance toward voting is best described as a(n) a. belief. b. attitude c. attribution. d. bias.
Problem 1
Being exposed to violent media affects which kind of responses in young boys? a. the ability to form lasting social relationships b. physiological responses while viewing a violent film c. a and b d. none of the above
Problem 1
Our tendency to conclude that Alex must have an aggressive personality because we see him hit Bobby once on the playground is an example of a. a stereotype. b. a prejudice. c. deception. d. the fundamental attribution error.
Problem 1
Sometimes people perform better-for example, ride a bike faster-when they are in groups than when alone. Social psychologists call this a. the Yerkes-Dodson principle. b. social loafing. c. social facilitation. d. conformity.
Problem 2
Levon considers himself to be a healthy person. He eats a healthy diet and exercises 4 days a week, yet he is a smoker. His attitude toward smoking before he became a smoker was very negative. Now that he is a smoker, however, his attitude is not so negative. The change in his attitude is best explained by a. attribution. b. persuasion. c. mere exposure. d. cognitive dissonance.
Problem 2
People who are of a minority opinion in a group are most likely to change the opinion of the majority by a. getting them to conform to group pressure. b. using reason and logic. c. trying to shame them. d. being consistent and presenting a well-formed persuasive argument.
Problem 2
"College professors are absent-minded" is an example of a. an attitude. b. an attribution. c. a stereotype. d. a prejudice.
Problem 2
According to Batson's empathy-altruism hypothesis, a. people will offer selfless help only when they truly empathize with the victim. b. true altruism exists only in empathic responses to family members. c. there is no such thing as true altruism, but there is true empathy. d. empathy and altruism are linked only in cases of heroic rescues.
Problem 3
What kind of faces do people tend to find more attractive? a. faces that have unique features rarely seen in the common population b. faces that are arithmetically average c. faces in which the eyebrow-to-nose ratio is less than 1 d. none of the above
Problem 3
Out-group homogeneity is the tendency to a. see people outside our group as looking or acting alike b. see people inside our group as looking or acting alike. c. believe people outside our group think the same way we do. d. believe people inside our group think the same way we do
