PSY 200 Final

Kelsey had a CT scan that showed a tumor in the right frontal cortex. Which of the following behavioral symptoms most likely prompted the scan to take place?

Select one:
a. difficulty producing language
b. difficulty comprehending language
c. motor skill deficits in the left side of her body
d. sensory deficits in the right side of her body

c. motor skill deficits in the left side of her body

The ________ of a neuron contain ________ that house neurotransmitters, the chemical messengers of the nervous system.

Select one:
a. dendrites; synaptic vesicles
b. axons; terminal buttons
c. terminal buttons; transport proteins
d. terminal buttons; synaptic vesicles

d. terminal buttons; synaptic vesicles

Sensory and motor neurons of the ________ nervous system are associated with activities traditionally thought of as conscious or voluntary.

Select one:
a. somatic
b. sympathetic
c. parasympathetic
d. autonomic

a. somatic

One example of ________ is the differences between hemispheres in the areas underlying language function.

Select one:
a. brain organization
b. Wernicke's area
c. synaptogenesis
d. lateralization

d. lateralization

The somatosensory cortex is responsible for processing ________.

Select one:
a. temperature, touch, and pain
b. cognition and emotion
c. language, such as speech
d. motor information to body areas, such as arms, legs, and face

a. temperature, touch, and pain

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the case study of Phineas Gage's accident, which led to brain injury?

Select one:
a. Injury to the frontal lobe does not affect behavior.
b. Injury to the brain causes changes in behavior, and specific brain areas are linked to particular behaviors.
c. Temporal lobe injury causes people to be incapable of controlling their emotional impulses.
d. Injury to the brain causes changes in behavior, but specific brain areas are not linked to specific behaviors.

b. Injury to the brain causes changes in behavior, and specific brain areas are linked to particular behaviors.

Which two neurotransmitters have roles in appetite suppression?
Select one:
a. serotonin; GABA
b. dopamine; norepinephrine
c. serotonin; glutamate
d. dopamine; acetylcholine

b. dopamine; norepinephrine

The ________ is the difference in charge between the intracellular and extracellular space of a neuron.
Select one:
a. extracellular fluid
b. membrane potential
c. resting potential
d. intracellular fluid

b. membrane potential

The two major divisions of the nervous system are the ________ and ________.

Select one:
a. autonomic; somatic nervous systems
b. parasympathetic; sympathetic nervous systems
c. autonomic; sympathetic nervous systems
d. central; peripheral nervous systems

d. central; peripheral nervous systems

The ________ nervous system is responsible for stimulating digestion and causing the bladder to contract.

Select one:
a. somatic
b. parasympathetic
c. sympathetic
d. autonomic

b. parasympathetic

Which of the following senses is not first routed through the thalamus?

Select one:
a. vision
b. taste
c. smell
d. audition

c. smell

Elaina has been diagnosed with a small brain tumor. She first went to see her doctor after experiencing symptoms such as feeling very cold, almost fainting, a reduced appetite, and reduced sexual desire. Which of the following structures is her tumor most likely affecting?
Select one:
a. thalamus
b. Broca's area
c. substantia nigra
d. hypothalamus

d. hypothalamus

Which of the following brain processes is not a function of the cerebral cortex?

Select one:
a. emotion
b. memory
c. breathing
d. reasoning

c. breathing

Terri Schiavo went into cardiac arrest and her brain was deprived of oxygen, leaving only her brainstem functioning. Which of the following functions could Schiavo still accomplish?

Select one:
a. feel someone touching her hand
b. hear someone talking to her
c. groan and move her eyes
d. speak in simple words

c. groan and move her eyes

Parsons and her colleagues are doing a study comparing differences in brain activity levels between patients with schizophrenia and controls with no psychological disorders. Their hypothesis requires a high level of detail and good detection of differences over time. Which of the following is the best brain imaging technique to use?

Select one:
a. functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
b. magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
c. positron emission tomography (PET)
d. computerized tomography (CT) scan

a. functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Jeremy has Parkinson's disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects motor skills. In addition to motor symptoms, Jeremy has noticed changes in his mood. It is likely that Jeremy's ________ is producing less ________ than it needs to.
Select one:
a. motor cortex; dopamine
b. motor cortex; acetylcholine
c. substantia nigra; dopamine
d. substantia nigra; acetylcholine

c. substantia nigra; dopamine

The ________ nervous system is responsible for responses such as pupil dilation, increased heart rate, and increased respiration.
Select one:
a. parasympathetic
b. sympathetic
c. autonomic
d. somatic

b. sympathetic

The myelin sheath is made from ________.

Select one:
a. glial cells
b. terminal buttons
c. somas
d. axons

a. glial cells

Which one of the following processes does not occur to excess neurotransmitters in the synapse?

Select one:
a. collection by scavenger vesicles left over from the neurotransmitter release
b. break down into inactive fragments
c. reuptake
d. drifting away from the synapse

a. collection by scavenger vesicles left over from the neurotransmitter release

Human eggs and sperm each contain 23 ________, which are composed of long strands of ________.

Select one:
a. chromosomes; DNA
b. DNA; genes
c. genes; DNA
d. chromosomes; genes

a. chromosomes; DNA

What does nurture refer to in the nature vs. nurture debate?

Select one:
a. sexual preference
b. environment and culture
c. genetics
d. biology

b. environment and culture

Which of the following illustrates conservation?
Select one:
a. Deirdre believes that five pennies have more value than two nickels but he doesn't know the value of either coin by itself.
b. Joseph saves his energy by brushing his teeth in the shower but doesn't realize that he is wasting water that way.
c. Rebekah recycles her glass bottles but not her cell phone batteries because she doesn't think they can be recycled.
d. Scott knows that one piece of pizza cut into two slices is the same amount as cutting the same piece of pizza into three slices.

d. Scott knows that one piece of pizza cut into two slices is the same amount as cutting the same piece of pizza into three slices.

One-year-old Ainsley learned the schema for trucks because his family has a truck. When Ainsley sees cars driving on television, she says, "Look mommy, truck!" This exemplifies ________.
Select one:
a. egocentrism
b. accommodation
c. assimilation
d. centration

c. assimilation

18-month-old Gordon learned the schema for apples. When Gordon sees tomatoes at the grocery store, he says, "Look mommy, apples!" His mother tells him that the food he sees at the store is a tomato, not an apple. He now has separate schemata for tomatoes and apples. This exemplifies ________.

Select one:
a. assimilation
b. accommodation
c. seriation
d. reversibility

b. accommodation

Which theorist promoted the idea that development is fundamentally affected by one's culture as well as their interactions with their own environment?

Select one:
a. Ainsworth
b. Kohlberg
c. Piaget
d. Vygotsky

d. Vygotsky

The notion that the manner in which one's brain develops can have a significant impact on a person's cognitive functioning is central to the ________ perspective in developmental psychology.
Select one:
a. neuroconstructivist
b. naturist
c. epigenetic
d. biopsychosocial

a. neuroconstructivist

Grasping a toy, writing with a pencil, and using a spoon are all examples of ________ motor skills.
Select one:
a. manipulative
b. fine
c. gross
d. native

b. fine

After age 65, most people are attempting to assess their lives and make sense of life and the meaning of their contributions. Within the psychosocial model of development, what is the primary developmental task of this stage?

Select one:
a. generativity vs. stagnation
b. identity vs. guilt
c. integrity vs. despair
d. initiative vs. guilt

c. integrity vs. despair

Emily is a doctoral student in psychology. She plans to use ________ to complete her doctoral paper, asking individuals to self-report important information about how their thoughts, experiences, and beliefs differ over a 10-year period.
Select one:
a. naturalistic observations
b. surveys
c. case studies
d. experiments

b. surveys

Between birth and one year, infants are dependent on their caregivers; therefore, caregivers who are responsive and sensitive to their infant's needs help their baby to develop a sense of the world as a safe, predictable place. In Erikson's developmental theory, what is the primary developmental task of this stage?

Select one:
a. industry vs. inferiority
b. identity vs. confusion
c. autonomy vs. shame/doubt
d.trust vs. mistrust

d.trust vs. mistrust

Age-specific approximations of when a certain skill or ability should first occur in normal development are called developmental ________.
Select one:
a. milestones
b. boundaries
c. markers
d. norms

a. milestones

Early maturing girls are ________.
Select one:
a. less likely to drop out of high school
b. more confident
c. at a higher risk of depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders
d. more likely to go to college

c. at a higher risk of depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders

Jory, a six year old, is picking out a card for his mother's birthday. He picks the card with a picture of Lightning McQueen, reasoning that since he loves Cars his mother does to. What does this exemplify?
Select one:
a. abstract thought
b. conservation
c. reversibility
d. egocentrism

d. egocentrism

Balancing, running, and jumping are all examples of ________ motor skills.

Select one:
a. reflexive
b. gross
c. native
d. fine

b. gross

Adolescents (ages 12-18) experiment with and develop a sense of who they are and what roles they want to play. Erik Erikson would argue that during this period adolescents face the________ task of development.

Select one:
a. isolation vs. intimacy
b. generativity vs. stagnation
c. trust vs. mistrust
d. identity vs. confusion

d. identity vs. confusion

Carissa's parents let her stay up as late as she wants. She is allowed to pick out her own clothes and decide when and what she wants to eat. Her parents act more like her friends than authority figures. What kind of parenting style is this?

Select one:
a. authoritarian
b. authoritative
c. Freudian
d. permissive

d. permissive

During Piaget's proposed ________ stage of development, children understand events and analogies logically, and they can perform simple mathematical operations. At the same time they lack the ability to think abstractly.

Select one:
a. concrete operational
b. sensorimotor
c. preoperational
d. formal operational

a. concrete operational

________ development involves growth and changes in the body and brain, the senses, motor skills, and health and wellness.

Select one:
A. Physical
B. Psychosocial
C. Learning
D. Cognitive

A. Physical

________ are concepts (mental models) that are used to help us categorize and interpret information.

Select one:
a. Prototypes
b. Schemata
c. Categories
d. Cognitions

b. Schemata

Jules is participating in the Strange Situation experiment. When his mother returns, he freezes, and then behaves erratically. In fact, he runs away from his mother. What kind of attachment is this?

Select one:
a. secure
b. disorganized
c. avoidant
d. resistant

b. disorganized

Which parenting style is most encouraged in modern America?

Select one:
a. permissive
b. authoritative
c. disorganized
d. authoritarian

b. authoritative

According to ________, lifespan development encompasses eight stages and at each stage we encounter a psychosocial crisis that must be resolved.
Select one:
a. Jean Piaget
b. Abraham Maslow
c. Lawrence Kohlberg
d. Erik Erikson

d. Erik Erikson

Britta knows that it is wrong to break into a store that is closed, but there is a medical emergency and she has no cell phone with her. Her date has collapsed on the street and is having a seizure. Britta breaks the window of a local store, unlocks the door, and lets herself in to call the police. She stays behind to explain her behavior to the store owner, who shows up shortly after he is called. Britta is operating at the ________ level of Kohlberg's theory of morality.

Select one:
a. pre-conventional
b. conventional
c. post-conventional
d. concrete operational

c. post-conventional

According to Jean Piaget, in what stage do children begin to use abstract thinking processes?


Select one:
a. formal operational
b. preoperational
c. sensorimotor
d. concrete operational

a. formal operational

Elroy decided not to cheat on the exam because he would fail the class if he was caught and he'd get punished by his parents. What stage of moral development does this exemplify?

Select one:
a. pre-conventional
b. formal operational
c. conventional
d. post-conventional

a. pre-conventional

During Jean Piaget's ________ stage, the world is experienced through what we can take in through our perceptual systems and how we can move our bodies.

Select one:
a. concrete operational
b. preoperational
c. formal operational
d. sensorimotor

d. sensorimotor

Madeline is seven months old. Her mother is eating a cookie and Madeline wants some. Her mother hides the cookie under a napkin, but Madeline is not fooled. She knows the cookie is still there. What does this exemplify?

Select one:
a. stranger anxiety
b. egocentrism
c. reversibility
d. object permanence

d. object permanence

Which theorist is credited with proposing the psychosexual stages of development?
Select one:
a. Jean Piaget
b. Lawrence Kohlberg
c. Erik Erikson
d. Sigmund Freud

d. Sigmund Freud

What does nature refer to in the nature vs. nurture debate?

Select one:
a. environment and culture
b. genes and biology
c. cognitive capacity
d. language acquisition

b. genes and biology

Umberto is a one year old, and his mother is sensitive and responsive to his needs. He is distressed when his mother leaves him, and he is happy to see her when she returns. What kind of attachment is this?

Select one:
a. resistant
b. secure
c. avoidant
d. disorganized

b. secure

________ development involves learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity.

Select one:
a. Psychosocial
b. Artistic
c. Cognitive
d. Emotional

c. Cognitive

A(an) ________ begins as a one-cell structure that is created when a sperm and egg merge.
Select one:
a. fetus
b. embryo
c. zygote
d. placenta

c. zygote

When development proceeds in a stepwise fashion with periods of growth interrupted by periods where growth is not occurring, we'd say that development is taking a(n) ________ trajectory.

Select one:
a. unidirectional
b. bidirectional
c. continuous
d. discontinuous

d. discontinuous

Which of the following is not a developmental issue children face during the preoperational stage?
Select one:
a. object permanence
b. language development
c. egocentrism
d. pretend play

a. object permanence

What does nurture refer to in the nature vs. nurture debate?

Select one:
a. environment and culture
b. biology
c. sexual preference
d. genetics

a. environment and culture

Adolescents (ages 12-18) experiment with and develop a sense of who they are and what roles they want to play. Erik Erikson would argue that during this period adolescents face the________ task of development.

Select one:
a. trust vs. mistrust
b. identity vs. confusion
c. generativity vs. stagnation
d. isolation vs. intimacy

b. identity vs. confusion

Age-specific approximations of when a certain skill or ability should first occur in normal development are called developmental ________.
Select one:
a. milestones
b. markers
c. norms
d. boundaries

a. milestones

Jules is participating in the Strange Situation experiment. When his mother returns, he freezes, and then behaves erratically. In fact, he runs away from his mother. What kind of attachment is this?

Select one:
a. secure
b. resistant
c. disorganized
d. avoidant

c. disorganized

Early maturing girls are ________.
Select one:
a. less likely to drop out of high school
b. more confident
c. more likely to go to college
d. at a higher risk of depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders

d. at a higher risk of depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders

Jory, a six year old, is picking out a card for his mother's birthday. He picks the card with a picture of Lightning McQueen, reasoning that since he loves Cars his mother does to. What does this exemplify?
Select one:
a. reversibility
b. abstract thought
c. egocentrism
d. conservation

c. egocentrism

________ is the strengthening of an original group attitude after the discussion of views within a group.
Select one:
a. Social loafing
b. Social facilitation
c. Group polarization
d. Cognitive dissonance

c. Group polarization

What is a main feature of the jigsaw classroom?
Select one:
a. participants are required to express at least one of their own held biases or prejudices
b. people work together toward a superordinate goal that cannot be achieved without cooperation
c. adults are forced to work together to solve a puzzle but does not know that there are pieces missing
d. students work together with others who are of different racial backgrounds or different ability sets

d. students work together with others who are of different racial backgrounds or different ability sets

When a person is making a persuasive argument that utilizes the ________ route, they rely on factors unrelated to their actual message to persuade their listener. The hope is that these factors will encourage positivity with the message itself.

Select one:
a. compliance
b. haloed
c. central
d. peripheral

d. peripheral

Erikah has just arrived at the funeral of her friend's father. Even though Erikah is usually very outspoken and jovial, she keeps her voice down, expresses her sympathy to the family members, and sits quietly and respectfully during the religious service. Erikah is following the ________ of how to behave in this particular situation.

Select one:
a. heuristic
b. social role
c. social norm
d. script

d. script

Which type of persuasion approach involves encouraging a person to agree to a small favor or to buy a small item, only to later request a larger favor or purchase of a larger item?

Select one:
a. foot-in-the-door technique
b. door-in-the-face strategy
c. lowball technique
d. effort justification strategy

a. foot-in-the-door technique

Kara gets an F on her social psychology exam. Then she goes home and gets into an argument with her roommate, Lee. Lee assumes Kara is yelling at him because she is just a nasty person, and does not consider that she may just have had a bad day and is venting. Lee is demonstrating ________.
Select one:
a. groupthink
b. the self-serving bias
c. the fundamental attribution error
d. the actor-observer effect

c. the fundamental attribution error

What is the single most important fact that predicts the person with whom you will become friends or have a romantic relationship?

Select one:
a. your similarity to others you meet
b. your financial wellbeing
c. the amount of contact you have with people
d. your physical attractiveness

c. the amount of contact you have with people

Fantasia believes that people with blue eyes are somehow more creative than other people. Whenever Fantasia encounters a person that has blue eyes and is creative, she places greater importance on this evidence supporting her already existing belief. At the same time, Fantasia ignores any evidence that people without blue eyes might display exceptional creativity. This is called a(n) ________.

Select one:
a. self-fulfilling prophecy
b. availability heuristic
c. representativeness bias
d. confirmation bias

d. confirmation bias

Which statement about groupthink is correct?
Select one:
a. Group members will never agree if there is a minority influence present.
b. Group members will use brainstorming to discover the solution that most group members agree on.
c. Group members modify their opinion to go against what they believe is the group consensus.
d. Group members modify their opinions to match what they believe is the group consensus.

d. Group members modify their opinions to match what they believe is the group consensus.

What is the main point of the quizmaster study?
Select one:
a. People will overlook obvious situational influences on behavior.
b. People will overlook obvious dispositional influences on their behavior.
c. People will attack other people by claiming situational influences are making them behave badly.
d. People will defend themselves by claiming situational influences changed their behavior.

a. People will overlook obvious situational influences on behavior

Which of the following is the best example of peripheral route persuasion?

Select one:
a. anti-smoking advertisements that use charts and graphs to show how many people die from smoking-related causes each year
b. encouraging your parents to quit smoking by switching to chewing tobacco, then convincing them to chew less tobacco each week
c. anti-smoking advertisements that rely on celebrity spokespeople advocating for reduction in cigarette use
d. supporting your sister who has decided to go cold turkey in order to quit smoking

c. anti-smoking advertisements that rely on celebrity spokespeople advocating for reduction in cigarette use

What was the main conclusion drawn from the Stanford prison experiment?
Select one:
a. students cannot be relied upon to act appropriately
b. when operating in a group, some people will put forth less effort than if they were operating alone
c. social roles are powerful determinants of human behavior
d. students cannot be trusted in roles of authority

c. social roles are powerful determinants of human behavior

________ holds that our behavior is determined by internal factors, such as individual traits or temperaments.
Select one:
a. Dispositionism
b. Moralism
c. Situationism
d. Collectivism

a. Dispositionism

Orlando shares with a friend that he does not like people who are homosexual, and that he goes out of his way at work to avoid helping customers who he suspects are gay. His friend says to him, "man, that isn't a cool way to be. You do realize that you're expressing a form of prejudice called ________, don't you?"
Select one:
a. asexuality
b. transphobia
c. gender dysphoria
d. homophobia

d. homophobia

A negative attitude and feeling toward an individual that is based solely on that person's membership in a specific group is called ________.

Select one:
a. discrimination
b. conformity
c. prejudice
d. a stereotype

c. prejudice

Why are girls more likely than boys to be victims of cyberbullying?

Select one:
a. because girls are found to spend more time online
b. because girls' parents tend spend less time monitoring their daughters' online activities
c. because girls are more likely to share photographs of themselves on social media sites
d. because it is a less direct and nonphysical form of bullying

d. because it is a less direct and nonphysical form of bullying

Suppose you are walking down a street. A woman has fallen down, but because there are so many people around it does not occur to you that you should help. You just assume someone else is about to help her and keep walking. This is an example of ________.

Select one:
a. aggression
b. diffusion of responsibility
c. prosocial behavior
d. cognitive dissonance

b. diffusion of responsibility

Within the field of social psychology, a script is defined as a ________.

Select one:
a. set of instructions to be carried out without deviation
b. written record of a person's history, including their actions and qualities
c. person's knowledge about the sequence of events in a specific setting
d. prescription for psychotropic medicine

c. person's knowledge about the sequence of events in a specific setting

Heather and Mike share the household chores as equally as possible. They take turns with the cooking and driving their son to daycare. Both of them work outside the home, and each of them takes responsibility for child care one night a week to give the other one a break. We can say that their relationship has a high level of ________.

Select one:
a. infatuation
b. reciprocity
c. altruism
d. groupthink

b. reciprocity

Which of the following strategies would effectively prevent groupthink from occurring?
Select one:
a. avoiding the development of any contingency plans
b. voting publicly in front of group members
c. having the group leader make their position known before discussion begins
d. seeking outside opinions on group decisions

d. seeking outside opinions on group decisions

Which of the following is the best example of the foot-in-the-door technique of persuasion?
Select one:
a. getting your parents to agree to cut their smoking down by a few cigarettes, then asking them to quit altogether
b. anti-smoking advertisements that use charts and graphs to show how many people die from smoking-related causes each year
c. anti-smoking advertisements that rely on celebrity spokespeople advocating for reduction in cigarette use
d. supporting your sister who has decided to go cold turkey in order to quit smoking

a. getting your parents to agree to cut their smoking down by a few cigarettes, then asking them to quit altogether

Which of the following is an example of a self-serving bias?

Select one:
a. Leonard gets a bad grade in his psychology class and a good grade in his sociology class, so he believes he should study harder to prepare for his next psychology exam.
b. Leonard gets good grades in sociology and psychology, so he sends his professors a card thanking them for what good professors they are.
c. Leonard attributes earning a good grade in his psychology class to the fact that he is an exceptionally hard working student who is also incredibly smart. He blames the poor grade he received in his sociology class on having a bad teacher who gave hard exams.
d. Leonard gets bad grades in sociology and psychology, so he switches his major to biology because he will like it more.

c. Leonard attributes earning a good grade in his psychology class to the fact that he is an exceptionally hard working student who is also incredibly smart. He blames the poor grade he received in his sociology class on having a bad teacher who gave hard exams.

The ________ hypothesis is the ideology common in the United States that people get the outcomes they deserve.

Select one:
a. equal status
b. come-uppance
c. just-world
d. equipoentiality

c. just-world

Which of the following is the best example of central route persuasion?
Select one:
a. anti-smoking advertisements that rely on celebrity spokespeople advocating for reduction in cigarette use
b. encouraging your parents to quit smoking by switching to chewing tobacco, then convincing them to chew less tobacco each week
c. supporting your sister who has decided to go cold turkey in order to quit smoking
d. anti-smoking advertisements that use charts and graphs to show how many people die from smoking-related causes each year

d. anti-smoking advertisements that use charts and graphs to show how many people die from smoking-related causes each year

Henry is juror number four in a murder trial. He believes the accused is guilty, but when the jurors vote it becomes clear he is the only one that thinks this way. Henry votes not guilty along with the other jurors despite what he sees as evidence clearly indicating guilt. This is an example of the ________ effect.

Select one:
a. Cacioppo
b. Zimbardo
c. Asch
d. Milgram

c. Asch

In Stanley Milgram's obedience research, the person playing the part of the "learner" was an accomplice, or ________, of the experiment. He was aware of the true purpose of the research, was never shocked, and was acting according to Milgram's instructions.

Select one:
a. union
b. associate
c. ally
d. confederate

d. confederate

During the international coronavirus pandemic, many people began acting aggressively toward individuals of Chinese descent, blaming them for the virus even though most of those people had lived in the United States for their entire lives. Those Chinese-Americans were the victim of a process called ________.

Select one:
a. in-group bias
b. confirmation bias
c. scapegoating
d. effort justification

c. scapegoating

According to the frustration aggression theory, which of the following is likely to occur when Simon gets frustrated with his toilet training?

Select one:
a. Simon goes to sleep
b. Simon retreats to a corner and mopes
c. Simon's mother gets frustrated with Simon
d. Simon bites his mother

d. Simon bites his mother

Jasmin belongs to the chess club on her campus. She prefers to associate with other members of the chess club while avoiding people that do not belong to this group. She thinks that those who do not play chess must be less intelligent than those who do, and thus she doesn't want to spend time with them. Jasmin has a(n) ________ bias.

Select one:
a. scapegoating
b. in-group
c. confirmation
d. out-group

b. in-group

The behavior of soldiers who abused prisoners at the Abu Ghraib facility during the Iraq war was predicted by the Stanford Prison Experiment that was overseen by social psychologist
Select one:
a. John Cacioppo
b. Philip Zimbardo
c. Solomon Asch
d. Stanley Milgram

b. Philip Zimbardo

What is the main point of the textbook discussion of Milgram's obedience study?

Select one:
a. When acting in a group, people will obey authority to the point of potentially causing serious harm to another person.
b. Research is only useful if it can be successfully replicated time and time again.
c. Individuals will obey authority to the point of potentially causing serious harm to another person.
d. Stanley Milgram was driven by political and personal agendas that demonstrated how research can be biased.

c. Individuals will obey authority to the point of potentially causing serious harm to another person.

What is a social role?

Select one:
a. a pattern of behavior that is expected of a person in a given setting or group
b. group's expectations regarding what is appropriate and acceptable for the thoughts and behavior of its members
c. group's knowledge about the sequence of events in a specific setting
d. person's knowledge about the sequence of events in a specific setting

a. a pattern of behavior that is expected of a person in a given setting or group

Ashley and Mikhail share their intimate thoughts and emotions, are physically attracted to each other and have an active and satisfying sex life, and are each deeply committed to supporting each other. They share ________ love.

Select one:
a. companionate
b. romantic
c. consummate
d. fatuous

c. consummate

The field of social psychology studies topics at the intrapersonal level. These topics include ________.

Select one:
a. emotions and attitudes, the self, and social cognition
b. ethnographies, case studies, archives, and statistics
c. society and social interaction, families, ecology, and religion
d. prejudice and discrimination, helping behavior, aggression, and group processes

a. emotions and attitudes, the self, and social cognition

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding social exchange theory?
Select one:
a. Most people are dissatisfied if their social exchanges create more costs than benefits.
b. People are dissatisfied if their social exchanges create more costs than benefits unless the relationship is an example of consummate love.
c. People are motivated to maximize the benefits of social exchanges, or relationships, and minimize the costs.
d. People prefer to have more benefits than costs or to have nearly equal costs and benefits.

b. People are dissatisfied if their social exchanges create more costs than benefits unless the relationship is an example of consummate love.

Rhona and Jerome share each other's thoughts and feelings and are prepared to support each other, but they do not feel any real passion toward each other. They have a relationship based on ________ love.

Select one:
a. fatuous
b. companionate
c. consummate
d. romantic

b. companionate

When Jacob came home from work upset about a disagreement he'd had with his boss, his wife Jodi sat down to listen to him. She imagined the argument that had occurred, and tried to understand how her husband was feeling. Jodi is demonstrating a high level of ________.
Select one:
a. infatuation
b. sympathy
c. empathy
d. instrumental support

c. empathy

Suppose you hate reality shows, but you pretend to like them in order to fit in, feel good, and be accepted by your friends, who all love reality television. This is an example of ________ social influence.

Select one:
a. informational
b. groupthink
c. normative
d. confirmatory

c. normative

During which kind of situation might a person be most likely to yield to the effects of informational social influence?

Select one:
a. when they feel sure of their own decisions
b. when they really want to be liked by a group of peers
c. when the correct choice is unclear
d. when they have no personal investment in the outcome of their actions

c. when the correct choice is unclear

Suppose you are walking down a street. A woman has fallen down, but because there are so many people around it does not occur to you that you should help. You just assume someone else is about to help her and keep walking. This is an example of ________.

Select one:
a. prosocial behavior
b. aggression
c. cognitive dissonance
d. diffusion of responsibility

d. diffusion of responsibility