Psychology 10: Introduction to Psychology

Quiz for November 28, 2006 – Social Psychology

Your Name: ______________________________

1. According to Festinger’s theory of social comparison, an unfavorable comparison of your own status with that of others can produce ____________, the belief that whatever you are getting, it is less than what you deserve.

a. Upward social comparison

b. Downward social comparison

c. Future optimism

d. Relative deprivation

e. All of the above

2. One of the reasons why first impressions are lasting impressions is because we often act on them in a way that causes others to behave in ways that confirm our initial impression. This process is known as

a. Cognitive miserliness

b. A self fulfilling prophecy

c. An internal attribution

d. An external attribution

e. None of the above

3. Attribution theory is concerned with how we infer the causes of another’s behavior. When we incorrectly infer that a person’s positive actions are due to external factors, and his or her negative actions are due to internal ones, this is known as the

a. Fundamental attribution error

b. Actor-observer bias

c. Self-serving bias

d. Ultimate attribution error

e. None of the above

4. Regarding the components of prejudice, draw a line from the term on the left to the correct term on the right.

Cognitive discrimination

Affective hatred

Behavioral stereotype

5. The teaching strategy described by Elliot Aronson, which had children from several ethnic groups work together to complete a task, was known as the

a. Cooperative learning paradigm

b. Interethnic learning technique

c. Jigsaw technique

d. Interpersonal attraction

e. None of the above

6. Solomon Asch’s experiment on conformity utilized which stimulus object(s)?

a. Colors

b. Sounds

c. Lines

d. Circles

e. A point of light in a darkened room

7. Conformity is the result of unspoken group pressure. Compliance is the result of a _____; and obedience is the result of a ______.

a. Demand; request

b. Request; demand

c. Person’s free will; social norms

d. Social norms; person’s free will

e. None of the above

8. The person who developed a laboratory procedure to study obedience to authority was:

a. Solomon Asch

b. Halford Fairchild

c. Philip Zimbardo

d. Sigmund Freud

e. None of the above

9. People tend to be more aggressive in the

a. Winter

b. Spring

c. Summer

d. Fall

e. All of the above are equally likely

10. Three events shared a psychological explanation: the decision not to defend Pearl Harbor in the 1930s; the ill fated decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger; and JFK’s decision to invade Cuba in 1961. That psychological explanation is known as:

a. Task oriented leaders

b. Person-oriented leaders

c. Social neuroscience

d. Social cognitive neuroscience

e. None of the above: specify: ____________________