Test your basic knowledge |

Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. We make inferences about our attitudes by observing our own behaviors when 'internal cues' are weak or ambiguous.






2. The theory that certain types of direct contact between groups will reduce prejudice. More contact is thought to increase the amount of information learned.






3. People low in self complexity felt better after success and worse after failure than people high in self complexity.






4. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






5. The idea that emotional experience is the result of a two-step self-perception process in which people first experience physiological arousal and then seek an appropriate explanation for it






6. Process of identifying individuals as members of a social group because they share typical features of a group. When people are perceived as members of a group not as individuals.






7. Wrote poem - drew pictures - generated business solutions.






8. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






9. Measured extent of white preference for a white vs black stimulus person.85% of 6 year old's preferred whites. 70%-10 year olds - 50% of adults.






10. We desire self esteem - to be aligned with other people to make ourselves feel better about ourselves.






11. An account of attitude change developed by psychologist Daryl Bem. It asserts that people develop their attitudes by observing their behavior and concluding what attitudes must have caused them.






12. Discrepancy - Emotional Reactions - Long-Term Effects.






13. People evaluate themselves against internal 'ideal' and ought standards - producing emotional consequences.






14. We may often draw inferences from our thoughts - feelings and behaviors.






15. When people realize their behavior is caused by an EXTERNAL FACTOR they do not assume that it reflects their INTERNAL FEELINGS.`






16. Subjects had to decide appropriately - results found they were more likely to misidentify blacks with having a weapon.






17. We are biologically programmed for self preservation - but we are always in fear of our own death. Self-Esteem serves as a buffer for this.






18. ENjoy cognitive activities and engage in them when they have the chance.






19. Most Social Psychologist and Evolutionary psychologist agree. Contemporary social psychologist believe such phenomena results form similar social cognitive.






20. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






21. Specific Responses are followed by positive or negative consequences.






22. Primed words associated with stereotypes of blacks - or nonsense syllables.Then read description of person with traits related to stereotypes. Effects higher for those with high anti black prejudice.






23. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






24. A non-conscious form of self-enhancement.






25. The people we think we should be.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


26. A person has to remember the content of a for it to have a lasting impact.






27. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






28. Subjects read persuasive message in favor of tuition increase. 1/2 received message that had only strong arguments. 1/2 received for weak. Results showed high NFC participants were persuaded b strong arguments vs weak.






29. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






30. Makes all members of a group seem more similar to each other than if they were not categorized. Also - categorization can also exaggerate differences between groups.






31. Attitude-Behavior Consistency Problems. Persuasion effects were difficult to replicate. Conflicting findings and theories.






32. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






33. Called students at the U of Hawaii and asked their opinion about a new university festival. Students then heard statement about the festival and asked if they agreed or not. 1/2 were rewarded with 'good' when said good things - 1/2 when said bad.






34. Makes all members of a group seem more similar to each other than if they were not categorized. Also - categorization can also exaggerate differences between groups.






35. Doing something because you want to.






36. Suppressing stereotypical thoughts makes them more likely for these thoughts to come out and influence future actions and thoughts.






37. People low in self complexity felt better after success and worse after failure than people high in self complexity.






38. We tend to attribute our own behaviors to situational causes while seeing others behaviors as caused by internal characteristics. Especially when behaviors are negative.






39. The individual must perceive the action as inconsistent; Must take personal responsibility for the act; Must experience physiological arousal; Must attribute the arousal to the action.






40. Pair neutral objects with stimuli that already bring about desired response. EX Mothballs->Grandparents->Pleasant feelin Mothball-->Pleasant Feeling.






41. Superficial Processing.






42. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






43. After telling subject were asked how much they enjoyed experiment honestly. Those paid $1 to lie rated the task as more enjoyable than those paid $20. Because incentive wasn't high enough those paid only $1 changed attitude toward task. Thus it isnt






44. Relies on subtle methods: Disguised questionaires -Elaborate cover stories -Physiological measures -Implicit reaction times.






45. The people we want to be.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


46. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






47. 1/2 told 60% answers right - 1/2 told 40%. Also told either that their average was 20% better or worse. People like more that they were better than average.






48. High Personal relevance had higher agreement if had strong argument vs weaker - which was also higher for strong arguments.






49. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






50. A person has to remember the content of a for it to have a lasting impact.