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Question 1 (3 points)

One evening, after seeing a _____ at the movie theater, you are on your way home. You drive into a store parking lot, where another driver grabs a parking place you have spotted and were waiting for. You perceive the behavior as _____.

Question 1 options:

biography about the Dalai Lama; funny

comedy; frightening

drama; meaningless

violent movie; aggressive

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Question 2 (3 points)

Which of the following individuals is exhibiting behaviors or thoughts consistent with priming?

Question 2 options:

Isaac, a psychology graduate student, decides to take his best friend to the hospital emergency room when he discovers that his friend has overdosed on a certain drug.

After finishing a romantic novel, Natalie passionately embraces her boyfriend and tells him how much she loves him.

Hector, a medical school student, realized that his sore throat is probably the sign of a mild cold and not a serious illness.

After watching a horror film, Jane comments on the fact that she did not find the film to be “scary” at all.

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Question 3 (3 points)

The academic performance of certain students dramatically improved when teachers were led to believe that those students were intellectually gifted, regardless of the true ability levels of the students. This result shows the importance of _____.

Question 3 options:

the in-group phenomenon

information overload

self-fulfilling prophecies

All of the options are correct.

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Question 4 (3 points)

You are telling a friend about a woman you just met. You tell your friend that this person seemed very compassionate and was interested in helping others; however, you couldn’t recall whether she said she was a nurse or a businesswoman. On the basis of the _____ heuristic, your friend would probably think that she is a _____.

Question 4 options:

priming; businesswoman

gender; businesswoman

availability; nurse

representativeness; nurse

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Question 5 (3 points)

Norman chronically buys and sells “things” on eBay. He is used to establishing an anchor in negotiating his way towards endpoints – sales price, agreement about delivery time, shipping costs, etc. The anchor for him is almost always a way of dealing with _____.

Question 5 options:

balancing likely costs with expected profit generation

others’ likely business judgements

knowing what the item likely sells for elsewhere

uncertainty

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Question 6 (3 points)

Gabriel and Jim were involved in a car accident and they both suffered a broken bone. Gabriel told Jim, “Hey, at least we only broke a few bones – we could have died!” Gabriel’s response is an example of _____.

Question 6 options:

counterfactual thinking

lateral supposition

thought suppression

the rebound effect

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Question 7 (3 points)

Bob engages in inappropriate behavior in a classroom and the teacher sends him to the principal’s office. Bob continues to engage in inappropriate behavior each day, even though the teacher sends him to the principal’s office each time. According to the definitions involved in operant conditioning, what is happening in this situation?

Question 7 options:

The teacher has engaged in punishment.

The teacher has engaged in naturalistic observation.

The teacher has engaged in reinforcement.

The teacher has engaged in associational learning.

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Question 8 (3 points)

Companies pay large sums of money to celebrities to endorse their products because they’re counting on _____to influence consumers to purchase their products.

Question 8 options:

reinforcement from operant learning paradigms

avoidance of reality

classical conditioning

associational learning.

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Question 9 (3 points)

Stereotyping is an example of _____.

Question 9 options:

assimilation

correlational observation

accommodation

naturalistic observation

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Question 10 (3 points)

One characteristic that is commonly used to determine which schema to use in social judgment is _____.

Question 10 options:

rational processing

heuristic processing

overconfidence

salience

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Question 11 (3 points)

The major thing that differentiates how we experience a basic emotion like anger from a secondary emotion like shame is the amount of _____ involved.

Question 11 options:

cognition

emotion

parasympathetic nervous system response

autonomic nervous system response

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Question 12 (3 points)

If I told you about a friend of mine who is not very accurate about describing emotions and experiences more positive emotions when in a group than when alone, and asked you to pick from the four descriptions below, you would do best to guess that my friend is _____.

Question 12 options:

female and from an Eastern country

female and from a Western country

male and from an Eastern country

male and from a Western country

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Question 13 (3 points)

Stella recently had a job interview that seemed to go exceedingly well by all objective standards; however, Stella noted that her interviewer seemed to be in a bad mood that day. To what extent should Stella be concerned about the latter piece of information?

Question 13 options:

She should be aware that she will likely be viewed less favorably by the interviewer than if the interviewer was in a good mood.

She should feel encouraged about his job prospects since the interviewer’s bad mood will prompt him or her to give Stella the benefit of the doubt.

She should assume that there is virtually no chance she will be offered the position due to the interviewer’s negative mood.

She should not be concerned at all since the interviewer’s mood should have no bearing on how she was evaluated.

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Question 14 (3 points)

There is research evidence to suggest that a valid way to attempt to influence yourself to be in a better mood is to force yourself to smile.

Question 14 options:

This statement is false.

This statement is true, but it only works for females.

This statement is true, but it only works for people from Eastern countries.

This statement is true.

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Question 15 (3 points)

Which of the following algorithms is correct?

Question 15 options:

Arousal = Cognition +Emotion

Emotion = Arousal – Cognition

Emotion = Arousal + Cognition

Arousal = Cognition – Emotion

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Question 16 (3 points)

The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale contains _____.

Question 16 options:

only negative life events

life events that are associated with exceptionally high levels of stress

only positive life events

both positive and negative life events that are associated with varying levels of stress

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Question 17 (3 points)

Jenna spends most of her time alone and has been complaining of a variety of symptoms such as diarrhea, sweaty hands, and shortness of breath for the past several weeks. Which of the following would be the most likely diagnosis if Jenna were to visit a social psychologist?

Question 17 options:

Jenna’s symptoms may be caused by her lack of social interaction.

Given the physical nature of Jenna’s complaints, she must have a physical illness and should see a medical doctor.

Jenna should deal with her physical symptoms, then follow up with a psychotherapist to see if there are any residual psychological issues that need attention.

Jenna should try to increase the discrepancy between her actual self-concept and her ideal self-concept.

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Question 18 (3 points)

Your sibling comes to you for advice because he has been feeling depressed. Pick from the four choices below what would be the best advice you could give.

Question 18 options:

You should go for a long run.

You should write down how you’re feeling.

You should suppress your negative feelings and avoid thinking about them.

You should distract yourself by reading a good book.

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Question 19 (3 points)

According to various research studies reported in the class readings, which of the following people is most likely to report being happy?

Question 19 options:

Greg, who is a loner.

Gail, who is married and doesn’t have children.

George, who is married and has children.

Gloria, who just won the lottery.

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Question 20 (3 points)

Two drivers on a highway are cutoff by a third driver. The first driver is startled but reacts by thinking “that other driver was careless, but I don’t think he noticed me”, then shrugs and continues driving. The second driver is also startled but reacts by thinking “that other driver deliberately tried to run me off the road”, then engages in high-speed pursuit of the offending driver in full-blown road rage. This scenario most clearly illustrates _____.

Question 20 options:

how arousal influences affect

how cognition influences affect

how affect influences arousal

how affect influences cognition

 

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