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1.
Because he mistakenly expects substandard work from his minority employees, Mr. Johnson treats them in a patronizing manner that causes them to become demoralized and unproductive. This best illustrates the importance of:
A.
the chameleon effect.
B.
social facilitation.
C.
the fundamental attribution error.
D.
mirror-image perceptions.
E.
self-fulfilling prophecies.


2.
The value of social conformity is most likely to be emphasized in:
A.
England.
B.
France.
C.
Japan.
D.
North America.


3.
Solomon Asch asked people to identify which of three comparison lines was identical to a standard line. His research was designed to study:
A.
the mere exposure effect.
B.
the fundamental attribution error.
C.
social facilitation.
D.
deindividuation.
E.
conformity.


4.
Studies of role playing most directly highlight the effects of:
A.
group size on social loafing.
B.
personal anonymity on deindividuation.
C.
an audience on social facilitation.
D.
actions on attitudes.
E.
bystanders on altruism.


5.
Mr. Ignatenko thinks that most unemployed people are to blame for their own misfortune. His belief best illustrates a potential consequence of:
A.
ingroup bias.
B.
deindividuation.
C.
the social responsibility norm.
D.
the mere exposure effect.
E.
the just-world phenomenon.


6.
In investigating the impact of physical arousal on passionate love, Dutton and Aron arranged for an attractive woman to briefly interact with men who had recently:
A.
consumed an alcoholic beverage.
B.
crossed a swaying footbridge.
C.
listened to romantic music.
D.
intervened in an emergency.
E.
failed a midterm test.


7.
In Milgram's first study of obedience, the majority of "teachers" who were ordered to shock a "learner":
A.
refused to deliver even slight levels of shock.
B.
initially complied but refused to deliver more than slight levels of shock.
C.
complied until ordered to deliver intense levels of shock.
D.
complied fully and delivered the highest level of shock.


8.
Conformity resulting from a person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval is said to be a response to:
A.
the reciprocity norm.
B.
social facilitation.
C.
normative social influence.
D.
informational social influence.
E.
deindividuation.


9.
Norman Triplett observed that adolescents wound a fishing reel faster in the presence of someone working simultaneously on the same task. This best illustrates:
A.
the mere exposure effect.
B.
the bystander effect.
C.
social facilitation.
D.
group polarization.
E.
deindividuation.


10.
In order to analyze how people explain others' behavior, Fritz Heider developed:
A.
cognitive dissonance theory.
B.
impression management theory.
C.
social exchange theory.
D.
attribution theory.
E.
self-disclosure theory.


11.
Prolonged exposure to TV crime shows leads viewers to perceive the world as ________ dangerous and to experience ________ sympathy for victims of violence.
A.
more; more
B.
less; less
C.
more; less
D.
less; more


12.
The concept of a superordinate goal is best illustrated by:
A.
the intent of a college freshman to enter medical school and eventually become a physician.
B.
the efforts of management and labor to produce a fuel-efficient automobile that will outsell any car on the market.
C.
the desire of a social worker to do volunteer work in the inner city in order to improve race relations.
D.
a college president's desire to give both faculty and students two extra days of spring vacation.


13.
Government officials who emphasize that African-Americans are personally responsible for the economically disadvantaged position of their ethnic group are most likely to promote:
A.
deindividuation.
B.
social loafing.
C.
the social responsibility norm.
D.
prejudice.
E.
conciliation.


14.
After the Greenway family accepted their neighbor's invitation to Thanksgiving dinner, Mrs. Greenway felt obligated to invite the neighbors to dinner on Christmas. Mrs. Greenway's sense of obligation most likely resulted from:
A.
the ingroup bias.
B.
the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
C.
the reciprocity norm.
D.
the fundamental attribution error.
E.
the mere exposure effect.


15.
An unlikable person is likely to be perceived more ________ a group discussion of that person's qualities, and a likable person is likely to be perceived more ________ a group discussion of that person's qualities.
A.
negatively before; positively after
B.
positively after; negatively after
C.
negatively after; positively after
D.
positively after; negatively before


16.
Our first impressions of those we meet are most likely to be determined by their:
A.
attitudes.
B.
intelligence.
C.
physical appearance.
D.
superordinate goals.


17.
We are likely to become friends with others who are similar to us in:
A.
attitudes.
B.
intelligence.
C.
age.
D.
economic status.
E.
any of the above areas.


18.
Cross-cultural research on gender relations indicates that:
A.
the majority of the world's children without basic schooling are boys.
B.
in most countries men and women share equally in the duties of child-rearing.
C.
people perceive their fathers as more intelligent than their mothers despite gender equality in intelligence scores.
D.
there is little evidence that females are more likely to be aborted than males.


19.
Research on the biology of aggression has clearly demonstrated that:
A.
human aggression is an unlearned instinct.
B.
there is no physiological basis for aggression in humans.
C.
animals can be bred for aggressiveness.
D.
neural influences contribute to aggressive behavior by males but not by females.


20.
Several factors other than the media can create a predisposition to sexual violence. These include all of the following except:
A.
a tendency toward criminal behavior.
B.
dominance motives.
C.
disinhibition by alcohol.
D.
a history of child abuse.


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