{"id":77330,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/psychology-mcqs-dr-hendrickson-is-interested-in-how-our-thoughts-perceptions-and-behaviors"},"modified":"2017-08-18T07:13:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T07:13:40","slug":"psychology-mcqs-dr-hendrickson-is-interested-in-how-our-thoughts-perceptions-and-behaviors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/psychology-mcqs-dr-hendrickson-is-interested-in-how-our-thoughts-perceptions-and-behaviors\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychology MCQs-Dr. Hendrickson is interested in how our thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>General Psychology Assignment<br \/> 1. Dr. Hendrickson is interested in how our thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors are influenced by other people. Dr.<br \/> Hendrickson must be studying:<br \/> a. interpersonalpsychology<br \/> b. clinical psychology<br \/> c. social psychology<br \/> d. personalitypsychology<br \/> 2. Larry has noticed that when he wears jeans and T-shirts he is treated differently when he goes shopping than when<br \/> he wears a suit and tie. This illustrates how physical appearance can influence:<br \/> a. person perception<br \/> b. social facilitation<br \/> c. deindividuation<br \/> d. person polarization<br \/> 3. A man who lives in your town is very wealthy, but does not show it. In fact, he drives an old Chevy pick-up and<br \/> wears worn clothes. Visitors to town who do not know about his wealth, are often rude and inconsiderate to him.<br \/> This best illustrates:<br \/> a. the central route ofpersuasion<br \/> b. how impressions of others will influence behavior<br \/> c. how individual behavior affects diffusion of responsibility<br \/> d. the actor-observer effect<br \/> 4. What area(s) of the brain become activated when a heterosexual man looks at faces of athactive women?<br \/> a. areas of the brain that are involved in reward and pleasure<br \/> b. the amygdala<br \/> c. the hippocampus<br \/> d. areas of the brain that integrate visual information axd memory<br \/> 5. From a social neuroscience view, what effect does receiving support from a friend have on our brains?<br \/> a. there are fewer stress hormones produced and distributed<br \/> b. there are more stress hormones produced and distributed<br \/> c. the sympathetic division of the nervous system becomes more active<br \/> d. dopamine levels dramatically increase in the cortex<br \/> 6. Katy has red hair. When other people see Katy, they assume she has a temper. This illustrates:<br \/> a. impressionmanagement<br \/> b. a stereotype<br \/> c. conformity<br \/> d. socialcharacteristics<br \/> 7. John voted against Linda\u2019s promotion because he doesn\u2019t think women can do the job. John\u2019s behavior is an<br \/> example of:<br \/> a. a stereotype<br \/> b. prejudice<br \/> c. an event schema<br \/> d. discrimination<br \/> 8. Which of the following is an example of discrimination?<br \/> a. a woman who thinks that all men are insensitive<br \/> b. a teacher who believes that a particular racial group is intellectually superior to all others<br \/> c. public washrooms being declared out of bounds to members of a particular ethnic group<br \/> d. someone who considers Germans to be orderly<br \/> Schemas are:<br \/> a. errors in attribution caused by cognitive dissonance<br \/> b. mental categories representing an organized collection of knowledge<br \/> c. attitudes resulting in prejudice and discrimination<br \/> d. factors that co-vary with the behavior we are trying to explain<br \/> 10. Tim says to his friend Juan, \u201cYour grandfather is pretty fun. I never thought old people could be that much fun.\u201d<br \/> Tim\u2019s comment is an illustration of:<br \/> a. the fundamental attribution error<br \/> b. cognitive dissonance<br \/> c. a role schema<br \/> d. self-serving bias<br \/> A group of friends go out to a Thai restaurant. One of the friends says that he will be in charge of the ordering<br \/> because, as he puts it, he \u201cknows how this sort of thing is done.\u201d If this is, in fact, the case, the person would be<br \/> making use of a(n):<br \/> a. self-schema<br \/> b. person schema<br \/> c. event schema<br \/> d. subconscious schema<br \/> You see a friend walking towards you. You say \u201chi.\u201d He doesn\u2019t even acknowledge you are there. \u201cWhat a jerk!\u201d<br \/> You have made a(n) _attribution.<br \/> a. peripheral<br \/> b. central<br \/> c. internal<br \/> d. external<br \/> Andy believes that he did not get a job because the interviewer didn\u2019t ask the right questions. Andy is making an<br \/> attribution based primarily on:<br \/> a. the situation<br \/> b. disposition<br \/> c. schemas<br \/> d. cognitivedissonance<br \/> The covariation principle says that in deciding between dispositional and situational explanations, we should look<br \/> for three factors:<br \/> a. consensus, consistency, and distinctiveness<br \/> b. person, role, and event schemas<br \/> c. behavioral, affective, and cognitive components<br \/> d. stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination<br \/> 9.<br \/> 11.<br \/> t2.<br \/> 13.<br \/> 1415. The tendency to overestimate the importance of dispositional factors and underestimate the importance of<br \/> situational ones is known as:<br \/> a. stereoffPing<br \/> b. fundamental attribution error<br \/> c. schema-drivenProcessing<br \/> d. prejudice<br \/> 16. The actor-observer effect suggests that, as actors, we attribute our behaviors to , , but, as observers, we attribute<br \/> others\u2019 behavior to<br \/> -.<br \/> a. motivation;conformitY<br \/> b. the situation; their disposition<br \/> c. consensus; consistencY<br \/> d. self-schema; event schema<br \/> 17. ,,\u2019When I beat my average bowling score, I attribute it to my skill, but if I score below my average, I blame it on the<br \/> dent in my bowling ball.\u201d This is an example of the:<br \/> a. social comparison theory<br \/> b. covariationPrinciPle<br \/> c. fundamental attribution error<br \/> d. self-serving bias<br \/> 18. With regard to attitudes: cognitive component is to<br \/> \u2013<br \/> as affective component is to<br \/> a. beliefs; actions -\u2018<br \/> b. emotions; feelings<br \/> c. thoughts; emotions<br \/> d. behavior; actions<br \/> 19. If your psychology professor wanted to predict your behavior in a future psychology class, she ought to determine<br \/> your:<br \/> a. high school GPA<br \/> b. willingness to commit the self-serving bias<br \/> c. socioeconomicbackground<br \/> d. attitude toward the current psychology class<br \/> 20. Which of the following words best describes cognitive dissonance?<br \/> a. clash<br \/> b. harmony<br \/> c. straight<br \/> d. clear<br \/> zl. Although paula loves her work with the American Cancer Society, she smokes cigarettes at home. This is an<br \/> example of:<br \/> a. the self-serving bias<br \/> b. attribution<br \/> c. prejudice<br \/> d. cognitivedissonance<br \/> 22. Which of the following theories says that attitudes follow behavior?<br \/> a. atffibution<br \/> b. schema<br \/> c. self-esteem<br \/> d. self-percePtion<br \/> 25.<br \/> 24.<br \/> 25.<br \/> 26.<br \/> 27.<br \/> 28.<br \/> The case of the hazing incident in high school and college clubs best illustrates:<br \/> a. obedience<br \/> b. compliance<br \/> c. consistency<br \/> d. conformity<br \/> At Jack\u2019s office a number of men start wearing Hawaiian shirts on Fridays. Soon Jack begins wearing a Hawaiian<br \/> shirt on Fridays. Jack\u2019s behavior is an example of:<br \/> a. conformity<br \/> b. consistency<br \/> c. compliance<br \/> d. obedience<br \/> As a class project, Dr. Thomas asks her class to attempt to replicate the findings of Asch\u2019s classic experiment on<br \/> conformity. What task will students in the class use in their attempted replication?<br \/> a. requests for charity<br \/> b. the effects of punishment on learning<br \/> c. judging the length of lines<br \/> d. expressing political opinions<br \/> Bethany answers the phone and is greeted by a person selling magazines. She says that she\u2019s not interested in<br \/> buying any magazines. But the person persists. She ends up buying several subscriptions that she knows she does<br \/> not need. Bethany illustrates:<br \/> a. the self-handicapping strategy<br \/> b. obedience<br \/> c. conformity<br \/> d. compliance<br \/> Imagine that you have been put in charge of a fundraising campaign for your community organization. You decide<br \/> to try the foot-in-the-door technique. Which of the following strategies would fit the technique?<br \/> a. asking potential donors to contribute a fairly large sum of money and, when they refuse,<br \/> saying you will settle for a lesser amount<br \/> b. asking the same potential donors repeatedly until they give in and contribute<br \/> c. asking potential donors for a small contribution and then going back a few weeks later and<br \/> asking for more<br \/> d. offering potential donors a number of benefits and then asking them for a contribution to<br \/> your cause<br \/> You are at COSTCO. There are vendors passing out samples in nearly every isle, assertively asking you if you<br \/> would like to try one. You avoid accepting them because if you take one, you will feel obligate to purchase the<br \/> item. This demonstrates your knowledge of the:<br \/> a. norm of reciprocity<br \/> b. foot-in-the-door technique<br \/> c. arousal-cost-reward technique<br \/> d. door-in-the-face method<br \/> When you engage in behavior in response to an order by a powerful person or a person in a position of authority,<br \/> you are experiencing:<br \/> a. conformity<br \/> b. constancy<br \/> c. compliance<br \/> d. obedience<br \/> 29.<br \/> 30.<br \/> 31.<br \/> 32.<br \/> In Stanley Milgram\u2019s electric shock experiment, most subjects continued to give shocks:<br \/> a. only up to the point they considered dangerous<br \/> b. even beyond the point they believed was dangerous<br \/> c. only if they had been paida considerable amount to participate in the experiment<br \/> d. only as long as the shocks seemed to be helping the \u201clearner\u201d do better<br \/> What happened when the authority figure in Milgram\u2019s study gave orders over the phone?<br \/> a. SuUjects were more likely to agree with the group and disagree with the authority figure\u2019<br \/> b. Subjects obeyed the orders without question\u2019<br \/> c. Sudects were more likely to disobey the authority figure\u2019<br \/> d. Subjects were less likely to disobey the authority figure\u2019<br \/> The results of Milgram\u2019s obedience experiments demonstrated:<br \/> a. most people will not obey orders to harm others in the lab<br \/> b. males bui not females will obey orders to shock another person<br \/> c. a majority of people will obey orders that they know are unreasonable<br \/> d. pry\u201d-hiut irts overestimate the percentage of individuals who will follow orders to harm<br \/> others in laboratory exPeriments<br \/> In<br \/> -,<br \/> the person who is helping does so without expectation of a reward\u2019<br \/> a. diffrrsion of resPonsibilitY<br \/> b. reciprocity<br \/> c. prosocial behavior<br \/> d. altruism<br \/> A car is rapidly approaching an old lady crossing Hollywood Bollevard. Alan pushes the lady out of the way and<br \/> is himself<br \/> -hit<br \/> by 11,\u201d car, but saves her life. This is an example of:<br \/> a. empathy<br \/> b. altruism<br \/> c. diffusion of resPonsibilitY<br \/> d. reciprocity<br \/> 35. According to the _ model, we notice a situation, interpret it as one in which help is needed, assume personal<br \/> responsibility, choose a form ofassistance, and carry out that assistance.<br \/> a. decision stage<br \/> b. cognitive miser<br \/> c. arousal-cost-reward<br \/> d. attribution<br \/> 36. According to the decision-stage model of helping, most people don\u2019t help because they don\u2019t:<br \/> a. assume personal responsibility<br \/> b. choose a form ofassistance<br \/> c. notice the situation<br \/> d. carry out the assistance<br \/> 3j . Tim is a nice, quiet boy, except when he roams the streets as a member of a gang. While with the gang, Tim acts in<br \/> a violent, vulgar fashion. His antisocial behavior is likely the result of:<br \/> a. social facilitation<br \/> b. social inhibition<br \/> c. deindividuation<br \/> d. infusion<br \/> JJ.<br \/> 34.<br \/> 38. Which of the following is associated with a greater likelihood of taking on an antisocial role?<br \/> a. social facilitation<br \/> b. informationalinfluence<br \/> c. altruism<br \/> d. deindividuation<br \/> 39. What does deindividuation provide an individual in a crowd?<br \/> a. social inhibition<br \/> b. motivation<br \/> c. anonymity<br \/> d. an identity<br \/> 40. Adam is driving past the scene of an automobile accident. He sees that there are a lot of other people around, so he<br \/> doesn\u2019t feel that he needs to stop. This is an example of the _ theory.<br \/> a. athibution<br \/> b. catharsis<br \/> c. diffirsion of responsibility<br \/> d. groupthink<br \/> 41. kr groupthink, the decision itself is _ than _.<br \/> a. less important; group cohesiveness.<br \/> b. more important; having a fact-filled debate c. Iess important; having a fact-filled debate<br \/> d. more important; reaching agreement<br \/> 42. Which of the following statements is most reflective of the social cognitive model of aggression?<br \/> a. Watching violent television programs contributes to aggression in children.<br \/> b. Frustration may result in behaviors other than aggression. c. Catharsis relieves emotional tension and prevents aggressive behavior.<br \/> d. 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