Question 1

The most important factor in interpersonal attraction is usually ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   proximity
B)   attractiveness
C)   reciprocity
D)   similarityE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 2

People are more likely to tune in to messages that are ________ their beliefs rather than ones that are ________ their beliefs.

Accepted Answer

A)   nonsupportive of; supportive of
B)   supportive of; nonsupportive of
C)   unrelated to; related to
D)   related to; unrelated toE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Jean, who is Black, eats in a college cafeteria where she has never seen White and Black students sit at the same table. She has always had White and Black friends, but at school, she chooses not to sit with her White friends for meals. This prejudicial behavior is due to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   conformity
B)   stereotyping
C)   inexperience
D)   scapegoatingE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

In attempts to change attitudes, people with ________ are more easily influenced than others.

Accepted Answer

A)   high self-esteem
B)   low self-esteem
C)   low achievement need
D)   high achievement needE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Which of the following illustrates the power of complementary traits?

Accepted Answer

A)   a dominant woman marries a submissive man
B)   two tennis players become good friends
C)   a girl marries the boy next door
D)   a girl and a boy who both like jogging fall in loveE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 6

A person ________ is most likely to be altruistic.

Accepted Answer

A)   who fears ridicule
B)   who fears attention
C)   in a bad mood
D)   in a good moodE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 7

In long-term relationships, opposites attract.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The tendency for an individual to observe a situation for cues about how he or she should react is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   self-efficacy
B)   situational narcissism
C)   self-monitoring
D)   a reaction formationE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

________ is an act taken toward one group that is unfair when compared with our behavior toward other groups.

Accepted Answer

A)   Discrimination
B)   Bigotry
C)   Oppression
D)   PrejudiceE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Explain Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance. Also, discuss factors affecting cognitive dissonance and methods for reducing it.

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Question 11

Teaching a group of sixth-graders to be more understanding of handicapped people and to think about their situations by asking such questions as "How might a handicapped person drive a car?" is an example of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   recategorization
B)   controlled processing
C)   cooperative empowerment
D)   pole-shiftingE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

Ralph, a White student who grew up in Maine, is about to enter the University of Southern California on an athletic scholarship. He is aware that many of his teammates will be Black and assumes that they will dislike him and ostracize him. Ralph's attitude is best described as an example of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   discrimination
B)   ambiguity
C)   nonconformity
D)   prejudiceE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

Attitude change increases with the discrepancy between the message and the beliefs of the audience only when the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   audience has high self-esteem
B)   sender of the message is an expert
C)   audience is fully committed to its beliefs
D)   message is extremely fearfulE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 14

Compliance is a change in behavior in response to the specific command of someone else.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Recent research suggests that in sorting people into categories, we are ________ likely to apply stereotyped schemata in a chance encounter than in a structured, task-oriented situation, and ________ likely to pay attention to individual signals than to stereotypes when we are pursuing a goal.

Accepted Answer

A)   more; less
B)   less; more
C)   more; more
D)   less; lessE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

The extent to which the first information we receive about someone influences our impression of that person more than later information is called the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   primacy effect
B)   halo effect
C)   phi phenomenon
D)   recency effectE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 17

Compliance with a command is called conformity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The "Pygmalion effect" refers to findings that ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   students' expectations of themselves affect their classroom performance
B)   teachers' expectations of students affect students' classroom performance
C)   students' relationships with their parents affect their classroom performance
D)   peer ratings of students correlates highly with classroom performanceE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

Research has found that Japanese students studying in the United States usually attribute their successes to ________ sources and their failures to ________ sources.

Accepted Answer

A)   external; internal
B)   internal; external
C)   internal; internal
D)   external; externalE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 20

Which of the following is not one of the factors that determine the effectiveness of a leader's style, according to the contingency model?

Accepted Answer

A)   the ability to exercise power over the group
B)   the size of the group
C)   the relationship between the leader and group members
D)   the nature of the taskE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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