Social Psychology Questions

What did the results of Hastorf and Cantril (1954) on the football game of Princeton University vs. Dartmouth College show?

Axsom, Yates, and Chaiken’s (1987) study on persuasion demonstrated that:

Social psychology is the scientific study of the effects of:

Social psychology gathers knowledge:

The ways that input from the individuals and groups around us influence our thoughts, feelings, and actions are known as:

Which question is NOT a typical social psychology question?

One of the first social psychologists, Norman Triplett, demonstrated that on a task on which the individual contributions can be easily identified:

The behaviorist perspective as opposed to social psychology:

Which historic event has greatly influenced the development of social psychology?

Kurt Lewin (1947) demonstrated:

Dr. Dewey is interested in examining how humans' development has been shaped by the problems faced by our earliest ancestors. It is likely that Dr. Dewey is a(n):

Current research in social psychology is:

The two most important axioms in social psychology are:

Other people influence our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. This shows:

When people take a shift in perspective because they are socially influenced, they usually attribute this to:

We are motivated to see ourselves and everything that is connected to us in a positive light. This motivational principle is called:

The stereotypes we hold against other groups are an example of the principle of:

Which of the statements below is true? I: Much of the time, people seem to process in depth, putting effort into forming a picture of reality. II: We are likely to consider, remember, and use only a fraction of the potentially relevant information when we make judgments or decisions.

Our ability to construct reality leads to:

The bonds that link us one to another, as individuals and as groups, are the focus of:

Common sense would predict that lottery winners would be ______ than the rest of us; psychological reasoning has found that this is ______.

Social psychology is an empirical science. This means that its theories and conclusions rely on:

Research is almost always provoked by:

Which of these requirements does a scientific theory have to meet?

Variables that are considered causal factors in research are called:

If a researcher can ensure that her independent variable and dependent variable correspond to the intended concepts she wishes to study, the researcher can confidently say that her experiment has:

The social desirability response bias describes a phenomenon in which:

Social desirability tends to be less of a problem in which of the following measures used for research?

A laboratory researcher tosses a coin to assign his participants to the two experimental groups of his research. This would be an example of:

A field researcher measures people’s attitudes about advertising in their street across different neighborhoods in a large city. This is an example of:

Which of the following aspects of an experimental research design is crucial for ensuring internal validity?

Why would a researcher ever use a nonexperimental design?

Which of these findings are most important in generalizing across different populations and settings?

A participant in a research study pays close attention to one certain aspect of an experiment because she believes that is what the researcher expects from her. This is an example of:

If a researcher’s main goal is to generalize his findings across people, places, and times he should:

A theory often become more generally accepted if:

When researchers compare the results of many different studies on one theory it is called:

Before an experiment begins, the researcher tells the participants that they will be watching a video and filling in a questionnaire throughout the study. He asks them if they have any questions, and tells them they can leave the experiment if they have any objections. This is an example of:

What is often necessary in experiments to avoid demand characteristics and social desirability responses?

Which of the following is one of the main goals of debriefing?