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PSYC 206 Social Psych Exam 2
PSYC 206 Social Psych Exam 2
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The Robbers Cave experiment was to study ____________ competition.
outergroup
gendered
childhood
intergroup
2
Positive or negative feelings that you are aware of are __________.
implicit prejudice
explicit prejudice
3
Combining a lesser compliment with higher praise can bring down the likeability of a person is:
averaging
summation
4
Vigilance, anxiety, working memory, and impaired self regulation are:
mechanisms of salience
salient
stereotypes
mechanisms of stereotype threat
5
Phenomenon where we more positively emphasize personality traits of others that we share is:
Impression Formation
Need for Self Esteem
Wishful Seeing
Summation
6
Choosing to see things as more positive and hopeful is [blank].
Wishful Seeing
Attribution
7
T or F: Attractive people equal job offers as less attractive people.
false
true
8
T or F: Not all biases are conscious.
false
true
9
A work environment that is sexually offensive or intimidating is called:
manipulation assault
hostile environment harassment
a crime
quid pro quo harassment
10
Maintaining beliefs after they've been discredited is known as:
confirmation bias
perseverance of belief
11
Threats to self esteem __________ the need for ingroup favoritism
raise
neutralize
lower
12
What are the universal emotions?
sad, scared, angry, neutral, happy, surprise, disgust
sad, angry, neutral, happy, disgust
sad, scared, angry, neutral, happy
13
What society makes more
situational
attributions?
Western societies
Indian societies
14
Schema is a [BLANK] representation
social
experimental
mental
quantitative
15
T or F: Racism is prejudice and discrimination based on a person's racial background.
true
false
16
[Blank] info carries more weight than positive information.
exciting
negative
sad
neutral
17
Persuasion is ____________
a change in living
a change of clothes
a change in private attitude
18
Which compliance techniques start with small favors or agreements?
foot in the door and door in the face
foot in the door and lowballing
19
Saying that an area is no longer related to their self esteem or identity is called:
disastrous
disidentifying
disengaging
20
___________norms say that it’s inappropriate to discriminate. Include rules and laws.
Descriptive
Injunctive
21
Why do we treat individuals with more youthful faces differently?
Women treat certain people like babies
Act like a baby and get treated like one
General evolutionary response to infantile appearance
22
T OR F: Mere exposure is a stimulus that starts off positive.
false
true
23
In group membership enhances personal meaning and ____________.
mindfulness
identity fusion
life purpose
24
Giving in or accepting a request from someone else is called:
the norm of reciprocity
obedience
compliance
25
Striving to enhance our self esteem via personal identity, social identity is what theory?
social conflict theory
self interest theory
social identity theory
26
Prejudice is negative __________ toward certain groups
attitude
behavior
27
T or F: Impressions create honest views of reality.
true
false
28
Warm temperatures cause us to feel _______ toward others.
more relaxed
more hostile
colder
warmer
29
Central Route processing involves:
going with the flow
thinking carefully and critically
being generally unsure
30
Person Perception includes which of the following:
observation in a lab setting
a and b
raw data (social perception)
integration of observations
31
T or F: You have to believe the stereotype for it to affect anything.
false
true
32
T or F: Scripted situations are learned by observing and participating in social situations
true
false
33
Prescriptive is ________________.
what you're supposed to do
what you actually do
34
T or F:
Meta stereotypes
are how we think others act in a certain group or position.
false
true
35
Person Perception involves [BLANK} motives, emotions, behaviors.
ignoring
understanding
majoring in
reading about
36
T or F: There is less verbal directive to stop risky or dangerous playground activity at boys.
false
true
37
We overestimate ________ and underestimate the _______________ .
situations; personal influence
personal influence; situations
38
____________ personalities favor obedience to authority, intolerance of lower status groups.
authoritative
authoritarian
39
_____________ : to bring certain info to the front of your mind/ center of your thoughts.
salient
mindfulness
recenter
40
Characteristics or words we see in people or hear influenced by recent experiences are called:
embodiment effects
priming effects
41
Combination of a person's disposition and average traits form an impression known as:
summation
info integration theory
average
impression formation
42
Fundamental Attribution Error is when we attribute to the _______ rather than the _______
person; situation
situation; person
consciousness; psyche
psyche; consciousness
43
Detecting angry faces in a crowd quicker than happy faces is called:
None of the Above
Anger Superiority Effect
Crowdspotting Effect
Hypervigilance
44
Direct competition between two groups (real or imagined) is what theory?
realistic conflict theory
intergroup conflict theory
imagined conflict theory
45
People high in authoritarianism _______ unconventional behavior.
prefer
punish
love
feel neutral about
46
T or F: Facial expression is not universal across cultures.
true
false
47
The underestimation of differences within groups is called:
Social Categorization
Ingroup Favoritism
Own Race Bias
Outgroup Homogeneity Effect
48
T or F: The token minority of a group tends to perform better on concentration tests.
false
true
49
"Good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people" goes with which term?
Wishful Seeing
Summation
Belief in a Just World
Need for Self Esteem
50
To be persistently stereotyped, perceived as deviant, and devalued in society is:
Discrimination
Stigmatization
Stereotyping
51
T or F: Socialization is about what people learn to value and devalue.
false
true
52
Who is seen as more honest?
less physically attractive people
physically attractive people
53
The term to describe the quote: “Most women interpret innocent remarks & acts as being sexist”
passive sexism
ambivalent sexism
hostile sexism
specific sexism
54
Gender stereotypes are ____________.
prescriptive
descriptive
ascriptive
55
The BIG 5 personality test measures:
distinguishable traits
unconscious bias
personality flaws
56
Discrimination is negative _________ toward certain groups.
attitudes
behaviors
57
Descriptive is ____________.
what you actually do
what you're supposed to do
58
T or F: To win approval of our group, we often deny their negative views of other groups.
false
true
59
New people unsure of acceptance in a new group tend to be _______ toward the outgroup to fit in
skeptical
hostile
dramatic
afraid
60
Taking information about a person to create an impression is:
Identity integration
impression formation
averaging
summation
61
T or F: Humans use specific conscious or unconscious scripts that fit each social situation.
true
false
62
Doing what is requested of you by an authority figure is called:
norm of reciprocity
obedience
compliance
63
Can we disprove evolutionary psychology?
No, we can't go back in time and get direct answers.
Yes, we can recreate and use info to prove correctness
64
A perpetrator attempting to trade something of value for sexual favors is called:
quid pro quo harassment
a crime
hostile environment harassment
manipulation assault
65
Favoring your own group is called:
Own Race Bias
In Group Favoritism
Outgroup Homogeneity Effect
Social categorization
66
What contexts do social settings provide?
verbal and nonverbal
nonverbal behavior
verbal behavior
none of the above
67
Attribution is [blank].
manual
automatic
68
Feelings you aren’t aware of consciously are _____________.
implicit prejudice
explicit prejudice
69
What does IAT stand for?
individual assessment test
implicit assessment test
implicit association test
individual access trial
70
Finding information that confirms a belief we hold is called:
perseverance of belief
confirmation bias
71
Filling out demographics _________ a standardized test decreases overall performance.
after
before
randomly
during
72
Expectations about a person lead that person to behave according to expectation is called:
self fulfilling prophecy
motivational bias
perseverance of belief
73
In The Robbers Cave experiment, how was hostility between groups diminished?
a fight to the death
positive propaganda
cooperation action
noncompetitive interactions
74
peripheral route processing involves:
thinking critically and carefully
googling it
going with the flow
75
The impact of information remembered and seen through the same impression is known as:
the primacy effect
the priming effect
76
Fusiform Gyn and Orbital Frontal Cortex have what function?
emotional awareness
processing racism
rating attractiveness
analyzing faces
77
What makes the quickest first impression?
Gender representation
physical appearance
Smell and tone of voice
emotional state
78
What society makes more
personal
attributions?
Indian Societies
Western Societies
79
When we categorize people as in or outgroup, we process their _______ differently
attractiveness
taxes
attitudes
faces
80
Exposure to a weak version of an argument increases resistance to that arguement later:
the sleeper effect
inoculation hypothesis
81
[BLANK] helps us identify a person's inner state.
Facebook statuses
tone of voice
nonverbal language
introversion level
82
[BLANK] attributing human-like characteristics to animate, inanimate objects, and people.
Mind Perception
Anthropomorphizing
Being A Weirdo
Projecting
83
What is one way to battle out group homogeneity?
seeing people as individuals
seeing people as apart of a collective
favoritism
neutrality
84
We tend to remember which part(s) of something?
the end
just the beginning
beginning and end
the middle
85
Feeling threatened that someone is getting more than them (either real or imagined) is called:
relative deprivation
relativity
social identity theory
86
People being more accurate at recognizing other people of their own race is called:
Social Categorization Effect
Outgroup Homogeneity Effect
Own Race Bias
Ingroup Favoritism
87
When people are motivated to defend social, political, economic conditions that benefit them:
system justification theory
inter group competition
identity fusion
social dominance orientation
88
Putting people into groups based on common attributes is known as:
Outgroup homogeneity effect
Social Categorization
Ingroup Favoritism
Own Race Bias
89
Match the quote with the term: "I heard that before but I don't remember where"
sleeper effect
innoculation hypothesis
primacy / recency effect
conspiracy
90
T or F: It is easier to hide deception with body language.
false
true
91
Belief that associates a whole group of people with certain traits or characteristics are ____.
discriminatory
racist
stereotypes
sexist
92
Paying more attention to things that portray our beliefs is ______________
stereotyping
attribution
self fulfilling prophecy
confirmation bias
93
Institutional or cultural practices that promote domination of one gender over another are __.
sexist
ableist
phobic
racist
94
[Blank] character is tied to: agreeableness
moral
warm
95
[Blank] character is tied to: goodness or badness, fairness, loyalty
warm
moral
96
T or F: Rounder faces are seen as more friendly and youthful.
false
true
97
The more good you say about someone, the better they seem overall is:
summation
averaging
identity formation
impression formation
98
_________ norms are the ways people actually act and feel.
Descriptive
Injunctive
99
Stereotype threat leads people to __________.
disidentify
disengage
disappear