Top 150+ Solved Social Psychology 1 MCQ Questions Answer

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Q. An example of a superordinate goal is

a. getting good grades.

b. making money.

c. making friends.

d. protecting clean water supplies.

  • c. making friends.

Q. You are walking into a store when a man rudely cuts in front of you, almost shoving you, so that he may enter the store first. "What a jerk!" you think to yourself. As you enter the store, yousee the same man performing an emergency tracheotomy on a women with a collapsed windpipe. You have just

a. discounted a person\s actions due to situational demands.

b. self-handicapped.

c. overemphasized the object in this action sequence.

d. made the fundamental attribution error.

  • d. made the fundamental attribution error.

Q. According to evolutionary psychologists,

a. women tend to be concerned with whether mates will devote time and resources to a relationship.

b. men place less emphasis on physical attractiveness.

c. women place more emphasis on sexual fidelity.

d. men are biologically driven to have multiple partners.

  • d. men are biologically driven to have multiple partners.

Q. In North America, male friendships are __________ based and female friendships are __________ .

a. activity; based on sharing feelings.

b. attraction; based on activity

c. feeling; based on activity

d. activity; based on attraction

  • a. activity; based on sharing feelings.

Q. Which statement about physical attractiveness is FALSE?

a. beauty is a factor mainly in initial acquaintances.

b. looks are less related to dating frequency for men than for women.

c. for men, there is little relationship between attractiveness and the achievement of status.

d. for marriage partners there is a tendency for attractive men

  • a. beauty is a factor mainly in initial acquaintances.

Q. Moderate self-disclosure typically leads to

a. competence matching.

b. rejection.

c. romantic attraction.

d. reciprocity.

  • d. reciprocity.

Q. Aggression is best defined as

a. hostility.

b. anger.

c. any action carried out with the intent of harming another person.

d. none of these

  • d. none of these

Q. The __________ hypothesis states that frustration tends to leadto aggression.

a. frustration-aggression

b. biological instinct

c. social learning

d. cognitive dissonance

  • b. biological instinct

Q. Arabs are typically depicted in the media as oil-rich but ignorant and savage. In a time of war with an Arab country, thisimage would be used

a. to make it easier for soldiers to kill the enemy.

b. to educate the population regarding the enemy.

c. to strip away the emotional insulation of our soldiers.

d. very little, since previous attempts at dehumanizing (during w.w.ii, for example) were ineffective.

  • a. to make it easier for soldiers to kill the enemy.

Q. A compulsion by decision makers to maintain each other'sapproval, even at the cost of critical thinking and good judgment, is called

a. the halo effect.

b. expert power.

c. groupthink.

d. social conformity.

  • a. the halo effect.

Q. For most American adults, an invisible spatial envelopedefining their most intimate space

a. extends four feet from their body.

b. extends an "arm\s reach" from their body.

c. is reserved for comfortable interactions with friends.

d. extends about 18 inches out from their body.

  • c. is reserved for comfortable interactions with friends.

Q. Prejudice based on displaced aggression represents a form of

a. projection.

b. discrimination.

c. scapegoating.

d. authoritarianism.

  • d. authoritarianism.

Q. Social position in a group determines one's

a. competence.

b. autokinetic norms.

c. role.

d. usefulness.

  • c. role.

Q. With regard to the effects of TV on children, we can concludethat

a. tv has little effect on the behavior of children.

b. tv only increases aggressive behavior in children.

c. tv only increases prosocial behavior in children.

d. the amount of tv viewing may be related to aggressive behavior later in life.

  • c. tv only increases prosocial behavior in children.

Q. If everyone leaves five minutes before the game is over to avoid a traffic jam, the resulting traffic jam would be an exampleof

a. social impregnation.

b. a social trap.

c. groupthink.

d. self-handicapping.

  • d. self-handicapping.
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