Top 150+ Solved Social Psychology 2 MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Opposites attract is an aspect of the
a. Matching phenomenon
b. Reward theory of attraction
c. Complementary hypothesis
d. The ingratiation effect
Q. A motive to increase another’s welfare without conscious regard for one’s self-interests is
a. Empathy
b. Reciprocity
c. Altruism
d. Personality trait
Q. The theory that human interactions are transactions that aim to maximize one’s rewards is
a. Social-exchange theory
b. Social-interaction theory
c. Reciprocity theory
d. Social norms theory
Q. A motive to increase one’s own welfare is
a. The illusion of control effect
b. Achievement motivation
c. Self-efficacy
d. Egoism
Q. An expectation that people will help those who have helped them is
a. Social norm
b. Social-responsibility norm
c. Reciprocity norm
d. Restitution norm
Q. An expectation that people will help those dependent upon them is
a. Social-responsibility norm
b. Reciprocity norm
c. Dependent norm
d. Social norm
Q. The idea that evolution has selected altruism toward one’s close relatives to enhance thesurvival of mutually shared genes is
a. Evolutionary altruism
b. Kin selection
c. The close relatives effect
d. The mutually shared genes effect
Q. The finding that a person is less likely to help when there are other people around is
a. The bystander effect
b. The reciprocity effect
c. The situational effect
d. The negative empathy
Q. Which of the following moods is most likely to motivate altruism?
a. Depression
b. Grief
c. Guilt
d. Anger.
Q. According to the text, people are likely to help when
a. Other people are around
b. They feel happy
c. They are depressed
d. They are well educated
Q. From an evolutionary perspective it would be most difficult to explain why
a. Someone risked his life to help a stranger
b. Someone paid his daughter’s hospital bill
c. Someone risked his life to help his father.
d. Someone risked his life to help his daughter
Q. Attribution theory concerns our tendency to explain our behavior and that of others
a. By external causes rather than internal causes
b. By inferring causes on the basis of internal or external factors
c. By internal rather than external causes
d. Based on personality factors.
Q. When making the “attribution error,” we tend to overestimate the importance of __________in judging the behavior of others.
a. Personal factors
b. Situational factors
c. Intelligence
d. Motivation