Top 150+ Solved Social Psychology 2 MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Studies of conformity indicate that people are more apt to be influenced by others if they
a. are concerned about the approval of others
b. have low needs for certainty and structure
c. are in temporary rather than established groups
d. are in very large groups
Q. In-group bias is the
a. tendency to favor one\s group and see this group as correct
b. tendency to see other members of a group as similar
c. tendency to perform worse when others are watching
d. tendency to conform to the social harmony of a group
Q. People who are less likely to help someone because there are a lot of people presentwould be exhibiting:
a. groupthink
b. group polarization
c. diffusion of responsibility
d. mere exposure effect
Q. If you have a friend who is reluctant to help you clean your entire room, you maybe successful through asking him to simply help you move one item in your room. thisapproach is referred to as:
a. cognitive dissonance
b. altruism
c. foot-in-the-door
d. door-in-the-foot
Q. Which of these is not a principle of great man theory?
a. leaders are born not made.
b. great men rise up in times of crisis
c. we can learn from the biographies of great leaders
d. a great leader is only great in certain situations
Q. In leadership trait theory what is a trait?
a. a list of the things that make leaders different to everyone else
b. a list of the key things that a leader should do to be great
c. the list of key behaviours a leader exhibits
d. a list of key characteristics that makes a leader great
Q. For the Ohio State leadership studies the perfect leader:
a. combines a focus on the task and the employee
b. focuses on the task and getting things done
c. inspires workers to aim higher and achieve more
d. is concerned about the small details and how to increase productivity
Q. Contingency theory is based on the assumption that the ideal leader:
a. shapes their leadership style depending on the situation
b. provides clear instructions to the followers so that they know what they are doing
c. knows what their strengths are and makes the most out of them
d. spends time with their followers and therefore listens and responds to their needs
Q. A transactional leader is one who:
a. inspires people and has strong interactions with them
b. does deals with people in order to get them to do things the leader wants
c. is the ideal form of leadership
d. works for long-term goals of the organization
Q. What is a transformational leader?
a. someone who is involved in organizational change
b. a leader, like taylor, who provided new ways of carrying out management
c. a leader who inspires the workers to new levels by offering them a vision of a better future
d. leader who tries to transform their staff by giving them rewards for what they do
Q. What is post-heroic leadership theory?
a. a theory which states that there is too much emphasis on leaders and more attention should be placed on followers
b. a theory looking beyond current leadership styles to new, more creative ways of leading
c. a theory which tries to create new organizations which do not need leaders
d. a theory which tries to find the ideal form of leadership
Q. What is the social construction of leadership?
a. the view that all leadership is social and what matters is how leaders interact with others
b. leadership is a made up idea that therefore we should pay more attention to more significant aspects of the organization
c. what counts as good leadership is a construction of the perceptions of the followers
d. leadership is something that the leader constructs as they meet with others
Q. What is the 'glass ceiling'?
a. a barrier which prevents women from passing through to more senior positions in the company
b. an old fashioned idea that suggests that women should not make it to the boardroom in organizations
c. the effect where men can pass by women in women dominated professions
d. an approach which seeks to get more women in senior positions in organizations
Q. Jimmy is very quiet at school, but later that night at a party Jimmy gets 'crazy' and starts to cut the rug on the dance floor. Jimmy's classmates are stunned at this displayedbehavior. Jimmy is experiencing:
a. group polarization
b. the power of ssri\s
c. deindividuation
d. groupthink
Q. _____________ set up an experiment, known as the Stanford Prison experiment, where people plaed the role of a prison guard. The goal was to observe if this authority positionwould cause them to act differently.
a. stanley milgram
b. philip zimbardo
c. soloman ache
d. muzafer sherif