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Spring 08 Social FinalQuestions 1- 29 are multiple choice questions. On your scantron (form 2052 available in the bookstore), please indicate the letter that corresponds with the BEST answer. There is to be no sharing of information. If you have questions about the exam, please email me. All exams must be handed to me personally within the first fifteen minutes of class. You must provide a self addressed stamped envelope in order for me to accept your final examination. No exceptions.
1. Which of the following is not one of the basic causes of prejudice?
a. Economic competition
b. Displaced aggression
c. Conformity to social norms
d. Geography
2. All of the following are examples of influence except:
a. liking the salesperson
b. how children are influenced by media
c. credibility of source
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
3. Giants fans who attack Cubs fans illustrates the strength of
a. in-group out-group behavior.
b. implicit bias
c. explicit bias
d. privilege
4. Which of the following is not a statement that explains attraction?
a. Birds of a feather flock together
b. Similarity breeds attraction
c. You are nobody until somebody loves you
d. Good fences make good neighbors.
5. Studies done in bars examining gender, attractiveness and alcohol note:
a. Men's ratings of women’s attractiveness increase with alcohol intake
b. Women do not waver in their interpretation of attractiveness of men regardless of alcohol intake
c. Men waver in their rating of themselves
d. Women go home earlier than men do
6. You've organized a group of friends to help arrange a bachelor party for Simon. You thought that as a group, you could be more effective. Instead, you've found that no one has taken care of any arrangements, and that each person expects everyone else to do everything. You have just discovered the principle of
a. social facilitation
b. social inhibition
c. social loafing
d. social science
7. Consider the following anti-social acts: European soccer fans sometimes attack and bludgeon players and other fans; in the United States, members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) would burn houses and lynch innocents; frenzied rock-n-roll fans trample one another, sometimes resulting in deaths. What do these situations have in common? They
a. represent the downside of social facilitation.
b. demonstrate the tragedies sometimes caused by anonymity.
c. represent an unexpected hazard of group cohesion.
d. reflect mass actions caused by relative deprivation.
8. The Kitty Genovese story is an example of which of the following behaviors:
a. Bystander apathy
b. Helping behavior
c. Altruism
d. Moral relativism
9. Which of the following is listed as one of the quickest ways to reduce aggressive attitudes?
a. Equality
b. Feelings of empathy
c. Segregation
d. Intimidation
10. As demonstrated in class, gender differences in regards to who we are attracted to:
a. don’t differ
b. are differences in intelligence humor and cleanliness
c. rely on sexuality, that is the exercise was heterosexual based
d, all of the above
e. none of the above
11. Which of the following is not consistent with the prejudiced personality type?
a. Rigidity
b. Reformed belief systems
c. Respectful of authority
d. Punitive
12. Which of the following is not a motivator for helping behavior
a. Guilt
b. Catharsis
c. External locus of control
d. Empathic communication
13. Discrimination is the _____ component of negative attitudes toward a group of people.
a. cognitive
b. pejorative
c. affective
d. behavioral
14. Which of the following has not been listed a main reason for conflict:
a. unclear or unexpressed expectations
b. differing expectations
c. cultural differences
d. fear of resource depletion
e. misunderstanding between genders
15. Research on the illusory correlation indicates that a correlation is found between minority status and negative events because minority status is
a. informative
b. powerless
c. distinctive
d. poor
16. When third-grade teacher Jane Elliot sorted school children based on eye color, she created
a. an in-group.
b. an out-group.
c. minimal groups.
d. realistic conflict.
17. The direction of one's erotic interests refers to
a. sexual intrigue.
b. prosocial behaviors.
c. the missionary position.
d. sexual orientation.
18. When a member of a group violates a norm, others will first ____ him or her, and then eventually __________.
a. reject; try to persuade him or her to rejoin the group
b. try to persuade him or her to conform; reject him or her
c. decrease persuasive communication; increase persuasive communication
d. use humor to persuade him or her to conform; use logic
19. A person who believes very strongly in the sanctity of human life is likely to support pro-life legislation, whereas someone who merely agrees that people have a right to live is less likely to be concerned over the legislation. This demonstrates the effect that the _______________ of attitudes has on behavior.
a. conformity
b. specificity
c. accessibility
d. strength
20. _____ refers to the loosening of normal behavioral constraints when people are in a crowd, leading to increases in impulsive and deviant acts.
a. Social loafing
b. Collective contagion
c. Deindividuation
d. Collective anonymity
21. IN the movie Crash, which character displays no racism
a. the DA (played by Brendan Fraser)
b. the new cop (played by Ryan Phillipe)
c. the father of the character played Matt Dillon
d. the DAs wife (played by Sandra Bullock).
22. Sterberg’s theory of consummate love contains all of the following elements except
a. intimacy
b. comittment
c. passion
d. respect.
23. The area of social psychology called "social influence" studies
a. the ways in which people are attracted to each other.
b. attitude formulation.
c. the ways people influence the thought, feelings, and behaviors of others.
d. the ways in which people are influenced by random events in society.
24. The stadium is full of fans. The Dallas Cowboys are playing a game in their home stadium. They are likely to do their best because so many of the fans are cheering them on to victory. This is the result of:
a. social pressure.
b. social facilitation.
c. conformity.
d. polarization.
25. Our committee group is divided on a decision. It may go along with the member who first switches his or her position. This is known as
a. the truth-wins scheme.
b. the first-shift rule.
c. the majority-wins rule.
d. none of the above.
26. Perhaps the most crucial determinant of whether we will like someone is
a. how similar that person is to us.
b. how physically attractive we find the other person.
c. whether the other person likes us.
d. how often we've interacted with that person in the past.
27. Which of the following factors increases the tendency to conform?
a. high self-esteem
b. belonging to an individualistic society
c. social shyness
d. all of the above
28. Sherif’s Robber's Cave experiment explains all of the following group behavior except.
a. In-group bias.
b. Out-group prejudice.
c. Racism.
d. Collectivist behavior.
29. Obedience to immoral demands from authority figures may be due, in part, to our learning early in childhood to obey such authority figures as teachers and parents. This is known as the _______________ hypothesis.
a. social comparison
b. socialization
c. social conformity
d. pure obedience
Questions 30-50 are true/false questions. On your scantron, please indicate “a” for true and b for false. Please choose the best answer, o the one that corresponds with the body fo the research
30. Deindividuation refers to a lack of membership in social groups.
31. Social norms can prevent violent or aberrant behavior
32. Feminist identity leads to greater dating satisfaction.
33. According to labeling theory a person can be forced into taking a role.
34. product placement is a peripheral form of persuasion.
35. Attributions of others are often framed around first impressions
36. Prejudice can be seen as an extension of self-justification
37. We are more likely to reduce conflict when there is a possibility of a reward
38. Reducing cognitive dissonance is due to the need to see oneself as consistent.
39. We have a tendency to want the underdog to win
40. Webisodes are ways to create value within products.
41. Mac users are an example of a love maker branding.
42. Obedience to authority is confined to the lower socio-economic classes
43. Racism is only found among in-groups
44. A skeletal suspicion of all out-groupers is known as prejudice
45. When someone requests something from us, we have a tendency to want to comply or obey.
46. “Cult” brands create a sense of belonging instilling conformity
47. Conflict itself relies on relationships
48. Feminism is about developing the potential of women only
49. Women are more likely to comply than are men to requests from authority
50. When there is a lack of modeled behavior in the reduction of conflict, abuse is likely.
Discuss
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