Question 1

Kasey is very interested in studying how people respond to illness symptoms and how people's emotions influence their health.Which of the following careers is best suited for Kasey's interests?

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A)  clinical psychologist
B)  health psychologist
C)  behavioural medicine
D)  psychiatryE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 2

The tendency of mildly depressed people to make accurate rather than self-serving judgments,attributions,and predictions is known as depressive realism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Research has reported that newlywed couples who become angry while discussing problems

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A)  experience catharsis and better long-term relationships with their spouses.
B)  are subsequently more susceptible to problems of depression and loneliness.
C)  suffer more immune system suppression the next day.
D)  are more prone to develop colon cancer in the subsequent six months.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 4

Shy people tend to

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A)  make a good first impression.
B)  overpersonalize social situations.
C)  do not become well liked even over time.
D)  are not prone to the "spotlight effect".E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 5

Which of the following attributions regarding a failure or a setback illustrates the global quality of a depressed person's explanatory style?

Accepted Answer

A)  "It's my fault."
B)  "It's going to last forever."
C)  "The whole world is against me."
D)  "It's going to affect everything I do."E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 6

Which of the following questions do social and clinical psychology seeks answers to?

Accepted Answer

A)  How can the ways in which we think about self and others feed such problems as depression,loneliness,anxiety,and ill health?
B)  How do environmental issues affect the self?
C)  How does our genetic composition affect our social structures?
D)  How can we change our genetic orientations?E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

Happiness is most influenced not only just by being married,but also _________________.

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A)  how long partners have been married.
B)  the quality of the marriage.
C)  the age difference between partners.
D)  if either of the partners were previously divorced.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

According to research by Eng and colleagues (2001) ,when a marriage ends,men tend to drink ____________ and eat ____________ vegetables.

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A)  less; more
B)  less; fewer
C)  more; fewer
D)  more; moreE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Jane,a college senior,is mildly depressed.Asked to describe herself,she notes both her positive and negative qualities.She recalls both past successes and failures and takes personal responsibility for both.Jane clearly illustrates the _______________ effect.

Accepted Answer

A)  rose-collared-glasses
B)  sadder-but-wiser
C)  head-in-the-clouds
D)  feet-on-the-groundE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Our tendency to notice confirming instances but not disconfirming instances of an expected relationship contributes to

Accepted Answer

A)  illusory correlation.
B)  perceptual connectivity.
C)  the attention heuristic.
D)  the ultimate attribution error.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 11

Amanda is a self-assured,outgoing,confident person.She is about to make a presentation to a hiring committee and she really wants to get the job.How do you expect she will feel and act?

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A)  More outgoing and confident than she feels,which might lead the committee to dislike her.
B)  Exactly the same as ever,because she is confident.
C)  She will feel and act completely unselfconscious.
D)  Much more like a shy person than like herself.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

When we expect two things to be associated even when they may not be,we are experiencing ______ correlations.

Accepted Answer

A)  negative
B)  positive
C)  zero
D)  illusoryE) A) and B)
F) C) and D) D

Question 13

Chapman and Chapman had university students and professional clinicians study the relationship between patients' test performances and diagnoses.They found that

Accepted Answer

A)  if students or clinicians expected a particular association,they perceived it,regardless of whether the data was supportive.
B)  students and clinicians only saw relationships that were indeed supported by the data.
C)  professional clinicians were more accurate than students in assessing relationships.
D)  students and clinicians only recognized positive relationships if the actual correlations were greater than 0.75.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above A

Question 14

Which of the following theories most clearly predicts that we will feel anxious when we are motivated to impress others but doubt our ability to do so?

Accepted Answer

A)  social learning theory
B)  self-presentation theory
C)  self-perception theory
D)  cognitive dissonance theoryE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 15

Compared to men,women visit psychotherapists ____ percent more often than men.

Accepted Answer

A)  30
B)  40
C)  50
D)  60E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

In non-Western cultures,major depression is ____________ common and ____________ tied to guilt and self-blame over perceived failure.

Accepted Answer

A)  less; less
B)  less; more
C)  more; less
D)  more; moreE) A) and D)
F) A) and C) A

Question 17

According to Martin Seligman's analysis of the attitudes that promote near-epidemic levels of depression in America,most of us feel that if we don't "make it" in today's world,we can blame

Accepted Answer

A)  our parents.
B)  the government.
C)  the alienation of the modern world.
D)  only ourselves.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

According to the text,an important implication of the research on illusory thinking is that

Accepted Answer

A)  intuition really has no legitimate place in doing science.
B)  the scientific method is the only legitimate way to answer significant human questions.
C)  research psychologists must test their preconceptions before propounding them as truth.
D)  the conventional wisdom is almost always wrong.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 19

Our cardiovascular,hormonal,and immune systems are considered ____ mediators.

Accepted Answer

A)  biological
B)  social
C)  cognitive
D)  healthE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 20

Which of the following does not belong with the others?

Accepted Answer

A)  group polarization
B)  hindsight bias
C)  illusory correlations
D)  clinical judgmentsE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Exam 14: Social Psychology in the Clinic

Kasey is very interested in studying how people respond to illness symptoms and how people's emotions influence their health.Which of the following careers is best suited for Kasey's interests?

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The tendency of mildly depressed people to make accurate rather than self-serving judgments,attributions,and predictions is known as depressive realism.

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Research has reported that newlywed couples who become angry while discussing problems

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Shy people tend to

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Which of the following attributions regarding a failure or a setback illustrates the global quality of a depressed person's explanatory style?

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Which of the following questions do social and clinical psychology seeks answers to?

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Happiness is most influenced not only just by being married,but also _________________.

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According to research by Eng and colleagues (2001) ,when a marriage ends,men tend to drink ____________ and eat ____________ vegetables.

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Jane,a college senior,is mildly depressed.Asked to describe herself,she notes both her positive and negative qualities.She recalls both past successes and failures and takes personal responsibility for both.Jane clearly illustrates the _______________ effect.

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Our tendency to notice confirming instances but not disconfirming instances of an expected relationship contributes to

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Amanda is a self-assured,outgoing,confident person.She is about to make a presentation to a hiring committee and she really wants to get the job.How do you expect she will feel and act?

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When we expect two things to be associated even when they may not be,we are experiencing ______ correlations.

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Chapman and Chapman had university students and professional clinicians study the relationship between patients' test performances and diagnoses.They found that

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Which of the following theories most clearly predicts that we will feel anxious when we are motivated to impress others but doubt our ability to do so?

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Compared to men,women visit psychotherapists ____ percent more often than men.

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In non-Western cultures,major depression is ____________ common and ____________ tied to guilt and self-blame over perceived failure.

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According to Martin Seligman's analysis of the attitudes that promote near-epidemic levels of depression in America,most of us feel that if we don't "make it" in today's world,we can blame

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According to the text,an important implication of the research on illusory thinking is that

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Our cardiovascular,hormonal,and immune systems are considered ____ mediators.

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Which of the following does not belong with the others?

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