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Your decision to call someone a "terrorist" rather than a "freedom fighter" depends on your view of the cause.This is an example of how values can influence not only social psychology,but also


A) emotions.
B) actions.
C) intuitions.
D) everyday language.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Describe the hindsight bias and explain how it could influence how much the typical student prepares for a social psychology exam.

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In Snyder and Haugen's research on obesity and social status (1994;1995) ,male students were shown a picture of a normal or obese woman before having a conversation with a female student.In this study,the independent variable was the


A) normal or overweight woman's picture.
B) conversation topic chosen by the students.
C) social skills of the woman being interviewed.
D) status of the male student.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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According to the text,social psychology is a(n) _____ science,and one that only began to emerge as a vibrant field after _____.


A) young;the 1960s
B) young;World War II
C) old;the 1930s
D) old;the turn of the century

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Provide an example of a demand characteristic that could unintentionally alter the results of an experimental research study.

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In order to determine whether or not changing one variable (such as education) will produce changes in another (such as income) ,one needs to conduct _______ research.


A) survey
B) correlational
C) experimental
D) statistical

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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The attributions a person makes for his or her spouse's acid remark depends upon the happiness of the marriage.What concept does this portray?


A) Social behavior is a function of what we believe.
B) Social behavior is a function of the objective situation.
C) Social behavior is a function of how a situation is construed.
D) Social behavior is a function of both the objective situation and how it is construeD.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Putting participants in one of two conditions by flipping a coin illustrates


A) random sampling.
B) sampling bias.
C) random assignment.
D) representative sampling.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Which one of the following is one of the purposes of a hypothesis according to the text?


A) Hypotheses allow us to test a theory.
B) Hypotheses provide explanations for research results.
C) Hypotheses prove theories.
D) Hypotheses communicate the results of research studies.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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In 1936,the news magazine Literary Digest obtained the opinions of over two million Americans regarding the presidential election.The results suggested that Landon would win in a landslide over Franklin D.Roosevelt.A few weeks later,FDR won in a landslide.The results of the survey were not valid,and this was due to


A) a lack of random assignment.
B) a sampling bias.
C) poor wording of questions' variables.
D) a lack of experimental control.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Research indicates that survey results often depend on the


A) number of questions asked.
B) gender of the surveyor.
C) gender of the respondent.
D) wording and order of the questions.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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A study of _____ women,by Gortmaker and colleagues (1993) ,found that these women were less likely to be married and less likely to earn high salaries than women in a comparison group.


A) racial minority
B) sexual minority
C) obese
D) disabled

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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An experimenter exposed participants to different room temperatures to determine their effects on aggression.The room temperatures were the


A) independent variable.
B) dependent variable.
C) control variable.
D) confounding variable.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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According to the text,the postal code areas of Scotland that have the least overcrowding and the least amount of unemployment also have the


A) greatest longevity.
B) least longevity.
C) greatest loneliness.
D) least loneliness.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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You conduct a study that examines the role of exercise on depression alleviation.You assign the first 50 people who are motivated to sign up to the experimental group,and the second group of 50 people,who sign up much later,to the control group.After one month,you find that the experimental group (who exercised three times a week on average) is significantly less depressed than the control group (who exercised one time a week on average) .Although you may be tempted to conclude that exercise helps stave off depression,you cannot because of a lack of ____ in your study.


A) random sampling
B) random assignment
C) random surveying
D) objectivity

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Discuss the evidence regarding the role of self-esteem in academic achievement.

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A theory


A) is an agreed-upon statement.
B) summarizes and explains facts.
C) cannot be tested.
D) is less than fact.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Those who consider under-the-skin (i.e. ,biological) and between the skins (i.e. ,social) influences on topics such as love and hate are referred to as


A) social biologists.
B) social neuroscientists.
C) social sociologists.
D) social anthropologists.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Which of the following is a disadvantage of correlational research?


A) It involves important variables in natural settings.
B) It provides ambiguous interpretations of causes and effects.
C) It assists in reading newspapers and magazines.
D) It takes place in a laboratory.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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The results of Boyatzis' (1995) research indicated that _____ can be one cause of children's aggressive behavior.


A) sugar consumption
B) poor impulse control
C) lack of parental guidance
D) television viewing

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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