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Social Psychology Quiz (#2)

1. Primacy effect is to ________ as recency effect is to ________.

    last impression; first impression

    positivity effect; halo effect

    first impression; last impression

    halo effect; positivity effect


2. What is the process humans use to determine and assign the causes of behavior?

    attribution

    Gestalt psychology

    distinctiveness

    fundamental attribution


3. ___________ are helpful when measuring attitudes for small numbers of people, whereas ________ are more helpful for larger samples.

    interviews; tests

    projective techniques; attitude scales

    questionnaires; tests

    interviews; questionnaires


4. The Bem Sex Role-Role Inventory is a sex-role questionnaire designed to measure __________ traits in people.

    feminine

    masculine

    feminine and masculine

    none of the above


5. ___________ is not a characteristic of a successful communicator.

    self-centeredness

    credibility

    trustworthiness

    attractiveness


6. When Martin enters a bar, he looks around at the other guys to make sure he is acting properly. This is called:

    conformity

    social perception

    social comparison

    compliance


7. When a group moves toward an extreme position, this is referred to as _________.

    groupthink

    group polarization

    social thinking

    conformity


8. Which of the below is a compliance technique?

    door-in-the-face

    foot-in-the door

    low-ball

    all of the above


9. Affect, cognition and behavior are components of attitudes.

    True

    False


10. Conformity, obedience, and compliance are all areas of social influence.

    True

    False

 

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