Transcript 9/9/2014 - Sierra High School Social Studies

AP Psychology, Review
Unit 1
1)
The subfield of psychology that studies
attitude, social perceptions,
interpersonal attraction, social influence
and group behavior is known as:
A)Environmental psychology
b)Neuropsychology
C)Sociocultural psychology
D)Social psychology
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2)Behavioral and cognitive tendencies that
are learned and expressed by evaluating
particular people, places, or things with
favor or disfavor are known as:
A) elaborations
B)attitudes
C) eustress
D) Values
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3)According to the elaboration likelihood
model, TV advertisements for Excederin
that describe the effectiveness of the
product on combating headache pain are
using:
A)a peripheral route
B)A central route
C)Fear appeal
D) foot-in-the-door technique
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4)Advertisements that present a
‘doomsday’ approach to getting the
attention of the consumer are using which
of the following techniques of persuasion?
A)foot-in-the-door technique
B)fear appeal
C)selective exposure
D)selective avoidance
5)You need someone to help you with the office holiday
party. You know that if you just ask Sherry to help you
will say that she is too busy, so, you first ask her to chair
the committee. Once she says ‘no’ to chairing the
committee you ask her to ‘just help a little’. According to
research on the ______________________she is more likely
to say yes to the second request.
a)foot-in-the-door technique
b)Fear appeal
c)Selective exposure
d)Selective avoidance
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6)Keisha takes care to look especially good for her job
interview. This demonstrates that Keisha recognized
that_______________________are important in
impression formation.
A)recency effects
B)first impressions
C) attributions
D)body language
8)When we make assumptions about why
people do the things they do we are
making__________.
a) An attribution
b) A first impression
c) A stereotype
d) An actor-observer bias
9)When you see a classmate in class or at a study
session, they are always very friendly towards you.
However, when you run into them at an upscale party,
they act as if they do not know you. Since you know
they are really a friendly person, you are most likely to
attribute your classmate’s behavior to
a) A fundamental attribution error
b) A stereotype
c) Situational attributions (external)
d) A dispositional (internal) attribution
10)The tendency to attribute other people’s
behavior to dispositional (internal) factors
and our own behavior to situational
influences is known as:
a) The fundamental attribution error
b) A stereotype
c) The actor-observer effect
d) The foot in the door technique
11) Jim feels that he has worked very hard to get his
promotion. However, when his last sales pitch did not
end up in a sale he attributed his failure to the fact that
the company he was ‘pitching to’ was having financial
difficulties. Jim’s behavior is an illustration
of_____________.
a) The actor-observer effect
b) The foot in the door technique
c) The self-serving bias
d) A fundamental attribution error
12)Which of the following is not a factor that
contributes to the attribution process?
a) Distinctiveness
b) Consensus
c) Consistency
d) clarity
15)Intimacy and passion are to______as intimacy,
passion, and commitment are to_______
a)
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Consumate love; sexual arousal
Romantic love; consumate love
Attachment; short term love
Long-term love; romantic love
17Your boss tells you to report to work at 3 am. You
are not happy, yet you report as requestied. Your
behavior is an example of.
a)Obedience
b)Conformity
c)Groupthink
d)deindividuation
18)Lisa has been invited to a party. Immediately after
receiving the invitation she meets with a group of friends
to discuss what they plan to wear to the party. Lisa then
makes the decision on what she will wear. Lisa’s party
dressing behavior demonstrates
a)Obedience to authority
b)Conformity
c)A social decision scheme
d)groupthink
20)The selfless concern for the welfare of others is
known as
a) Deindividuation
b) Altruism
c) Prejudice
d) Social facilitation