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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Sensation seeking
B Need for achievement
C Self-consciousness
D Need for cognition
Question #2
A children’s ethical behavior depends on the situation
B children’s ethical behavior is genetically determined
C children’s ethical behavior depends on their parents
D children’s ethical behavior depends on their personality
Question #3
A the unique ways people learn behaviors.
B a person’s feelings, thoughts, and attitudes
C people’s unconscious processes.
D characteristic ways that people differ from one another.
Question #4
A The honesty-trustworthy dimension was added to describe people are truthful, empathetic, and noncompetitive, not liars, callousness, or apathy.
B The honesty-humility dimension was added to describe people who are sincere, fair, and modest, not manipulative, narcissistic, or self-centered.
C The honesty-humility dimension was added to describe people who are ambitious, independent, and optimistic, not pessimistic, interdependent, or lazy.
D The honesty-trustworthy dimension was added to describe people are defensive, manipulative, and gregarious, not shy, agreeable, or authentic.
Question #5
A conscientiousness
B extraversion
C openness
D agreeableness
Question #6
A With each increment of shock voltage, fewer participants obeyed, but about 65% still administered 450 volts (the highest level).
B Approximately one-third of participants complied at the highest level of shock (450 volts).
C Approximately two-thirds of participants refused to continue participation well before the highest level (450 volts).
D With each increment of shock voltage, a similar proportion of participants obeyed until the highest level (450 volts), where about 35% complied.
Question #7
A Leininger
B Asch
C Hollingsworth
D Milgram
Question #8
A The slave trade from Africa to the United States
B The virtual eradication of Native Americans by the settlers in the United States
C German citizens’ willingness to go along with Nazi leaders during the Holocaust
D The Bolshevik revolution in Russia
Question #9
A Milgram’s participants were paid for their participation, so there is no legitimacy to the statement that the research was unethical.
B Milgram conducted a follow-up survey of his participants, and most of them indicated that they were very angry at having been deceived. This means that the research was likely unethical.
C The majority of participants reported that they were pleased to have participated in the research, so it does not seem to have been damaging to most of those who were involved.
D Milgram’s research was certainly unethical, because he conducted it even though he was advised not to do so by his University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB).
Question #10
A obedience
B informational influence
C fixed action patterns
D normative influence
Question #11
A She suspects the police officer is off duty and friends with the stranger.
B She views the police officer as an authority figure.
C The stranger who needs help is not around or close to her in proximity.
D She has seen the police officer ask others who have disobeyed.
Question #12
A Inequality is a socially constructed situation that should be changed.
B Even with strong work ethic some people don’t have the opportunity to advance.
C With limited resources we should share economic capital to maintain stability.
D Hierarchies are natural, some groups are simply better than others.
Question #13
A envy
B admiration
C contempt
D paternalism
Question #14
A implicit personality
B schematic stratification
C blatant bias
D social identity
Question #15
A right-wing authoritarianism
B subtle bias
C social dominance
D implicit bias
Question #16
A automatic bias
B self-categorization
C benevolent schemata
D subtle prejudice
Question #17
A implicit
B automatic
C ambiguous
D ambivalent
Question #18
A a heuristic.
B discrimination.
C a stereotype.
D the self-serving bias.
Question #19
A The sunny day is making Jaden happy, helping him to recall what he ate for breakfast this morning when he was in a hurry.
B Yesterday Janis was remembering all the hardships she’s been through in her life but today she felt happy after getting engaged.
C John is currently sad and can more easily recall a time when he got in trouble for a late assignment.
D Jasmine is feeling anxious but is having a difficult time recalling how nervous she was to give a public speech.
Question #20
A directional goal
B availability heuristic
C schema
D affective forecasting
Question #21
A People may ignore base-rates when judging representativeness.
B People may be skeptical about evidence that goes against their directional goal.
C People may wait to make a decision on where to eat if they have a need for closure.
D People may overestimate the intensity of future feelings.
Question #22
A representativeness
B availability
C shortcut
D fluency
Question #23
A They will show resistance when being primed about a topic.
B They are unaware they hold an actual bias, such as a bias towards an ethnic minority.
C They are quicker at evaluating or categorizing attitude objects.
D Their direct, self-reports will best predict behavior such as their choice to purchase designer jeans.
Question #24
A representativeness
B similarity
C
D compare and contrast
E availability
Question #25
A form the most positive impressions of those with whom he interacted least
B carefully form the impressions he makes of these club members only after repeated meetings
C not form impressions of these club members on physical characteristics
D form the impressions he makes of these club members after only one meeting