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Name: Martin Corbett SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (PRACTICE QUESTIONS) SECTION I Time — Unlimited 27 Questions Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet 1. A student has just failed a psychology exam. Which of the following explanations is LEAST likely to be evidence of the self- serving bias? (A) “My teacher hates me.” (B) “That material was so hard that no one could have passed that class.” (C) “I didn’t study hard enough.” (D) “I was having a pretty bad day when I took that test.” (E) “The room was too hot for me to be able to concentrate.” 2. Daria provides alternative viewpoints for ideas proposed during the student council meeting. The most likely consequence of her critiques is that they will ______________. (A) lead people to make a fundamental attribution error (B) encourage the out-group homogeneity effect (C) decrease the chance that cognitive dissonance will take place (D) prevent groupthink (E) lead to greater social facilitation 3. Which of the following examples best represents altruism? (A) Booker stops to help someone even though it puts him in danger. (B) Darby helps his boss to get some overtime pay (C) Josie forms a study group to hold herself accountable for studying (D) Benny does extra work on a group project to impress his friends (E) Sammy helps a friend move because the friend previously helped Sammy move 4. An individual bystander is most likely to help an injured person under which of the following circumstances? (A) When the bystander is the only other person present (B) When the injury is severe (C) When it is unclear if the injured person needs help (D) When the other people present are not helping the injured person (E) When a large number of people are present GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 1

5. Andy and Noel have been happily married for 25 years. They have a warm and trusting affection for each other. Which social psychology concept applies to their relationship? (A) Companionate Love (B) Passionate Love (C) Mere-Exposure Effect (D) Matching Hypothesis (E) Cognitive Dissonance 6. Deborah says that she is not interested in dating anyone at her workplace. However, after spending time with her coworker James at a week-long conference, she finds herself attracted to him and begins to pursue a relationship. Deborah’s interest in James is most likely due to __________. (A) A Social Trap (B) The Fundamental Attribution Error (C) Deindividuation (D) The Mere-Exposure Effect (E) The Just-World Phenomenon 7. When his team wins a basketball game, Joe says it is because his team is so good; however, when his team loses, he says it is because the referees made a lot of unfair calls. Joe is most clearly demonstrating __________. (A) self-serving bias, because he sees his team as being better than it is. (B) self-serving bias, because he thinks all referees are unfair (C) conformity, because he sees his team as being better than it is (D) conformity, because his team follows all the rules of the game (E) conformity, because all the team members wore the same uniforms 8. Which of the following behaviors is most closely associated with the foot-in-the-door phenomenon? (A) Beth continues to participate in class because she is positively reinforced (B) Adam is sleeping while the rest of his classmates are working on their group project (C) Sutan asks his father for $5, and when he agrees, Sutan asks him for $15 more. (D) James feels pressure to go to the movies with his friends even though he prefers to go bowling (E) Diana feels guilty because she did not help her family clear the table after dinner 9. During a political debate, Candidate A expresses detailed facts on an important issue. Candidate B responds with an emotional appeal on the same issue. Which GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 2

method of persuasion is each of the candidates using? (A) Candidate A is using the peripheral route, and Candidate B is using the central route (B) Candidate A is using the peripheral route, and Candidate B is using the door-in-the-face technique (C) Candidate A is using the central route, and Candidate B is using the peripheral route (D) Candidate A is using the central route, and Candidate B is using the foot-in-the-door technique (E) Candidate A is using the foot-in-the-door technique, and Candidate B is using the peripheral route 10. Chuck is walking down the street and someone asks him to sign a petition to put clean-air legislation on the next ballot. He decides to sign the petition. Then the person asks whether he would like to give a donation to the associated environmental group. This technique is known as ____________. (A) Lowball (B) Door in the Face (C) That’s Not All (D) Foot in the Door (E) Bait and Switch 11. Dr. Marcia assigned students a paper in which they had to support the side of a controversial topic they did not agree with. Before asking the students to write the paper, she gave them a survey to determine how strongly they disagreed with the topic. After the students wrote their papers, Dr. Marcia gave them another survey to rate their disagreement with the topic. She observed that the students’ feelings about the topic became more strongly in agreement with the topic. Which of the following is the best conclusion? (A) Group polarization was likely a contributing factor to the students’ change in feelings (B) Group polarization caused the students to become more in agreement with the topic (C) Cognitive dissonance was likely a contributing factor to the students’ change in feelings (D) Cognitive dissonance caused the students to become more in agreement with the topic (E) The mere-exposure effect was likely a contributing factor to the students’ change in feelings 12. Which of the following scenarios best represents conformity? (A) Chris’s teacher tells the students not to use their cell phones during class, so Chris does not use his cell phone during class (B) Beth becomes a vegetarian when she starts college because all of her new friends are vegetarian GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 3

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