Social Psychology

Ruth who engages in self enhancement, recently did badly on a psychology exam. Which of the following would you not expect her to do?

think about how the student with the lowest score in class did.

Tom regularly engages in downward comparison. Which of the following is also likely to be true about tom?

tom has a strong endowment effect.

You recently entered a debate tournament and lost every debate. If you have an entity theory of self, what will you most likely do?

give up because you just weren't born to be a debater

Based on Ma and Schoeneman's study with Americans and Kenyans, which of the following responses would you most likely find on the 20-statements task?

All Samburu participants: "I am a charitable person." (WRONG)

which of the following statements best describes the relationship between the cultural practice of yam farming and a genetic mutation related to sickle-cell anemia?

Yam farming had environmental consequences that increased malaria rates, which in turn selected for the genetic mutation related to sickle-cell anemia.

You are teaching a bicultural class that has American and Japanese students. American student ahs a promotion orientation. Japanese student has a prevention orientation. How can you motivate each of them to work harder in class?

Give Japanese student feedback that focuses on areas where she needs to improve, and give American student feedback that focuses on areas where she does well.

Huan, chinese and Harriet, american, both looking at a painting of a car in the foreground in front of a group of people in the background. If we were to compare the eye gaze of Huan and Harriet, what would we find?

Harriet spends more time gazing at the car than does Huan.

Mary and John are debating the use of SATs for college admissions. Mary is against, Juan not. Mary's argument is strong, Juan's argument is weak. A Chinese Students would evaluate the arguments if he heard each one separately, how will he evaluate the arguments if he hears them at the same time?

He will become more convinced that Juan arguments is true, but less convinced that Mary's argument is true.

Mark, who is american, makes facial expressions for the basic emotions. According to research by Ekman and colleagues.

His expressions would be recognized above chance in all cultures

according to the two-factor theory of emotions, which of the following qualifies as an emotion in a scenario where a student, Jose, is taking an important exam>

How Jose interprets his profuse perspiration upon taking the exam.

When completing the Twenty-Statements Test, people from non-Western cultures, in contrast with people from Western cultures, are more likely to put down which of the following?

I am a brother

The facial feedback hypothesis best supports which theoretical perspective?

James Lange theory of emotions

According to research using the Sex Role Ideology scale, which of the following situations does NOT agree with the research findings?

Kumasi, an urban city has less egalitarian gender values than Otinibi, a rural village.

Maria shows a ritualized display of anger. This implies that

Mariah doesn't need to learn to fake this display (WRONG)

Alice received a Botox injection around her eyes that paralyzed her eyes while the rest of her face can still move. American and Japanese friend will believe her smile?

The Japanese friend likely won't believe Alice's smile, but the American friend likely will.

Susana, a calculus teacher, is trying to help her students solve complex calculus problems. Based on what we discussed in class about analytic versus holistic thinking styles, which of the following will yield the best performance for her students?

Western students will perform better on the problems if they are asked to think aloud but East Asian students will perform better if they work silently.

the relation between income and health can be summarized as

absolute income predicts health outcomes for low levels of income, whereas income relative to those around you predicts health outcomes for high levels of income.

A dog, an elephant, and a bone. Which one doesn't belong?

analytic thinker=bone. Holistic thinker+ elephant

Ekman's basic emotions

anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, surprise NOT PRIDE

research reveals that the French paradox is due in part to the French

consuming fewer calories

The fact that people from some cultures lack an enzyme to allow them to digest milk shows that

cultural practices can affect human evolution

In his job as the President's press secretary. Marcus had to read statements prepared by the president expressing the president's opinions about different issues. Even though you know that Marcus is reading a statement prepared by someone else, you are likely to think that Marcus shares the same views as the statements he reads. This is an example of?

fundamental attribution error

over the last 50 years height of the people in a certain country has been increasing. Based on date profiled in the textbook, which of the following is most likely to be associated with this increase?

improved deit during infancy and adolescence

the fact that the amount of ultraviolet radiation that reaches different parts of the world has led to the evolution of differences in skin color is an example of which of the fallowing?

innate biological differences

which of the following statements is true of "face"?

people can increase their face by wearing a lot of designer goods.

which of the following is most likely to describe someone who is field dependent?

someone who is worse at the absolute line task compared to the relative-line task

Boserup's thesis about agricultural methods centuries ago affecting current gender attitudes is an example of

the persistence of culture

working class and upper middle class Americans differ in that

upper middle class American employ more primary control than do working class Americans.

Based on the results form Schacter and Singer's experiment. In which of the following situations would Ashley, who is with someone who is trying to get her to feel happy, feel the most euphoria?

when she ingest a stimulant that she was told would have no effect

which of the following would be an example of secondary control

you convince yourself that taking classes online is not so bad after all