Psych 104 Chapter 1 Test

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Which of the following situations BEST illustrates the concept behind the social learning theory?

A child who witnesses his father act violently towards his mother will learn and display the same aggressive behaviors.

Which of the following experiments studied the social learning theory of psychology?

Albert Bandura's Bobo doll study

_____ studies human culture, beliefs, and traditions of society, while _____ studies how people act, think, and feel.

Anthropology; social psychology

Which situation BEST exemplifies normative conformity?

At a team meeting, a new employee goes along with the incorrect calculations provided by his coworkers because he wants to be accepted by the group.

Which social psychologist's conducted a research study to learn more about racism?

Jane Elliott

Which social experiment illustrated the concept of stereotype threat?

Jane Elliott's brown eyes v. blue eyes experiment

This psychologist's most famous research study had to do with how groups interact with different types of leaders.

Kurt Lewin

Psychologist _____ paved the way for future psychologists to look at the relationship between a person's thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and the society around them, while psychologist _____ focused on his studies and research on conformity.

Kurt Lewin; Solomon Asch

Whose death inspired Jane Elliott to conduct the blue eyes/brown eyes exercise with her students?

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Personality psychology is exactly the same as social psychology.

Social psychologist Jane Elliott's famous brown eyes v. blue eyes research experiment focused on which topic?

Racism

Psychologist Albert Bandura's research studies focused on which of the following?

Social learning theory

A group of children playing together in a schoolyard would likely generate a situation that applies to which of the following fields of study?

Social psychology

A person who wants to work with individuals in the context of society would most likely be interested in working in which field?

Social psychology

Which of the following disciplines in the field of psychology studies how people act, think, and feel in the context of society?

Social psychology

This social psychologist's work contributed to better understanding conformity and related topics, such as obedience.

Solomon Asch

Which social psychologist performed a research study on social conformity?

Solomon Asch

After the massacre at Columbine High School in 1999, many people questioned the role of violent television and video games in the behavior of children. Which of the following research studies asked the same question?

The Bobo doll experiment

Albert Bandura conducted which of the following studies?

The Bobo doll experiment

What are group dynamics?

The way group members interact and respond to change

The social cognition and perception theme of social psychology is concerned with which of the following?

The way people think in the context of society.

The social learning theory says that children _____.

learn behavior by watching the adults around them

Group decisions, pro-social behavior, stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, and the self in a social context are all _____.

major themes in social psychology

Social cognition, sociocultural, social learning, and the evolutionary perspective are the four common _____.

perspectives in social psychology

Choose the best answer to fill in the blank. Helping children learn social skills, interviewing elderly residents at a nursing home, conducting a team meeting on the topic of positive interactions in the workplace, and interviewing school teachers regarding issues in the classroom are all activities that a _____ could participate in a professional capacity.

social psychologist

Elementary school counselor, anthropologist, or university instructor are all career paths that can be taken by someone who studied _____.

social psychology

Persuasion, the halo effect, social cognition, and the concept of self all fall under the umbrella of _____.

social psychology

Thinking about the ways people interact together across different cultures is a theme associated with the field of _____.

social psychology

Jimmy notices that when he doesn't thank friends for gifts they have given him, they become upset with him, so he makes an effort to remember to thank everyone who gives him something. A _____ perspective would best explain Jimmy's behavior as it is based on _____.

sociocultural; learning social rules and norms through interactions

A(n) _____ studies society and organizations as a whole, while a(n) _____ focuses more on the individual within society.

sociologist; social psychologist


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