AP Psych Unit 9 MCQ Quizlet

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A researcher could say with certainty that someone was affected by the peripheral route to persuasion by conducting...

an experiment where participants are presented with an attractive spokesmodel

A researcher would test the foot-in-the-door phenomenon by randomly...

assigning 60 people to 2 groups. The researcher would then ask one group to place a small "Drive Carefully" sign in their windows, and would later ask the participants to place a large sign in their yards. The researcher would ask the second group to place a large sign in their yard without asking them to place the smaller sign in their windows first.

Shelly fully expected to win her debate tournament, but she lost. She then spent many hours reviewing the debate to figure out why the outcome occurred. Shelly is engaged in...

attribution

Who is most clearly demonstrating the false-consensus effect?

Blanche, who is open about her political views because she assumes everyone agrees with her

A biochemical influence on aggression is represented by...

Brian becoming less aggressive as his testosterone levels decrease with age

Which of the following scenarios best describes the bystander effect?

Carrington is more likely to help a stranger on a bus when there are only a few people on the bus versus when the bus is crowded.

Which ethical concept is most directly relevant to Solomon Asch's study on conformity, and why?

Deception, because Asch had to deceive his participants about the true nature of the study in order to test conformity.

Which of the following scenarios describes attraction from the evolutionary perspective?

Even though he is not aware of it, Benjamin is attracted to Alawa because she has signs of reproductive viability.

What most accurately describes Leon Festinger's results in his classic experiment on cognitive dissonance?

Festinger asked participants to complete a boring task and rewarded them with either a large amount or a small amount of money for completing it. Those who received a small amount of money were more likely than those who received a large amount to rate the task as enjoyable.

Which of the following best illustrates the research on how certain characteristics of physical attractiveness influence interpersonal attraction regardless of culture?

Joseph is attracted to Kent because his face possesses a high degree of symmetry.

Which situation best illustrates obedience?

Langley attended a speech on violence prevention on campus after her professor told her she must attend the event.

An accurate representation of the effect of social facilitation is when...

Maddox shot even better when he was in front of his friends, even though he is usually a good free throw shooter.

Which scenario best describes the variable of similarity in perceiving attractiveness?

Marcia prefers to date people that are quiet and reserved like she is.

Which of the following examples describes discrimination?

Ms. Burrell gives boys lower grades than girls for similar work.

Which of the following best represents the reciprocity norm?

Ronny helps a friend move because the friend previously helped Ronny move.

Claire is conducting research on attribution theory in the United States, which is considered an individualistic country, and in Indonesia, a more collectivistic country. The observation Claire will most likely see in her research is more...

evidence of the fundamental attribution error in the United States than in Indonesia

A person experiencing deindividuation would...

paints her face with her favorite soccer team's colors and gets into a fight with some fans of a rival team at the game, even though she is normally shy and meek

Cynthia has a strong dislike for everyone in a neighboring town. This can be explained as...

prejudice, because she has a generalized negative feeling toward them

One of the most common criticisms of Stanley Milgram's studies of obedience is that...

they were unethical because they were extremely stressful to the participants

Philip Zimbardo designed his Stanford Prison Study in order to test the validity of two hypotheses. The first was the dispositional hypothesis; the second was the situational hypothesis. The dispositional hypothesis stated that some people have certain character traits which lead them to naturally be more aggressive and distrustful of authority. These people can be thought of as having a prisoner personality. Other people have character traits in which they enjoy having control or authority over others. These people can be thought of as having a prison guard personality. The situational hypothesis stated that the situation the people were in determined their behavior. Which of Zimbardo's hypotheses was supported by his study and why?

The situational hypothesis, because because randomly assigned participants took on the characteristics of prisoner or guard depending on how they were assigned

Anna, who is an introvert and has an introverted friend with a cat, is often unkind to cat owners. She also believes that all people who like cats are introverts. Her belief can best be described as...

a stereotype, because Anna is assuming all people who like cats have to be introverts


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