Social Psychology Exam 3 Quiz Questions

Oxytocin is associated with ________; testosterone is associated with ________. Sexual desire in both men and women; sexual receptivity and orgasm only in men Sexual desire in only men; sexual receptivity and orgasm in only women Sexual receptivity and orgasm only in men; sexual desire only in women Sexual receptivity and orgasm in both men and women; sexual desire in both men and women;

Sexual receptivity and orgasm in both men and women; sexual desire in both men and women;

Think of the Arousal/Cost-Benefit model to answer the following question. If Hannah sees someone who needs help, what set of factors would lead her to be the most likely to help?

She has a strong negative reaction to the situation, the person reminds her of her younger brother, and helping would not be very effortful.

The misattribution of arousal studies used two different designs. In the first study, men could choose to either walk over a safe & sturdy bridge or a scary & shaky bridge. In the second study, all the men walked over the scary & shaky bridge, but some weren't approached by the confederate women until they had calmed down after crossing the bridge. What types of studies are these? Study 1: Quasi-Experiment; Study 2: Experiment Study 1: Naturalistic observation; Study 2: Quasi-Experiment Study 1: Quasi-Experiment; Study 2: Naturalistic observation Study 1: Experiment; Study 2: Quasi-Experiment

Study 1: Quasi-Experiment; Study 2: Experiment

Think of Sternberg's different types of love. Those who have long-term relationships (say, 2 years) are likely higher in the _____ feature of love, but lower in the _____ feature of love, when compared to those who have short-term relationships (say, a few weeks). intimacy; passion passion; intimacy intimacy; commitment commitment; intimacy

intimacy; passion

Men are generally more emotionally disturbed by a partner's ________ cheating, whereas women are generally more emotionally disturbed by a partner's ________ cheating. emotional; sexual sexual; emotional emotional; fantasy imagined; real

sexual; emotional

Read the sentences below. Which of them is true regarding rewards of helping behavior?

Rewards can be both internal and external

Think of how the concept of pluralistic ignorance applies to prosocial behavior. Which of the scenarios below most accurately describes how these two concepts relate to one another?

A person sees someone fall, others around them aren't reacting so they decide they don't need to intervene

Esmerelda is a pretty private person. She doesn't like sharing information about herself with the men she dates. Whenever she's stressed out, she tends to pull away from the man she is dating instead of seeking emotional support. If he starts pressuring her to commit, she tends to break up with him. Esmeralda probably has a/an ____________ attachment style. Anxious Disinterested Secure Avoidant

Avoidant

The following scenario best exemplifies which term of prosocial behavior? "Aharon was out in a park when he saw a person laying on the bench, groaning in pain. There were a bunch of other people there who also witness

Bystander Effect

The Arousal/Cost-Benefit Model of prosocial behavior focuses on _______________ situations and the Negative State Relief model focuses on _________________ situations.

Emergency; Non-Emergency

Anne is dating Gerald. Gerald is much better than any of her exes and she really enjoys spending time with him. However, she just got a new job as a bartender and has been noticing that she works with many attractive people, some are very attractive and have more in common with her than Gerald does. Using the interdependence model, what can we say about Anne's relationship? Happy and Stable Unhappy and Stable Unhappy and Unstable Happy and Unstable

Happy and Unstable

Generally speaking, people who experience sadness are more likely to help others. In which situation are they LEAST likely to help?

If they are sad because of something that is a long, persistent issue

One study examined whether people's moods lead them to evaluate more critically the costs and benefits of engaging in prosocial behavior. They had three conditions - people who were in neutral, happy, or sad moods. Which of the following is true about their results?

In the sad condition, people were extra sensitive to the ratio of costs and benefits to helping behavior.

In 1989, Clark and Hatfield did a study on human mating behavior, using a sample of university students. How did the participants react to an attractive member of the opposite sex asking them to "go to bed" with them? Less than half of the men and only a few women agreed to have sex About half of the women and half of the men agreed to have sex None of the women and a majority of the men agreed to have sex. No men and no women agreed to have sex

None of the women and a majority of the men agreed to have sex.

Read the sentences below, which relate to one of our class discussions. Which of them provides the best description of the association between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and adult helping behavior?

People from low SES backgrounds are more likely to help because they have learned through many experiences that helping is important to make ends meet

How do people determine who is part of their group, their concept of "we"?

People they were around as children, regardless of blood ties

Joel is trying to get his school to raise money for the American Psychiatric Society. He comes up with a smart idea: to tell the students that their school is the most generous in the city as part of his campaign. Given what you have learned about helping behavior, what is most likely to happen?

The campaign will be successful because Joel labeled the school as helpful

Think about what you have learned about in class. Which of the statements below is the most accurate about someone's marital satisfaction when they are insecurely attached? They will experience an increase in satisfaction after marriage They will experience rather stable marital satisfaction They are more likely to experience steeper declines in satisfaction after marriage They are more likely to get a divorce in the first few years of marriage

They are more likely to experience steeper declines in satisfaction after marriage

This question is about the interdependence model. One of the topics this model can be applied to is jobs. Which of the sentences below would be an example of comparison level for alternatives for the topic of jobs? What other jobs I could potentially get and can I be unemployed Thinking this job is better than other jobs I could potentially get Thinking that I am committed to this job for at least a year What I expect from a job in this position based on my knowledge and experience

What other jobs I could potentially get and can I be unemployed

Read the sentences below. Which of them most accurately describes what was found in the Kenrick et al. (1993) study on university students' preferences for intelligence in partners they imagined themselves to either have a one-night stand, one date, or marriage with? Women had higher preferences for intelligence for a one-night stand than for a date Men had a lower preference for intelligence for a date rather than for a one-night stand Men had a higher preference for someone they would marry compared to women Women had a lower preference for intelligence for a one-night stand than for a date

Women had higher preferences for intelligence for a one-night stand than for a date