Ψ Note: These questions are part of a larger data base of questions on modules 1 & 2. The questions are selected to represent the type of question you should expect on unit exam one. You can, in fact, expect to see many of these very same questions on that exam. Exam questions, however, may deal with topics not covered in the practice tests or in lectures but are discussed in your textbook. You are responsible for the content of your text book plus the content of lectures, interactive activities, & material on the web site.Use these sample questions to test yourself & to practice for the test. Click on your choice to see if you are right.1. Which of the following terms implies testable predictions?
• Theory
|
2. A "good" theory makes clear predictions, that we can use to
• generate a new exploration.
|
|
7. The degree to which an experiment absorbs & involves its participants is called
• field realism.
|
|
11. Research on hindsight bias indicates that:
• people are very good at making predictions about events that have not yet occurred.
• people who do not know the outcome of an event will wait until it occurs before making a prediction.
• people who already know the outcome of an event tend to overestimate the predictability of that event.
• people who already know the outcome of an event tend to underestimate the predictability of that event.
12. When a laboratory experiment is superficially similar to everyday situations, the experiment has
• quality control.
• mundane realism.
• situational validity.
• experimental realism.
13. The conclusion to be drawn from research on "hindsight bias" is that our common sense is usually
• right.
• wrong.
• right after the fact.
• wrong after the fact.
14. Two contradictory criticisms faced by social psychology are that its findings are obvious & that its findings
• are trivial.
• are untrue.
• are contradictory.
• could be used to manipulate people.
15. Only when experimental participants were informed that a woman was raped did they perceive the woman's behavior as inviting rape. This best illustrates that victim-blaming is fueled by:
• social gravity.
• hindsight bias.
• self-fulfilling prophecies.
• the mere exposure effect.
• the foot-in-the door phenomenon.
Social Psychology Robert C. Gates |
It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct. - Sigmund Freud |