EPPP Social Wrong

Question 1

Research on arousability suggests that ____________ are low in arousability.

Answer 1

Extroverts

Question 2

Susan works out at the gym every week and has a tendency to work much harder when there are several other people working out. This scenario can best be explained by:

Answer 2

Social facilitation

Question 3

social facilitation

Answer 3

tendency to put in more effort in the presence of others

Question 4

According to Moscovici (1969), group members espousing the minority position are most likely to change the opinion of the majority when:

Answer 4

when the minority maintains consistency in their position

Question 5

The belief that watching someone else act aggressively will serve to reduce one’s own aggressiveness is most consistent with the notion of:

Answer 5

Catharsis

Question 6

Sherif (1935) used which of the following to investigate conformity to group norms?

Answer 6

Autokinetic effect

Question 7

Participants in a research study are injected with epinephrine, which produces mild arousal. One-half of the participants are told to expect arousal while the other half are told that the injection will have no physiological side effects. Each participant is then placed in a waiting room with a confederate who has been instructed to act in an angry manner. Subsequently, participants who were told to expect arousal from the epinephrine report no change in their emotional state, while those who were told to expect no side effects report feeling angry. Results of this study provide evidence for which of the following?

Answer 7

Self perception theory

Question 8

Self-perception theory

Answer 8

in ambiguous situations, a person’s self-attributions are based on cues in the external environment.

Question 9

The elaboration likelihood model predicts that the recipient of a persuasive message is more likely to use the peripheral route of information processing when:

Answer 9

bored/uninterested, the persuader is attractive, positive mood, unable to process critically

Question 10

Research on __________ has found that people tend to pay more attention to information that confirms their beliefs about themselves than to information that contradicts those beliefs.

Answer 10

Schemas

Question 11

When Rosenhan’s (1973) pseudo-patients were admitted to a mental health facility after reporting that they were “hearing voices,” they were:

Answer 11

recognized as being normal by the other patients more often than by the staff members.

Question 12

Sherif and Hovland’s (1961) “social judgment theory” is useful for understanding which of the following?

Answer 12

Attitude change

Question 13

According to Sherif and Hovland’s (1961) “social judgment theory,” a person’s latitudes of rejection, non-commitment, and acceptance are affected by which of the following?

Answer 13

The person’s level of involvement with the topic addressed by the persuasive message

ego-involvement

Question 14

Research on persuasion has found that people who argue against their own self-interest are:

Answer 14

Usually viewed by listeners as credible

Question 15

The predictions of “social exchange theory” are most applicable to one’s relationship with:

Answer 15

business associates (formal relationships)