Question 1

Identify four of the seven situational influences on human aggression, as described in the textbook. Provide one example of each.

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Question 2

When teachers assign group projects, which of the following phenomena is most relevant for deciding how to grade student work?

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A)   Groupthink
B)   Social loafing
C)   Pluralistic ignorance
D)   Cognitive dissonance

Question 3

is helping others for unselfish reasons.

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Question 4

Humans seem to have a biological need for interpersonal interactions. Which theory is consistent with this view?

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A)   need for friends theory.
B)   need for intimacy theory.
C)   need for interpersonal interactions theory.
D)   need-to-belong theory.

Question 5

David just found out that his new coworker is also named David, so he jokes that the new guy must be really smart and capable just based on his name! Which of the following is consistent with David's reaction?

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A)   groupthink
B)   implicit egotism
C)   adaptive conservatism
D)   cognitive dissonance

Question 6

An individual who exerts less effort when working on a group task if individual contributions will not be evaluated is engaging in what is called

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A)   cognitive dissonance.
B)   social loafing.
C)   pluralistic ignorance.
D)   groupthink.

Question 7

Imagine you are a contestant on the popular game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and you have been asked a question that you don't know the answer to. You use the option to poll the audience for their opinion of the correct answer. Even though you think differently, you become convinced that the audience is correct as 87 percent of them agree on a particular answer. You have experienced which psychological phenomenon?

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A)   social conversion
B)   deindividuation.
C)   blind obedience.
D)   groupthink.

Question 8

Helping others for unselfish reasons is called

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A)   altruism.
B)   egoism.
C)   situationalism.
D)   influentialism.

Question 9

Which of the following should increase obedience in an experiment like Milgram's shock experiments?

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A)   Having the experimenter stand next to the participant.
B)   Having the experimenter send instructions by telephone or email.
C)   Having participants with low levels of authoritarianism.
D)   Having a second researcher present, who disagrees with the first researcher.

Question 10

According to research on the fundamental attribution error, we are more likely to attribute our own behaviour to

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A)   dispositional factors.
B)   emotional factors.
C)   situational factors.
D)   cultural factors.

Question 11

Most people experience contagious yawning. Which mental disorders are associated with resistance to this effect?

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A)   Obsessive compulsive disorder and depression
B)   Generalized anxiety disorder and antisocial personality disorder
C)   Autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia
D)   Bipolar depression and post-traumatic stress disorder

Question 12

Which of the following would be an accurate title for a book about the Bystander Effect?

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A)   Safety in Numbers
B)   Danger in Numbers
C)   Emergencies Equal Helping
D)   Two Helping Heads are Better Than One

Question 13

When we draw negative conclusions about a group prior to evaluating the actual evidence, like when we are influenced by stereotypes, then we have __________ toward that group.

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Question 14

Being part of a large crowd that stampedes into a store for a massive Boxing Day Sale would be an example of

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A)   conformity.
B)   obedience.
C)   influence.
D)   deindividuation.

Question 15

Which of the following tends to reduce conformity in studies like the line-judgment ones conducted by Asch?

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A)   being in a large group
B)   being in a group where everyone else chose the wrong answer
C)   seeing someone else voice a different opinion than the rest of the group
D)   having an authority figure present

Question 16

Imagine that you are travelling in a foreign country and a local person you meet there asks you "What are Canadians like?" If you respond, "Canadians are polite, loyal, and very friendly," this description relies on _____________ about Canadians.

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A)   a stereotype
B)   prejudice
C)   discrimination
D)   adaptive conservatism

Question 17

Which of the following reduces social loafing for group projects?

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A)   Have the group brainstorm ideas for the project together.
B)   Allow students to choose their own groups for a project.
C)   Ensure that individual contributions can be identified and evaluated
D)   Emphasize that everyone will get the same grade for the final product.

Question 18

Define groupthink. Give an example and provide two suggestions for reducing or preventing groupthink in an organization.

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Question 19

When Sam went looking for a new car, he met a beautiful saleswoman who described the beauty of the car and the flashiness, and how good Sam would look driving it instead of the poor gas mileage, the exorbitant price, and poor road performance. Sam made a snap decision to buy the car from the persuasive saleswoman. Sam was using which alternative pathway in making a decision?

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A)   The central route
B)   The peripheral route
C)   The afferent route
D)   The efferent route

Question 20

Which of the following situations should reduce the likelihood of aggression?

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A)   exposure to media violence
B)   physiological arousal caused by exercise
C)   intoxication with alcohol or benzodiazepines
D)   exposure to cold outdoor temperatures

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According to research on the fundamental attribution error, we are more likely to attribute our own behaviour to

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Identify four of the seven situational influences on human aggression, as described in the textbook. Provide one example of each.

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Humans seem to have a biological need for interpersonal interactions. Which theory is consistent with this view?

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Which of the following reduces social loafing for group projects?

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is helping others for unselfish reasons.

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Which of the following tends to reduce conformity in studies like the line-judgment ones conducted by Asch?

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Which of the following would be an accurate title for a book about the Bystander Effect?

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David just found out that his new coworker is also named David, so he jokes that the new guy must be really smart and capable just based on his name! Which of the following is consistent with David's reaction?

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When teachers assign group projects, which of the following phenomena is most relevant for deciding how to grade student work?

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Imagine that you are travelling in a foreign country and a local person you meet there asks you "What are Canadians like?" If you respond, "Canadians are polite, loyal, and very friendly," this description relies on _____________ about Canadians.

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Being part of a large crowd that stampedes into a store for a massive Boxing Day Sale would be an example of

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Most people experience contagious yawning. Which mental disorders are associated with resistance to this effect?

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Helping others for unselfish reasons is called

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Define groupthink. Give an example and provide two suggestions for reducing or preventing groupthink in an organization.

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An individual who exerts less effort when working on a group task if individual contributions will not be evaluated is engaging in what is called

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Which of the following should increase obedience in an experiment like Milgram's shock experiments?

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Which of the following would be an accurate title for a book about the Bystander Effect?

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David just found out that his new coworker is also named David, so he jokes that the new guy must be really smart and capable just based on his name! Which of the following is consistent with David's reaction?

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When teachers assign group projects, which of the following phenomena is most relevant for deciding how to grade student work?

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Imagine that you are travelling in a foreign country and a local person you meet there asks you "What are Canadians like?" If you respond, "Canadians are polite, loyal, and very friendly," this description relies on _____________ about Canadians.

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Most people experience contagious yawning. Which mental disorders are associated with resistance to this effect?

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