Introduction to Psychology

Introduction to Psychology

Chapter Eleven Practice Quiz 1. Which hypothesis explains that people are under an assumption that ultimately, good actions will be rewarded, and poor actions will be punished? a. Self-serving b. Fundamental Attribution Error c. Just-world d. Dispositional Error 2. True or False: The door-in-the-face technique includes making a small request in order to build the other person up to accepting larger requests. a. True b. False 3. Fred experiences bouts of laziness when working in groups because he assumes that the other members will pull his weight. This is an example of: a. Social loafing b. Groupthink c. Bystander effect d. Group polarization 4. True or False: In Zimbardo’s study, volunteers were recruited to administer electric shocks to “victims” who answered questions incorrectly. a. True b. False

5. Which of the following is an example of explicit prejudice? a. Writing judgmental thoughts in a journal b. Publicly burning another country’s flag c. Thinking that one race is superior to another d. Believing that persons outside of your gender are inferior 6. The act of sacrificing elements of oneself for the welfare of others is called: a. Altruism b. Acculturation c. Amicability d. Allocation 7. Which attribution theory explains behaviors in terms of external factors such as luck and interference from others? a. Situational b. Dispositional 8. The belief that one’s own culture is superior to others is known as: a. Egoism b. Cognitive Dissonance c. Norm of Reciprocity d. Ethnocentrism Answer Key on page 97.

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