PSY301 Week 4 | Social Psychology in Psychology - Ashford University

PSY301 Social Psychology Week 4 Weekly Review

Question 1Which age group tends to be most physically aggressive?

Adults Adolescents Children Toddlers Question 2Bandura’s _______________ proposed that people observe and model the behavior of others. social learning theory social modeling theory theory of societal learning social aggression theory Question 3The theory of reducing aggression by “letting off steam” was developed by Lewin. Bandura. Freud. Berkowitz.

Question 4Which of these represents the best illustration of aggression?

a person pushes their spouse when angry. a football player tackles an opponent. a debater shouts loudly at a member of the other team. a sniper kills a man they have targeted. Question 5Relational aggression is focused on destroying social status. True False Question 6According to your text book, Sigmund Freud believed that in order to control our aggressive drives___________ was necessary. balance harmony culture the id

Question 7Freud believed that if people do not vent their emotions,

they will go crazy. they may become physically ill. they may develop psychological problems. they may become physically ill and develop psychological problems. Question 8Under certain conditions, a ___________ is likely to act as a(an) _____________. tennis racket; calming agent handgun; aggression cue snowball; aggression cue None of these

Question 9According to most social psychologists, aggression is defined as

intentionally causing harm or pain, in order to achieve a goal. causing harm or pain to another. the conscious intent to cause harm. None of these. Question 10Uncontrollable noise is related to higher levels of aggression. True False

Question 11Recent brain research has

proven the empathy-altruism hypothesis is correct. shown a possible link between empathy and helping. shown a link between empathy and altruism. shown the empathy-altruism hypothesis is probably incorrect. Question 12Evan has written a will wherein all of his estate will go to help underprivileged children. He has not shared this decision with anyone and has no expectations of any personal benefits. According to your textbook, Evan’s decision represents an example of _______________. generosity selflessness prosocial dedication altruism Question 13A major obstacle to understanding whether a behavior is in fact altruistic has to do with the fact that people often think they are being altruistic, when in fact they are not. our inability to actually know someone’s motives. altruism research being too expensive. human behavior being so complicated.

Question 14Helping behavior may be guided by

culture. social norms. reciprocity. All of these. Question 15Angela joined her professor’s research team in the hopes of getting a letter of recommendation for graduate school. Joining the research team was a(n) ______________. prosocial motive egotistical move egoistic motive self-centered motive Question 16According to evolutionary theorists, kin selection is a genetic reality. True False Question 17Carlos is very religious and his brother, Angel, is not. Between the two of them, Angel is _________________ while Carlos is _____________________. more likely to engage in planned behavior; less likely to help in an emergency less likely to engage in planned behavior; more likely to help in an emergency less likely to engage in planned behavior; equally likely to help in an emergency more likely to help in an emergency; more likely to help in planned behavior Question 18The bystander effect states that a person in need of help is ______ likely to be helped when ________________ present. more; a crowd of people are less; one person is more; one person is equally; any number of people are Question 19Evolutionary theorists would argue that a person would most likely help their cousin. sister-in-law. brother. friend. Question 20An instrumental goal is a true goal, the end toward which one is aiming. True False Question 21People who have a secure attachment style tend to seek support from others in times of need. True False Question 22Recall that Myers and Berscheid (1997) asked people to list those people they loved and those people with whom they were in love. What did the researchers find? The love list contained almost as many people as the in love list The in love list contained more people than the love list Most of the people on the love list were on the in love list Rarely were any of the same people found on both lists Question 23Computer-generated (averaged) faces are seen by most people as the most attractive. True False Question 24Thomas and Gerry are a very sociable couple. They have noticed several times at parties and other functions that someone will make a comment regarding how much they look like siblings. This observation by others may very well be the result of similarly attractive people being attracted to each other. coincidence or chance. dressing in similar style. complimentary speech and gestures. Question 25A physically attractive employee is MORE likely to be terminated from employment than an unattractive employee. True False Question 26Dating research shows that _______________ may be the single most important factor in satisfaction with a dating partner. propinquity intelligence personality physical attractiveness Question 27The two components of need to belong are ________________ and ____________. agreement on amount of contact; enduring connections frequent positive contact; endearing, caring connections positive contact; enduring connections enduring connections; frequent contact

Question 28Research by Festinger and colleagues (1950) found that

people who live closest to one another are more likely to become friends. people who live furthest from one another are more likely to become friends. proximity or propinquity have nothing to do with friendships. if people live near community mailboxes, they will make the most friends. Question 29Recall that research by Duck (1982) suggests that the process of relationship breakup is always difficult. begins with personal realization. ends with personal realization. begins with self-analysis. Question 30Research has shown that people find faces which are ___________ and ___________ to be most physically attractive. similar to their own; symmetrical symmetrical; average average; similar to their own symmetrical; childlike