Social Psychology MCQs

Option A: The belief that men are inherently superior to women

Option B: The state of sexual promiscuity

Option C: The tendency to treat women as sexual objects only

Option D: A process of liberation of women from the traditional bondage

Correct Answer: A process of liberation of women from the traditional bondage ✔

Option A: Two individual with conflicting interests try to work together

Option B: An individual faces two or more conflicting expectations

Option C: Two individuals with differing specializations try to do a similar kind of work

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: An individual faces two or more conflicting expectations ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: Karl Marx

Option C: T. Parsons and R. Merton

Option D: R. Linton

Correct Answer: T. Parsons and R. Merton ✔

Option A: Invention of bow and arrow

Option B: Invention of striking fire

Option C: Invention of phonetic alphabet

Option D: Invention of wheel

Correct Answer: Invention of phonetic alphabet ✔

Option A: Rosenthal and Jacobson

Option B: Glass and bottle

Option C: Athusser and Rogers

Option D: Gillborn and Gipps

Correct Answer: Rosenthal and Jacobson ✔

Option A: Our identity

Option B: What people see as our status in society?

Option C: The process by which we learn what is expected of us in society

Option D: The roles we occupy in our daily lives

Correct Answer: The process by which we learn what is expected of us in society ✔

Option A: A culture with in a culture

Option B: Something which breaks the rules

Option C: A way of life

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: A culture with in a culture ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: W. E. B. DuBois

Option C: Herbert Spencer

Option D: Harriet Martineau

Correct Answer: B. W. E. B. DuBois ✔

Option A: organic solidarity

Option B: mechanical solidarity

Option C: verstehen

Option D: rationalization

Correct Answer: organic solidarity ✔

Option A: proletariat

Option B: capitalists

Option C: Bourgeoisie

Option D: communists

Correct Answer: Bourgeoisie ✔

Option A: Social dynamics

Option B: Social statics

Option C: Positivism

Option D: Rationalization

Correct Answer: Social statics ✔

Option A: the ability to see the link between society and self

Option B: a particular point of view

Option C: the patterned interaction of people in social relationships

Option D: the belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation

Correct Answer: the ability to see the link between society and self ✔

Option A: sociological imagination

Option B: sociological perspective

Option C: social structure

Option D: social dynamics

Correct Answer: social structure ✔

Option A: individuals

Option B: Groups

Option C: governments

Option D: criminals

Correct Answer: Groups ✔

Option A: Social change theory

Option B: Vertical mobility

Option C: Labeling theory

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Labeling theory ✔

Option A: Social change

Option B: Vertical mobility

Option C: Social role

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Social role ✔

Option A: Social change

Option B: Social mobility

Option C: Vertical mobility

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Social mobility ✔

Option A: Social change

Option B: Vertical mobility

Option C: Status group

Option D: Social interactionon

Correct Answer: D. Social interaction ✔

Option A: Culture lag

Option B: Social mobility

Option C: Social change

Option D: Social institutions

Correct Answer: Social institutions ✔

Option A: Social change

Option B: Vertical mobility

Option C: Social inequality

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Social inequality ✔

Option A: Vertical mobility

Option B: Social change

Option C: Social control

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Social control ✔

Option A: Social mobility

Option B: Social change

Option C: Control theory

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Social change ✔

Option A: legal- rational authority

Option B: Sapir- Whorf hypothesis

Option C: Routine activities theory

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Sapir- Whorf hypothesis ✔

Option A: Sapir- Whorf hypothesis

Option B: Legal- rational authority

Option C: Routine activities theory

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Routine activities theory ✔

Option A: functionalist

Option B: conflict

Option C: unilateral evolutionary

Option D: evolutionary

Correct Answer: unilateral evolutionary ✔

Option A: Functionalism

Option B: Marxism

Option C: Feminism

Option D: Interactionism

Correct Answer: Interactionism ✔

Option A: The forces of production shape relationships

Option B: Institutions like schools perform a positive role in shaping behaviour

Option C: Most societies are based on exploitation, particularly of the proletariat

Option D: Capitalists own the forces of production and exploit the proletariat

Correct Answer: Institutions like schools perform a positive role in shaping behaviour ✔

Option A: people achieving via merit

Option B: people achieving via accident of birth

Option C: people achieving because of who they know

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: people achieving via merit ✔

Option A: Running out of material

Option B: Lack of memory for books, clothes, food

Option C: A charity for deprived material

Option D: lack of support from home

Correct Answer: Lack of memory for books, clothes, food ✔

Option A: K. Painter

Option B: L. Letley

Option C: J. W. B Douglas

Option D: Kirk Ridgewell

Correct Answer: J. W. B Douglas ✔

Option A: Bernstein

Option B: Tom and jerry

Option C: Tom Linson

Option D: Trish Burleigh

Correct Answer: Tom Linson ✔

Option A: Middle class

Option B: Working class

Option C: gentry

Option D: petit bourgeoisie

Correct Answer: Working class ✔

Option A: to be accepted as a national science

Option B: to remain separate from other discipline

Option C: to organic action

Option D: to explain human behaviours and social organization

Correct Answer: to explain human behaviours and social organization ✔

Option A: Latin

Option B: Latin and Greek

Option C: Latin and Polynesian

Option D: Greek

Correct Answer: Latin ✔

Option A: Ethnography

Option B: Sociology

Option C: Biology

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Sociology ✔

Option A: Herbert Spencer

Option B: Emile Durkheim

Option C: Max Weber

Option D: August Comte

Correct Answer: August Comte ✔

Option A: Objective study of human interaction

Option B: science of human mind

Option C: study of ethnic groups

Option D: Analysis of human nature

Correct Answer: Objective study of human interaction ✔

Option A: Hegel

Option B: K. Marx

Option C: M. Weber

Option D: E. Durkheim

Correct Answer: D. E. Durkheim ✔

Option A: Normative justice

Option B: Prejudice

Option C: Discrimination

Option D: The Asch effect

Correct Answer: Prejudice ✔

Option A: superordinate goals

Option B: scapegoating

Option C: mirror- image perceptions

Option D: the reciprocity norm

Correct Answer: mirror- image perceptions ✔

Option A: the tendency of groups to internalize risk more than individuals

Option B: the tendency for groups to be more risky than individuals

Option C: the tendency for groups to be as risky as individuals

Option D: the tendency for groups to be less risky than individuals

Correct Answer: the tendency for groups to be more risky than individuals ✔

Option A: social loafing

Option B: self- serving bias

Option C: social facilitation

Option D: deindividuation

Correct Answer: social facilitation ✔

Option A: task and social

Option B: social and inclusive

Option C: task and exclusive

Option D: task and inclusive

Correct Answer: task and inclusive ✔

Option A: gender schemas

Option B: nature

Option C: temperament

Option D: culture

Correct Answer: culture ✔

Option A: group decisions will always be better that individual decisions

Option B: when most of the group members initially favor a cautions decision, discussion will cause the group to adopt even more cautions decision

Option C: a group will always eventually divide into groups with opposing decisions

Option D: when most of the group members initially favor a cautions decision, discussion will cause the group to adopt a risky decision

Correct Answer: when most of the group members initially favor a cautions decision, discussion will cause the group to adopt even more cautions decision ✔

Option A: distorting the argument

Option B: rejecting the source

Option C: rationalizing the argument

Option D: refuting the argument

Correct Answer: refuting the argument ✔

Option A: social exchange theory

Option B: the just- world phenomenon

Option C: the bystander effect

Option D: the foot- in- the- door phenomenon

Correct Answer: social exchange theory ✔

Option A: the mere exposure effect

Option B: the foot- in- the- door phenomenon

Option C: the bystander effect

Option D: social facilitation

Correct Answer: the bystander effect ✔

Option A: details of the story are emphasized

Option B: The story is shortened or reduced

Option C: The story become distorted

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: The story become distorted ✔

Option A: Self- perception

Option B: Cognitive dissonance

Option C: Compliance

Option D: Balance

Correct Answer: Self- perception ✔

Option A: Cognitive dissonance

Option B: Self- doubt

Option C: Balance theory

Option D: Second guessing

Correct Answer: Cognitive dissonance ✔

Option A: Hard- sell

Option B: Soft- sell

Option C: Peripheral

Option D: Relevant

Correct Answer: Relevant ✔

Option A: Cognition

Option B: Estimation

Option C: Behavior

Option D: Attitude

Correct Answer: Attitude ✔

Option A: Affective

Option B: Cognitive

Option C: Behavior

Option D: Emotional

Correct Answer: Emotional ✔

Option A: Jig- saw classrooms

Option B: Self- fulfilling prophesy

Option C: Self- serving bias

Option D: Fundamental attribution error

Correct Answer: Self- fulfilling prophesy ✔

Option A: Fundamental attribution error

Option B: Attribution of negative causality

Option C: Self- serving bias

Option D: Cognitive dissonance model

Correct Answer: Self- serving bias ✔

Option A: Self-serving bias

Option B: Balance principle

Option C: Cognitive dissonance model

Option D: Fundamental attribution error

Correct Answer: Fundamental attribution error ✔

Option A: refers to a negative attitude toward members of a group

Option B: refers to unfair behavior toward the members of a group

Option C: is the same thing as prejudice

Option D: is all of the above

Correct Answer: refers to unfair behavior toward the members of a group ✔

Option A: are initially unanimous about an issue

Option B: stress the importance of caution in group decision making

Option C: emphasized concurrence thinking in arriving at a decision

Option D: shift toward a less extreme position after group discussion

Correct Answer: emphasized concurrence thinking in arriving at a decision ✔

Option A: social norms that stress the importance of positive interactions among group members

Option B: duplication of effort among group members

Option C: diffusion of responsibility in groups

Option D: a bias toward making internal attributions about the behavior of others

Correct Answer: diffusion of responsibility in groups ✔

Option A: in the real world, most people will refuse to follow orders to inflict harm on a stranger

Option B: many people will obey an authority figure even if innocent people get hurt

Option C: most people are willing to give obviously wrong answers when ordered to do so

Option D: most people sick to their own judgment, even when group members unanimously disagree

Correct Answer: many people will obey an authority figure even if innocent people get hurt ✔

Option A: the more exposure effect

Option B: social exchange theory

Option C: social facilitation

Option D: the two- factor theory of emotion

Correct Answer: the two- factor theory of emotion ✔

Option A: social facilitation

Option B: the bystander effect

Option C: the foot- in- the- door phenomenon

Option D: the mere exposure effect

Correct Answer: the mere exposure effect ✔

Option A: self- disclosure

Option B: deindividuation

Option C: passionate love

Option D: the mere exposure effect

Correct Answer: self- disclosure ✔

Option A: crossed a swaying footbridge

Option B: intervened is an emergency

Option C: listened to romantic music

Option D: failed a midterm test

Correct Answer: intervened is an emergency ✔

Option A: deindividuation

Option B: the bystander effect

Option C: the mere exposure effect

Option D: hindsight bias

Correct Answer: hindsight bias ✔

Option A: It helps in keeping cultural purity intact

Option B: It helps in legitimizing the need for state and police

Option C: It helps in bringing about change in society

Option D: It helps individuals takeout their frustrations

Correct Answer: It helps in bringing about change in society ✔

Option A: the chain and wheel communications

Option B: the y and circle communications

Option C: the y and free communications

Option D: the circle and free communications

Correct Answer: the circle and free communications ✔

Option A: foot- in- the-door phenomenon

Option B: bystander effect

Option C: mere exposure effect

Option D: frustration- aggression principle

Correct Answer: frustration- aggression principle ✔

Option A: social loafing

Option B: social interference

Option C: diffusion of responsibility

Option D: the bystander effect

Correct Answer: social loafing ✔

Option A: there is obvious disagreement among team players regarding the issue

Option B: he feels insecure in his role as a new member of the team

Option C: he has publicity voiced his opinion on this issue

Option D: social facilitation within the term is very low

Correct Answer: he feels insecure in his role as a new member of the team ✔

Option A: mere exposure effect

Option B: catharsis hypothesis

Option C: frustration- aggression principle

Option D: cognitive dissonance theory

Correct Answer: catharsis hypothesis ✔

Option A: deindividuation

Option B: the mere exposure effect

Option C: the bystander effect

Option D: the just-world phenomenon

Correct Answer: the just-world phenomenon ✔

Option A: express dissatisfaction with their own physical appearance

Option B: judge members of the opposite sex as more attractive if they have a youthful appearance

Option C: be attracted to dating partners whose hips are narrower than their waists

Option D: may someone who is less physically attractive than they themselves are

Correct Answer: judge members of the opposite sex as more attractive if they have a youthful appearance ✔

Option A: the peripheral route results in more enduring attitude change

Option B: the central route results in more enduring attitude change

Option C: only the central route to persuasion can be effective

Option D: only the peripheral route to persuasion can be effective

Correct Answer: the central route results in more enduring attitude change ✔

Option A: cognitive dissonance

Option B: learning

Option C: evolutionary

Option D: self- perception

Correct Answer: self- perception ✔

Option A: convince themselves they really didn’t perform the behavior

Option B: change their attitude to make it more consistent with the behavior

Option C: change their attitude to make it less consistent with their behavior

Option D: do nothing

Correct Answer: change their attitude to make it more consistent with the behavior ✔

Option A: what people look for in prospective mates

Option B: the overall value of romantic love

Option C: passionate love as a prerequisite for marriage

Option D: the tradition of prearranged marriages

Correct Answer: what people look for in prospective mates ✔

Option A: romantic relationships in adulthood follow the same forms as attachment relationships in infancy

Option B: those who had ambivalent attachments in infancy are doomed never to fall in love as adults

Option C: those who had avoidant attachments in infancy often over- compensate by becoming excessively intimate in their adult lover relationships

Option D: all of the above are the case

Correct Answer: romantic relationships in adulthood follow the same forms as attachment relationships in infancy ✔

Option A: observers to favor external attributions in explaining the behavior of others

Option B: observers to favor internal attributions in explaining the behavior of others

Option C: actors to favor external attributions in explaining the behavior of others

Option D: actors to favor situational attributions in explaining the behavior of others

Correct Answer: observers to favor internal attributions in explaining the behavior of others ✔

Option A: internal- stable

Option B: internal- unstable

Option C: external- stable

Option D: external- unstable

Correct Answer: internal- unstable ✔

Option A: external

Option B: internal

Option C: situational

Option D: high consensus

Correct Answer: internal ✔

Option A: Mutual

Option B: Secure

Option C: Avoidant

Option D: Ambivalent

Correct Answer: Ambivalent ✔

Option A: overestimate how often short men are insecure

Option B: underestimate are frequency of short men in population

Option C: overestimate the frequency of short men in the population

Option D: falsely assume the shortness in men cause insecurity

Correct Answer: overestimate how often short men are insecure ✔

Option A: projection

Option B: discrimination

Option C: scapegoating

Option D: authoritarianism

Correct Answer: scapegoating ✔

Option A: competence

Option B: auto kinetic norms

Option C: role

Option D: usefulness

Correct Answer: role ✔

Option A: Special types of schemas that are part of people’s shared cultural background

Option B: Widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group

Option C: equivalent prejudice

Option D: both a and b

Correct Answer: both a and b ✔

Option A: drawing an illusory correlation

Option B: false consensus effect

Option C: the fundamental attribution error

Option D: a defensive attribution

Correct Answer: the fundamental attribution error ✔

Option A: group leadership styles

Option B: group norms

Option C: group dynamics

Option D: group interactions

Correct Answer: group dynamics ✔

Option A: a lack of critical thinking results from a strong desire for group harmony

Option B: people lose self – awareness in group situations that foster anonymity

Option C: can physical or verbal behavior is intended to hurt or destroy

Option D: the pursuit of self- interest leads to collective harm

Correct Answer: the pursuit of self- interest leads to collective harm ✔

Option A: superordinate goals

Option B: group polarization

Option C: ingroup bias

Option D: social traps

Correct Answer: superordinate goals ✔

Option A: the reciprocity norm

Option B: the scapegoat theory

Option C: ingroup bias

Option D: the just- world phenomenon

Correct Answer: the scapegoat theory ✔

Option A: the fundamental attribution error

Option B: the just- world phenomenon

Option C: the mere exposure effect

Option D: the reciprocity norm

Correct Answer: the reciprocity norm ✔

Option A: The patterns of behaviour that are considered ideal and satisfy the actor

Option B: Cultural meanings assigned to a particular action independently of the wishes

Option C: Shared expectations of behaviour that connote what is considered socially desirable and appropriate

Option D: some define ideals about what is wrong and what is right

Correct Answer: Shared expectations of behaviour that connote what is considered socially desirable and appropriate ✔

Option A: task difficulty and group size

Option B: the group leader’s personality and group unanimity

Option C: group size and the subjects’ intelligence

Option D: group size and group unanimity

Correct Answer: group size and group unanimity ✔

Option A: raking leaves

Option B: bicycle racing

Option C: washing dishes

Option D: solving a crossword puzzle

Correct Answer: solving a crossword puzzle ✔

Option A: a person’s identification with the parent of the opposite sex

Option B: the set of expected behaviors for males and for females

Option C: how masculine a boy is or how feminine girl is

Option D: the sense of being male or female

Correct Answer: the sense of being male or female ✔

Option A: door- in- the- face-effect

Option B: foot- in- the- door effect

Option C: low- ball technique

Option D: high- ball technique

Correct Answer: foot- in- the- door effect ✔

Option A: complementary need theory

Option B: social exchange theory

Option C: gain- loss theory

Option D: social comparison theory

Correct Answer: social exchange theory ✔

Option A: TV has little effect on the behavior of children

Option B: TV only increases aggressive behavior in children

Option C: TV only increases prosocial behavior in children

Option D: the amount of TV viewing may be related to aggressive behavior later in life

Correct Answer: the amount of TV viewing may be related to aggressive behavior later in life ✔