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1.Easy

Assuming that an attractive person is also kind and intelligent is called the:

  1. ASleeper effect
  2. BPrimacy effect
  3. CHalo effect
  4. DSpotlight effect
2.Easy

Explaining a classmate's failed exam by saying "she is lazy" is an example of:

  1. AA self-serving attribution
  2. BA situational (external) attribution
  3. CA conformity response
  4. DA dispositional (internal) attribution
3.Easy

A student goes out partying the night before an exam so that a poor grade can be blamed on tiredness. This is:

  1. ASocial loafing
  2. BStereotype threat
  3. CSelf-handicapping
  4. DSelf-fulfilling prophecy
4.Medium

In Sherif's autokinetic studies, people judged how far a still dot of light seemed to move. In groups, their estimates converged on a shared norm. This mainly shows:

  1. AInformational influence in an ambiguous situation
  2. BSocial loafing as the group task went on
  3. CObedience to the experimenter as an authority
  4. DNormative influence when the correct answer was obvious
5.Medium

People overestimate how often a minority group performs rare negative behaviours, because two distinctive things seem to go together. This is:

  1. AThe just-world belief
  2. BThe halo effect
  3. COut-group homogeneity
  4. DIllusory correlation
6.Medium

A website shows "Only 2 left in stock!" to increase sales. Which persuasion principle does this use?

  1. AScarcity
  2. BAuthority
  3. CSocial proof
  4. DReciprocity
7.Hard

Bond and Smith's meta-analysis of Asch-type studies found that conformity was:

  1. AExactly the same in all countries and time periods
  2. BRising steadily in the USA since the 1950s
  3. CHigher in individualist than in collectivist cultures
  4. DHigher in collectivist than in individualist cultures
8.Hard

In Ross's quiz study, randomly assigned questioners wrote hard questions for contestants. Observers rated the questioners as more knowledgeable. Why is this an attribution error?

  1. AThe questioners' role advantage was taken as ability
  2. BThe contestants knew the answers but chose to hide them
  3. CThe questioners really were more intelligent overall
  4. DThe observers believed the roles were assigned by skill

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Halo effect
  2. 2. D · A dispositional (internal) attribution
  3. 3. C · Self-handicapping
  4. 4. A · Informational influence in an ambiguous situation
  5. 5. D · Illusory correlation
  6. 6. A · Scarcity
  7. 7. D · Higher in collectivist than in individualist cultures
  8. 8. A · The questioners' role advantage was taken as ability

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