Question 1

There is an example discussed in the text about how the meat lobby rejected a new U.S.food labeling law that required declaring meat as "30 percent fat" rather than "70 percent lean,30 percent fat." This is an example of how ____ may influence human decisions and expressed opinions.

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A)  framing of questions
B)  order of questions
C)  wording of questions
D)  response optionsE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Research on the wording of survey questions suggests that

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A)  how questions are framed can influence how they are answered.
B)  how questions are framed has very little influence on how they are answered.
C)  wording is an unimportant element of survey research.
D)  framing the questions differently will not influence the results.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 3

The difficult 2008 world financial crisis due to lack of regulations and safeguards seems obvious now.This is an example of

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A)  information bias.
B)  hindsight bias.
C)  prediction bias.
D)  retrospective bias.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 4

To get information from a survey that you can generalize to the whole country,you will need to get information from _____ people.

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A)  150
B)  1,200
C)  5,000
D)  10,000E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 5

Research done in natural,real-life settings outside the laboratory is referred to as

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A)  correlational research.
B)  experimental research.
C)  laboratory research.
D)  field research.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Experimental laboratory research findings in social psychology

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A)  can be generalized to everyday life.
B)  are specific to the research only.
C)  can't ever be generalized to everyday life.
D)  should cautiously be generalized to everyday life.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

An experimenter exposed participants to different room temperatures to determine their effects on aggression.Aggression was the

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A)  independent variable.
B)  dependent variable.
C)  control variable.
D)  confounding variable.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 8

What is NOT true about how values affect social psychology?

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A)  Values influence the topics that are researched.
B)  The values that people hold influence those entering the field of study.
C)  Social psychology research shows us what to value.
D)  Social psychologists are very interested in studying values.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Myers discusses how Maslow's description of "self-actualized" people was based on a sample he personally selected.Had he selected other people to describe,his ensuing list of self-actualization characterizations may have been different.This is an example of how values can influence

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A)  datA.
B)  results.
C)  concepts.
D)  methodology.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

The study of naturally occurring relationships among variables is referred to as

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A)  correlational research.
B)  experimental research.
C)  laboratory research.
D)  field research.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

In Boyatzis' (1995) study of the influence television has on aggressive behavior in children,the results indicated that the viewers of Power Rangers committed ____ aggressive acts per two-minute interval compared to those children who did not watch this program.

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A)  slightly less
B)  significantly more
C)  about the same number of
D)  significantly lessE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 12

As a result of random assignment,the people in both groups of an experiment

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A)  differ in important ways.
B)  do not know which group they are in.
C)  are less likely to be alike.
D)  are more likely to be about the same in every way.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

The process of assigning participants to the conditions of an experiment such that all persons have the same chance of being in a given condition is referred to as

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A)  random sampling.
B)  random assignment.
C)  random surveying.
D)  representativeness.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

The use of deception in social-psychological research occurs when the researchers require _____ in their study.

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A)  realistic experimentation
B)  televised reality
C)  mundane realism
D)  experimental realismE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Ann Landers' 1984 survey of women readers' opinions about romantic affection and sex was probably

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A)  not valid because it did not include men.
B)  flawed because it was not representative of the population.
C)  worthless because the sample size was too small.
D)  as valid and informative as other more "scientific" surveys.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

The finding that obese women earned lower salaries than women in a non-obese comparison group was the result of which type of research study?

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A)  experimental
B)  correlational
C)  laboratory
D)  fieldE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 17

The major purpose of random assignment in an experiment is to

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A)  maximize the differences between groups.
B)  minimize the differences between groups.
C)  control the independent variable.
D)  control the dependent variable.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 18

Socially shared beliefs are widely held ideas and values,which include our assumptions and cultural ideologies.This is a definition of

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A)  nationality.
B)  race.
C)  social representations.
D)  culture.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Hastorf and Cantril (1954) found that Princeton students identified twice as many Dartmouth violations as Dartmouth students did when each watched the game.This emphasizes

Accepted Answer

A)  humans' tendency to prejudge reality based on expectations.
B)  humans' inability to be objective when watching sports.
C)  football players' brutality.
D)  that humans are objective when watching sports.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Compare and contrast correlational and experimental research.Be sure to address the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.

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