BAPSY Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Social Psychology Principles Questions and Answers

Question 1

While driving, you get cut off by another car.
You immediately think, "That person is a reckless, terrible driver!" without considering that they might be in a hurry for a medical emergency.
This tendency to overemphasize personality-based explanations for others' behavior while underemphasizing situational factors is a classic example of:

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Fundamental attribution error

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Self-serving bias

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Confirmation bias

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Actor-observer bias

Question 2

A highly cohesive corporate board, under pressure to launch a new product, quickly agrees on a risky marketing plan suggested by their charismatic CEO. During the meeting, several members have private doubts but do not voice them to avoid disrupting the group's apparent consensus. This scenario best illustrates which of the following social psychology phenomena?

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Groupthink

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Group polarization

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Social facilitation

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Social loafing

Question 3

An advertisement for a luxury watch features a world-famous, attractive actor but provides no information about the watch's features, accuracy, or craftsmanship. According to the Elaboration Likelihood Model of persuasion, this ad is attempting to persuade consumers primarily through the:

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Peripheral route

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Central route

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Heuristic-systematic model

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Cognitive dissonance route

Question 4

In a classic series of experiments, Solomon Asch found that participants would often knowingly give an incorrect answer when judging the length of lines after hearing several other people (who were confederates) give the same incorrect answer. This behavior is primarily a demonstration of:

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Normative social influence

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Obedience to authority

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Informational social influence

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The bystander effect

Question 5

Which of the following describes social loafing?

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The exertion of less effort by individuals when they work in a group compared to when they work alone.

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The enhancement of performance on simple tasks when in the presence of others.

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The tendency for a group's initial leanings to become more extreme after discussion.

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A loss of self-awareness and personal responsibility that can occur in group situations.

Question 6

The primary psychological mechanism that explains the bystander effect, where the presence of multiple onlookers reduces the likelihood that any single individual will intervene in an emergency, is known as:

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Diffusion of responsibility

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Pluralistic ignorance

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Evaluation apprehension

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Normative conformity