BAPSY Social Psychology Principles 3

Question 1

When a person attributes their own aggressive behavior to provocation but attributes another's aggression to bad character, this illustrates:

Accepted Answer

The actor-observer effect

Answer

The actor-observer effect describes how we attribute our own behavior to situations while attributing others' behavior to their dispositions.

Question 2

Contact hypothesis proposes that prejudice between groups decreases when contact occurs under which condition?

Accepted Answer

Equal status and cooperative goals

Answer

Allport's contact hypothesis states that prejudice reduction requires equal-status contact, cooperative interdependence, and institutional support.

Question 3

The phenomenon where the presence of others improves performance on well-learned tasks but impairs performance on complex or novel tasks is called:

Accepted Answer

Social facilitation

Answer

Social facilitation occurs because an audience increases arousal, which enhances the dominant (well-practiced) response but hurts performance on difficult tasks.

Question 4

Which persuasion route in the Elaboration Likelihood Model involves careful consideration of argument quality?

Accepted Answer

Central route

Answer

The central route of the ELM involves deep processing of message content and leads to more durable attitude change when strong arguments are presented.

Question 5

Minimal group paradigm research by Tajfel demonstrated that in-group favoritism occurs even when:

Accepted Answer

Groupings are based on trivial and arbitrary criteria

Answer

Tajfel's minimal group studies showed people favor their own group over others even when assigned to groups arbitrarily, such as by a coin flip or art preference.

BAPSY - Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Practice Test

BAPSY - Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Practice Test

BAPSY Social Psychology Principles 3