EPPP Social and Multicultural Bases of Behavior

Question 1

The tendency to overestimate dispositional factors and underestimate situational factors when explaining others' behavior is known as:

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Fundamental attribution error

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Self-serving bias

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Actor-observer effect

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Confirmation bias

Question 2

When a person experiences psychological discomfort from holding two conflicting beliefs simultaneously, the resulting tension is best described as:

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Cognitive dissonance

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Psychological reactance

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Cognitive appraisal

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Social comparison

Question 3

In Asch's line judgment experiments, participants who conformed to clearly incorrect group answers demonstrated the powerful influence of:

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Normative social influence

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Informational social influence

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Minority influence

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Social facilitation

Question 4

Which phenomenon occurs when a cohesive group prioritizes consensus over critical evaluation, leading to poor decision-making?

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Groupthink

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Social loafing

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Deindividuation

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Social facilitation

Question 5

A psychologist holds negative attitudes toward members of a particular ethnic group but does not act on those attitudes in clinical practice. This BEST represents:

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Prejudice without discrimination

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Discrimination without prejudice

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Both prejudice and discrimination

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Implicit bias only

Question 6

Stereotype threat, as described by Steele and Aronson, most directly impairs academic performance by:

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Creating anxiety about confirming a negative stereotype about one's group

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Reducing intrinsic motivation to complete academic tasks

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Increasing reliance on stereotypical thinking patterns

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Diminishing access to educational resources

Question 7

According to Festinger's social comparison theory, people are most likely to compare themselves to others who are:

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Similar to themselves

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Substantially more successful than themselves

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Substantially less successful than themselves

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Members of an outgroup