PSYC 321: Social Psychology Quiz 1 with correct answers provided.

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1. People who watch violent television shows view the world as more dangerous. Which of the following explains this effect? a. Violence becomes a salient stimulus for them. 2. You like your refrige... rator because of the features that it offers. This attitude toward the refrigerator is determined by your ______. c. feeling 3. Lewin’s equation indicates that _____. b. behavior of a person is a function of person variables and situation variables 4. Individuals have a tendency to affiliate with, accept, and be accepted by the people around them. This tendency refers to their _____. d. other-concern 5. Likeliness of cognitive dissonance is reduced if people _____. b. can find strong external justifications for their actions. 6. The members of a society tend to behave in ways that are shared by other members and perceived by them as appropriate. Such shared beliefs are referred to as _____. c. social norms 7. Which of the following is the major goal of intimidation strategy? a. Creating fear by showing that I can be aggressive. 8. You often think about the people around you. You also create knowledge about them by understanding them. This process is referred to as _____. a. social cognition 9. Powell is in a state of gloominess after failing in a test that he took recently. He feels intensely worried for a short period of time. The feelings that Powell is experiencing is an example of a (n) b. affect 10. Which of the following country’s people will most likely have high public selfconsciousness? c. Japan 11. An organization decides to conduct an experimental research to identify the factors that influence productivity in an organization. In this study, productivity is a(n) _____ variable. a. dependent [Show More]

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