1. Group polarization may occur because group members: A)…
Question Answered step-by-step 1. Group polarization may occur because group members: A)… 1. Group polarization may occur because group members:A) accumulate biased information from each other.B) try to outdo each other in supporting the group’s position.C) often exaggerate their shared group opinions to distinguish themselves from other groups.D) all of the above. 2. The technique in classical conditioning that has been used to study the precision of an animal’s sensory capacities is:A) shaping. B) extinction. C) generalization. D) discrimination training. 3. Absence of testosterone in the uterus leads, after birth, to A) development of testes in malesB) blocking of all estrogen receptors in the adult femaleC) activation, in females, of neurons in the hypothalamus at approximately monthly intervalsD) over-production of cortisol 4. The outer segment of each rod contains _____ which, when hit by light, begin(s) chemical reactions in the rod’s synapses with retinal neurons that eventually transmit information to the brain.A) derivative of vitamin C.B) rhodopsinC) free nerve endingsD) pheromones 5. A major difference between the MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) and most other personality tests is: A) the MMPI is easier to use because it is quite short. B) it evaluates only four of the five personality factors. C) groups representing opposite ends of a factor were used to check that specific questions differentiated those criterion groups. D) the importance of using questions that are unrelated to any specific situation or group. 6. Social psychologists use the term “impression management” to mean that: A) we try to look “good” to other people. B) the way we act often changes to match the behaviors of the people with whom we are interacting. C) skilled politicians adopt many of the mannerisms of the people in their audience. D) All of the above. 7. “Stereotype threat” can influence your performance on a specific test of some aspect of memory if: A) you believe that you are not good at the task because you are a member of a particular group that often lacks the needed ability. B) you are bothered by the appearance of the person sitting next to you. C) you are being tested in a very noisy environment. D) you have poor episodic memory. 8. Humanistic psychologists believe that people behave according to how they perceive/understand their world (their “phenomenological reality”), which is:A) an objective fact in the real world.B) an unconscious wish or idea that influences real-world behavior.C) how they believe their world to be.D) the inner fantasy world that a person wishes were real but has suppressed. 9. The actualizing tendency posited by humanistic psychologists is the tendency for one to:A) protect oneself against anxiety.B) sublimate sexual and aggressive impulses into constructive pursuits.C) make choices that promote becoming one’s full self.D) project one’s own feelings onto others. 10. In Stanley Milgram’s famous study of obedience (testing the effect of punishment on learning), most subjects:A) verbally agreed to shock the learner for each wrong answer but then refused to actually do so.B) gave shocks as ordered until the learner began to express distress.C) administered progressively more severe shocks as ordered but seemed deeply upset about doing so.D) administered progressively more severe shocks as ordered and expressed disdain and lack of compassion for the learner. 11. When Solomon Asch tested subjects for conformity in a perceptual-judgment task (perceived length of a line), he found that most subjects:A) suspected a trick when the experimenter’s confederates all gave the same wrong answer.B) conformed their answer to that of the experimenter’s confederates’ only when the perceptual task was difficult.C) conformed their answer to that of the experimenter’s confederates’ even though the perceptual task was easy.D) were openly rebellious, giving the correct answer quite assertively. 12. Vygotsky interpreted the non-communicative (inner) speech in which 4-year-olds typically engage when trying to solve a problem as evidence of: A) concrete-operational thinking.B) preoperational thinking.C) an inability to understand the purpose of language.D) language being used as an aid to thinking. 13. Working memory’s:A) processing speed is slower in children.B) capacity is greater for females.C) function is to transfer information between iconic and auditory sensory memories. D) precision is greater for females. 14. The concept of homeostasis is useful for explaining:A) both regulatory and nonregulatory drives.B) nonregulatory but not regulatory drives.C) regulatory but not nonregulatory drives.D) neither nonregulatory nor regulatory drives. 15. The basal ganglia are most important for what aspect of movement?A) a sequence of delicate movements of the eyes and lips. B) very fast, deliberate movement like that involved in riding a bicycle.C) highest level intentional plans that govern movement. D) rapid-fire movements of the limbs Social Science Psychology PSYCHOLOGY 1000 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
