GRE Psychology Practice Set Questions & Answers
Which of the following situations involving two people, P and O, and an object, X, will NOT be balanced
according to Heider's balance theory?
a. P likes O, and they bot
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GRE Psychology Practice Set Questions & Answers
Which of the following situations involving two people, P and O, and an object, X, will NOT be balanced
according to Heider's balance theory?
a. P likes O, and they both like X
b. P likes O, and they both dislike X
c. P dislikes O, and they both dislike X
d. P dislikes O, P likes X, and O dislikes X
e. P dislikes O, P dislikes X, and O likes X - Correct Ans-c (P dislikes O, and they both dislike X)
According to inoculation theory, a person's belief can be inoculated against a a persuasive attack by
a. providing arguments to support the initial belief prior to the attack
b. providing arguments to support the initial belief subsequent to the attack
c. warning the individual that there will be an attack
d. anticipating the attacker's arguments and discrediting those arguments
e. refuting the persuasive attack subsequent to its presentation - Correct Ans-d (anticipating the
attacker's arguments and discrediting those arguments)
The admonition that "you shouldn't take more love than you give" is most likely
a. equity theory
b. the halo effect
c. the mere exposure effect
d. social comparison theory
e. the Romeo and Juliet effect - Correct Ans-a (equity theory)
An experiment is staged so that on three occasions a subject overhears a confederate evaluate him.
Which sequence of evaluations would lead the subject to be most attracted to the confederate, as
predicted by Aronson's gain-loss principle?
a. negative, negative, negative
b. negative, negative, positive
c. positives, negative, negative
d. positive, positive, negative
e. positive, positive, positive - Correct Ans-b (negative, negative, positive)
A student is waiting for her first meeting with her faculty adviser. From inside the office, the student
hears someone saying "Stop it...get your hands off me..."; and then hears the sound of furniture
crashing.
The student is a subject in a staged experiment, a she is waiting in one of four conditions: alone; with
two passive confederates; with four passive confederates; or with two naive subjects. If the results of
this experiment follow the patter of the Darley and Latane bystander intervent - Correct Ans-e (alone,
two naive subjects, two passive confederates, four passive confederates)
Which of the following best illustrates an attempt to use the foot-in-the-door effect?
a. a salesperson tries to sell a radio to a customer for $75. The customer resists, and the salesperson
lowers the price to $65
b. a telephone solicitor calls a home and asks a person several questions about his reading habits. The
solicitor then describes the benefits of subscribing to a newspaper he is selling
c. an advertisement indicates that anyone who buys two CDs for $11.95 will be given a third CD "ab -
Correct Ans-b (a telephone solicitor calls a home and asks a person several questions about his reading
habits. The solicitor then describes the benefits of subscribing to a newspaper he is selling)
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