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Social Psychology (Canadian Edition) 7th Edition By Aronson, Wilson, Fehr, Sommers TEST BANK
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Chapter 1 Test Item File for Social Psychology, Seventh Canadian Edition 1) The task of the psychologist is to A) explore the unconscious. B) understand and predict behaviour. C) explain ... physiological functioning. D) understand the impact of economic factors. E) predict future events. Answer: B Type: MC LO: 1.1 Skill: Recall Difficulty: Easy 2) In the introduction to Chapter 1, you read about a number of social phenomena. For example, a university athlete was happy about the barbaric hazing he experienced and 74 people died as a result of their membership in a dangerous cult in a murder-suicide in Quebec. What do these examples have in common? A) They defy explanation. B) They describe socially deviant behavior. C) They reveal the power of social influence. D) They reflect the operation of deliberate persuasion attempts. Answer: C Type: MC LO: 1.1 Skill: Understand Difficulty: Moderate 3) Social psychology is defined as the scientific study of the way people's ________ are influenced by the ________ presence of other people. A) thoughts and feelings; real or imagined B) thoughts, feelings, and behaviours; real or imagined C) behaviours; real D) behaviours; imagined E) thoughts and behaviours; imagined Answer: B Type: MC LO: 1.1 Skill: Recall Difficulty: Easy 4) Which of the following is an example of a direct persuasion attempt? A) Ramona works hard in school to make her mother proud. B) Jason moves from Calgary to P.E.I. and picks up a Maritimes accent. C) Garin watches a romantic comedy to make his girlfriend happy. D) Marianne thinks of her ex-boyfriend and becomes sad. E) A bully threatens Billy and demands that he hand over his money. Answer: E Type: MC LO: 1.1 Skill: Applied Difficulty: Moderate 5) Not all social influence is direct or deliberate. Which of the following is the best example of more indirect or subtle social influence? [Show More]
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