PSY403 (Social PSYCHOLOGY) Quizzes Mega File 2006 To 2014 PREPARED BY INNOCENT MISHII BRAVE HEART

PSY403 (Social PSYCHOLOGY)
Quizzes Mega File 2006 to 2014
PREPARED BY
INNOCENT MISHII
BRAVE HEART
PSY403 MCQs 2016

1. Which of the following is an example of evidence based message?
Last year 1100 students died with drug abuse
Not everyone dies with drug use
Don’t use drugs
I don’t like using drugs
1
2. Which of the following explains our need for affiliation?

Social bias theory
Social cognitive theory
Social affiliation theory
Social comparison theory
4
3. Which of the following scale will be used if we want to study the preference of coeducation in
our culture?
Latitude scale
Semantic scale
Semantic differential scale
Likert scale
4 Not confirm
4. When a neutral stimulus is paired with a stimulus that naturally evokes an emotional response, it
is termed as:
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Maze learning
Latent learning
1
5. Intimacy is derived from a _________ word Intimus, which means “inner” or “inmost”
Latin
Arabic
French
Greek
6. Which of the following is Not a benefit of contact?

Reduces inter group bias
Mutual intergroup anxiety
Equal social status
Sustained close contact
2
7. Which of the followings refers to the idea that greater attitude-behavior consistency is the result
of more accessible attitude?
Specificity
Test-retest reliability
Attitude strength
Attitude accessibility
2
8. Lover marriages are always end up into a disaster, this is an example of:
Prejudice
Discrimination
Persuasion
Stereotype
9. Who gave the concept of cognitive dissonance?

Leon Festinger
Galton
10. The longer the time between attitude measurement and behavior, more likely the attitude will
change will be measured by which of the following?
Split half method
Alternate form method
Internal consistency
Test retest method
4
11. Which of the following is attitude change via an external message?

Cognitive dissonance
Ans: Persuasion
12. A crisis in the confidence shows weak relationship between attitude and:
Cognition
Behavior
Thinking
Learning
2
13. Which of the following is a negative behaviour directed toward members of social groups who
are the object of prejudice?
Discrimination
Behavior
Attitude
1
14. "Our self-esteem is partly determined by the social esteem of our group and we enjoy in the
reflected glory of our group" refers to which of the followings?
Social identity theory
Self-esteem theory
Realistic group conflict theory
Conflict theory
1
15. Which of the following characteristics is NOT involved in - interpersonal attraction?
Physical attractiveness
Similarity
Socio economic status
Desirable personal attributes
3
16. Intimacy is a Latin word ________, which means “inner” or “inmost”
Intimus
Intumate
Intimake
Intimate
1
17. Which of the following can be reduced if the contact between members of different social groups
is increased?
Stereotypes
Discrimination
Jealousy
Intergroup bias
2
18. Which of the following is not an important characteristic of interpersonal attraction?
Similarity
Conformity
4
19. Which of the following is NOT a function of stereotypic thinking?
Quickness
Free cognitions
Logical thinking
Judgments
3
20. Which of the following conditioning is strengthened following rewards and weakened following
punishments?
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
2
21. Which of the following will not be used if you want to make a persuasive message?
fear
humor
kindness
repition
3
22. Blanchard et al. (1975) showed that co-operation works best when the outcome of the super
ordinate goal is _____________:
Unsuccessful
successful
strong
weak
2
23. Which of the following refer to partners also share their physical and psychological resources
with each other?
Self-schemas
The attribution process
resorse allocation
3
24. Which of the following is a negative behaviour directed toward members of social groups who
are the object of prejudice?
Discrimination
Behavior
attitude
streotype
25. If a persuasion is careful- scrutiny of the available information to determine its merits, the effect
will be:
Positive
negative
strong2:35 PM
weak
3
Similarity
desirable personal attributes
comparty
4
27. Anti-fat prejudice is strongest in _________cultures.
Collectivistic
Individualistic
nomadic
liberal
2
28. Afro Caribbean males are often labeled as __________ man and are considered dangerous.
Angry black
Short tempered
1
29. Who among the following studied classical conditioning with reference to attitude?
Rosch& Barsalou
Aarther & Carolyn
McGarry & Hampson
Tversky & Kahneman
2
30. Which of the following states that the contact between members of different social groups, under
appropriate conditions, can lead to reductions in intergroup bias?
Ans: The contact hypothesis
31. In the components of attitude ABC, C stands for:
Ans: Cognitive
32. Which of the following is not a part of social identity?
Pakistani
muslim
daughter
punjabi
3
33. In public self-awareness the behavior is aligned with:
gernal attitude
specific attitude
public attitude
private attitude
3
34. Likert Scale is also known as:
Semantic sacle
Summated ratings
35. A person’s emotions and affect towards the object is known as:
Behavioral component
Cognitive component
Emotional component
Affective component
4
36. Which of the following is a self-confirming apprehension that one will be evaluated based on a
negative stereotype?
Stereotype threat
Internal thinking
Irrational beliefs
Negative thinking
1
37. An infant has the ability to grasp and hold things, this is known as what?
The Moro reflex
Proximodistal principle
Cephalocaudal principle
The rooting instinct
1
38. Which of the following refer to partners also share their physical and psychological resources
with each other?
Self-schemas
Resource allocation
Transactive memory
3
39. The tendency to judge the probability of an event is known as what?
Specificity
Test-retest reliability
Attitude strength
Attitude accessibility
4
40. Intimacy cannot be manifested as:
Self-schemas
Transactive memory
1
41. Generally happy people use which of the following routes for persuasion?
Central route
Marginal route
Middle route
Peripheral route
4
42. This tendency to be attracted to others who are similar to us in particular characteristics, such as
physical attractiveness, is known as the what?
Matching hypothesis
Affiliation theory
Attraction
1
43. Which of the following is NOT a determinant of People’s conscious decisions?
Determinants of attitudes
Determinants of subjective norms
Determinants of behaviors
Determinants of perceived control
3
44. Attitudes are ___________.
Statements of truth
Judgments of right and wrong
Observable actions
Statements of approval or disapproval
3 Not confirm
45. Which of the following characteristics is NOT involved in - interpersonal attraction?
Similarity
Desirable personal attributes3:09 PM
3
46. Which of the following means having a smaller or less satisfying network of social and intimate
relationships than we desire?
Loneliness
Isolation
Hate
Dispersion
1
47. In public self-awareness the behavior is aligned with:
General attitude
Specific attitude
Public attitude
Private attitude
3
Similarity
Conformity
4
49. A thief fires a gun at a man he is trying to rob, but the bullet misses the mark and the man is
uninjured. This is an example of _________ aggression.
Instrumental
Assault
Assertiveness
Hostile
1
50. Who among the followings was successful in changing the social and political landscape of South
Africa?
George Bush
Tony blare
Nelson Mandela3:59 PM
Obama
3
51. Which of the following DOES NOT influence -conformity?
Group size
Group cohesiveness
Creativity
Social support
3
52. Which of the following is a situational factor in aggression?
Heat hypothesis
Genetic predispositions
Prior conditioning and learning4:00 PM
Intuition
1
53. Which of the following refers to first make an unreasonably large request, then a smaller one?
Foot-in-the-Door Technique
Door-in-the-Face Technique
Low-Ball Technique4:01 PM
That’s-Not-All Technique
2
54. Which of the following suggests that aggressive thoughts are linked together in an associative
network in memory, so that thinking about one aggressive act should prime other aggressive
thoughts?
Cognitive association theory
Cognitive neo-association theory
Cognition organization theory4:02 PM
Organizational pattern theory
1
55. What is the difference between aggression and violence?
Not all instances of violence are aggression, but all acts of aggression qualify as violence
Aggression is verbal, violence is physical
Violence can be physical and verbal, aggression is only physical
Aggression can be physical and verbal, violence is only physical.4
Aggression can be physical and verbal, violence is only physical.
56. Who contends that even without evaluation apprehension and arousing distraction, mere presence
of others produces some arousal?
Norman Triplett
Michale Wilson
R.B Zajonc
James Bond
3
57. Which of the following technique is known to reduce aggression?
Dream interpretation
Free talk
Catharsis
Self-analysis
58. Feeling guilty can _________ helping behavior.
Decrease
Increase
Bight
Dark
2
59. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of hostile aggression?
Triggered by anger
Rational
Irrational
Impulsive
2
60. Who contends that even without evaluation apprehension and arousing distraction, mere presence
of others produces some arousal?
Norman Triplett
Michale Wilson
R.B Zajonc
James Bond
3
61. In incompatible response strategy which of the following is followed?
The person is provided with comfort
Relaxation trainings are given4:15 PM
Two simultaneous emotions are evoked
The anger object is removed
3
62. Which of the following refers to first make an unreasonably large request, then a smaller one?
Foot-in-the-Door Technique
Door-in-the-Face Technique
Low-Ball Technique
That’s-Not-All Technique
2
63. When people lose a sense of responsibility for their own actions and feel free to express
aggressive and sexual impulses is known as:
Social Facilitation
Social status
Deindividuation
Social loafing
3
64. Which of the following is a positive factor associated with cohesiveness?
Cost of Leaving
Success of group in meeting goals
Lack of Alternatives
Group influence on individual behavior
4
65. Which of the following psychological process can prevent helping?
Fear of consequences
Diffusion of responsibility
Knowledge of rights
Out of habit
1
66. In Milgram's obedience experiment, _______ percent of the subjects obeyed completely
10
36
65
96
3
67. Which of the following is NOT a necessary condition for punishment to be effective?
Prompt
Relatively strong
Random
Consisten
3
68. Men are more likely to engage in helping that is heroic and ______________.
Chivalrous
Honest
Clear
Ambiguous
1
69. Researchers found that _______ are more apologetic.
Children
Older people
men
women
4
70. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of hostile aggression?
Triggered by anger
Rational
Irrational
Impulsive
2
71. These are the few negative factors which is/are associated with cohesiveness in a group
EXPECT:
Cost of Leaving
Liking of members for each other
Group influence on individual behavior
Lack of alternatives
2
72. Which of the following kind of emotion promotes helping behavior?
Feeling guilty
Negative mood
Pleasant mood
All of the given options
4
73. Which of the following is NOT a factor responsible for deindividuation?
Group size
Passiveness
Stimulus overload
Anonymity
2
74. According to Berkowitz, the presence of which of the following in the environment can act as
triggers for hostile outbursts by making aggressive thoughts more accessible?
High temperature of environment
Presence of the person you don’t like
Something happening against your will
Aggression-associated cues
4 Not confirm
75. Who gave the drive theory of social facilitation in 1965?
Michale Wilson
Norman Triplett
Musharff Sharef
R.B Zajonc
4
76. Obedience contains which of the following characteristic that makes it different from other types
of influences?
Undisclosed
Overt
covert
secret
2
77. __________ love is characterized by self disclosure, closeness, and concern after living long with
each other.
Intimacy
Passion
Companionate
Commitment
3
78. _____________ are shared rules and expectations about how group members should act.
Social norms
Social roles
Social values
Social status
1
PSY403 - Social Psychology

MCQS File
Prepared By
Brave Heart Innocent Mishii
Who among the followings is more willing to take responsibility for a

perceived social transgression?
 Older people
 Children
 female
 male
When people lose a sense of responsibility for their own actions and feel free
to express aggressive and sexual impulses is known as what?
 Social Facilitation
 Social status
 Deindividuation
 Social loafing
Men are more likely to engage in helping that is heroic and ______________.
 Chivalrous
 honest
 clear
 Ambiguous
We sometimes help other in bad mood because of which of the followings?
 We want to release our tension
 We divert our attention towards helping others
 We want to do good if the mood is bad
 We feel good by helping others
Which of the following kind of emotion promotes helping behavior?
 Feeling guilty
 Negative mood
 Pleasant mood
 All of the given options
We want to release our tension
 We divert our attention towards helping others
 We feel good by helping others
Ahemd and sara are best friends, studying in the same college and have a group
of friends. Ahmed often completes the work which is sara’s part. His attitude
will be termed as which of the following?
 Social comparison
 Social compensation
 Social loafing
 social help
People in groups’ loaf less when:
 The task is routine
 They are with strangers
 They are in an unfamiliar setting
 The task is challenging
 According to Zimbardo (1970), following are the factors leading to
deindividuation EXPECT:
Identification
 Altered states of consciousness
 Stimulus overload
 Group size
According to which principle, people are likely to help strangers if it is
understood that the recipient is expected to return the favor at some time in
future?
Reciprocal helping
 Casual helping
 Casual helping
 Emotional helping
 Substantial helping
These are the few negative factors which is/are associated with cohesiveness in
a group EXPECT:
Cost of Leaving
 Liking of members for each other
 Group influence on individual behavior
 Lack of alternatives
People have learned to maintain a calm “exterior” so that other people do not
evaluate them negatively, is known as __________.
 Post experimental
 Information influence
 Normative influence
 Experimental influence
Who contends that even without evaluation apprehension and arousing
distraction, mere presence of others produces some arousal?
 Norman Triplett
 Michale Wilson
 R.B Zajonc
 James Bond
What is the difference between aggression and violence?
 Not all instances of violence are aggression, but all acts of aggression
qualify as violence
 Aggression is verbal, violence is physical
 Violence can be physical and verbal, aggression is only physical
 Aggression can be physical and verbal, violence is only physical.
We divert our attention towards helping others
 In incompatible response strategy which of the following is followed?
 The person is provided with comfort
 Relaxation trainings are given
 Two simultaneous emotions are evoked
 The anger object is removed

A form of helping in which the ultimate goal of the helper is to increase one’s own
welfare is known as what?
 Egoistic helping
 Prosocial behavior
 Altruism
 Helping behavior
Which of the following states that people are inhibited from helping for fear of
negative evaluation by others if they intervene and the situation is not an
emergency?
 The audience inhibition effect
 Diffusion of responsibility
 The avoidance-avoidance conflict
 The negative impression effect
_____________ are shared rules and expectations about how group members
should act.
 Social norms
 social
 roles
Social values
Social status
Intimacy is derived from a _________ word Intimus, which means “inner” or
“inmost”
 Latin
 Arabic
 French
 greek
When conformity is due to the desire to gain rewards, or avoid punishment
from the group, then it is termed as which of the followings?
 Informational influence
 Normative influence
 Pressure influence
 Rejection influence
An infant has the ability to grasp and hold things, this is known as what?
 The Moro reflex
 Proximodistal principle
 Cephalocaudal principle
The rooting instinct
This tendency to be attracted to others who are similar to us in particular
characteristics, such as physical attractiveness, is known as the what?
 Matching hypothesis
 Affiliation theory
 Attraction
 Physical attractiveness
There are three personality traits which are consistently related to aggression
EXPCET:
Irritability
 Rationalization
 Emotional susceptibility
 Rumination
 kojaa dra na
Which of the following means having a smaller or less satisfying network of
social and intimate relationships than we desire?
 Loneliness
 Isolation
 Hate
 Dispersion
Intimacy is a Latin word ________, which means “inner” or “inmost”
 Intimus
 Intumate
 Intimake
 Intimate
The world wide rate of homicides is __________ for every 100,000 individuals
approximately.
 10.7
 10.07
 10.19
 11
Which of the following is NOT a kind of attachment styles?
 Secure
 Fearful-avoidant
 Dismissing-Fearful
 Preoccupied
Followings are the factors that influence conformity EXPECT:
 Group size
 Group cohesiveness
 Social support
 Interpersonal relations
According to Mary Ainsworth attachment styles, which one of the followings
is an example of insecure attachment style?
 I am worthy of others’ love
 People can be fully trusted
 All people are deceivers
 My parents love me
According to Mantell, the obedience level of Australia in 1971 is:
 85%
 78
 77
 70
Obedience contains which of the following characteristic that makes it
different from other types of influences?
 Undisclosed
 Overt
 Covert
 secrt
__________ love is characterized by self disclosure, closeness, and concern
after living long with each other.
 Intimacy
 Passion
 Companionate
 Commitment
Social psychologist Muzafir Sherif was born in __________.
 iraq
 iran
 japan
 turkey
Intimacy is derived from a _________ word Intimus, which means “inner” or
“inmost”
 Latin
 arabic
 french
 greek
When members of a group are highly attracted to one another, this condition is
known as:
 Support
 Cohesiveness
 Attachment
 Well being
Which of the following is an ability to express yourself and your rights without
violating the rights of others?
 Assertiveness
 Assault
 Hostility
 Aggression
An infant has the ability to grasp and hold things, this is known as what?
 The Moro reflex
 Proximodistal principle
 Cephalocaudal principle
 The rooting instinct
According to Sternberg triangular theory of love, which of the following is the
cool point of love?
 Commitment
 Passion
 Intimacy
 Companionate
Social identity
Work identity
Formal identity
Gender Identity
People seek to enhance their ____________ by identifying with specific
social groups and perceiving these groups as being better than others
Self esteem
Self actualization
Self motivation
Self improvement
MCQ By VUStudentTake MCQ/View Answer
____________________ stated that stereotyping thinking is an adaptive

mental strategy that has allowed us to survive as a species.
Fox
Weigel
Stephan
Festinger
Theory of Social exchange fo1. Social psychology is the scientific study of :

unconscious motives and drive
personality traits and individual differences
how people relate to and are changed by other people
abnormal or dysfunctional behavior
2. A possible topic studied by a social psychologist is :
attitudes about drug use
perceptions of political figures
road rage
all of the above
Which factor would a social psychologist emphasize in explaining why a

person commits a violent crime?
a history of childhood physical abuse
poverty and urban decay
mental illness
having recently experienced a frustrating situation
The belief that adult behavior can be traced to unresolved psychological

conflicts from one's childhood is a hallmark of:
behaviorism
gestalt psychology
psychoanalytic theory
cognitive dissonance theory
Why might our informal observations of social life lead us to wrong

conclusions?
our experiences are not representative of everyone
sometimes we are biased and misinterpret what happens
sometimes we remember things incorrectly
all of the above
Although much of their research was conducted with rats and pigeons,
_____________ believed that the same principles applied to humans.
psychoanalytic psychologists
behaviorists
gestalt psychologists
motivational psychologists
7. Which name is most associated with the theory of behaviorism

B.F. Skinner
Kurt Koffka
Sigmund Freud
Kurt Lewin
8. Alana is thrown out of a basketball game because of her aggressive

behavior. Which type of theorist would explain her behavior as a result of
powerful inborn impulses or drives
a behavioral theorist
a psychoanalytic theorist
a motivational theorist
a learning theorist
Which type of theorist would argue that people perceive situations or events
as "dynamic wholes"?
a behaviorist
a gestalt psychologist
a psychoanalyst
an interdependence theorist
Whenever Carlos asks a question in his psychology class, his professor nods
her head and smiles at him in response. Carlos' frequent questions can be
explained as a result of:
observational learning
association
modeling
reinforcement
Cognitive-response approach suggests that people in

_______________mood are less likely to engage in extensive processing of
the presented arguments
Good
Negative
Negative
All of the above
The__________ involvement indicates that the outcome of argument has

important consequences for the self hence it will take a central route.
Issue
Impression-relevant
Attitudinal inoculation
None of the above
________________is attitude change via an internal discrepancy.
Persuasion
None of given options
Both of given options
___________can influence the persuasiveness of a message.

Source
Message variables
Audience
All of the above
________________is a negative attitude towards the members of specific

social groups.
Prejudice
Discrimination
Stereotypes
None of given options
_____________ is a feeling of discomfort caused by performing an action

that is inconsistent with one’s attitudes.
Justification
Persuasion
None of above
__________________is not only effective with those who initially disagree

but who are either well informed or who are going to be exposed to opposing
viewpoints in future.
Two-sided message
One sided message
Peripheral route
All of above
When does a thin body image promote eating disorder” is an example of

________________.
Social cognition
The self
Person perception
Attribution
When a person influences other person’s behavior, this phenomenon is called

Helping
Interpersonal power
Groups
Social influence
Individual Level Explanations propose that ______________________.

Genetic and biological factors influence human social behavior
Evolutionary and cultural factors influence human social behavior
Present environmental factors influence human social behavior
None of the given options
Transient states of arousal that direct our behavior are called

____________.
Attitudes
Schemas
Emotions
Beliefs
_______________ downplays the role of individual and focuses on societal

variables.
Psychology
Social psychology
Sociology
All of the given options
SPSSI (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) was established
in ______________.
1932
1934
1936
1938
______________ refers as describing, classifying, cataloguing, events and

relationships.
Prediction
Understanding
Description
Explanation
_____________ is an organized system of ideas that seeks to explain why

two or more events are related.
A null hypothesis
An alternative hypothesis
A theory
An operational definition
Milgram’s experiment provided a very controversial experiment regarding

______________.
Research methodologies
Ethical issues
Psychological testing
Inner body systems
: A group whose variable are not manipulated in an experimental study is

known as
Control group
Experimental group
Within group
_____________ is a negative attitude towards the members of specific

social groups.
Prejudice
Discrimination
Stereotypes
Anger
In 1980s interest in the authoritarian personality was revived by Altemeyer

when he stated __________________ personality is not personality conflicts
from childhood.
Authoritarian
Authoritative
Submissive
Demanding
Self-concept contains not just a personal identity but a _____________

identity.
Social
Cultural
Gender
Biological
. ____________ explains that our self esteem is partly determined by the

social esteem of our group as social identity is part of our self definition.
Social Identity Theory
Social Learning Theory
Social comparison Theory
Trait theory of Personality
Any situation may involve both interpersonal and intergroup elements, but
usually _________________ will be dominant.
Interpersonal elements
Intergroup elements
Both interpersonal and intergroup elements
 Any one of them
cuses on __________________ between people.

Interaction
Distance
Differences
Similarities
Extroverts appear to experience greater activation of dopamine pathways in

the brain associated with __________________.
Reward
Positive affect
Both reward & Positive affect
None of the given options
________________ is defined as having a smaller or less satisfying network

of social and intimate relationships than we desire.
Depression
Loneliness
Frustration
Conflict
When a person influences other person’s behavior, this phenomenon is called

________________.
Helping
Interpersonal power
Groups
Social influence
______________ refers as describing, classifying, cataloguing, events and

relationships
Prediction
Understanding
Description
Explanation
A group whose variable are not manipulated in an experimental study is

known as _______________.
Control group
Experimental group
Within group
_____________ is a negative attitude towards the members of specific

social groups
Prejudice
Discrimination
Stereotypes
Anger
Self-concept contains not just a personal identity but a _____________

identity
Social
Cultural
Gender
Biological
____________ explains that our self esteem is partly determined by the

social esteem of ourgroup as social identity is part of our self definition
Social Identity Theory
Social Learning Theory
Social comparison Theory
Trait theory of Personality
Any situation may involve both interpersonal and intergroup elements, but
usually _________________ will be dominant.
Interpersonal elements
Intergroup elements
Both interpersonal and intergroup elements
Any one of them
People seek to enhance their ____________ by identifying with specific

social groups and perceiving these groups as being better than others
Self esteem
Self actualization
Self motivation
Self improvement
____________________ stated that stereotyping thinking is an adaptive

mental strategy thhas allowed us to survive as a species.at
Fox
Weigel
Stephan
Festinger
. Theory of Social exchange focuses on __________________ between

people
Interaction
Distance
Differences
Similarities
Extroverts appear to experience greater activation of dopamine pathways in

the brain associated with __________________.
Reward
Positive affect
Both reward & Positive affect
________________ is defined as having a smaller or less satisfying network

of social and intimate relationships than we desire
Depression
Loneliness
Frustration
Conflict
. Why we have romantic feelings for one and not for others is an example of
which of the following terms?
Prejudice
Close relationships
Attitude change
Interpersonal attraction
Which of the following are individual evaluative responses

Beliefs
Emotions
Schemas
Attitude
Heredity & physiology, past experiences and current situational factors are
included in which of the following levels?
Group level explanations
Social learning explanations
Behavioral explanations
Individual level explanations
According to Margaret Mead, which of the following societies are peaceful?

New Guinea
Mundugumor of New Guinea
New York
Arapesh of New Guinea
Which of the following hormones makes males more aggressive then
females?
Thyroid gland
Parathyroid gland
Adrenal gland
Testosterone
Who wrote the third book on social psychology

Edward Ross
Norman Triplett
William McDougall
Floyd Allport
Who is considered the first empirical social scientist

William McDougall
Edward Ross
William James
Norman Triplett
The Milgram study, where people were asked to deliver electric shocks for a
learning task, has been attacked for not being ethical. Which statement
explains why?
Participants were clearly uncomfortable
Participants were led to believe that they had severely harmed someone
Participants said they would not participate again when they were debriefed
Participants were deceived and so, were not accurately informed of the risks to harm
Which of the following is NOT a necessary component of survey research

Validity
Data analysis
Literature review
Triangulation of data
Which of the following is the symbol of correlation coefficient

(R)
(C)
(Ce)
(r)
PSY403 MCQs
1) If researcher asks a question to participant, did you kill your boyfriend or girlfriend?
This type of questions is known as what?
Select correct option:
Vague question
Stupid question
Horrible question
Threatening question
2) What is the violence rate in Canada in 1980?

.6%
6%
7%
1.9%
3)What name is given to a person who is ostensibly a normal participant in the

experiment but who in fact plays a prescribed role assigned by the experimenter?
Accomplice
Assistant
Confidant
Confederate
4) Which of the following is an advantage of private self consciousness?
Improves relationship
More concerned about physic appearance
Withdraw from embarrassing situations
More conscious about his image
5) A random sample means that__________________.

Each person in the population has an equal chance of being included in the study.
People are assigned to conditions by random chance.
Participants have responded to an advertisement or request for participation.
The sample is not representative.
6) Ali studies the effect of vitamin X on the ability to memorize meaningful passages.
The effect of vitamin X is known as what?
Spurious variable
Confounding variable
Independent variable
7) Which of the following can be directly observed by using only observational

methods?
Cognitions
Perceptions
Thinking
Behavior
8) In an experimental study of the effects of failure on self-esteem, self-esteem is

known as what?
Controlled condition
Co relational condition
Dependent variable
9) Which of the following is NOT true regarding hypotheses?

Hypotheses are statements of cause and effect

Hypotheses are tested by experimentation
Hypotheses test theories
Hypotheses are thought of before theories
10) To determine whether changing one variable (like education) will produce changes
in another (like income), we need to conduct which type of research method?
Survey
Co relational
Experimental
Statistical
11) TOTE is an abbreviation of what?
12) When each member of a population has an equally likely chance of being selected,
this is called what?
13) What name is given to a person who is ostensibly a normal participant in the
14) In general, psychologists try to explain behavior by studying its:
15) If you are in a public place and you are hesitant to behave originally you are facing
which of the followings?
16) Which of the followings is a limitation or drawback of panel studies?
17) According to Margaret Mead, which of the following societies are peaceful?
18) The distance between self concept and ideal self is known as what?
19) Who is the major contributor in the understanding of self?
20)Which of the following is NOT a reason why a random sample is important?
If someone has a “baby-face,” we expect them to be ______________.
Which of the following is NOT a necessary component of survey research?
What kind of parenting style increases or enhances high self esteem in children?
Which of the four statements below is NOT true of the actor–observer effect (AOE)?
Which of the following members of a culture are much more uncomfortable about
publically expressing negative social roles?
Which one is not a type of non-probability sampling?
The process by which people use information to make inferences about the causes of
behaviour and events is known as what?
PET is an abbreviation of which of the following brain imaging techniques?
Which one is a type of non-probability sampling?

The Milgram study, where people were asked to deliver electric shocks for a learning
task, has been attacked for not being ethical. Which statement explains why?
In an experimental study of the effects of failure on self-esteem, self-esteem is known

as what?
Controlled condition
Correlational condition
Dependent variable
Which of the following psychologists are keenly interested in how people think about,
influences, and relate to one another?
Clinical
Counseling
Forensic
Social
Ali studies the effect of vitamin X on the ability to memorize meaningful passages. The
effect of vitamin X is known as what?
Spurious variable
Dependent variable
Which of these is not a method of data collection?

Questionnaires
Observations
Interviews
Experiments
Information presented very early in a situation may determine which schema is used to
analyze the situation. This is known as ______________.
The regency effect

The hindsight bias
Associative meaning
Primacy effect
Heredity & physiology, past experiences and current situational factors are included in
which of the following levels?

Which of the following conditions is/are responsible for making Palestine and
Yugoslavians more aggressive and tensed?
Evolutionary factor
Cultural factor
Evolutionary and cultural factors both
Hereditary factors
If researcher asks a question to participant, did you kill your boyfriend or girlfriend?
This type of questions is known as what?
Vague question
Stupid question
Horrible question
Threatening question
Which of the following culture develop independent self?

Individualistic
Collectivist
Bicultural
Unicultural
If someone has a “baby-face,” we expect them to be ______________.

Honest
Smart
A leader
Extroverted
To determine whether changing one variable (like education) will produce changes in
another (like income), we need to conduct which type of research method?
Survey
Correlational
Experimental
Statistical
EEC is an abbreviation of which of the following brain imaging tecniques?

European Economic Com Electron Energy Corporation

Electroencephalogram
Electrocardiogram

Researchers use both open-ended and closed-ended questions to collect data. Which of
the following statements is true?
Open-ended questions directly provide quantitative data based on the researcher’s

predetermined response categories
Closed-ended questions provide quantitative data in the participant’s own words
Closed-ended questions directly provide qualitative data in the participants’ own words
Open-ended questions provide qualitative data in the participant’s own words
Which of the following differentiates psychology from other sciences?

Psychology uses the scientific method

Psychology studies things that can not be directly observed, or measured
Psychologists develop theories to explain integrated facts
Psychologists use falsifiable hypotheses
Heredity & physiology, past experiences and current situational factors are included in
which of the following levels?

In an experimental research study, the primary goal is to isolate and identify the effect
produced by which of the followings?
Dependent variable
Extraneous variable
Birds of a feather flocks together means __________________.

People having same characteristics attract each other

People having opposite characteristics attract each other
Opposite genders attraction
Same genders attract towards each other
How many times the word SELF used in books and psychological abstraction in 1969?
9270
9340
8270
9269
Who wrote the third book on social psychology?

Edward Ross
Norman Triplett
William McDougall
Floyd Allport
Which one of the following is a negative attitude towards the members of specific social
groups?
Discrimination
Arousal
Anger
Prejudice
EEC is an abbreviation of which of the following brain imaging tecniques?

European Economic Community

Electron Energy Corporation
Electroencephalogram
Electrocardiogram
Which of the following is unimportant to good psychological research?

It is conducted for public

It is cumulative
It proves the hypothesis
It is parsimonious
Which of the following is unimportant to good psychological research?

It is conducted for public

It is cumulative
It proves the hypothesis
It is parsimonious

Which of the following is the symbol of correlation coefficient?

(R)
(C)
(Ce)
(r)
What name is given to a person who is ostensibly a normal participant in the

Accomplice
Assistant
Confidant
Confederate
What is the violence rate in Canada in 1980?

.6%
6%
7%
1.9%
The variable which is being measured in an experiment is known as what?

Control
Experiment
Independent
Dependent
According to Margaret Mead, which of the following societies are peaceful?

New Guinea
Mundugumor of New Guinea
New York
Arapesh of New Guinea
Which of the followings is a limitation or drawback of panel studies?

Interferences of personality characteristics

Intellectual level
Time consumption
Practice effect
Fall 2006 Quiz 1
1. Social psychology is the scientific study of :
a. unconscious motives and drive
b. personality traits and individual differences
c. how people relate to and are changed by other people
d. abnormal or dysfunctional behavior
2. A possible topic studied by a social psychologist is :
a. attitudes about drug use
b. perceptions of political figures
c. road rage
d. all of the above
3. Which factor would a social psychologist emphasize in explaining why a person commits a
violent crime?
a. a history of childhood physical abuse
b. poverty and urban decay
c. mental illness
d. having recently experienced a frustrating situation

4. The belief that adult behavior can be traced to unresolved psychological conflicts from
one's childhood is a hallmark of:
a. behaviorism
b. gestalt psychology
c. psychoanalytic theory
d. cognitive dissonance theory
5. Why might our informal observations of social life lead us to wrong conclusions?
a. our experiences are not representative of everyone
b. sometimes we are biased and misinterpret what happens
c. sometimes we remember things incorrectly
d. all of the above
6. Although much of their research was conducted with rats and pigeons,
_____________ believed that the same principles applied to humans.
a. psychoanalytic psychologists
b. behaviorists
c. gestalt psychologists
d. motivational psychologists
7. Which name is most associated with the theory of behaviorism?
a. B.F. Skinner
b. Kurt Koffka
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Kurt Lewin
8. Alana is thrown out of a basketball game because of her aggressive behavior.

Which type of theorist would explain her behavior as a result of powerful inborn
impulses or drives?
a. a behavioral theorist
b. a psychoanalytic theorist
c. a motivational theorist
d. a learning theorist
9. Which type of theorist would argue that people perceive situations or events as
"dynamic wholes"?
a. a behaviorist
b. a gestalt psychologist
c. a psychoanalyst
d. an interdependence theorist
10. Whenever Carlos asks a question in his psychology class, his professor nods her
head and smiles at him in response. Carlos' frequent questions can be explained
as a result of:
a. observational learning
b. association
c. modeling
d. reinforcement
Fall 2006 Quiz 2

1. Prejudice refers to negative ________ by members of an ingroup toward members of outgroup.
 Beliefs
 Feelings
 Behaviors
 All of the above
2. Bill believes that all fraternity members are snobs. Bill is engaging in___________.
 Discrimination
 Scape goating
 Ego-defensive behavior
 Stereotyping
3. __________is a negative behaviour directed toward members of social groups who are the
object of prejudice.
 Discrimination
 Prejudice
 Stereotyping
 All of given options
4. Cognitive-response approach suggests that people in _______________mood are less likely to

engage in extensive processing of the presented arguments.
 Good
 Negative
 Bad
5. The__________ involvement indicates that the outcome of argument has important
consequences for the self hence it will take a central route.
 Issue
 Impression-relevant
 Attitudinal inoculation
 None of the above
6. ________________is attitude change via an internal discrepancy.
 Persuasion
 Cognitive dissonance
 None of given options
 Both of given options
7. ___________can influence the persuasiveness of a message.
 Source
 Message variables
 Audience
8. ________________is a negative attitude towards the members of specific social groups.
 Prejudice
 Discrimination
 Stereotypes
 None of given options
9. _____________ is a feeling of discomfort caused by performing an action that is inconsistent

with one’s attitudes.
 Justification
 Persuasion
 Cognitive dissonance
 None of above
10. __________________is not only effective with those who initially disagree but who are either
well informed or who are going to be exposed to opposing viewpoints in future.
 Two-sided message
 One sided message
 Peripheral route
 All of above
Fall 2006 Quiz 3

 The _____________theory of leadership maintains that some people are born to lead
and others are born to follow.
(Great person theory)
 The most influential of the cognitive consistency theories has been ________ theory,
proposed by Leon Festinger.
(Cognitive dissonance)
 The classification of people into groups based on their common attributes is

called_____________.
(Social categorization)
 Research has indicated that there are two separate components of credibility:
expertise and ________.
(Trustworthiness)
 Reference groups are effective in producing change because of __________ and

similarity.
(Liking)
 __________ are evaluations of objects, issues, or persons that are based on affective,
behavioral, and cognitive information.
(Attitudes)
 The ________ theory of leadership argues that certain personal or unique

characteristics predispose some individuals to be leaders.
(Great person)
 Working in brainstorming groups was especially harmful to the performance of
individuals who are high in __________ and uncomfortable in group interactions.
(Social anxiety)
 ________ explains why a person who is alone is more likely to be helpful than is a
person who is surrounded by other people.
 Three important elements of social structure are __________, social roles, and social
status.
Social norms
Spring 2007 Quiz 1

. You can experience greater apprehension when you realize that you are the object of other’s______.
 Selection
 Rejection
 Attention
 Hatred
2. Virtual reality creates a virtual research environment using a ________.
 Imagery
 Computer Simulation
 Reflection
 Magic
3. _________ is a statistical technique to determine whether specific variable have important effects
across studies.
 Data analysis
 Meta analysis
 Personality analysis
 Variable analysis
4. Relationship between two variables is described by the statistical measure known as _________.
 Correlation Efficient
 Standard Deviation
 Correlation Coefficient
 Mean
5. ________ are structured sets of questions given to a group of people to measure their attitude,
beliefs and behavioral tendencies.
 Research
 Surveys
 Question paper
 Path analysis
6. _______ observation is a form of observational method that investigates behavior in its natural
environment.
 Participant
 Observational
 Naturalistic
 Realistic
7. In Experimental Research manipulated variable is called _______.
 Manipulated variable
 Dependent variable
 Independent variable
 None of the given options
8. A theory is an organized form of ________.
 Statements
 Events
 Ideas
 Data
9. _______ is a group of people who are selected to participate in a given study
 Participants
 Population
 Sample
 Students
10. Frontal lobes are involved in the coordination
of _______.
 Muscles
 Movements
 All lobes
 Body parts
Spring 2007 Quiz 2

1. Two _______________cognitions led to either adding a third cognition or by changing
attitude.
 Inconsistent
 Consistent
 Positive
 None of the given options
1. __________ approach suggests that people in positive mood are less likely to engage in
extensive processing of the presented arguments.
 Cognitive-response
 Psychoanalytic
 Psychodynamic
 psychosocial
2. __________is a negative behaviour directed toward members of social groups who are the
object of prejudice.
 Discrimination
 Confidence
 Stereotypes
 Anger
3. Religious ideology is well suited to reduce___________.
 Prejudice
 Interest in books
 Discrimination
 Use of mobile phones
4. Teachers in schools and supervisors at work conditions should avoid creating _________status
groups.
o Unequal
o Equal
o Poor
o Rich
6.______________ is a yielding to perceived group pressure by copying the behavior and beliefs of
others.
 Conformity
 Disconformity
 Compliance
 Obedience
7. _______________is the desire to approach another person.
 Interpersonal attraction
 selection
 Negative attraction
8. Alan Feingold conducted a ______________ of more than ninety studies that investigated
whether physically attractive and physically unattractive people actually differed in their basic
personality traits.
 meta-analysis
 data analysis
 analysis of variance
 analysis
9. Tendency to be attracted to others who are similar to us in particular characteristics, such as

physical attractiveness, is known as the _____________.
 Matching hypothesis
 Biographic similarity
 Demographic similarity
 Attitudinal similarity
10 ______________is the hot point of love indicating intense feeling, arousal, physical attraction,
satisfying other drives and needs.
 Passion
 Commitment
 Companionate
 Intimacy

Spring 2007 Quiz 3
1. Leonard Berkowitz explains how ______________________ is often triggered by circumstances
that arouse negative feelings.
 Hostile aggression
 Verbal aggression
 Catharsis
 Bad mood
2. The most common treatment is punishment; ultimate punishment is _____________.
 Death
 Bad food
 Medicine
3. ______________ is a form of helping in which the ultimate goal of the helper is to increase one’s
own welfare.
 Altruistic helping
 Self help
 Greed
4. ________________debriefing with the participants indicated that some participants who did not
intervene claimed that they were either unsure of what had occurred or did not think that the
situation was very serious.
 Pre experimental
 Discussion
 Hypothetical
5. Two or more people, who interact with one another, share common goals, are somehow
interdependent, and recognize that they belong to a ___________.
 Group
 Room
 Family
Fill in the blanks
6. _______________in individual output when performers’ efforts are pooled and so cannot be
individually judged.
 Group-induced reduction
7. Christina Demetriou and Andrew Silke established a _____________to determine whether people
who visited to gain access to legal material will also try to gain access to illegal and pornographic
material.
 Web site
8. Diener indicates that the crucial cognitive factor in deindividuation is a lack of ________________.
 Self awareness
9. The _____________ stipulates that people should help only when they believe that others deserve
assistance.
 Norm of social justice
10. ________________theory suggests that aggressive thoughts are linked together in an associative
network in memory.
 Cognitive neo-association
Fall 2008 Quiz 1

3. Leonard Berkowitz explains how ______________________ is often triggered by circumstances
that arouse negative feelings.
 Hostile aggression
 Verbal aggression
 Catharsis
 Bad mood
4. The most common treatment is punishment; ultimate punishment is _____________.
 Death
 Bad food
 Medicine
3. ______________ is a form of helping in which the ultimate goal of the helper is to increase one’s
own welfare.
 Altruistic helping
 Self help
 Greed
4. ________________debriefing with the participants indicated that some participants who did not
intervene claimed that they were either unsure of what had occurred or did not think that the
situation was very serious.
 Pre experimental
 Discussion
 Hypothetical
5. Two or more people, who interact with one another, share common goals, are somehow
interdependent, and recognize that they belong to a ___________.
 Group
 Room
 Family
Fill in the blanks
6. _______________in individual output when performers’ efforts are pooled and so cannot be
individually judged.
 Group-induced reduction
7. Christina Demetriou and Andrew Silke established a _____________to determine whether people
who visited to gain access to legal material will also try to gain access to illegal and pornographic
material.
 Web site
8. Diener indicates that the crucial cognitive factor in deindividuation is a lack of ________________.
 Self awareness
9. The _____________ stipulates that people should help only when they believe that others deserve
assistance.
 Norm of social justice
10. ________________theory suggests that aggressive thoughts are linked together in an associative
network in memory.
 Cognitive neo-association
Fall 2008 Quiz 2

1. Why we have romantic feelings for one and not for others is an example of which of the
following terms?
• Prejudice
• Close relationships
• Attitude change
• Interpersonal attraction
2. Which of the following are individual evaluative responses?

• Beliefs
• Emotions
• Schemas
• Attitude
3. Heredity & physiology, past experiences and current situational factors are included in which
of the following levels?
• Group level explanations
• Social learning explanations
• Behavioral explanations
• Individual level explanations
4. According to Margaret Mead, which of the following societies are peaceful?
• New Guinea
• Mundugumor of New Guinea
• New York
• Arapesh of New Guinea
5. Which of the following hormones makes males more aggressive then females?
• Thyroid gland
• Parathyroid gland
• Adrenal gland
• Testosterone
6. Who wrote the third book on social psychology?
• Edward Ross
• Norman Triplett
• William McDougall
• Floyd Allport
7. Who is considered the first empirical social scientist?
• Edward Ross
• William James
• Norman Triplett
8. The Milgram study, where people were asked to deliver electric shocks for a learning task, has
been attacked for not being ethical. Which statement explains why?
• Participants were clearly uncomfortable
• Participants were led to believe that they had severely harmed someone
• Participants said they would not participate again when they were debriefed
• Participants were deceived and so, were not accurately informed of the risks to harm
9. Which of the following is NOT a necessary component of survey research?
• Validity
• Data analysis
• Literature review
• Triangulation of data
10. Which of the following is the symbol of correlation coefficient?
• (R)
• (C)
• (Ce)
• (r)
Fall 2008 Quiz 3

1. Social psychologists use which of the following research methods when they have to study the
cause and effect relationship?
• Survey
• Correlation
• Content analysis
• Experimental method
2. When each member of a population has an equally likely chance of being selected, this is
called what?
• A nonrandom sampling method
• A quota sample
• A snowball sample
• An equal probability selection method
3. In general, psychologists try to explain behaviour by studying its:
• Implications
• Meaning
• Consequences
• Causes
4. Which part of brain is known as “thinking” center?
• Frontal lobes
• Cerebrum
• Parietal lobe
• Cerebral cortex
5. Who is the major contributor in the understanding of self?
• James M. Cattle
• Alfred Adler
• George Mead
6. MRI is an abbreviation of which of the following brain imaging techniques?
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Magnetic Resistance Imaging

• Meteorological Research Institute
• Medical Records Institute
7. Which of the following psychologists are keenly interested in how people think about,
influences, and relate to one another?
• Clinical
• Counseling
• Forensic
• Social
8. The set of beliefs we hold about who we are is known as what?
• Self-presentation
• Self-esteem
• Social identity
• Self-concept
9. If one’s actual self is discrepant from an important other person ideal for them they feel what?
• Ashamed
• Dejected
• Depressed
• Anxious
10. According to Festinger, __________ occurs when people use others as a standards of
comparison against which to evaluate their own opinions, abilities and attributions.
• Social comparison
• Social discrepancy
• Social distances
• Social complexity
Spring 2008 quiz 1

1. Which of the followings are transient states of arousal that direct our behavior?
• Emotions
• Beliefs
• Attitudes
• Schemas
2: The question “why people quarrel with each other” can be discussed under which topic?
• Helping
• Interpersonal power
• Aggression
• Social influence
3: Which of the following idea is proposed by Individual Level Explanations?
• Genetic and biological factors influence human social behavior
• Evolutionary and cultural factors influence human social behavior
• Present environmental factors influence human social behavior
• Social interactions influence human social behavior
4. “How do we know when someone is lying or telling truth” is an example of which of the
following?
• Social cognition
• Person perception
• Attribution
• The self
• Norman Triplett
• Sigmund Freud
• Edward Ross
6. Which kind of research simply increases knowledge about social behavior, knowledge for
knowledge's sake?
• Applied research
• Basic research
• Scientific Research
• Empirical Research
7: In all scientific methods, social psychologists seek to determine the nature of the relationship
between two or more factors, what they are called?
• Ingredients
• Elements
• Variables
• Components
8: Which of the following is an organized system of ideas that seeks to explain why two or more
events are related?
• A null hypothesis
• An alternative hypothesis
• A theory
• An operational definition
9: Milgram’s experiment provided a very controversial experiment regarding which of the

following?
• Research methodologies
• Ethical issues
• Psychological testing
• Inner body systems
10: Which one of the following is a group of people who are selected to participate in a research
study?
• Section
• Sample
• Population
• Inhabitants
Spring 2008 quiz 2
1. Possible selves are projections of future possibilities for the expected, desired; and feared
future self.
2. Social role theory explains that different social roles occupied by women and men lead to
differences in the perception of women and men and in their behavior.
3. Negativity effect is the tendency of people to give more weight to negative traits than positive
traits in impression formation.
4. Internal attribution is any explanation that locates the cause as being internal to the person
such as personality, mood, attitudes, abilities, and effort.
5. Social cognition focuses on the way we use this information to arrive at coherent judgments.
MCQs:
1. Which of the following is an open style of experiencing and communicating emotion that is
associated with femininity?
• Extravagant expressiveness
• Passive expressiveness
• Excessive expressiveness
• Submissive expressiveness
2. These assumptions or naive belief systems that we j have about the associations among traits
and behaviors are called what of the following?
• Social role theory
• Social learning theory
• Implicit personality theory

• Explicit personality theory
3. Which of the following is the tendency to exaggerate how common one’s own opinions are in
the general population?
• False consensus effect
• Confirmation bias
• Self-fulfilling prophecy
• Just world belief
4. Which of the followings are used as a synonymous to dominant traits?
• Internal traits
• Expressive traits
• Significant traits
• Central traits
5. Which of the following occurs when people use others as standards of comparison against
which to evaluate their own opinions, attributes, and abilities?
• Social Influence
• Social judgment
• Social evaluation
Spring 2008 quiz 3

1. When conformity is due to the desire to gain rewards, or avoid punishment from the group,
then it is termed as what of the followings?
• Normative influence
• Informational influence
• Pressure influence
• Rejection influence
2. Obedience contains which of the following characteristic that makes it different from other
types of influences?
• Covert
• Secret
• Overt
• Undisclosed
3. 1. Which of the following suggests that aggressive thoughts are linked together in an
associative network in memory, so that thinking about one aggressive act should prime other
aggressive thoughts?
• Cognitive association theory
• Cognitive neo-association theory
• Cognition organization theory
• Organizational pattern theory
4. Which of the following is the focus view of social learning theory?
• People have inner tendencies of aggression
• An environmental factor makes one aggressive
• People learn from others to show aggressive attitudes
• Strict attitude of parents make kids aggressive
5. 2. Which of the following conditions can reduce the effectiveness of punishment for reducing
aggression?
• Prompt
• Relatively strong
• Consistent
• Temporary
6. In incompatible response strategy which of the following is followed?
• Two simultaneous emotions are evoked
• The person is provided with comfort

• Relaxation trainings are given
• The anger object is removed
7. Kin selection provides an explanation for which of the followings?
• Gene survival
• Hormonal influence
• Nervous system
• Care for own specie
8. Which of the following states that we should help when others are in need and dependent on
us?
• Norm of social justice
• Norm of social welfare
• Norm of social responsibility
• Norm of social wellbeing
9. According to which model, helping, witnessing an emergency is emotionally arousing and is

generally experienced as an uncomfortable tension that bystanders seek to decrease.
• Arousal cost-reward model
• Cognitive-neo-associationist model
• Psycho social model
• Bio-psycho social model
10. The belief that the presence of other people in a situation makes one less personally
responsible for events that occur in that situation refers to which of the followings?
• Diffusion of responsibility
• Social responsibility
• Audience effect
• Weak decision making
Spring 2008 quiz 4

1. Which one of the followings is based on the belief that authorities have the right to make
requests?
• Obedience
• Cohesiveness
• Passion
• Compliance
2. Which of the following is the ability to express one‘s self without violating the rights of
others?
• Gentleness
• Compromise
• Assertiveness
• Antagonism
3. According to Berkowitz, the presence of which of the following in the environment can act as
triggers for hostile outbursts by making aggressive thoughts more accessible?
• Aggression-associated cues
• High temperature of environment
• Presence of the person you don’t like
• Something happening against your will
4. Which of the following conditions can reduce the effectiveness of punishment for reducing
aggression?
• Prompt
• Relatively strong
• Consistent
• Temporary
5. Fawad always help others through thick and thin, if he is attending someone one with love and
care, gives courage to go ahead with confidence, he is involved in which kind of helping?
• Casual help
• Substantial help
• Emotional help
• Emergency help
6. Which of the following states that we should help when others are in need and dependent on
us?
• Norm of social justice
• Norm of social welfare
• Norm of social responsibility
• Norm of social wellbeing
7. Which of the following states that people are inhibited from helping for fear of negative
evaluation by others if they intervene and the situation is not an emergency?
• The audience inhibition effect
• Diffusion of responsibility
• The avoidance-avoidance conflict
• The negative impression effect
8. Which of the following is right?
• Presence of othersÆ DistractionÆ Attention conflict
• DistractionÆ Presence of others ÆAttention conflict
• Attention conflict Æ Presence of others Æ Distraction
• Attention conflict Æ DistractionÆ Presence of others
9. Which of the following is an example of social loafing?
• Ahmed works very hard and gets appreciation
• Ahmed does not work at all and is being scolded
• Ahmed works in a group and is disliked
• Ahmed is in a group, works less and cannot be evaluated
10. Which of the following is an extreme form of group polarization?

• Group aggression
• Group attitude
• Group think
• Group action
Social Psychology (PSY 403) vu

Fall 2008
Total Marks: 10 Quiz No. 01
Instructions:
� Choose the one alternative that best compiles the statement.
� Multiple answers will result in “0” marks.
1. Why we have romantic feelings for one and not for others is an example of which
of the following terms?
• Prejudice
• Attitude change
• Beliefs
• Emotions
• Schemas
• Attitude
3. Heredity & physiology, past experiences and current situational factors are
included in which of the following levels?
• New Guinea
• New York
• Thyroid gland
• Adrenal gland
• Testosterone
Fall 2008
• Edward Ross
• Norman Triplett
• Floyd Allport
• Edward Ross
• William James
• Norman Triplett
8. The Milgram study, where people were asked to deliver electric shocks for a
learning task, has been attacked for not being ethical. Which statement explains
why?
• Participants were deceived and so, were not accurately informed of the risks to
harm
• Validity
• Data analysis
• (R)
• (C)
• (Ce)
• (r)

Fall 2008
Instructions:
1. Why we have romantic feelings for one and not for others is an example of which of the
following terms?
• Prejudice
• Attitude change
• Beliefs
• Emotions
• Schemas
• Attitude
3. Heredity & physiology, past experiences and current situational factors are included in which
of the following levels?
• New Guinea
• New York
• Thyroid gland
• Adrenal gland
• Testosterone
• Edward Ross
• Norman Triplett
• Floyd Allport
Fall 2008
• Edward Ross
• William James
• Norman Triplett
8. The Milgram study, where people were asked to deliver electric shocks for a learning task, has
been attacked for not being ethical. Which statement explains why?
• Participants were deceived and so, were not accurately informed of the risks to harm
• Validity
• Data analysis
• (R)
• (C)
• (Ce)
• (r)

Fall 2008
Instructions:
1. Social psychologists use which of the following research methods when they
have to study the cause and effect relationship?
• Survey
• Correlation
2. When each member of a population has an equally likely chance of being selected,
• A quota sample
• Implications
• Meaning
• Consequences
• Causes
• Frontal lobes
• Cerebrum
• Parietal lobe
• Cerebral cortex
• James M. Cattle
• Alfred Adler
• George Mead
Fall 2008
7. Which of the following psychologists are keenly interested in how people think
about, influences, and relate to one another?
• Clinical
• Counseling
• Forensic
• Social
• Self-esteem
• Social identity
• Self-concept
9. If one’s actual self is discrepant from an important other person ideal for them
they feel what?
• Ashamed
• Dejected
• Depressed
• Anxious
10. According to Festinger, __________ occurs when people use others as a
standards of comparison against which to evaluate their own opinions, abilities and
attributions.

Fall 2008
Instructions:
1. Social psychologists use which of the following research methods when they
have to study the cause and effect relationship?
• Survey
• Correlation
2. When each member of a population has an equally likely chance of being selected,
• A quota sample
• Implications
• Meaning
• Consequences
• Causes
• Frontal lobes
• Cerebrum
• Parietal lobe
• Cerebral cortex
• James M. Cattle
• Alfred Adler
• George Mead
Fall 2008
7. Which of the following psychologists are keenly interested in how people think
about, influences, and relate to one another?
• Clinical
• Counseling
• Forensic
• Social
• Self-esteem
• Social identity
• Self-concept
9. If one’s actual self is discrepant from an important other person ideal for them
they feel what?
• Ashamed
• Dejected
• Depressed
• Anxious
10. According to Festinger, __________ occurs when people use others as a
standards of comparison against which to evaluate their own opinions, abilities and
attributions.
Quiz December 9, 2013

Quiz Nov 19, 2013
Quiz No. 4 Jan 9, 2014
According to a research by Zebrowitz et al., baby faced were perceived as weak, naïve, but
interpersonally warm, honest, & dependent by which of the following nations?
Schemas are often called _________ when applied to members of a social group.
Attitudes are ___________.
When a neutral stimulus is paired with a stimulus that naturally evokes an emotional
response, it is termed as
Who among the followings is the nephew of Freud, used attractive “liberated” women in an
ad campaign for the cigarette industry to serve as a “torch of freedom” symbol?
If your friend has a car accident, he will start avoid driving due to __________, but if you
avoid or dislike driving, it will be the result of observational learning.
The process by which people use information to make inferences about the causes of
behaviour and events is known as what?
Research has shown that baby-faced are convicted less for causing intentional harm, but are
accused for what?
What factor is responsible for the self-serving bias?
Persuasion is attitude change via a/an _________ message.
Quiz No. 1 Feb 13 2014

Quiz No. 3 March 2, 2015
1ans
3rd ans
1ans
3
3ans
1ans
1ans
2ans
Quiz 5 Jan 23 2014
SOLUTION QUIZ 03
1. The _____________theory of leadership maintains that some people are born to lead and
others are born to follow.
(Great person theory)
2. The most influential of the cognitive consistency theories has been ________ theory,
proposed by Leon Festinger.
(Cognitive dissonance)
3. The classification of people into groups based on their common attributes is
called_____________.
(Social categorization)
4. Research has indicated that there are two separate components of credibility: expertise and
________.
(Trustworthiness)
5. Reference groups are effective in producing change because of __________ and similarity.
(Liking)
6. __________ are evaluations of objects, issues, or persons that are based on affective,
behavioral, and cognitive information.
(Attitudes)
7. The ________ theory of leadership argues that certain personal or unique characteristics
predispose some individuals to be leaders.
(Great person)
8. Working in brainstorming groups was especially harmful to the performance of individuals

who are high in __________ and uncomfortable in group interactions.
(Social anxiety)
9. ________ explains why a person who is alone is more likely to be helpful than is a person who
is surrounded by other people.
10. Three important elements of social structure are __________, social roles, and social status.
Social norms
Subject portion final term

403 current paper 21aug2016
1Does fear appeal persuation?

2What do you understand about aggression-cues as triggers of aggresion?
3Attachment styles and late adult relashions?
Psy 403 August 2016

Drive theory
Norm of responsibility vs norm of social justice
Stereotype threat vs self fulfilling prophecy
Group cohesiveness
Aids patients two statements ,
Intergroup competition experiment results 5
Why we change belief in hypothesis 5
Situational perspective of leadership
Determinants of conscious decision
Attitude change
psy 403 current papers August 2016

As usual, around 22 MCQs, from all the lessons and 5 subjective questions listed below:
first three questions were 3 marks each.
What are the effects of private self awareness? Describe in your own words.
Today our youth is more indulged in substance abuse and binge eating. What is the reason behind this?
Briefly explain the False Consensus effect.
What is meant by impression formation? How do you make impression in your life? (2+3)
What is fundamental attribution error? Explain with the help of an experiment. (3+2)
psy 403 current papers August 2016

mid term paper
there are 32 Qs 28 were Mcqs and 4 subjective Qs
Q1) Define the relationship between Attitude and Behavior ? (3)
Q2) Observe your self and tell how do you overcome your condition when you tells a lie ? (3)
Q3) what is self complexity ? and what is the difference between self schema and self complexity ?(2+3)
Q4) Define the cause and effect relationship in naturally occurring phenomena ? (5)
3rd:
How would you operationally define the terms reinforcement and punishment? (1.5+1.5)
How punishment can be used to reduce aggression? What do you think is punishment truly effective?
(2+1)
Differentiate between clinical and statistical prediction? (1.5+1.5)
What is heat hypothesis? Write a brief note. (3)
What is social psychology? Write its main questions of interest. (2+3)
What are the symptoms of group think? Enlist any three symptoms and explain. (2+1+1+1)
Discuss aggressive cues as “triggers” of aggression. (5)
“Kin selection” while helping, provides an explanation for gene survival. Discuss.
4rth:
1- State correspondent inference theory. Who proposed this theory? (3)
2- What are the effects of private self awareness. Describe in your own words. (3)
3- How do expectations shape our social thinking? (3)

Psy403
Questions
1- phenomenon of deindividuation
2-open ended n close ended questions with examples
3- write 2 two-step compliance strategies with examples
4- three strategies toreduce social loafing
5-obesity n attractive bias
6-can stereotyping be monitored through recatorization
7- aggression n assertiveness
8- self awareness
9- two ways in which human infant give attachment responce within few min
utes
10
- negative thinking is a cause of depression
August 22, 2015 at 4:06pm
#Psy403 Today's paper
Total 50 Questions 40 MCQs and 10 subjective questions
Elaborate the Correspondent Inference Theory by Jones & Davis.
Gender aggression
Stereotype recategorization
Reduce social loafing
Factors of conformity
Observational learning by children prosocial behavior
Attachment style and later adult relationship
August 28, 2015 at 7:44pm

all 10 long quiz of my paper are In attachment file guys...
all other 40 mcqs i could not remember, but all from 23 to 40 letures
Stay blessed.
psy 403 all paper from 23 to 40 and not even a bit from previous lectures
mcqs from all chapters
subjective:
de induituatioin explain with example: 5
social comparison and social exchange in interpersonal interaction=5
self fulfilling prophecy =5
arousal cost and reward models k according what are those 2 things that a
bystander can do =3
think and explain aggression in gender difference 3
real life example how you deal situation according to arousal cost and reward
model – 3
enlist all six groups of which photographs were used in facial expression
experiment 3
what is group and its basic characteristics – 5
write any 2 two steps compliance strategies -5
March 12, 2015 at 11:52pm

psy 403 paper
Cognitive dissonance theory and who proposed it
Theory refinement
Pros and cons of internet
Kin selection to gene survival
Hostile and instrumental aggression
Name hypothesis that effect memory
Adult relationship
Catharsis purge aggression
March 12, 2015 at 11:18pm

psy403
35 to 38 or 41 to 45 say may say mcqs kafi saye...403 ki zip files say be aye
thay
social norms (3)
behavior changing attitudes?
social identity theory
two-step compliance strategies ?(5)
observation rules learning perspective in children (5)
how accurate are eyewitnesses?(3)
close relationships
PSY403 (Social PSYCHOLOGY)

Mid Term Subjective question
PREPARED BY
INNOCENT MISHII
BRAVE HEART
MISBAH SHAUKAT
My today’s paper of psy 403 May 2016
22 MCQ
Q.23 Name of three important research designs (3)
Q.24 What do you think why people lying is successful (3)
Q.25 Name of three non – verbal cues which shaped impression formation (3)
Q.26 What do you think about yourself and make a list of 5 positive and 5
negative points of yourself (5)
Q.27 Differentiate between non-verbal cues with two examples according to
individualistic and collectivistics cultures (5)
Psy 403 May 2016
MCq book se thy zeda tar..

Or qs
1.ek example di thi or pucha ta knsa control group n knsa experimental?
2.i failed in exam bcz i have bad luck? Which typ of attribution is used n give one life example?
3. Who worked to understand the self concept?
4.baby faced people in jobs ..wht positive nd negative outcome they get??
5. Ali always used to talk on phone nd he dont care if others disturbed by him? Which kind of self he
has?
My today's paper of psy403 May 2016

Types of expermental research
Self discrepsncies
Primacy and regency effect sy kuch tha
Baby face
Attributon
2015 and Backward

1. Describe the experimental design (3) experimental methods
2. How Mimicry effect the impression formation?3
3. Define attribution? And writes its dispositional attributions?3
4. What is social cognition? And also tell the social cognition strategy?(2+3)
5. What is prons and crons? Writedetail in The Just-World Hypothesis? (2.5+2.5)
6. How do expectations shape our social thinking?(3)

7. Analyse yourself, whenever you tell a lie, how do you conceal it?(3)
8. Ali tested himself on TOTE, analysed the results and found himself not meeting the
standards of self-test. What will be the emotional consequences Ali can face as a result?
(3)
9. What is meant by impression formation? How do you make impression in your life?
(2+3)
10. The tendency to develop more positive feelings toward objects and individuals; the more
we are exposed to them is known as mere exposure, which plays an important role in
attitude formation. Explain with the help of researches.(5)
11. How would you operationally define the terms reinforcement and punishment? (1.5+1.5)
12. How punishment can be used to reduce aggression? What do you think is punishment
truly effective? (2+1)
13. Differentiate between clinical and statistical prediction? (1.5+1.5)
14. What is heat hypothesis? Write a brief note. (3)
15. What is social psychology? Write its main questions of interest. (2+3)
16. What are the symptoms of group think? Enlist any three symptoms and explain.
(2+1+1+1)
17. Discuss aggressive cues as “triggers” of aggression. (5)
18. “Kin selection” while helping, provides an explanation for gene survival. Discuss. (5)
19. Define the relationship between Attitude and Behaviour? (3)
20. Observe yourself and tell how do you overcome your condition when you tells a lie? (3)
21. What is self-complexity? And what is the difference between self-schema and self-
complexity?(2+3)
22. Define the cause and effect relationship in naturally occurring phenomena? (5)
23. What are the effects of private self-awareness? Describe in your own words.
24. Today our youth is more indulged in substance abuse and binge eating. What is the
reason behind this?
25. Briefly explain the False Consensus effect.
26. What is meant by impression formation? How do you make impression in your life?
(2+3)
27. What is fundamental attribution error? Explain with the help of an experiment.
(3+2)
28. State correspondent inference theory. Who proposed this theory? (3)
29. What are the effects of private self-awareness? Describe in your own words. (3)
30. How do expectations shape our social thinking? (3)
31. Analyse your feelings about different nations like Hindus. How do you learn the positive
and negative stereotypes about that particular nation? (5)
32. Weiner joined in attribution theory. Describe following: (5)
a. Stability and controllability.
b. Controllable and uncontrollable causes.
33.
Enlist Primary Emotions... (3)
34. How can we do direct assess? (3)
35. Survey and its types with brief explanation(5)
36. Negative event in your life and its causes...Discuss your approach whether Optimistic
prPessimistic (5)
37. Cultural Effects on Non-Verbal Cues..(5)
38. Describe the experimental design(3) experimental methods

39. MCQs:
40. 1. Dependent variable or independent variable.
41. A. Mcqs My Quizzes from Lecture 9,10,11 and 12
42. B. Lect.16 say fritz heider ka mcqs may aya tha.
43. The disfounting principles and discounting mcqs may be aya tha or
2.
44. Long Questions may be (3)number
45. ka covariation model in mcqs. A. Lect.18 and lect.22imp. L.Q m
46. ay attitude strengt
47. 1. Virtual enviroment technology
48. 2. Self-perceptiontheory
49. 3. Concept of locus regarding to attribution
50. 4. Differentiate between authoritarian and
51. permissive parents
52. 5. Differentiate between fundamental attribution
53. error and self serving attribution

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PSY403 MCQs 2016

2. Which of the following explains our need for affiliation?

6. Which of the following is Not a benefit of contact?

9. Who gave the concept of cognitive dissonance?

11. Which of the following is attitude change via an external message?

PSY403 - Social Psychology

Who among the followings is more willing to take responsibility for a

____________________ stated that stereotyping thinking is an adaptive

Theory of Social exchange fo1. Social psychology is the scientific study of :

Which factor would a social psychologist emphasize in explaining why a

The belief that adult behavior can be traced to unresolved psychological

Why might our informal observations of social life lead us to wrong

7. Which name is most associated with the theory of behaviorism

8. Alana is thrown out of a basketball game because of her aggressive

Cognitive-response approach suggests that people in

The__________ involvement indicates that the outcome of argument has

___________can influence the persuasiveness of a message.

________________is a negative attitude towards the members of specific

_____________ is a feeling of discomfort caused by performing an action

__________________is not only effective with those who initially disagree

When does a thin body image promote eating disorder” is an example of

When a person influences other person’s behavior, this phenomenon is called

Individual Level Explanations propose that ______________________.

Transient states of arousal that direct our behavior are called

_______________ downplays the role of individual and focuses on societal

______________ refers as describing, classifying, cataloguing, events and

_____________ is an organized system of ideas that seeks to explain why

Milgram’s experiment provided a very controversial experiment regarding

: A group whose variable are not manipulated in an experimental study is

_____________ is a negative attitude towards the members of specific

In 1980s interest in the authoritarian personality was revived by Altemeyer

Self-concept contains not just a personal identity but a _____________

. ____________ explains that our self esteem is partly determined by the

cuses on __________________ between people.

Extroverts appear to experience greater activation of dopamine pathways in

________________ is defined as having a smaller or less satisfying network

When a person influences other person’s behavior, this phenomenon is called

______________ refers as describing, classifying, cataloguing, events and

A group whose variable are not manipulated in an experimental study is

_____________ is a negative attitude towards the members of specific

Self-concept contains not just a personal identity but a _____________

____________ explains that our self esteem is partly determined by the

People seek to enhance their ____________ by identifying with specific

____________________ stated that stereotyping thinking is an adaptive

. Theory of Social exchange focuses on __________________ between

Extroverts appear to experience greater activation of dopamine pathways in

________________ is defined as having a smaller or less satisfying network

Which of the following are individual evaluative responses

According to Margaret Mead, which of the following societies are peaceful?

Who wrote the third book on social psychology

Who is considered the first empirical social scientist

Which of the following is NOT a necessary component of survey research

Which of the following is the symbol of correlation coefficient