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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Science in Counselling Psychology (BSc Counselling Psychology) .
| 101. |
The concept of cognitive Dissonance was proposed by |
| A. | Allport |
| B. | Weiner. |
| C. | Festinger. |
| D. | Bandura. |
| Answer» C. Festinger. | |
| 102. |
__________ is a branch that study the origin, development, structure, and functioning of social groups |
| A. | Sociology. |
| B. | Social Psychology. |
| C. | Antropology. |
| D. | Personality Psychology. |
| Answer» A. Sociology. | |
| 103. |
__________ is the key to uncovering causal relationships between variables. |
| A. | Observation. |
| B. | Experimental Method. |
| C. | Case study. |
| D. | Survey. |
| Answer» B. Experimental Method. | |
| 104. |
__________ is the treatment variable that is manipulated by the experimenter. |
| A. | Dependent variable. |
| B. | Intervening variable. |
| C. | Control variable. |
| D. | Independent variable. |
| Answer» D. Independent variable. | |
| 105. |
Which of the following is not a core value that the field of social psychology is committed to? |
| A. | Open-mindedness. |
| B. | Objectivity. |
| C. | Intuition. |
| D. | Accuracy. |
| Answer» C. Intuition. | |
| 106. |
Social psychology seeks to understand __________ in social situations. |
| A. | Individual Behavior. |
| B. | Individual thought. |
| C. | Group behavior. |
| D. | Both A and B. |
| Answer» D. Both A and B. | |
| 107. |
Which of the following factors that can affect an individual’s behavior in social settings? |
| A. | Cognitive processes. |
| B. | Cultural context. |
| C. | Biological factors. |
| D. | All of the above are correct. |
| Answer» D. All of the above are correct. | |
| 108. |
Social psychologists currently view cognition and behavior as |
| A. | Two distinct groups. |
| B. | Two distinct, but mutually exclusive concepts. |
| C. | Two intimately and continuously linked concepts. |
| D. | Social psychologists still have not come to a unified view of these concepts. |
| Answer» C. Two intimately and continuously linked concepts. | |
| 109. |
The practice of systematic observation is a(n) __________ practice of observation. |
| A. | Formal. |
| B. | Informal. |
| C. | Careful. |
| D. | Both A and C. |
| Answer» D. Both A and C. | |
| 110. |
If a researcher wanted to determine how consumers felt about a particular detergent, he would ideally use which research method? |
| A. | Systematic observation. |
| B. | The survey method. |
| C. | A correlational study. |
| D. | The experimental method. |
| Answer» B. The survey method. | |
| 111. |
Which of the following represents the strongest correlation |
| A. | .51 |
| B. | .02 |
| C. | -.91 |
| D. | .00 |
| Answer» C. -.91 | |
| 112. |
Which of the following elements does an experiment require to be considered successful? |
| A. | The lack of confounding variables. |
| B. | The presence of confounding variables. |
| C. | Random assignment of participants to conditions. |
| D. | Both A and C are correct. |
| Answer» D. Both A and C are correct. | |
| 113. |
A testable proposition that describes a relationship that may exist between event is |
| A. | Hypothesis. |
| B. | Theory. |
| C. | Research topic. |
| D. | Direction to research. |
| Answer» A. Hypothesis. | |
| 114. |
The study of the naturally occurring relationship among variables is |
| A. | Experimental research. |
| B. | Correlational research. |
| C. | Field research. |
| D. | Interpretative research. |
| Answer» B. Correlational research. | |
| 115. |
The procedure in which every person in the population being studied has an equal chance of inclusion is |
| A. | Survey. |
| B. | Equal sample. |
| C. | Controlled sample. |
| D. | Random sample. |
| Answer» D. Random sample. | |
| 116. |
A person’s answer to the question “who am I” is |
| A. | Possible selves. |
| B. | Self concept. |
| C. | Self esteem. |
| D. | Self scheme. |
| Answer» B. Self concept. | |
| 117. |
Beliefs about self that organize and guide the processing of self-relevant information is |
| A. | Self-esteem. |
| B. | Self-reference effect. |
| C. | Self-schema. |
| D. | Self-concept. |
| Answer» C. Self-schema. | |
| 118. |
The term “possible selves” does not include |
| A. | Self-schema. |
| B. | Self-esteem. |
| C. | The self we dream of becoming. |
| D. | The self we fear we might become. |
| Answer» B. Self-esteem. | |
| 119. |
Self-esteem is |
| A. | The total of our possible selves. |
| B. | The sum of all our self-schemas. |
| C. | The total sum of our thoughts about ourselves. |
| D. | A person’s overall evaluation of oneself. |
| Answer» D. A person’s overall evaluation of oneself. | |
| 120. |
The art of expressing oneself in ways designed to create a favourable impression is |
| A. | Self-presentation. |
| B. | Self-monitoring. |
| C. | Self-handicapping. |
| D. | Egocentric role playing |
| Answer» A. Self-presentation. | |
| 121. |
__________ is defined as the study of how we form impression of and make inferences about other people |
| A. | Social perception. |
| B. | Social facilitation. |
| C. | Social loafing. |
| D. | Social cognition. |
| Answer» A. Social perception. | |
| 122. |
__________ states that first impression are very important |
| A. | Recency effect. |
| B. | Placebo effect. |
| C. | Hallo effect. |
| D. | Primacy effect. |
| Answer» D. Primacy effect. | |
| 123. |
__________ is the extent to which other people behave in the same way in similar situation. |
| A. | Distinctiveness. |
| B. | Consensus. |
| C. | Consistency. |
| D. | Validity. |
| Answer» B. Consensus. | |
| 124. |
The originator of message or the information source selects desire message. |
| A. | Sender. |
| B. | Encoder. |
| C. | Decoder. |
| D. | Noise. |
| Answer» A. Sender. | |
| 125. |
“ABX” model of communication was proposed by |
| A. | Shannon. |
| B. | Weaver. |
| C. | Newcomb. |
| D. | De Fleur |
| Answer» C. Newcomb. | |
| 126. |
__________ model describes the circular process of communication with feedback from the receiver. |
| A. | De Fleur. |
| B. | Weaver. |
| C. | Newcomb. |
| D. | Shannon. |
| Answer» A. De Fleur. | |
| 127. |
__________ refers to vocal communication that is separate from actual language |
| A. | Gestures. |
| B. | Paralinguistics. |
| C. | Posture. |
| D. | Facial expression. |
| Answer» B. Paralinguistics. | |
| 128. |
Communication through touch is known as |
| A. | Proxemics. |
| B. | Paralinguistics. |
| C. | Haptics. |
| D. | Gazes. |
| Answer» C. Haptics. | |
| 129. |
__________ proposed the Helical Model of communication |
| A. | Frank Dance. |
| B. | De Fleur. |
| C. | Newcomb. |
| D. | Shannon. |
| Answer» A. Frank Dance. | |
| 130. |
__________ Model of communication is used to enhance the individual’s perception on others. |
| A. | Helical Model. |
| B. | Johari Window Model. |
| C. | De Fleur Model. |
| D. | Shannon-Weaver Model. |
| Answer» B. Johari Window Model. | |
| 131. |
__________ bias occurs the sample studied in an experiment does not correctly represent the population the researcher wants to draw conclusions about |
| A. | Subject bias. |
| B. | Sample bias. |
| C. | Experimental bias. |
| D. | Variable bias. |
| Answer» B. Sample bias. | |
| 132. |
Mental summaries that are abstracted from repeated observation of other’s behavior |
| A. | Exemplars. |
| B. | Implication. |
| C. | Impression. |
| D. | Abstractions |
| Answer» D. Abstractions | |
| 133. |
Information Integration Theory was developed by |
| A. | Norman Anderson. |
| B. | Rotter. |
| C. | Kelley. |
| D. | Jones. |
| Answer» A. Norman Anderson. | |
| 134. |
Internal attributions are often referred to as |
| A. | Situational. |
| B. | External. |
| C. | Dispositional. |
| D. | Correspondent inference. 36) Co-variation model of attribution was developed by |
| Answer» C. Dispositional. | |
| 135. |
In Johari window model, information about yourself that others know in a group but you will unaware of it is known as __________. |
| A. | Blind self. |
| B. | Unknown area. |
| C. | Hidden area. |
| D. | Open area. |
| Answer» A. Blind self. | |
| 136. |
__________ refers to concrete example of behavior others have performed that are consistent with a given traits |
| A. | Abstractions. |
| B. | Exemplars. |
| C. | Impression. |
| D. | Implication. |
| Answer» B. Exemplars. | |
| 137. |
According to Kelley __________ is the extent to which the person behaves like this every time the situation occurs |
| A. | Consistency. |
| B. | Distinctiveness. |
| C. | Consensus. |
| D. | Validity. |
| Answer» A. Consistency. | |
| 138. |
Which is true of social stereotypes? |
| A. | They are always negative. |
| B. | They tend to be rational. |
| C. | Likable members of a rejected group are perceived as an “exception.” |
| D. | University students show more evidence of ethnic stereotyping now than they did in the past. |
| Answer» C. Likable members of a rejected group are perceived as an “exception.” | |
| 139. |
Social psychologists and personality psychologists differ in that |
| A. | Social psychologists use scientific experimentation while personality psychologists do not. |
| B. | Social psychologists believe that individual differences do not contribute to behavior. |
| C. | Social psychologists focus on the power of the situation to shape behavior. |
| D. | Personality psychologists believe that the situation does not influence behavior. |
| Answer» C. Social psychologists focus on the power of the situation to shape behavior. | |
| 140. |
The idea that we will protect our self-esteem by attempting to justify past behavior leads to the prediction that |
| A. | We will attempt to gather accurate information about our social world. |
| B. | Expectations about the behavior of others can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy. |
| C. | We will appreciate things that were easy to achieve over things that were difficult. |
| D. | Choosing to go through an unpleasant experience will lead us to value the outcomes of that experience. |
| Answer» D. Choosing to go through an unpleasant experience will lead us to value the outcomes of that experience. | |
| 141. |
People would be less likely to help a man who fainted in a busy shopping mall, but more likely to help a man who fainted small convenience store. This behavior explains |
| A. | Bystander effect. |
| B. | Cognitive dissonance theory. |
| C. | Reciprocity norm. |
| D. | Social comparison |
| Answer» A. Bystander effect. | |
| 142. |
Jones and Davis suggest that we arrive at a correspondent inference by processing three kinds of information. Which of the following is not one of the three they suggest |
| A. | Multiple instances. |
| B. | Social desirability. |
| C. | Choice. |
| D. | Non-common effects. |
| Answer» A. Multiple instances. | |
| 143. |
The advantages of the co-variation model compared to correspondent inference theory are that it can account for __________ instances of behavior and that it can explain __________ attributions as well. The appropriate blanks are |
| A. | Single, internal. |
| B. | Single, external. |
| C. | Multiple, internal. |
| D. | Multiple, external. |
| Answer» D. Multiple, external. | |
| 144. |
The fundamental attribution error is thought to occur due to |
| A. | Familiarity. |
| B. | Perceptual salience. |
| C. | Conformity. |
| D. | Diffusion of responsibility. |
| Answer» B. Perceptual salience. | |
| 145. |
The actor observer-bias states that we are more likely to make __________ attributions or our own behavior and __________ attributions for someone else’s behavior. The appropriate blanks are |
| A. | Internal, internal. |
| B. | Internal, external. |
| C. | External, internal. |
| D. | External, external. |
| Answer» C. External, internal. | |
| 146. |
According to the self-serving attribution bias, when you have just failed a test you are most likely to make what kind of attribution? |
| A. | Internal. |
| B. | External. |
| C. | Either internal or external are equality likely. |
| D. | Not make any attribution. |
| Answer» B. External. | |
| 147. |
There is a perspective in social cognition that suggest that perceives are reluctant to expend cognitive resources and look for any opportunity to avoid doing so. This perspective is known as |
| A. | The cognitive miser perspective. |
| B. | The motivated tactician perspective. |
| C. | The native scientist perspective. |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» A. The cognitive miser perspective. | |
| 148. |
They are time-saving mental shortcuts that reduce complex judgements to simple rules of thumb. They are quick and easy, but can result in biased information processing. They are known as |
| A. | Biases. |
| B. | Heuristics. |
| C. | Errors. |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» B. Heuristics. | |
| 149. |
The tendency to judge the frequency or probability of an event in terms of how easy it is to think of examples of that event is known as |
| A. | The availability heuristic. |
| B. | The representativeness heuristic. |
| C. | The false-consensus effect. |
| D. | The actor-observer bias. |
| Answer» A. The availability heuristic. | |
| 150. |
The tendency to exaggerate how common one’s own opinions are in the general population is known as |
| A. | The availability heuristic. |
| B. | The representativeness heuristic. |
| C. | The false-consensus effect. |
| D. | The actor-observer bias. |
| Answer» C. The false-consensus effect. | |
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