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According to the text,the postal code areas of Scotland that have the least overcrowding and the least amount of unemployment also have the

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A)  greatest longevity.
B)  least longevity.
C)  greatest loneliness.
D)  least loneliness.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Research indicates that survey results often depend on the

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A)  number of questions asked.
B)  gender of the surveyor.
C)  gender of the respondent.
D)  wording and order of the questions.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Which of the following is a disadvantage of correlational research?

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A)  It involves important variables in natural settings.
B)  It provides ambiguous interpretations of causes and effects.
C)  It assists in reading newspapers and magazines.
D)  It takes place in a laboratory.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

Describe the hindsight bias and explain how it could influence how much the typical student prepares for a social psychology exam.

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Question 5

A study of _____ women,by Gortmaker and colleagues (1993) ,found that these women were less likely to be married and less likely to earn high salaries than women in a comparison group.

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A)  racial minority
B)  sexual minority
C)  obese
D)  disabledE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

In 1936,the news magazine Literary Digest obtained the opinions of over two million Americans regarding the presidential election.The results suggested that Landon would win in a landslide over Franklin D.Roosevelt.A few weeks later,FDR won in a landslide.The results of the survey were not valid,and this was due to

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A)  a lack of random assignment.
B)  a sampling bias.
C)  poor wording of questions' variables.
D)  a lack of experimental control.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 7

In Snyder and Haugen's research on obesity and social status (1994;1995) ,male students were shown a picture of a normal or obese woman before having a conversation with a female student.In this study,the independent variable was the

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A)  normal or overweight woman's picture.
B)  conversation topic chosen by the students.
C)  social skills of the woman being interviewed.
D)  status of the male student.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 8

An experimenter exposed participants to different room temperatures to determine their effects on aggression.The room temperatures were the

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A)  independent variable.
B)  dependent variable.
C)  control variable.
D)  confounding variable.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 9

The attributions a person makes for his or her spouse's acid remark depends upon the happiness of the marriage.What concept does this portray?

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A)  Social behavior is a function of what we believe.
B)  Social behavior is a function of the objective situation.
C)  Social behavior is a function of how a situation is construed.
D)  Social behavior is a function of both the objective situation and how it is construeD.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

According to the text,social psychology is a(n) _____ science,and one that only began to emerge as a vibrant field after _____.

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A)  young;the 1960s
B)  young;World War II
C)  old;the 1930s
D)  old;the turn of the centuryE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

The results of Boyatzis' (1995) research indicated that _____ can be one cause of children's aggressive behavior.

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A)  sugar consumption
B)  poor impulse control
C)  lack of parental guidance
D)  television viewingE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Your decision to call someone a "terrorist" rather than a "freedom fighter" depends on your view of the cause.This is an example of how values can influence not only social psychology,but also

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A)  emotions.
B)  actions.
C)  intuitions.
D)  everyday language.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 13

In order to determine whether or not changing one variable (such as education) will produce changes in another (such as income) ,one needs to conduct _______ research.

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A)  survey
B)  correlational
C)  experimental
D)  statisticalE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Discuss the evidence regarding the role of self-esteem in academic achievement.

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Question 15

You conduct a study that examines the role of exercise on depression alleviation.You assign the first 50 people who are motivated to sign up to the experimental group,and the second group of 50 people,who sign up much later,to the control group.After one month,you find that the experimental group (who exercised three times a week on average) is significantly less depressed than the control group (who exercised one time a week on average) .Although you may be tempted to conclude that exercise helps stave off depression,you cannot because of a lack of ____ in your study.

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A)  random sampling
B)  random assignment
C)  random surveying
D)  objectivityE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

Those who consider under-the-skin (i.e. ,biological) and between the skins (i.e. ,social) influences on topics such as love and hate are referred to as

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A)  social biologists.
B)  social neuroscientists.
C)  social sociologists.
D)  social anthropologists.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Which one of the following is one of the purposes of a hypothesis according to the text?

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A)  Hypotheses allow us to test a theory.
B)  Hypotheses provide explanations for research results.
C)  Hypotheses prove theories.
D)  Hypotheses communicate the results of research studies.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

Provide an example of a demand characteristic that could unintentionally alter the results of an experimental research study.

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A demand characteristic is a subtle cue ...

Question 19

Putting participants in one of two conditions by flipping a coin illustrates

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A)  random sampling.
B)  sampling bias.
C)  random assignment.
D)  representative sampling.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

A theory

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A)  is an agreed-upon statement.
B)  summarizes and explains facts.
C)  cannot be tested.
D)  is less than fact.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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