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PSY 395 Examination 4

Question 1

The book suggests that all relationships begin with two people who are strangers to each other.

Select one:

True

False

Question 2

Impression formation is one of the most studied and understood topics in social psychology.

Select one:

True

False

Question 3

According to the text, it takes a great deal of time for a stranger to begin to form an impression of us once they have captured our attention

Select one:

True

False

Question 4

_____ are beliefs we hold about probable behavior of other people.

Select one:

a. Coordinates.

b. Expectancies

c. Mind-sets

d. Infrastructures.

e. Dispositions

Question 5

This person was a seminal figure in the what has become known as psychology’s cognitive revolution:

Select one:

a. Watson

b. Kemp.

c. Bruner

d. Freud.

e. Skinner.

Question 6

The following are principal in cognitive psychology regarding the understanding of the mind:

Select one:

a. Stressors and Discourse

b. Accountability and Duress

c. Beliefs and Encouragement

d. Structure and Processes

e. Distance and Development

Question 7

According the text, the human’s attention capacity is unlimited.

Select one:

True

False

Question 8

William James characterized consciousness as the ___ for psychologists.

Select one:

a. new found freedom

b. hidden space

c. impossible realm

d. ultimate mystery

e. known factor

Question 9

Things like “gut-feelings, vibes and chemistry” are not actually contained in our minds but in the societal environment (e.g., nature).

Select one:

True

False

Question 10

Experimental psychologists are almost exclusively concerned with object perception.

Select one:

True

False

Question 11

This is how people process, store, and access information:

Select one:

a. no items here are correct.

b. Characterization processing

c. Memory Modes

d. Relationship cognition.

Question 12

This system is where we can hold information in our minds for long periods of time

Select one:

a. Parables.

b. Short-term memory

c. Long-term memory.

d. Flashbulb memory

e. Rounded memory

Question 13

Which of the following is unique to Kohler’s experiments on memory

Select one:

a. He died while working on his hypothesis

b. He was imprisoned because of his experimentation

c. He experimented on himself

d. He used children

e. He used baby chicks

Question 14

As the text states, first impressions are not important, but rather overlooked.

Select one:

True

False

Question 15

Social schema=

Select one:

a. no items here are correct

b. Individual degradation

c. Structural systems

d. social category

e. Mutual respect

Question 16

Memories of people organized according to their similarity are called:

Select one:

a. Social categories

b. Natural expectancies

c. Interaction connections

d. Systems approach

e. Stranger hypothesis

Question 17

Both “category” and “schema” are ___.

Select one:

a. Cognitive structures

b. Memory differences

c. personal concerns

d. hypothetical constructs

e. Perception differences

Question 18

A “phototype” is not seen as a typical member of a category

Select one:

True

False

Question 19

Which of the following is best represented as a family pet?

Select one:

a. a goldfish

b. a horse

c. a dog

d. a cow

e. a snake

Question 20

An interaction script is viewed as the partners’ expectancies about the temporal ordering of behaviors

Select one:

True

False

Question 21

These are events that the individual has personally experienced within the context of a relationship.

Select one:

a. Out-source experiences

b. visionary experiences

c. exception standards

d. personal standards

e. autobiographical relationship events

Question 22

__ refers to the stories people construct of events.

Select one:

a. Relationship memory

b. Attribute dimension

c. Previous bases

d. Account narrative

e. Tendency reminisce

Question 23

The grandfather of the consistency theories was Heider’s __.

Select one:

a. Individual Matrix.

b. Balance Theory

c. Duplicate Structuring

d. Personal Consistency Theory

e. Duplicate Internecine

Question 24

According to Lerner, the more people exaggerated the unintentional harm done to themselves, the higher/greater their compensation.

Select one:

True

False

Question 25

This is the organized store of knowledge contained in the individual memory systems of both partners:

Select one:

a. Thought systems

b. no items here are correct.

c. Predictive memory

d. Transactive memory

Question 26

According to Darwin, a community of evolution exists between animals and humans.

Select one:

True

False

Question 27

According to the text, people from different cultures demonstrate low levels of agreement on facial expression recognition.

Select one:

True

False

Question 28

Fear and anger are examples of this:

Select one:

a. Global expressions

b. Central tendencies

c. Universal emotions

d. no items here are correct

e. Basic emotions

Question 29

Basic emotions are seen in early infants

Select one:

True

False

Question 30

What is interesting about the “facial feedback hypothesis” is that the muscles that cause facial configurations may actually cause the emotion itself.

Select one:

True

False

Question 31

Which of the following is not part of the autonomic nervous system?

Select one:

a. Parasympathetic

b. all of the above or below answers are correct.

c. Egologian.

d. Sympathetic

Question 32

The term “affect” refers to all states, including emotional states.

Select one:

True

False

Question 33

This sex refers to whether a person possesses the chromosomes of a male or female.

Select one:

a. Displacement.

b. Biological.

c. Psychological.

d. no items here are correct

e. Cognitive.

Question 34

This is defined as the ability to decode the meaning of another’s behavior

Select one:

a. Cognition.

b. Harmonosity.

c. Purportution.

d. Transitioning.

e. Empathic accuracy

Question 35

____ is defined as cognitive or behavioral responses made to counter a real or perceived threat.

Select one:

a. Coping.

b. Grouping.

c. Relevance theory

d. Stereotyping

e. Allowance theory.

Question 36

Men and women differ in their degree of self-disclosure

Select one:

True

False

Question 37

Women and men differ in their degree of intimacy

Select one:

True

False

Question 38

These are examples of physical aggression:

Select one:

a. hitting.

b. Using a weapon.

c. all of the above or below answers are correct.

d. Slapping.

Question 39

Which of the following is not an example of physical aggression?

Select one:

a. Name-calling

b. Using insults

c. Making threats

d. Yelling.

e. all answers on this item are not physical aggression

Question 40

With this form of aggression, no attempt is made to hide the harmful intent.

Select one:

a. Engaging aggression

b. Severe aggression

c. Direct aggression

d. observered

Question 41

According to the text, boys are encouraged to engage in rough, physical play.

Select one:

True

False

Question 42

According to the text, girls are encouraged to play in a quite, cooperative way.

Select one:

True

False

Question 43

Some researchers believe that maternal behavior is due to this chemical:

Select one:

a. Pauicity.

b. Oxytocin.

c. Inotroxin.

d. Serotonin.

e. Cogentin.

Question 44

When a male possesses traits such as “assertive, forceful, and independent”, they are considered to be:

Select one:

a. Feminine.

b. Masculine.

Question 45

Compassion and warmth=

Select one:

a. Androgynous.

b. Feminine

c. Masculine.

Question 46

This is also called “emotional instability:”

Select one:

a. Neuroticism.

b. Narcissism.

c. Stagnate.

d. Insipid.

e. Belligerent.

Question 47

“Personal motives” are relatively enduring and stable?

Select one:

True

False

Question 48

This is the need to have impact on others:

Select one:

a. all answers on this item are correct

b. Directional Inference

c. Control Mind-set

d. Power Motive.

e. Control Theory.

Question 49

A chronically depressed person could experience extreme rejection sensitivity?

Select one:

True

False

Question 50

It has been shown that dispositional attributes can influence each person’s relationships.

Select one:

True

False