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Individual difference variables, such as gender, age, intelligence, ability, and personality can be manipulated but cannot be measured.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following would a   researcher in social psychology MOST LIKELY study?


A) The innate causes of aggression
B) The plight of welfare mothers
C) Why people don't wear seat belts
D) The luxury preferences of the upper class

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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What is meant by a replication crisis? How can one deal with it?

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In the 1950s and 1960s, mainstream psychology was divided between two main theoretical camps: ____.


A) trait theory and behaviorism
B) Freudian psychoanalysis and humanism
C) humanism and trait theory
D) behaviorism and Freudian psychoanalysis

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Most research in social psychology is based on Western European and Northern American samples, though some research has also been conducted in other areas of the world. Based on what is known to date, it appears to be reasonably safe to generalize social psychological research findings to the vast majority of ____.


A) people living in the United States who are Caucasian
B) people living in the United States
C) people living in Western nations
D) people from all cultures in the world

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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Jackson is interested in the effects of violent movies on aggressive behavior.  He has some participants in his study watch Grand Torino (his "violent" movie) and others watch Marley and Me (his "nonviolent" movie) . Unfortunately, in addition to these movies being very different in their violence level, they also differ in a lot of other ways (one is a comedy, the other isn't, and so forth) . This means that Jackson's study has a ____.


A) factorial design
B) confounding variable
C) nonrandom assignment
D) random assignment

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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The first step in the scientific method is to ____.


A) state a problem for study
B) state a hypothesis
C) determine the research sample
D) collect data

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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In recent years, the line between social psychology and ____ has become blurred.


A) developmental psychology
B) biological psychology
C) clinical psychology
D) personality psychology

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Johnna is examining how attitudes predict voting behavior. Her research will MOST likely involve an intersection of social psychology and _____.


A) anthropology
B) sociology
C) political science
D) economics

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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Social psychologists routinely test research hypotheses using the .05 level of significance. This means that so-called "significant" findings are actually "flukes" about ____ of the time.


A) .05%
B) 1%
C) 5%
D) 20%

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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In _____, a subdiscipline of psychology, researchers focus on important differences between individuals, as well as inner processes.

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Which of the following research designs allows researchers the MOST control over the variables they are studying?


A) Quasi-experiments
B) Laboratory experiments
C) Field experiments
D) Correlational studies

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following is a topic of research that political scientists would conduct?


A) Stay/leave decisions in long-term relationships
B) Voting attitudes and behavior
C) Cross-cultural differences in emotions
D) Unemployment and overall life satisfaction

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Which field is BEST defined as "the study of human societies and the groups that form those societies?"


A) Anthropology
B) Political science
C) Sociology
D) Psychology

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Layla is interested in studying same-sex couples and their motivation to marry in the context of the legalization of same-sex marriages. In addition to social psychology, what other fields are related to her particular study?.


A) Economics and anthropology
B) Sociology and history
C) Political science and anthropology
D) Sociology and political science

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Dr. Khan is conducting research on young children to examine the development of empathy upon exposure to different cultural groups. The independent variable in this research is ____.


A) young children
B) exposure to different cultural groups
C) empathy
D) the development of empathy

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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_____ refers to an oral or written statement that participants of a study receive at the end of the study.

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In social psychology, the "ABC triad" stands for ____.


A) attitudes, beliefs, and commitments
B) ambiance, biology, and culture
C) affect, behavior, and cognition
D) attributions, boundaries, and corrections

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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In social psychology, the "ABC triad" stands for ____________________, ____________________, and____________________.

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Which of the following would be the BEST operational definition for tiredness?


A) An increase in fantasies about sleeping
B) The number of hours since one has last slept
C) Irritability, poor motor skills, and weak concentration
D) How tired someone looks to an "average" observer

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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