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This section includes 65 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Bachelor of Science in Counselling Psychology (BSc Counselling Psychology) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
In Asch's study of perceptual judgment involving the length of lines, naive participants conformed __________________ of the time to the false judgments of the confederates. |
| A. | 10 percent |
| B. | 37 percent |
| C. | 68 percent |
| D. | 92 percent |
| Answer» C. 68 percent | |
| 52. |
Participants' tendencies to obey the experimenter's commands to shock a victim were highest when the experimenter was ___________ and the victim was ___________. |
| A. | close; distant |
| B. | close; close |
| C. | distant; distant |
| D. | distant; close |
| Answer» B. close; close | |
| 53. |
The tendency for men and women to choose as partners those who are similar in attractiveness and other traits is |
| A. | The partner effect |
| B. | The attractiveness effect |
| C. | Similarity phenomenon |
| D. | Matching phenomenon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54. |
The fact that physically attractive people also tend to be rated more highly on traits such as intelligence and honesty is an example of |
| A. | social magnetism |
| B. | role modeling |
| C. | social comparisons |
| D. | the halo effect |
| Answer» E. | |
| 55. |
You do not want a large, unattractive political sign in your yard. However, if you initially agree to put a small sign in your window, later you are more likely to allow the large sign in your yard. This course of events is described by the |
| A. | foot-in-the-face technique |
| B. | low-ball technique |
| C. | door-in-the-face effect |
| D. | foot-in-the-door effect |
| Answer» E. | |
| 56. |
The idea that evolution has selected altruism toward one s close relatives to enhance the survival of mutually shared genes is |
| A. | Evolutionary altruism |
| B. | Kin selection |
| C. | The close relatives effect |
| D. | The mutually shared genes effect |
| Answer» C. The close relatives effect | |
| 57. |
As part of an experiment, two young women stroll down a busy sidewalk with their arms around each other. They get a variety of reactions from passersby, including disapproving looks and comments. These reactions demonstrate the existence of |
| A. | norms |
| B. | ascribed roles |
| C. | group structures |
| D. | achieved roles |
| Answer» B. ascribed roles | |
| 58. |
When making the attribution error, we tend to overestimate the importance of __________ in judging the behavior of others. |
| A. | Personal factors |
| B. | Situational factors |
| C. | Intelligence |
| D. | Motivation |
| Answer» B. Situational factors | |
| 59. |
Which of the following was a significant factor in determining the degree of obedience in Milgram's series of experiments? |
| A. | the tone of voice used by the experimenter |
| B. | whether the experimenter was male or female |
| C. | amount of complaining, shouting, and crying by the learner |
| D. | the setting in which the experiment was conducted |
| Answer» E. | |
| 60. |
People who are less likely to help someone because there are a lot of people present would be exhibiting: |
| A. | groupthink |
| B. | group polarization |
| C. | diffusion of responsibility |
| D. | mere exposure effect |
| Answer» D. mere exposure effect | |
| 61. |
A learned disposition to respond to people, objects, or institutions in a positive or negative way defines |
| A. | cognitive dissonance |
| B. | socialization |
| C. | attitudes |
| D. | stereotypes |
| Answer» D. stereotypes | |
| 62. |
If you have a friend who is reluctant to help you clean your entire room, you maybe successful through asking him to simply help you move one item in your room. this approach is referred to as: |
| A. | cognitive dissonance |
| B. | altruism |
| C. | foot-in-the-door |
| D. | door-in-the-foot |
| Answer» D. door-in-the-foot | |
| 63. |
Milgram reported that a participant's tendency to obey the experimenter decreased dramatically |
| A. | when two other participants defied the experimenter |
| B. | when the participant could not hear the responses of the learner |
| C. | when the experimenter was a female |
| D. | when the experimenter was younger than the participant |
| Answer» B. when the participant could not hear the responses of the learner | |
| 64. |
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» B. Social desirability. | |
| 65. |
Someone asks you to bring dip to a party and you agree. Later the person asks you to also bring popcorn, chips, and sodas. The person has used which compliance strategy? |
| A. | the low-ball technique |
| B. | the over-commitment strategy |
| C. | the whole-part technique |
| D. | the passive obedience method |
| Answer» B. the over-commitment strategy | |