d. We tend to oversimplify complex situations.
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2
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Topic: The Power of the Situation
Skill: Factual
64. Which of the following is not a consequence of underestimating the power of social influence?
a. We become vulnerable to social influence because our guard is lowered.
b. We come to blame victims for their tragedies.
c. We become aware of the psychological processes that people have in common with one another.
d. We believe that tragedies we read about could not happen to us.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 3
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Skill: Factual
65. Ross and colleagues (2004) found that people playing the “Wall Street Game” were ________ competitive than people playing the “Community Game,” ________ of individual differences in competitiveness and cooperativeness.
a. more; because
b. more; regardless
c. less; because
d. less; regardless
Answer: B
Difficulty: 3
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Topic: The Power of the Situation
Skill: Factual
66. Jake had a hypothesis about the outcome of the Ross and colleagues (2004) study about the “Wall Street Game” and the “Community Game.” Jake hypothesized that the players would respond based on their personalities, not just the name of the game they played. His hypothesis is most likely based on which tendency?
a. self-fulfilling prophecy
b. construals
c. direct social influence
d. fundamental attribution error
Answer: D
Difficulty: 3
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Topic: The Power of the Situation
Skill: Conceptual
67. Ross and colleagues (2004) randomly assigned participants previously identified as either competitive or cooperative to one of two games: the “Wall Street Game” or the “Community Game.” They found that two-thirds of the players in the “Wall Street Game” behaved competitively compared to one-third of people who played the “Community Game” who behaved competitively What do these findings suggest?