a. suffering
b. the affiliation motive
c. reinforcement
d. social power
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2
Page(s) in Text: 13-14
Topic: Where Construals Come From: Basic Human Motives
Skill: Application
138. Melissa, Sally, Kathleen, and Lynne went mountain climbing. According to the self-justification approach, which one of the women would most appreciate the view from the top of the mountain?
a. Melissa, who climbed while listening to arousing music on her headphones.
b. Sally, who pulled a muscle and got scratched by thorns.
c. Kathleen, who enjoyed seeing the different types of trees on the mountain.
d. Lynne, who daydreamed about her husband while she climbed.
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2
Page(s) in Text: 13-14
Topic: Where Construals Come From: Basic Human Motives
Skill: Application
139. You might have heard the old Groucho Marx quip, “I wouldn’t belong to any club that would have me for a member.” From a self-esteem perspective in social psychology, what would be a more accurate—if less humorous—statement?
a. “I would most want to belong to any club that would have me.”
b. “I would most want to belong to a club that made me suffer to get into it.”
c. “I wouldn’t want to join any club at all.”
d. “I would most want to avoid a club that would have me.”
Answer: B
Difficulty: 3
Page(s) in Text: 13-14
Topic: Where Construals Come From: Basic Human Motives
Skill: Conceptual
140. Social psychological research has convincingly demonstrated that the ________ the initiation to join a group, the ________ the initiates like the group.
a. milder; more
b. more severe; more
c. more severe; less
d. longer; more
Answer: B
Difficulty: 3
Page(s) in Text: 13-14
Topic: Where Construals Come From: Basic Human Motives
Skill: Factual