ANS: B REF: What Is Social Psychology? OBJ: 1
KEY: Applied
9. Which of the following is a central part of the definition of social psychology?
| a. | It uses historical events as its primary source of data. |
| b. | It assumes that thoughts and behaviors are influenced by other people. |
| c. | It focuses more on the behavior of groups than on that of individuals. |
| d. | It emphasizes the solitary nature of human behavior. |
ANS: B REF: What Is Social Psychology? OBJ: 1
KEY: Factual
10. Which of the following statements about social psychology is false?
| a. | A goal of social psychology is to develop general principles that describe human behavior. |
| b. | An assumption of social psychology is that only social factors influence human behavior. |
| c. | Social psychology relies on the scientific method to learn about human behavior. |
| d. | Social psychology is concerned with the way in which the imagined presence of others influences individuals. |
ANS: B REF: What Is Social Psychology? OBJ: 1
KEY: Conceptual
11. A social psychologist would be least likely to conduct a study examining the effect of
| a. | sleep on concentration ability. |
| b. | temperature on highway shootings. |
| c. | political attitudes on friendship formation. |
| d. | academic performance on self-esteem. |
ANS: A REF: What Is Social Psychology? OBJ: 1
KEY: Conceptual
12. Sarunas is a social psychologist. Of the following studies, he is probably most interested in reading about one demonstrating the effects of
| a. | attitude similarity on interpersonal attraction. |
| b. | immigration patterns on stock market activity. |
| c. | distraction on attention to a visual display. |
| d. | narcotic substances on neurotransmitter activity in the brain. |