ANS: A REF: What Is Social Psychology? OBJ: 1
KEY: Applied
20. Sociologists tend to study behavior at the _____ level, whereas social psychologists study behavior at the _____ level.
| a. | group; individual |
| b. | interpersonal; cultural |
| c. | specific; general |
| d. | social; cognitive |
ANS: A REF: What Is Social Psychology? OBJ: 2
KEY: Factual
21. Sociologists studying the effects of media violence would be more likely than social psychologists to
| a. | conduct experiments manipulating the amount of media violence viewed by participants. |
| b. | assess changes in television availability and in murder rates over the last 30 years. |
| c. | concern themselves with situational variables that moderate the effects of media violence on its viewers. |
| d. | focus on the types of individuals who choose to view media violence. |
ANS: B REF: What Is Social Psychology? OBJ: 2
KEY: Conceptual
22. To examine the relationship between economic conditions and violence, Gunther compares the murder rates for counties with different median incomes. Gunther’s research best characterizes what field of study?
| a. | Social psychology |
| b. | Clinical psychology |
| c. | Personality psychology |
| d. | Sociology |
ANS: D REF: What Is Social Psychology? OBJ: 2
KEY: Applied
23. To examine the relationship between temperature and violence, Priti manipulates the thermostat in her laboratory while participants are engaged in a military simulation game. She then looks at the effect of this manipulation on their aggressive behavior during the game, comparing participants in the “warm” condition to those in the “comfortable” condition. Priti's research best characterizes what field of study?
| a. | Sociology |
| b. | Social psychology |
| c. | Clinical psychology |
| d. | Personality psychology |