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Question 1 (1 point) In trying to…
Question 1 (1 point)
In trying to persuade someone to change an attitude about a health issue, what would be considered a channel factor?
Question 1 options:
a message being delivered via a video on YouTube
a doctor delivering the message
explaining the dangers associate with the medical condition and what happens if left untreated
the beliefs the person has about the medical community already
Question 2 (1 point)
Which of the following would be a positive effect of social networking?
Question 2 options:
Social networking sites can trigger envy and negative emotional responses
Development of addiction to social networking sites
Increased risk of depressive symptoms
Increased social capital
Question 3 (1 point)
What approach integrates the models of neuroscience and social psychology with the study of mechanisms of social behaviour?
Question 3 options:
cognitive neuroscience
social neuroscience
human neuroscience
chemical psychology
Question 4 (1 point)
What are stereotypes?
Question 4 options:
negative attitudes and beliefs about members of different cultural groups
inferences about the causes of behaviour in members of disparate cultural groups
beliefs about the personal traits and behaviours of individuals who belong to specific groups
behaviours that treat people differently when they are members of a different in-group
Question 5 (1 point)
Which topic has been studied by social neuroscientists?
Question 5 options:
biological mechanisms underlying memory
the roots of schizophrenia
specific mechanisms underlying colour vision
neural mechanisms underlying discrimination
Question 6 (1 point)
Elizabeth is a Toronto Blue Jays fan. She knows the team’s win-loss record and the achievements of the individual players. She buys season tickets every year and gets angry with her uncle whenever he criticizes how the Jays are playing. What is the behavioural component in Elizabeth’s attitude?
Question 6 options:
knowing the Jays’ win-loss record
knowing the achievements of the individual players
buying Toronto Blue Jays season tickets every year
getting angry with her uncle when he criticizes the Jays
Question 7 (1 point)
When Kelly started at a new school, she had a hard time making friends as it seemed everyone already had a set friend-group, and she was seen as an outsider. How is Kelly being categorized at her new school?
Question 7 options:
Being part of the ingroup
Being part of an outgroup
An illusory correlation
An attribution
Question 8 (1 point)
Which of the following best illustrates group polarization?
Question 8 options:
people in a jury change their initial vote after hearing the reasoning that other jury members give for their opinion.
people who witness a crime assume someone else will call the police
people working in a group do not put in as much effort as they would on working on their own.
individuals go along with a poorly designed idea because the rest of the group is going along as well
Question 9 (1 point)
Which of the following statements best describes how children assign behaviours to pictures of attractive and unattractive kids?
Question 9 options:
Children reported that the attractive children were less likely to hit.
Children reported that the attractive children were more likely to be hurtful.
Children reported that the unattractive children were more likely to say angry things.
Children reported that the unattractive children were less likely to help sad children.
Question 10 (1 point)
How does social loafing influence productivity?
Question 10 options:
increased coordination
increased efficiency
decreased efficiency
increased work quality
