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1. Paula Abdul first became popular for her hit song, Opposites Attract. Research actually finds that the best predictors of attraction are: A. similarity then attractivenessB. attractiveness then quality of conversationC. attractiveness then similarityD. opposite traits then attractiveness2. Mallory is a devoted fan of Jennifer Lopez. She camped out for a week for the opening of Gigli. After seeing the movie, she raved about how good it was, even though many non–JLo fans and several respected movie critics thought it was not up to par. Mallory’s attitude may partly represent:A. peripheral route persuasionB. cognitive dissonanceC. central route processingD. social facilitation 3. Based on propinquity, which of the following college students living in a particular hall of a dormitory would most likely be elected as “most popular”:A. the student whose room was most isolated from others B. the student who had the most similar attitudes to the other students in the dormC. the student whose room was closest to both the bathroom and exitD. the student who was the most physically attractive4. If I started charging some of you $1 to come to class, and paid others $100 for attendance, cognitive dissonance theory would predict that: A. Those who are paid will say they enjoy class moreB. Those who are charged will say they enjoy class moreC. Those who are paid will expend more effort (participate more) in classD. Those who are charged will stop coming to class.5. A child returns from Halloween trick-or-treating, and promptly dumps a bag of candy in a pile on the kitchen table. She then spreads it out to make "more" candy. You can be most certain that the childA. is in the preoperational stage of development.B. has a good understanding of the concept of conservation.C. is no longer egocentric in her thinking.D. is at least seven years old.6. The other day I was about to go on a really hard run with a group of people. Before we began, I was exaggeratedly rubbing my knee and stretching my leg—making sure everyone knew I had a bad knee. Why would I have wanted them to know about my symptoms? A. I know bystander intervention is unlikely in a small groupB. I’m obsessed with cognitive dissonanceC. I was self-handicapping to save faceD. I was a victim of a door in the face persuasion tactic7. Suppose I asked you to make as much noise as you can, either alone, in small groups, or as a class. If I measured the effort of each student, the results will show the greatest individual expenditure of effort occurs when students areA. AloneB. In pairsC. In groups of tenD. In a group of 30 (class size)8. OMIT9. Surveys sent by mail often have low response rates. Which technique is likely to be more effective in increasing the number if responses:A. Including a gift check for $5 with the surveyB. Offering to send respondents $5 after they’ve returned the surveyC. Both A and B will be equally effectiveD. Neither A nor B will be effective without first getting a commitment10. The other day I was buying a dress for my friend’s wedding and the shop owner suggested that before making my decision, I take the dress home, show it to my boyfriend, and then come back in the next day to decide if I want to buy it. When I did, I found out she had been wrong about the price… it was much more than I originally thought. What was going on?A. The shop owner was hoping to get her “foot in the door”B. The shop owner was pulling a “door-in-the-face”C. The shop owner was banking on self-persuasionD. The shop owner was trying to low ball me11. In Piaget's theory, __________ is the process of fitting new information into existing mental representations and __________ is the process of modifying existing representations to fit new information.A. accommodation; assimilationB. egocentrism; cognitive developmentC. cognitive development; egocentrismD. assimilation; accommodation12. Imagine you are in a movie theater watching a movie when you notice that a fire has started in the corner. According to research on the bystander intervention, you would be most likely to yell "FIRE!" if:A. the movie theater was packed with people you did not knowB. the movie theater was packed with people who were your good friendsC. there was a small group of people and the movie was about nature (that is, a peaceful, relaxing movie)D. there was only one other person watching the movie13. Researchers present a baby with a pattern of circular dots over and over until she _________. After a while, the researchers shows her squares instead. She immediately turns to look directly at the new pattern, thus exhibiting an _________ response.A. orients, accumulation B. habituates, orienting C. habituates, accommodating D. orients, intensity14. “Out of sight is out of mind.” This expression would apply to a child whoA. lacks sensorimotor schemas.B. lacks object permanence.C. uses transitive reasoning.D. is not motivated to develop schemas.15. One explanation for Genie’s lack of language was the “critical period hypothesis,” which asserts that A. language is learned like other behaviors, and needs to be learned early in life.B. the basics of language are innate but require sufficient environmental exposure and experience early in life.C. language development depends most specifically on which language one is exposed to, with the structure of some languages needing earlier exposure than others.D. Genie was most likely exposed to excessive alcohol in prenatal development16. Michelle is a runner. When she went running this morning, she noticed that she sped up and improved her stride when passing some friends sitting on a bench. This was due toA. social loafing.B. group identity maintenance.C. social facilitation.D. self-monitoring.17. Which of the following is not true about people who are perceived as physically attractive:A. They are less likely to be perceived as criminals and given lighter sentences when convicted of crimesB. They are judged to be happy, smart, assertive and vainC. They have higher IQ scores and self-esteemD. Children as young as 6 months prefer to look at their faces18. Monkeys who were raised with wire mothers:A. Spent more time with the wire mothers, ran to them when scared, and after a separation joyfully reunited with themB. Developed normally so long as they were fed by the wire mothersC. Developed independence at earlier ages and were therefore calmer, braver, and better adjusted than those who


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