Beth this is why you are awesome

Dec 30, 2005 06:04

I found this on the disk my dad made me of my old computer files.

Exam 3 Name:_________________ Test form A Social Psychology

Please choose only the best answer. Be sure to fill in your test form letter on the scantron sheet.

1. Which of these people, in general, is the most likely to conform ?

A. Carrie , who sees a mass of people running in the opposite direction from the building she's
about to enter
B. Yoshi, a Japanese boy
C. Steve, the boy with no self esteem
D. Khristina, the uber-dyke man-hating feminazi

2. All of your friends are proclaiming that Bjork looks like Michael Jackson. You really don't agree with them,
but you go along with it anyway so that they don't think you're a tool . You have just fallen prey to :

A. Social Facilitation
B. Groupthink
C. Normative Pressure
D. Informational Pressure

3.You ask Ben about Jewish things because in that area he has ______ social power :

A. Reward
B. Expert
C. Coercive
D. Legitimate

4.According to the mere presence theory, which of these 4 people will jack off the fastest ?

A. James, who is jacking off for his webcam
B. Aaron, who is in a circle jerk
C. David , who is all alone
D. Chris, who is also alone BUT has a porno mag

5. You REALLY need to find a condom. You always leave condoms in your purse. You are most likely
to look in the purse because it has the highest :

A. Habit Strength
B. Draw
C. Consensus
D. Normative Pressure

6.You have been shown the word "Dof" 40 times and the word "sok" 5 times. When are you most likely to guess "Dof" on
a recognition trial shortly afterward?

A. When you're by yourself
B. When you are daydreaming during the trial
C. When the patriarchy wants you to
D. When someone else is in the room

7. Montel and his friends Maury and Jerry are working on the school science project. Their combined output (2.5) is less than
the maximum output of each measured alone and added together (3.0). Why?

A. Montel is an out of control teen
B. Social Loafing
C. Normative Pressure
D. Polarization

8. George would be most nervous dancing in front of :

A. Hitler the Hipster (The most scene kid in town)
B. A videocamera that's recording him for SuicideBoys.com
C. No one
D. Both A + B

9. On which task will Timmy (random person) perform better than a group composed of Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny (random group)?

A. Compensatory
B. Additive
C. Conjunctive
D. Disjunctive
E. What, you think he's going to give you definitions ?

10. Brainstorming is ineffective because of :

A. Production Blocking
B. Free Riding
C. Evaluation Apprehension
D. All of the above

11. A bunch of republicans meet to discuss how much to cut the defense budget . Ronald decides that he will be conservative and only cut it by
15 %. After group discussion, they decide to cut it by only 5 % . When asked later how much he really thinks they should cut the budget, Ronald will say:

A. 15%
B. 5 %
C. 20 %
D. 10%

12. Which of these is a coercive reason to quit having sex ?

A. My dad will beat me
B. My dad will give me a pudding pop
C. My dad , an authority figure, does not allow
D. My dad gave me a pamphlet from the Bush administration telling me all of the wonders of abstinence

13. You and your friends are in a deli trying to guess the weight of a tasty baby ....At first you think he weighs 10 lbs, but you are still unsure & your large group of
friends seem to think it's closer to 7 lbs. According to the results of Sherif's ambiguous autokinetic effect experiment, you will :

A. Continue to think the baby weighs 10 lbs
B. Conform to the belief that the baby weighs 7lbs
C. Weigh the baby yourself
D. Look for a larger baby

14. Now that baby is clearly 10lbs ! The scale even said so ! But your friends still say it's 7 lbs. According to the Ash line experiment's results, you will now probably :

A. Refuse to believe the truth , and continue conforming with your friends
B. Say "Look idiots, it's 10 lbs ! " , thereby becoming a nonconformist
C. Agree with your friends out loud , but secretly believe that the baby is 10 lbs
D. Disagree out loud, but secretly agree with them

15. After living in Demarest with gay students for a few years, a former gay-basher realises that those gay kids are really nice. If Newcomb were
to interview her many years later, she would probably:

A. Still hate gays
B. Take a middle road and feel neutral towards gays
C. Hate gays even more
D. Still have a much more positive view of gay students than before she lived in Demarest

16. Beth is uncertain about the direction of her life , and religion is very important to her. She is _______ to join a cult.

A. Less Likely
B. No more likely than anyone else
C. More likely
D. None of the Above

17. At the meeting to discuss WWE wrestling, which of these 4 is most likely to conform ?

A. Khristina, a girl who knows nothing about wrestling
B. Tommy, a rabid wrestling fan
C. Patrick , a guy who knowns nothing about wrestling
D. Both A + C

18. Which of these is a descriptive norm ?

A. Beth frequently steals from Brower
B. You must wait in line at Brower.
C. You may not steal from Brower.
D. You must clear your own table at Brower

19. Which of these theories did Triplett use to explain social facilitation ?

A. Dominant response theory
B. The Minimax principle
C. Dynamogenic theory
D. Position of Power

20. Kathleen is a good boxer. In the presence of others, she will do :

A. The same
B. Worse
C. Better
D. None of the Above

21. A naive roach is placed into a complicated maze ; when does he get to the other side the fastest ?

A. when it is alone
B. When it is placed with another naive roach
C. When it is on hallucinogenic drugs
D. when the other roach is the sex

22 . A chicken who is not hungry will start eating again when another chicken is placed next to it because :

A. It gets hungry again
B. It feels threatened
C. Its dominant response is increased by the presence of another chicken
D. It has a competitive spirit

23. All of the scene kids meet to discuss whether or not to wear scarves to tonights show . They are a very cohesive group, and Khristina, a scarf wearer, has emerged as their clear leader, who they of course want to please.They decide to wear scarves, even though it is incredibly hot at the outdoor show and they look like idiots. They, as a group, have fallen prey to :

A. Social Facilitation
B. Group Think
C. Normative Social Pressure
D. Informational Social Pressure

24. At red lobster, there are enough biscuits for everyone to take one , with a few left over. However, one rebel decides that if she takes two it'll still be ok, because there's a small surplus. However, if everyone takes 2 biscuits there won't be enough to go around anymore... this is one demonstration of :

A. Strodbeck's principle
B. The Trajedy of Commons
C. Propinquity
D. Informational Conformity

25. According to the ___________ people do not cooperate on the prisoner's dilemma because they would rather take 5 years in jail than rely on someone else's cooperation for the best outcome : 1 year in jail . If the other person does not cooperate they end up with 10 years in jail, so cooperating is risky. By not cooperating, however, they avoid the worst outcome, but at the same time avoid the best outcome.

A. social dilemma
B. theory of groupthink
C. trajedy of prisoners
D. minimax principle

26. According to the strong personality theory of leadership, which of these 4 will be the best leader ?

A. Tommy, an only child
B. Kathleen, a short lady
C. Gary, a stupid man
D. Jebediah, an ambivalent man who is neither incredibly moral nor incredibly immoral

27. In which of these situations is a clear leader most likely to emerge based on onlookers' judgements ?

A. The group of kids playing tug-of-war
B. The knights meeting at the round table
C. A power struggle between several evenly-matched naive roaches
D. The white house meeting with George W. Bush at the head of the table

28. Everyone at KIDS Inc. hate each other. The building is a shit hole, with several code violations . The employees have just been instructed to "do something productive", with no further elaboration . The employees are running amok and don't want to obey anyone. Who would be best matched to lead in this situation ?

A. Jen, a sensitive girl, and secretary who is concerned about her workers needs.
B. Sgt. Julu, the boss. He is a task-oriented kind of guy who isn't afraid to hurt anyone's feelings.
C.Eric, a mid-level manager. He's the kind of guy who tends to rate his coworkers more positively than Sgt. Julu
D. None of the above

29. Which of these rewards is most-likely to produce "liking" ?

A. Joey's apple for the teacher
B. Julius' gift of flowers to his girlfriend, for the 5th week straight
C. Angelina's $5 donation to the Salvation Army Santa
D. Turkey's gift of an airstrip, in exchange for free reign to purge the Kurds

30. The Milgram Study was used to demonstrate which social phenomenon ?

A. Social Facilitation
B. Obedience to Authority
C. Conformity
D. None of the Above

31. When will Bart like Lisa the most ?

A. When she refuses on the first two occasions to give him candy, but then gives him candy on the next two occasions
B. When she never gives him any candy on 4 consecutive occasions
C. When she gives him candy on 4 consecutive occasions
D. When she at gives him candy on the first two occasions, but does not share on the final two.

32. According to Festinger, Schachter + Back's study of the housing compound at MIT, which of these two groups of people are most likely to be friends ?

A. Mork and Mindy, who live on opposite ends of town
B .Laverne and Shirley , who live on opposite ends of the building
C. Abott and Costello, who live in different states
D. Rob and Fab, who are neighbours.

I also found prom pictures, I can't belive that was almost four years ago.






It's nice not be angry anymore

P.S download Ryan Adam's version of "Wonderwall". I forgot about this song........
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