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1) Social psychology is best defined as the scientific study of a. deviant behaviour. b. sociology. c. social influence. d. groups. 2) Individuals who experienced panic and interpreted the 1963 broadcast of The War of the Worlds as genuine breaking news fell prey to the ___________________ and failed to consider alternative hypotheses for these events. a. belief perseverance b. availability heuristic c. confirmation bias d. logical fallacy 3) The approximate number of people that each of us knows reasonably well is a. 50. b. 100. c. 150. d. 200. 4) According to research, humans have a biological need for interpersonal interactions. This is called the a. need for friends theory. b. need for intimacy theory. c. need for interpersonal interactions theory. d. need to belong theory. 5) Social rejection is associated with activation in a region of the _____________ that also becomes active during physical pain. a. substantia nigra b. cingulate cortex c. parietal lobe d. sensorimotor cortex 6) Nora participated in a psychology experiment where she completed several psychological tests, and the researchers told her that her personality reflected that of someone who was likely to end up alone later in life. Compared with the students who did not receive such feedback, Nora is more likely to a. join a book club to increase social bonding. b. engage in unhealthy behaviours, such as overeating or drinking. c. start acting in more prosocial ways to those around her. d. discount the feedback and get angry because she believes it isn’t true. 7) Amos is the only survivor of a plane crash, and is stranded in the wilderness all alone. As the days pass without rescue, he begins to feel extremely lonely and isolated, and begins talking to himself, the trees, and the nearby animals. Which of the following theories best explains Amos’ behaviour? a. Attributional theory b. Social comparison theory c. Cognitive dissonance theory d. The need to belong theory 8) Marika was confronted by the jealous girlfriend of a guy that Marika had dated. She backed down from the confrontation and fled the scene. Later, she asked several others what they would have done in that type of a situation and they agreed that they would have done the same thing. Marika felt better. This is an example of a. fundamental attribution theory. b. social comparison theory. c. collective delusions. d. mass hysteria. 9) Joanne generally does well in class, but does not have marks as good as Ashleigh’s. Joanne looks to Ashleigh as a role model and thinks “if she can perform that well, so can I.” Joanne is engaging in a. the fundamental attribution error. b. an upward social comparison. c. a downward social comparison. d. social contagion. 10) Sam generally does well in class, but didn’t get the mark he wanted on an exam. When he looks at the other grades posted on the class list, he thinks “at least I didn’t do as poorly as that person.” Sam is engaging in a. the fundamental attribution error. b. an upward social comparison. c. a downward social comparison. d. a collective delusion.