The underlying mechanism for perceptual expectancies is:

A. A misleading perception that distorts or misjudges a stimulus
B. Top-down procession
C. The organization of perception by beginning with low-level features
D. Bottom-up processing

A major problem with the survey method is:

A. Identifying the group to be questioned
B. Obtaining a representative sample of subjects to be questioned
C. Obtaining enough information in a short amount of time
D. That it cannot reveal very much about signification psychological events in the lives of the people

The case of Kitty Genovese spawned research into:

A. Compliance
B. Conformity
C. Obedience
D. Bystander apathy

Rodents respond to alarm calls by others in their group if these calls are continued and on danger is confirmed further calls may be ignored. it an example of:

A. Imprinting
B. Habituation
C. Conditioned reflex type i
D. Conditioned reflex type ii

When Armen first head the hit song “Gotta Love It” he wasn’t at all sure he liked it. The more often he heard it played, however, the more he enjoyed it. Armen’s reaction illustrates:

A. Social facilitation
B. The bystander effect
C. The foot- in- the- door phenomenon
D. The mere exposure effect

A label used to devalue members of deviant groups is called_________?

A. Social change
B. Stigma
C. Status group
D. None of these

The independent variable in an experiment is:

A. The subject himself
B. A measure of the subject’s behavior
C. The variable that the experimenter chooses to manipulate
D. Any unwanted variable that may adversely affect the subject’s performance

After Manny’s father refused to let him use the family car on Friday night Manny let all the air out of the tires. His action is best explained in terms of the:

A. Foot- in- the-door phenomenon
B. Bystander effect
C. Mere exposure effect
D. Frustration- aggression principle

The following type of method can be used in order to create a real-world laboratory

A. Correlational coefficients
B. Field experiment
C. Case study
D. Random assignment

All of the following have been linked to aggression EXCEPT:

A. Self- worth
B. Temperature
C. Frustration
D. Provocation