Deck 3: Psychological and Sociological Concepts

Question 1

Philip hates to attend concerts but goes because his wife wants to. After three years Philip comes to genuinely enjoy concerts. This is an example of

A)how acceptance can lead to compliance
B)how compliance can lead to acceptance
C)the "boomerang effect"
D)how psychological reactance can lead to acceptance

Answer 1

how compliance can lead to acceptance

Question 2

Commitment without intimacy or passion is

A)romantic love
B)empty love
C)non love
D)consummate love

Answer 2

empty love

Question 3

Decibel (dB) is the unit of

A)temperature
B)noise
C)pressure
D)density

Answer 3

noise

Question 4

Depressive disorder connected to a specific season is

A)bipolar disorder
B)sad
C)mania
D)hallucination

Question 5

One's preferred chair in a class is _____________

A)primary territory
B)secondary territory
C)tertiary territory
D)none of the above

Question 6

Crowding is a:

A)psychological phenomena
B)subjective feeling
C)potential source of stress
D)all of the above

Question 7

Everyone has the right to access is:

A)primary territory
B)secondary territory
C)tertiary territory
D)both b & c

Question 8

According to Hall, intimate distance is

A)6 - 18 inches
B)1.5 - 4 feet
C)4 - 12 feet
D)12 - 25 feet

Question 9

The highest level of physical distance is in ____________

A)intimate relations
B)public relations
C)personal relations
D)social relations

Question 10

Personal space first defined by

A)hall
B)sommer
C)katz
D)sheriff

Question 11

Correct Sequence of prosocial behaviour

A)notice what is happening > interpret the event as an emergency > experience feelings of responsibility > believe that they have the skills to help > make a conscious choice to offer assistance
B)interpret the event as an emergency > notice what is happening > experience feelings of responsibility > believe that they have the skills to help > make a conscious choice to offer assistance
C)believe that they have the skills to help > experience feelings of responsibility > notice what is happening > interpret the event as an emergency > make a conscious choice to offer assistance
D)experience feelings of responsibility > believe that they have the skills to help > notice what is happening > interpret the event as an emergency > make a conscious choice to offer assistance

Question 12

Unselfish concern for other people is

A)prosocial behaviour
B)bystander effect
C)altruism
D)volunteering

Question 13

The Negative Affect Escape Model explained by

A)baron
B)baron & bell
C)bell
D)none of the above

Question 14

Negative Affect Escape Model links to:

A)inverted s hypothesis
B)inverted u hypothesis
C)parabola
D)s curve

Question 15

Population is effected by

A)birth & death
B)immigration
C)emigration
D)all of the above

Question 16

Technical term used for the study of human population

A)biography
B)demography
C)bibliography
D)census

Question 17

Kin selection is an evolutionary theory that explains ______________ of Altruism

A)biological reasons
B)neurological reasons
C)cognitive reasons
D)social norms

Question 18

Emergency observed -> Empathy aroused -> Help provided to the victim as it gave good feeling to the helper is;

A)negative - state relief model
B)genetic determinism mode
C)empathy-altruism hypothesis
D)empathy-joy hypothesis

Question 19

Who is more likely to help?

A)a person with a handicap
B)a person with an altruistic personality
C)a stranger to the victim
D)a person in a crowd of strangers

Question 20

__________ introduced the notion that the presence of others can facilitate certain behavior.

A)Bandura.
B)Allport.
C)Festinger.
D)Milgram.