Social Psychology (PSY403)

1. Who resolved the controversy of applied and pure research by concluding that "no action without research, no research without action".

   1. Kurt Lewin
   2. Neon Festinger
   3. Carl Roger
   4. David Hume

2. Who wrote the third book on social psychology?

   1. Edward Ross
   2. Norman Triplet
   3. William McDougall
   4. Floyd Allport

3. Which of the following event led to research on suicide bombing?

   1. 7/11
   2. 9/11
   3. 8/11
   4. 11/11

4. Which one is not a characteristic of empirical research?

   1. Controlled
   2. Reliable
   3. Valid
   4. Not well planned

5. Which of the following best defines that a student is given candy and soft drinks along with words of praise for a superb performance?

   1. Gift
   2. Reinforcement
   3. Modelling
   4. Learning

6. Which of the following is a NOT common type of observational methods?

   1. Naturalistic
   2. Participant
   3. Unrealistic
   4. Archival

7. Which of the following is defined as - transient states of arousal that direct our behavior?

   1. Emotions
   2. Believes
   3. Attitude
   4. Dream

8. A presumed cause must occur before the presumed effect is known as what?

   1. Time order relationship
   2. Co variation of relationship
   3. Inverse relationship
   4. Direct relationship

9. Which of the following is the abbreviation of the IRB?

   1. Industrial review boards
   2. Institutional review bill
   3. Interview review bill
   4. Interview review board

10. Which of the following is not a data collection technique?

    1. Self-reports
    2. Direct observations
    3. Reliability
    4. Archival information

11. Which of the following is not a step in the research process?

    1. Choose a research design
    2. Evaluate the ethics
    3. Collect data
    4. Subjective needs

12. In which year US government established Institutional Review boards for research involving human participants?

    1. 1976
    2. 1987
    3. 1999
    4. 1974

13. Which of the following can be directly observed by using only observational methods?

    1. Cognitions
    2. Perceptions
    3. Thinking
    4. Behaviour

14. When scientists' preconceived ideas about what they are studying affect the nature of their observation, this is known as:

    1. Observer biases
    2. Viewer biases
    3. Participant biases
    4. Actor biases

15. A research psychologist manipulates the level of fear among participants and see the effect on the participant's reaction time. In this study, reaction time is the known as what?

    1. Independent variable
    2. Experimental variable
    3. Correlational condition
    4. Dependent variable

16. Which one is a type of non-probability sampling?

    1. Stratified
    2. Accidental
    3. Cluster
    4. Random

17. What name is given to a person who is appearently a normal participant in the experiment but who in fact plays a presdribed role assigned by the experimenter?

    1. Accomplice
    2. Assistant
    3. Confidant
    4. Confederate

18. ________ is voluntary participation with full understanding of the possible risk factors involved in any research or experiment.

    1. Anonymity
    2. Protection from harm
    3. Minimize deception
    4. Informed consent

19. To determine whether changing one variable (like education) will produce changes in another (like income), we need to conduct which type of research method?

    1. Correlational research
    2. Archival research
    3. Observational research
    4. Laboratory research

20. The process of selecting a subset of a population for a survey is known as what?

    1. Survey research
    2. Representation
    3. Triangulation
    4. Sampling

21. Which of the following is defined as a kind of mental model that people hold?

    1. Believes
    2. Schema
    3. Attitude
    4. Dream

22. Who designed or created the shock generator?

    1. Stanley Hall
    2. Norman Triplet
    3. William McDougall
    4. Stanley Milgram

23. Which of the following is not a part of a research article?

    1. Title
    2. SPSS
    3. Method
    4. Results

24. Which of the following is defined as a group of people who are selected to participate in a given study?

    1. Population
    2. Public
    3. Sample
    4. Individuals

25. Which of the following is not the area of interest in social psychology?

    1. Thinking
    2. Evaluating
    3. Doing
    4. Interacting

26. Which of the following research's aim is to simply increase knowledge about social behavior, knowledge for knowledge's sake?

    1. Basic research
    2. Applied research
    3. Advance research
    4. Pilot research

27. In an experimental study of the effects of failure on self-esteem, self-esteem is known as what?

    1. Controlled condition
    2. Independent variable
    3. Correlational condition
    4. Dependent variable

28. Which of the following are individual evaluative responses?

    1. Beliefs
    2. Emotions
    3. Schemas
    4. Attitude

29. Which of the following is NOT a reason why a random sample is important?

    1. It allows you to generalize to a broader population
    2. The sample will be completely representative of the population
    3. Every possible sample in a given population has an equal chance to be chosen
    4. The sample is similar to the population on important characteristics

30. "Whether early deprivation can cause a deterioration in IQ" is an example of which goal of research?

    1. Prediction
    2. Understanding
    3. Explanation
    4. Description

31. Which of the following is defined as a group of people consists of all the members of an identifiable group from which a sample is drawn?

    1. Population
    2. Public
    3. Sample
    4. Individuals

32. ________ downplays the role of individual and focuses on societal variables.

    1. Psychology
    2. Social psychology
    3. Philosophy
    4. Sociology

33. According to Margaret Mead, which of the following societies are peaceful?

    1. New Guinea
    2. Mundugumor of New Guinea
    3. New York
    4. Arapesh of New Guinea

34. In which of the following settings social psychologists mostly work in Pakistan?

    1. Industries
    2. Clinics
    3. Hospitals
    4. Universities and NGOs

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