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Unit 9

9.8 Multiple Choice Questions

4 min read•november 24, 2021

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Solomon Asch is best known for his study on conformity when we change our behavior to fit in with some group standard or expectation. Here is an example of one of the experiments he conducted with the lines.

Facts about the test: The AP Psychology exam has 100 multiple choice questions and you will be given 1 hour and 10 minutes to complete the section. That means it should take you around 11 minutes to complete 15 questions.

*The following questions were not written by CollegeBoard and although they cover information outlined in the AP Psychology Course and Exam Description, the formatting on the exam may be different.

1. The more one is exposed to something, the more one will come to like it. "Familiarity breeds acceptance." This description relates to which of the following terms:

A. Central Route of Persuasion

B. Compliance

C. Self-Serving Bias

D. Mere-Exposure Effect

2. A compliance strategy when a small request is followed by a larger request is called:

A. Door-in-the-Face

B. Foot-in-the-Door

C. Deindividuation

D. Low-balling

3. The biased belief that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get is called:

A. Prejudice

B. False-Consensus Effect

C. just-world bias or phenomenon

D. In-group bias

4. Which is the best example of social facilitation?

A. A pianist plays a well-learned and practiced Beethoven piece in front of a large audience flawlessly.

B. A pianist performs a difficult piece in front of a large audience and makes many mistakes.

C. You jump into a conversation that has already started and are told, "We are talking about something else." After an awkward silence, you look around the room nervously certain everyone else has heard.

D. Working in a group and one of the members does not put in much effort and is less motivated to provide input or do his/her share.

5. The primary reason bystanders in the Kitty Genovese crime did nothing is...

A. Groupthink

B. Diffusion of responsibility

C. Fundamental Attribution Error

D. Cognitive Dissonance Theory

6. Which of the following is not an accurate description of collectivist cultures?

A. Interdependent

B. Us-group goals and solidarity

C. Independent

D. Behavior reflects social norms and roles

7. Belief that one's culture-ethnic group, racial group, etc… is superior to other is called:

A. ethnocentrism

B. in-group bias

C. prejudice

D. self-fulfilling prophecy

8. Researcher who designed an experiment on obedience:

A. Solomon Asch

B. Phil Zimbardo

C. Leon Festinger

D. Stanley Milgram

9. Researcher who carried out an experiment on conformity:

A. Solomon Asch

B. Stanley Milgram

C. Phil Zimbardo

D. Walter Mischel

10. Researcher who carried out an experiment on the power of dispositional vs situational factors and the effects of role-playing on attitudes is:

A. Leon Festinger

B. Muzafer Sherif

C. Philip Zimbardo

D. Walter Mischel

11. Fred did very poorly on an algebra test. The tendency to make the fundamental attribution error might lead his sixth-grade teacher to conclude that Fred did poorly because...

A. the test covered material that had not been adequately covered in class.

B. he was not given enough time to complete the test.

C. his parents had an argument the evening before the test.

D. he is unmotivated to do well in school.

12. Following the 9/11 terrorist attack on New York, people across the country donated their time and money to assist the devastated community. This behavior best illustrates...

A. bystander intervention effect

B. social exchange theory

C. altruism

D. just world phenomenon

13. When someone invites you to their home for dinner, you feel obligated to do the same at a later date. This description illustrates:

A. just world phenomenon

B. reciprocity norm

C. foot-in-the-door

D. social exchange theory

14. A gradual escalation of intimacy is most positively related to a gradual escalation of

A. reciprocity norm

B. cognitive dissonance