Social Psychology Questions?

I have a test coming up and our teacher put some sample questions up. I have answered them and I was wondering if anyone could check my answers and if I got any wrong could you tell me why?








Al, Saul, Steve, and Kris are each observing Bob behave during a group meeting. Which of them should be the most likely to commit the fundamental attribution error when making inferences from Bob鈥檚 behavior?





a. Al, who is not cognitively busy or distracted


b. Saul, who is very motivated to make accurate inferences about Bob


-%26gt;c. Steve, who is suspicious of Bob鈥檚 motives


d. Kris, who is focused more on Bob鈥檚 actual behavior than on the overall context.





You watch a commercial of Lebron James endorsing a new basketball sneaker. Although you know that James was paid to endorse the sneakers and didn鈥檛 even write the endorsement himself, you still think that James really likes the new sneakers. This illustrates





a. Confirmation bias


b. False consensus effect


c. Actor-observer effect


-%26gt;d. Fundamental attribution error





Among your group of friends, Chandler is the only one who is ever late for your weekly game of Twister. You鈥檝e noticed that he is late every week and that he is also late for class, parties, movies, weddings, sporting events, and dental appointments. According to Kelley鈥檚 covariation model of attribution, Chandler鈥檚 behavior would be described as





a. Low in consensus, high in consistency, and low in distinctiveness


-%26gt;b. Low in consensus, high in consistency, and high in distinctiveness


c. Low in consensus, low in consistency, and low in distinctiveness


d. High in consensus, high in consistency, and high in distinctiveness





Varsha stands in front of a mirror. She notices a red spot on the forehead of the image she sees in the mirror. She then brings her hand up to her own forehead and touches the red spot. Varsha is demonstrating





-%26gt;a. Self recognition


b. Self-verification


c. Self-esteem


d. The looking-glass self








Which of the following is not a causal explanation that would be consistent with a positive correlation between the number of hours a person sleeps per night and her level of positive mood ?





a. The more sleep a person gets, the better her mood.


b. People who are happy are less likely to suffer from insomnia


c. Stress causes people to sleep less and be in a bad mood


-%26gt;d. People who are depressed tend to need more sleep than other people





Most of the time in a lecture the professor will stand at the front of the class, consult her or his notes, draw attention to figures displayed at the front of the class and both ask and invite questions. The type of schema associated with particular social situations is called a(n)





a. Cognition


b. Impression


c. Role


-%26gt;d. Script





Jerry is a high school senior with slightly above average grades. In order to feel good about his intellectual abilities, he selects a college with average-ability students. In doing so, Jerry makes it possible to engage in





a. BIRGing


b. Overjustification


-%26gt;c. Downward social comparison


d. Drunken self-inflation|||d= Kris.





a=Confirmation bias.





b=Low in consensus, high in consistency, and high in distinctiveness





a=Self-recogniton.





d=People who are depressed tend to need more sleep than other people.





d=Script.





c=Downward social comparison.