#1
Which of the following is a key component of social cognition?
Emotion regulation
Mathematical reasoning
Plant biology
Quantum mechanics
#2
What is the term for the mental processes that people use to make sense of their social world?
Social cognition
Astrophysics
Quantum entanglement
Geopolitical analysis
#3
Which term describes the process of interpreting and understanding the actions of others?
Social perception
Quantum physics
Chemical reactions
Astrobiology
#4
What does the theory of mind refer to in social cognition?
The ability to understand and attribute mental states to others
The concept of self-awareness
The process of reading body language
The study of cognitive biases
#5
What is the bystander effect in social psychology?
The tendency for individuals to perform better on tasks when in the presence of others
The phenomenon where individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present
The process of forming social connections with others
The tendency to conform to group norms
#6
Which term refers to the tendency to attribute one's own actions to external factors while attributing others' actions to internal factors?
Fundamental attribution error
Reciprocal determinism
Self-serving bias
Confirmation bias
#7
Which theory suggests that people seek to understand and explain the behavior of others by attributing feelings, beliefs, and intentions to them?
Social identity theory
Cognitive dissonance theory
Attribution theory
Behaviorism
#8
According to social cognitive theory, what is reciprocal determinism?
The idea that behavior is influenced by both personal factors and the environment, and that individuals also influence their environment
The theory that humans are inherently selfish and competitive
The concept that social behavior is primarily determined by genetic factors
The belief that social behavior is random and unpredictable
#9
In social psychology, what does the term 'schemas' refer to?
Mental frameworks that help organize and interpret information
Statistical analysis techniques
Geographical formations
Genetic material
#10
What is cognitive dissonance?
The uncomfortable feeling caused by holding conflicting beliefs or attitudes
A type of cognitive bias
The process of rational decision-making
The tendency to conform to group norms
#11
What is the concept of self-efficacy in social cognitive theory?
The belief in one's ability to succeed in specific situations
The tendency to conform to group norms
The process of forming impressions of others
The tendency to attribute one's own successes to internal factors and failures to external factors
#12
What is the term for the tendency to underestimate the impact of situational factors and overestimate the influence of dispositional factors in explaining others' behavior?
Actor-observer bias
Group polarization
Deindividuation
Cognitive dissonance
#13
What is the term for the tendency of individuals to conform to group norms?
Social facilitation
Social loafing
Groupthink
Conformity
#14
According to social identity theory, what motivates individuals to enhance the status of the groups they belong to?
Social loafing
Groupthink
In-group favoritism
Cognitive dissonance
#15
According to the elaboration likelihood model, what are the two routes to persuasion?
Central and peripheral routes
Direct and indirect routes
In-group and out-group routes
Rational and emotional routes
#16
What does the term 'ingroup' refer to in social identity theory?
A group with which an individual does not identify
A group with which an individual identifies
A group that an individual dislikes
A group that an individual is neutral towards
#17
What is the concept of 'deindividuation' in social psychology?
The tendency for individuals to perform better on tasks when in the presence of others
The tendency to conform to group norms
The loss of self-awareness and restraint in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity
The process of adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard