Social Issues and Psychological Interventions
Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
This course explores the complex relationship between social issues and psychological well-being, delving into how societal factors such as inequality, discrimination, poverty, and community dynamics impact mental health. Students will examine key social theories, contemporary challenges, and evidence-based psychological interventions designed to address and mitigate the effects of these issues on individuals and communities. Through case studies, research analysis, and practical exercises, the course aims to develop skills in designing and implementing effective interventions, promoting social justice, and fostering resiliency and empowerment in diverse populations.
Recommended Textbook
Applied Social Psychology 3rd Edition by
Jamie A. Gruman
Available Study Resources on Quizplus
17 Chapters
989 Verified Questions
989 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/study-set/1422
Page 2
Chapter 1: Defining the Field of Applied Social Psychology
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
66 Verified Questions
66 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28225
Sample Questions
Q1) Myers,Spencer,and Jordon (2009)affirm that "the great truth about the power of social influence is but half the truth if separated from its complementary truth: the power of ______."
A) biological and genetic scripts
B) cultural imperatives
C) the person
D) the human drive to resist influence
Answer: C
Q2) Although social psychology is primarily concerned with social determinants and explanations of behavior,the field recognizes the important role of individual difference variables in understanding the behavior of people.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Personal values do not influence many decisions of an applied social psychologist as the discipline itself is concerned with objectivity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 3
Chapter 2: Social Psychological Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
60 Verified Questions
60 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28226
Sample Questions
Q1) The scientific process involves a continuing cycle of observation,theory development,deduction of hypotheses,and hypothesis testing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) A(n)______ is a set of interrelated hypotheses concerning a particular phenomenon.
A) psychological law
B) theory
C) observation
D) operational definition
Answer: B
Q3) ______ refers to the idea that a theory should use the fewest possible number of propositions to explain the phenomenon in question.
A) Parsimony
B) Frugality
C) Testability
D) Scope
Answer: A
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 4
Chapter 3: Research Methods in Applied Social Psychology
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
65 Verified Questions
65 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28227
Sample Questions
Q1) Causal explanations cannot be derived from correlational research primarily because there could be any number of alternative explanations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In the Gentile et al. (2009)experiment on the social effects of video games,the assignment of puzzles represented a(n)______ variable.
A) extraneous
B) controlled
C) independent
D) dependent
Answer: D
Q3) A measurement that accurately reflects the meaning of a variable is said to have a form of validity called what?
A) external validity
B) internal validity
C) construct validity
D) convergent validity
Answer: C
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 5
Chapter 4: Intervention and Evaluation
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
60 Verified Questions
60 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28228
Sample Questions
Q1) Quantitative evaluation methods,such as questionnaires and survey,can capture the experience of intervention participants in a much more nuanced way than qualitative evaluation data.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Based on the examples provided in the text,we see where qualitative research methods can play an integral role in designing and evaluating intervention programs.Describe two benefits of using qualitative research methods for interventions.
Q3) Suppose that you are designing a program to get grade school boys to make more use of recreational activities at a neighborhood community center.You take steps to deal with the problem of reactance.Which of the following most clearly addresses reactance?
A) You tell kids the doors of the center are open everyday of the week, and they can come by anytime they like.
B) You ensure that the activities at the center are age appropriate.
C) You advise the kids to come together with their friends.
D) You tell kids that there are some high school boys at the center who help to organize activities and spend time with the younger kids.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
6
Chapter 5: Applying Social Psychology to Clinical and Counseling Psychology
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
51 Verified Questions
51 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28229
Sample Questions
Q1) Joan,a therapist,thinks Ben,her patient,suffers from social anxiety disorder.Based on what was reviewed in Chapter 5 about bias in the therapeutic situation,which of the following questions is Joan most likely to ask Ben?
A) "Do you think you suffer from depression?"
B) "Do you usually find it easy to talk to strangers?"
C) "Do novel situations make you feel uncomfortable?"
D) "In this picture, do you see a horse or a camel?"
Q2) Joan failed her psychology exam.She accounted for the failing grade by explaining to herself that she didn't study very hard,that she normally studies hard in her other courses and will probably study harder on her next psychology exam.Joan has made a ______ /______ attribution,and she ______ likely to become somewhat depressed as a result.
A) global/unstable; is B) specific/stable; is not
C) global/stable; is
D) specific/unstable; is not
Q3) Clinicians are sometimes influenced or biased based on group stereotypes.Name and describe three factors that may influence a clinician's judgment of others.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 7
Chapter 6: Applying Social Psychology to Sports Teams
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
51 Verified Questions
51 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28230
Sample Questions
Q1) Eccles and Tenenbaum (2007)refer to team mental models that facilitate communication in sport.Team mental models are
A) the sharing and manipulation of information among team members
B) verbal and nonverbal cues known only to team members
C) images teams use to help understand set plays
D) gestures that promote cohesion
Q2) As outlined in the text,performance goals focus strictly on the competitive result of an event.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Examples of social factors that influence cohesion are group size,leadership style,and member roles.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following teams is likely to have the highest level of task cohesion?
A) a three-person beach volleyball team
B) a football team
C) a 17-person hockey team
D) a soccer team
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 8
Chapter 7: Applying Social Psychology to the Media
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
57 Verified Questions
57 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28231
Sample Questions
Q1) The authors of Chapter 7 distinguish between three types of agendas.Name and describe them.
Q2) In 1964,approximately ______ of the U.S.population trusted the nation's government.In the mid-1990s,approximately ______ trusted the nation's government.
A) 15%; 80%
B) 50%; 50%
C) 30%; 70%
D) 75%; 25%
Q3) Which of the following is the most accurate statement regarding the type of people who are most likely to watch violent TV?
A) Nonviolent people are most likely to watch violent TV.
B) Violent people are most likely to watch violent TV.
C) Both nonviolent and violent people are equally likely to watch violent TV.
D) People of moderate levels of violence are most likely to watch violent TV.
Q4) According to the text,erotica is defined as nonaggressive explicit sexual activity typically among casual acquaintances.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 9
Chapter 8: Applying Social Psychology to Health
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
60 Verified Questions
60 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28232
Sample Questions
Q1) In a test of the utility of the transtheoretical model,Prochaska,DiClemente,Velicer,and Rossi (1993)compared the effectiveness of four smoking cessation interventions.Which intervention led to the highest rates of quitting?
A) standard
B) interactive computer report
C) individualized
D) personalized counselor
Q2) Sandra's grandmother is consumed with fear that she will be set upon and assaulted by a gang of thugs.According to Chapter 8 ("Health"),this is an example of
A) the window of vulnerability
B) media-instigated conditioning
C) exponential conditioning
D) the fear-victim paradox
Q3) Differentiate between health literacy and critical health literacy.
Q4) Health promotion and ______ share the goal of keeping people free of disease.
A) primary prevention
B) secondary prevention
C) tertiary prevention
D) public health
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 10
Chapter 9: Applying Social Psychology to Education
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
59 Verified Questions
59 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28233
Sample Questions
Q1) Research reveals that the tendency for high self-handicappers to find or produce excuses for poor performance results in
A) increasingly higher performance over time
B) stable performance but increases in self-esteem over time
C) increases in self-esteem and better adjustment to college
D) poorer adjustment to college
Q2) Which of the following is an example of intrinsic motivation?
A) Paula's mother is going to give her $20 for every A on her report card.
B) Jennifer is going to study hard for her math test because if she does well, she gets to go on a trip to visit friends.
C) Jamie likes to play baseball, so he learns a new pitch for next week's game.
D) Tran goes to law school because a lot of lawyers make big salaries.
Q3) Research reveals that students will be more intrinsically motivated and be more engaged in learning when the classroom environment has which of the following characteristics?
A) many external incentives and is not too controlling
B) many external incentives and learning is teacher-directed
C) few external incentives and learning is self-directed
D) few external incentives and learning is teacher-directed
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 11
Chapter 10: Applying Social Psychology to Organizations
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
69 Verified Questions
69 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28234
Sample Questions
Q1) Social constructionism posits that there is no reality apart from that which we create socially.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Selective perception is defined as the process of interpreting information about how we view others and ourselves.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The ______ model of job satisfaction is based on the premise that people adapt their attitudes,behavior,and beliefs to their social context and to the reality of their own past and present behavior and situation.
A) social information processing
B) social comparison
C) job characteristics
D) social environment
Q4) With selective perception,people learn to automatically filter out what they consider to be unnecessary information.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 12
Chapter 11: Applying Social Psychology to the Criminal Justice System
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
60 Verified Questions
60 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28235
Sample Questions
Q1) The life-course-persistent offenders compose somewhere around ______ of the population of adolescents.
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 70%
Q2) Describe the general personality and social psychological model of criminal behavior.
Q3) Social psychological theories of criminal behavior attempt to explain crime in relation to various factors in society,such as social class,poverty,and social inequity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain what a therapeutic community is,and outline the core concept behind it.
Q5) As outlined in the text,de-individuation and social facilitation are good examples of distal variables (i.e.,those occurring in the distant past relative to the event)that can influence criminal behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain what is meant by the cross-race effect.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 13
Chapter 12: Applying Social Psychology to the Community
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
61 Verified Questions
61 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28236
Sample Questions
Q1) Saul Alinsky's efforts to bring about social change by,for example,threatening to flush all the toilets in an airport,exploited the fact that powerful community groups and government representatives have ______.
A) psychological needs
B) constituents
C) public mandates
D) to go to the bathroom
Q2) The text outlines that a community is not limited to a physical presence.Explain this statement in relation to the Internet as a community.
Q3) One of the values of community psychology is social justice.Social justice involves
A) strengthening the existing political structure in a community
B) punishing criminals using socially sanctioned penalties
C) the equitable distribution of resources and opportunities
D) balancing the needs of humans and the natural world
Q4) Community psychologists are concerned with creating a positive sense of community.Describe two elements involved in creating a positive sense of community.
Q5) Describe the social exchange theory referred to in the text.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 14
Chapter 13: Applying Social Psychology to the Environment
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
60 Verified Questions
60 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28237
Sample Questions
Q1) As for other psychologists,the work of environmental psychologists can be grouped into which two branches?
A) pure and applied
B) basic and advanced
C) pure and advanced
D) experimental and applied
Q2) FISH 5 is an example of which type of dilemma?
A) resource dilemma
B) resource contingency trap
C) social trap
D) public goods problem
Q3) Social design has six goals,three of which are (1)enhancing control,(2)facilitating social support,and (3)employing imageability.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain what is meant by matching,and differentiate between alpha matching and beta matching.
Q5) Explain the premise of the equity theory.
Q6) Distinguish between technical design and social design.
Page 15
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 14: Applying Social Psychology to Diversity
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
52 Verified Questions
52 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28238
Sample Questions
Q1) According to Allport's (1954)contact hypothesis,which of the following is necessary to reduce conflict between antagonistic groups?
A) unequal status
B) perception of common goals
C) individualism
D) collectivism
Q2) Stereotype threat refers to the fear or nervousness that results when individuals of an out-group use a negative stereotype about your in-group against you.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which is NOT true? Research has found that diversity can sometimes lead to feelings of ______.
A) exclusion
B) conflict
C) sadness
D) happiness
Q4) Differentiate between prejudice and discrimination.
Q5) Differentiate between the terms sex and gender.
Q6) Define racism,and describe two types.
Page 16
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 15: Applying Social Psychology to Personal Relationships
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
52 Verified Questions
52 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28239
Sample Questions
Q1) Explain the physical attractiveness stereotype.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT true regarding the physical attractiveness stereotype?
A) The physical attractiveness stereotype plays into political decisions.
B) Research shows that uninformed voters are more likely to vote for attractive political candidates than unattractive candidates.
C) Research shows that informed voters are more likely to vote for attractive political candidates than unattractive candidates.
D) People considered unattractive can be passed over for job advancement and, in legal proceedings, can even be assumed to be more capable of criminal behavior.
Q3) In traditional Eastern societies,the goal of marriage is social order,and thus,intimate relationships are a means to preserve family unity and social order.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Identify the four patterns of adult attachment identified in the text,and describe characteristics of each.
Q5) Explain the role of proximity and familiarity in establishing relationships.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 17
Chapter 16: Applying Social Psychology to the Classroom
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
51 Verified Questions
51 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28240
Sample Questions
Q1) Out-group bias occurs when people,such as students,rate other groups more positively on favorable qualities such as intelligence than they rate their own group.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Chapter 16 ("Classroom")discusses three cognitive errors.Explain how two of the three cognitive errors may affect students in the classroom environment.
Q3) Explain what is meant by cognitive errors,and list two types.
Q4) Linville,Fischer,and Salovey (1989)had both undergraduate students and people living in a retirement community rate both hypothetical elderly people and hypothetical college students on several personality attributes.This research was used,in particular,as a demonstration of ______.
A) belief perseverance
B) the out-group homogeneity bias
C) the fundamental attribution error
D) the self-serving bias
Q5) Explain what is meant by the overjustification effect.
Q6) Differentiate between individualism and collectivism.
Q7) Identify three types of errors that result from self-perception.
Page 18
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 17: Applying Social Psychology to the Good Life: Balancing Optimism and Pessimism
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
55 Verified Questions
55 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/28241
Sample Questions
Q1) The overall theme of Chapter 17 ("Applying Social Psychology to the Good Life")is that
A) optimism is always desirable
B) pessimism is always desirable
C) neither pessimism nor optimism is ever desirable
D) a balanced view of optimism and pessimism is desirable
Q2) Someone whose relationship is very important to you surprises you by informing you that your relationship just is not as rewarding and pleasant as it used to be and then,a few days later,announces that the relationship is over.In dealing with this very disappointing event,which explanation on your part for what happened would likely prove most damaging to your positive well-being?
A) The other person is being a jerk and is largely at fault.
B) Some ill-advised comments that you made led to what happened.
C) In retrospect, the original decision to become close to this individual was a bad one.
D) You are not as much fun as the other person, and the imbalance led to a loss of interest in you.
Q3) Describe the learned optimism theory by Seligman (2011).
Q4) Describe what is meant by defensive pessimism.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 19