Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. It appears that both universal and culture-specific aspects account for variation in people’s personalities.
2. Social psychologists tend to take the situationist perspective; personality psychologists promote the dispositionist perspective; and modern approaches to social psychology take both situationism and dispositionism into account when studying human behavior.
3. The Stanford prison experiment was a study that demonstrated the power of social roles, social norms, and scripts.
4. An indirect route that uses central cues to associate positivity with the message is the central route of persuasion.
5. In a study by Martin and Bull, midwives privately completed a questionnaire on best practices and expectations in delivering a baby. Then, a more senior midwife and supervisor asked the junior midwives to do something they previously stated they opposed. Most of the junior midwives were obedient to authority, going against their own beliefs.

Answer 1

1. True
This statement is true. It appears that both universal and culture-specific aspects account for variation in people’s personalities.
2. True
This statement is true. Social psychologists tend to take the situationist perspective; personality psychologists promote the dispositionist perspective; and modern approaches to social psychology take both situationism and dispositionism into account when studying human behavior.
3. True
This statement is true. The Stanford prison experiment was a study that demonstrated the power of social roles, social norms, and scripts.
4. False
This statement is false. The peripheral route of persuasion is an indirect route that uses peripheral cues to associate positivity with the message.
5. True
This statement is true. In a study by Martin and Bull, midwives privately completed a questionnaire on best practices and expectations in delivering a baby. Then, a more senior midwife and supervisor asked the junior midwives to do something they previously stated they opposed. Most of the junior midwives were obedient to authority, going against their own beliefs.