These are sets of true-false questions designed to help students assess their intuitive beliefs about key topics in social psychology. After stepping through these exercises, students will receive tabulated results that show them how their beliefs compare to the findings of social psychology.

Chapter 1 Introduction

NetLab: Is It Science or Common Sense?

Students are presented with questions that have been subjects of social psychology research and are asked to say whether the statements are true or false and to rate the confidence of their answers. The purpose of the activity is to challenge the notion that much of what social psychologists have concluded is just common sense and intuition and to indicate the importance of research. If student answers are typical, they get several wrong and also find that their confidence is negatively correlated to the accuracy of their answers.

Chapter 2 Doing Social Psychology Research

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Chapter 3 The Social Self

Putting Common Sense to the Test: The Social Self

Students compare their opinions about common beliefs associated with the social self with the results of social psychology research. They are asked to compare their confidence in their answers with the accuracy of the answers.

Chapter 4 Perceiving Persons

Putting Common Sense to the Test: Perceiving Persons

Students compare their opinions about common beliefs associated with perceptions of others with the results of social psychology research. They are asked to compare their confidence in their answers with the accuracy of the answers.

Chapter 5 Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Putting Common Sense to the Test: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Students compare their opinions about common beliefs associated with perceptions of groups of people with the results of social psychology research. They are asked to compare their confidence in their answers with the accuracy of the answers.

Chapter 6 Attitudes

Putting Common Sense to the Test: Attitudes

Students compare their opinions about common beliefs associated with attitude formation with the results of social psychology research. They are asked to compare their confidence in their answers with the accuracy of the answers.

Chapter 7 Conformity

Putting Common Sense to the Test: Conformity

Students compare their opinions about common beliefs associated with conformity with the results of social psychology research. They are asked to compare their confidence in their answers with the accuracy of the answers.

Chapter 8 Group Processes

Putting Common Sense to the Test: Group Processes

Students compare their opinions about common beliefs associated with groups with the results of social psychology research. They are asked to compare their confidence in their answers with the accuracy of the answers.

Chapter 9 Attraction and Close Relationships

Putting Common Sense to the Test: Attraction and Close Personal Relationships

Students compare their opinions about common beliefs associated with attraction and close personal relationships with the results of social psychology research. They are asked to compare their confidence in their answers with the accuracy of the answers.

Chapter 10 Helping Others

Putting Common Sense to the Test: Helping Others

Students compare their opinions about common beliefs associated with helping others with the results of social psychology research. They are asked to compare their confidence in their answers with the accuracy of the answers.

Chapter 11 Aggression

Putting Common Sense to the Test: Aggression

Students compare their opinions about common beliefs associated with aggression with the results of social psychology research. They are asked to compare their confidence in their answers with the accuracy of the answers.

Chapter 12 Law

Putting Common Sense to the Test: Law

Students compare their opinions about common beliefs associated with law and psychology with the results of social psychology research. They are asked to compare their confidence in their answers with the accuracy of the answers.

Chapter 13 Business

Putting Common Sense to the Test: Business

Students compare their opinions about common beliefs associated with business and psychology with the results of social psychology research. They are asked to compare their confidence in their answers with the accuracy of the answers.

Chapter 14 Health

NetLab: Putting Common Sense to the Test: Health

Students compare their opinions about common beliefs associated with health with the psychological research. They are asked to compare their confidence in their answers with the accuracy of the answers.