Social psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A stereotype is:

  1. AA legal rule about groups
  2. BA feeling of liking for members of one's own group only
  3. CA generalised belief about members of a group
  4. DA negative behaviour towards a group
2.Easy

Seeing members of other groups as "all alike" while seeing your own group as varied is the:

  1. AIn-group favouritism effect
  2. BJust-world effect
  3. COut-group homogeneity effect
  4. DFalse consensus effect
3.Easy

Sternberg's triangular theory of love has which three components?

  1. ATrust, respect and loyalty
  2. BAttraction, proximity and similarity
  3. CAffect, behaviour and cognition
  4. DIntimacy, passion and commitment
4.Medium

Groupthink is most likely when a group:

  1. AContains many members who openly disagree and challenge the leader's views
  2. BSeeks advice from outside experts
  3. CIs highly cohesive, isolated and led by a directive leader
  4. DUses a formal devil's advocate
5.Medium

LaPiere travelled across the USA with a Chinese couple in the 1930s. Almost every hotel and restaurant served them, but most later replied by letter that they would not serve Chinese guests. This shows:

  1. AThat general attitudes always predict behaviour
  2. BThat prejudice against Chinese people did not exist
  3. CA gap between stated attitudes and behaviour
  4. DThat written replies are more honest than actions
6.Medium

Adorno and colleagues linked prejudice to an "authoritarian personality". This personality was thought to develop from:

  1. AMembership of trivial or minimal groups
  2. BCompetition for jobs and housing in adulthood
  3. CA strict, harsh upbringing with conditional love
  4. DA permissive upbringing with very few rules or limits
7.Hard

Social identity theory (Tajfel and Turner) explains in-group favouritism mainly by:

  1. APeople's need to maintain positive self-esteem through group membership
  2. BFear of punishment from the group leader
  3. CGenetic similarity between group members, which favours helping relatives
  4. DCompetition for limited resources only
8.Hard

Fischer and colleagues' meta-analysis of the bystander effect found that it was weaker when:

  1. AThe emergency was clearly dangerous
  2. BThere were more bystanders present
  3. CThe situation was more ambiguous
  4. DAll the bystanders were strangers

Answer key

  1. 1. C · A generalised belief about members of a group
  2. 2. C · Out-group homogeneity effect
  3. 3. D · Intimacy, passion and commitment
  4. 4. C · Is highly cohesive, isolated and led by a directive leader
  5. 5. C · A gap between stated attitudes and behaviour
  6. 6. C · A strict, harsh upbringing with conditional love
  7. 7. A · People's need to maintain positive self-esteem through group membership
  8. 8. A · The emergency was clearly dangerous

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