Social psychology worksheet with answers

Explaining a classmate's failed exam by saying "she is lazy" is an example of:

1. AA situational (external) attribution
2. BA dispositional (internal) attribution
3. CA conformity response
4. DA self-serving attribution

Assuming that an attractive person is also kind and intelligent is called the:

1. ASleeper effect
2. BPrimacy effect
3. CHalo effect
4. DSpotlight effect

Social facilitation means that the presence of others:

1. AImproves performance on simple or well-learned tasks
2. BHas no effect on performance
3. CMakes people forget instructions
4. DAlways worsens performance, whatever kind of task is being done

In the Robbers Cave study, hostility between the two groups of boys was reduced most by:

1. ACompetitive sports tournaments
2. BSeparating the groups completely
3. CSimply having more contact during meals
4. DWorking together on superordinate goals

Burger's 2009 partial replication of Milgram stopped at 150 volts for ethical reasons. What did it find?

1. AObedience was far higher than in Milgram's study
2. BWomen nearly always refused to continue
3. CAlmost nobody obeyed in a modern sample
4. DObedience was similar to Milgram's at that point

Which factor reduced obedience most in Milgram's variations?

1. AMoving the study to a prestigious university
2. BIncreasing the shock levels shown on the machine
3. CThe experimenter giving orders by telephone
4. DHaving the experimenter wear a lab coat

Milgram moved his study from Yale University to a run-down office building. What happened to obedience?

1. AIt rose to every participant obeying
2. BIt fell to almost zero
3. CIt fell somewhat but remained substantial
4. DIt was exactly the same as at Yale

Baumrind criticised Milgram's obedience study mainly because:

1. AParticipants were paid so much that they felt obliged
2. BParticipants were deceived and put under severe stress
3. CThe shocks were real and physically harmed the learner
4. DThe sample was too small to generalise from at all