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1.Easy

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

  1. AOut-group homogeneity effect
  2. BIn-group favouritism effect
  3. CFalse consensus effect
  4. DJust-world effect
2.Easy

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

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

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

  1. APrimacy effect
  2. BHalo effect
  3. CSpotlight effect
  4. DSleeper effect
4.Medium

The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to:

  1. ABlame the situation for one's own failures while taking personal credit for one's successes
  2. BOverestimate personality and underestimate the situation when explaining others' behaviour
  3. COverestimate the role of luck in success
  4. DAssume others agree with us
5.Medium

A friend suggests hitting a punching bag to "get anger out of your system". What does research by Bushman and others suggest?

  1. AVenting has no effect on mood or on later behaviour
  2. BVenting like this tends to increase later aggression
  3. CVenting helps only if done in front of the target
  4. DVenting reliably reduces anger and so lowers later aggression
6.Medium

Normative social influence is conformity based on:

  1. AThe wish to be accepted and liked by the group
  2. BPersonal moral principles
  3. CObeying a direct order
  4. DThe belief that the group has better information
7.Hard

In Walster's "computer dance" study, students were randomly paired. What best predicted whether they wanted to see their date again?

  1. ASimilarity in attractiveness, as the matching hypothesis predicts
  2. BSimilarity in intelligence
  3. CThe date's physical attractiveness, regardless of their own
  4. DSimilarity in personality test scores
8.Hard

Festinger studied a group that predicted the end of the world on a certain date. When the prophecy failed, many members:

  1. AWithdrew from contact with all outsiders and the media altogether
  2. BAdmitted publicly that they had been foolish
  3. CBecame more committed and tried harder to recruit
  4. DImmediately abandoned the group and its leader

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Out-group homogeneity effect
  2. 2. A · A dispositional (internal) attribution
  3. 3. B · Halo effect
  4. 4. B · Overestimate personality and underestimate the situation when explaining others' behaviour
  5. 5. B · Venting like this tends to increase later aggression
  6. 6. A · The wish to be accepted and liked by the group
  7. 7. C · The date's physical attractiveness, regardless of their own
  8. 8. C · Became more committed and tried harder to recruit

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