Social psychology worksheet with answers

The matching hypothesis predicts that people tend to form relationships with partners who:

1. ALive far away from them
2. BHave opposite personalities
3. CAre similar to them in attractiveness
4. DAre much more attractive than them

Making a large request that will probably be refused, then a smaller one, is the:

1. AFoot-in-the-door technique
2. BThat's-not-all technique
3. CDoor-in-the-face technique
4. DLow-ball technique

Who proposed social comparison theory, which says people evaluate themselves by comparing with others?

1. AStanley Milgram
2. BHenri Tajfel
3. CSolomon Asch
4. DLeon Festinger

According to equity theory, who is likely to feel uncomfortable in a relationship?

1. ANeither partner, as long as the total rewards remain high
2. BBoth the over-benefited and the under-benefited partner
3. COnly the partner who gives more than they get back
4. DOnly the partner who has fewer alternatives available

In Asch's impression studies, changing one word in a list of traits from "warm" to "cold" greatly changed the overall impression. This suggests "warm" is a:

1. APeripheral trait
2. BPrimacy cue only
3. CCentral trait
4. DStereotype

On a New York subway, a man who collapsed while carrying a cane was helped more often than a man who smelt of alcohol. Which model best explains this?

1. AThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
2. BThe matching hypothesis
3. CThe arousal: cost–reward model
4. DSocial identity theory

Zanna and Cooper gave participants a placebo pill, telling some it would make them tense. After writing a counter-attitudinal essay, those told the pill causes tension showed little attitude change. This supports the idea that:

1. AWriting essays never changes people's attitudes
2. BPlacebo pills themselves cause attitude change
3. CSelf-perception theory explains all attitude change
4. DDissonance involves arousal that people try to explain

Pettigrew and Tropp's meta-analysis of over 500 studies on intergroup contact found that:

1. AContact has no measurable effect once prior attitudes are controlled
2. BContact usually increases prejudice unless groups are kept apart
3. CContact usually reduces prejudice; Allport's conditions add to it
4. DContact reduces prejudice only if all of Allport's conditions are met