Social psychology worksheet with answers

Realistic conflict theory explains hostility between groups mainly as a result of:

1. AA lack of contact with others
2. BMere membership of a group
3. CCompetition for limited resources
4. DPersonality traits of group members

Blaming an innocent out-group for one's own frustrations and problems is called:

1. AScapegoating
2. BGroupthink
3. CReactance
4. DSocial loafing

The frustration–aggression hypothesis states that:

1. ABeing blocked from a goal makes aggression more likely
2. BActing aggressively always removes the frustration
3. CFrustration leads to withdrawal rather than aggression
4. DAggression is learned only by watching other people

A website shows "Only 2 left in stock!" to increase sales. Which persuasion principle does this use?

1. ASocial proof
2. BScarcity
3. CReciprocity
4. DAuthority

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

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

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

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

1. AAll the bystanders were strangers
2. BThe emergency was clearly dangerous
3. CThere were more bystanders present
4. DThe situation was more ambiguous

Gaertner and Dovidio found that White participants helped Black and White victims equally when they were the only witness, but helped Black victims less when other bystanders were present. This supports the idea of:

1. AA complete absence of prejudice among the participants
2. BAversive racism, shown when a non-racial excuse is available
3. CDiffusion of responsibility that affects all victims equally
4. DOpen, old-fashioned racism that appears in every situation