Social psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Accepting a group's view both publicly and privately because you truly believe it is called:

  1. AConversion
  2. BIdentification
  3. CCompliance
  4. DInternalisation
2.Easy

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

  1. ATrust, respect and loyalty
  2. BIntimacy, passion and commitment
  3. CAttraction, proximity and similarity
  4. DAffect, behaviour and cognition
3.Easy

Helping another person without expecting anything in return is called:

  1. ACompliance
  2. BAltruism
  3. CSocial exchange
  4. DReciprocity
4.Medium

In Aronson's jigsaw classroom, each pupil learns one part of a lesson and teaches it to the group. This reduced prejudice mainly by:

  1. AIncreasing competition between pupils
  2. BMaking pupils depend on each other to succeed
  3. CSeparating pupils from different groups
  4. DRewarding only the best individual pupil
5.Medium

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. APrimacy cue only
  2. BPeripheral trait
  3. CCentral trait
  4. DStereotype
6.Medium

The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to:

  1. AAssume others agree with us
  2. BBlame the situation for one's own failures while taking personal credit for one's successes
  3. COverestimate personality and underestimate the situation when explaining others' behaviour
  4. DOverestimate the role of luck in success
7.Hard

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. AAversive racism, shown when a non-racial excuse is available
  2. BDiffusion of responsibility that affects all victims equally
  3. COpen, old-fashioned racism that appears in every situation
  4. DA complete absence of prejudice among the participants
8.Hard

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 was exactly the same as at Yale
  3. CIt fell somewhat but remained substantial
  4. DIt fell to almost zero

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Internalisation
  2. 2. B · Intimacy, passion and commitment
  3. 3. B · Altruism
  4. 4. B · Making pupils depend on each other to succeed
  5. 5. C · Central trait
  6. 6. C · Overestimate personality and underestimate the situation when explaining others' behaviour
  7. 7. A · Aversive racism, shown when a non-racial excuse is available
  8. 8. C · It fell somewhat but remained substantial

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