Social psychology worksheet with answers

The frustration–aggression hypothesis states that:

1. AAggression is learned only by watching other people
2. BFrustration leads to withdrawal rather than aggression
3. CActing aggressively always removes the frustration
4. DBeing blocked from a goal makes aggression more likely

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

1. AFalse consensus effect
2. BJust-world effect
3. COut-group homogeneity effect
4. DIn-group favouritism effect

A student goes out partying the night before an exam so that a poor grade can be blamed on tiredness. This is:

1. ASelf-fulfilling prophecy
2. BSelf-handicapping
3. CSocial loafing
4. DStereotype threat

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. ASocial identity theory
2. BThe matching hypothesis
3. CThe arousal: cost–reward model
4. DThe empathy–altruism hypothesis

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

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

Which factor reduced obedience most in Milgram's variations?

1. AThe experimenter giving orders by telephone
2. BHaving the experimenter wear a lab coat
3. CIncreasing the shock levels shown on the machine
4. DMoving the study to a prestigious university

Social identity theory (Tajfel and Turner) explains in-group favouritism mainly by:

1. AGenetic similarity between group members, which favours helping relatives
2. BCompetition for limited resources only
3. CFear of punishment from the group leader
4. DPeople's need to maintain positive self-esteem through group membership

Bond and Smith's meta-analysis of Asch-type studies found that conformity was:

1. AExactly the same in all countries and time periods
2. BRising steadily in the USA since the 1950s
3. CHigher in individualist than in collectivist cultures
4. DHigher in collectivist than in individualist cultures