Social psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Going along with a group in public while privately disagreeing is called:

  1. ACompliance
  2. BInternalisation
  3. CIdentification
  4. DConversion
2.Easy

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

  1. ASelf-handicapping
  2. BSelf-fulfilling prophecy
  3. CStereotype threat
  4. DSocial loafing
3.Easy

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

  1. AHave opposite personalities
  2. BAre much more attractive than them
  3. CLive far away from them
  4. DAre similar to them in attractiveness
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. ASeparating pupils from different groups
  2. BMaking pupils depend on each other to succeed
  3. CRewarding only the best individual pupil
  4. DIncreasing competition between pupils
5.Medium

In the Robbers Cave study, hostility between the two groups of boys was reduced most by:

  1. AWorking together on superordinate goals
  2. BSeparating the groups completely
  3. CCompetitive sports tournaments
  4. DSimply having more contact during meals
6.Medium

Only Jo laughs at a comedian, Jo laughs at every comedian, and Jo always laughs at this one. Using Kelley's model, people will most likely explain the laughter by:

  1. ASomething about Jo
  2. BSomething about the audience
  3. CSomething about the comedian
  4. DSomething about that evening
7.Hard

In the Clarks' doll studies, many Black children preferred a white doll and described it as "nice". This research was cited in a US court case because it suggested:

  1. ADoll preferences are fully innate
  2. BSegregated schools improved self-esteem
  3. CYoung children have no racial awareness
  4. DSegregation harmed Black children's self-image
8.Hard

A prejudiced person explains an out-group member's kind act as "just luck" or "he was forced to" but explains an out-group member's crime as "that's how they are". This is:

  1. AThe self-serving bias
  2. BThe false consensus effect
  3. CThe actor–observer bias
  4. DThe ultimate attribution error

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Compliance
  2. 2. A · Self-handicapping
  3. 3. D · Are similar to them in attractiveness
  4. 4. B · Making pupils depend on each other to succeed
  5. 5. A · Working together on superordinate goals
  6. 6. A · Something about Jo
  7. 7. D · Segregation harmed Black children's self-image
  8. 8. D · The ultimate attribution error

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