Social psychology worksheet with answers

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

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

A car dealer agrees a low price, then adds extra costs once the buyer has committed. This is the:

1. ADoor-in-the-face technique
2. BLow-ball technique
3. CScarcity technique
4. DFoot-in-the-door technique

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

1. AIntimacy, passion and commitment
2. BAttraction, proximity and similarity
3. CAffect, behaviour and cognition
4. DTrust, respect and loyalty

Deindividuation refers to:

1. AThe process of forming a stable, separate personal identity during adolescence
2. BChoosing not to join any group
3. CLoss of self-awareness and personal responsibility in groups or anonymity
4. DBecoming more individual when alone

The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to:

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

Research comparing American and Indian participants found that the fundamental attribution error was:

1. AStronger among Americans, who live in a more individualist culture
2. BAbsent in American participants
3. CStronger among Indians, who live in a more collectivist culture
4. DExactly the same in both cultures

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 reduces prejudice only if all of Allport's conditions are met
4. DContact usually reduces prejudice; Allport's conditions add to it

Latané and Darley's "seizure" study found that participants were least likely to help when:

1. AThe experimenter was in the room
2. BThe victim was a close friend
3. CThey believed they were the only one listening to the victim
4. DThey believed four other people could also hear the victim