Social psychology worksheet with answers

Social facilitation means that the presence of others:

1. AImproves performance on simple or well-learned tasks
2. BAlways worsens performance, whatever kind of task is being done
3. CHas no effect on performance
4. DMakes people forget instructions

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

1. AAffect, behaviour and cognition
2. BTrust, respect and loyalty
3. CIntimacy, passion and commitment
4. DAttraction, proximity and similarity

Milgram used the term "agentic state" to describe a person who:

1. AFeels fully responsible for the harm they are causing
2. BRefuses to follow orders that they think are wrong
3. CActs entirely on their own conscience and their own moral values
4. DSees themselves as acting for an authority, not for themselves

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 general attitudes always predict behaviour
3. CThat prejudice against Chinese people did not exist
4. DA gap between stated attitudes and behaviour

Tom says he tripped because the floor was wet, but when he sees someone else trip he thinks they are clumsy. This is the:

1. AHalo effect
2. BActor–observer bias
3. CSelf-serving bias
4. DFalse consensus effect

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. BIncreasing competition between pupils
3. CRewarding only the best individual pupil
4. DMaking pupils depend on each other to succeed

In Walster's "computer dance" study, students were randomly paired. What best predicted whether they wanted to see their date again?

1. ASimilarity in intelligence
2. BSimilarity in attractiveness, as the matching hypothesis predicts
3. CSimilarity in personality test scores
4. DThe date's physical attractiveness, regardless of their own

Moscovici's research showed that a consistent minority can influence a majority mainly through:

1. ANormative pressure leading to quick public compliance with the minority
2. BPunishment of dissenters
3. CObedience to authority
4. DInformational influence leading to private, deeper attitude change