Social psychology worksheet with answers

Which term describes reduced effort when working in a group compared with alone?

1. ASocial facilitation
2. BSocial loafing
3. CGroupthink
4. DDeindividuation

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. CSees themselves as acting for an authority, not for themselves
4. DActs entirely on their own conscience and their own moral values

Attitudes are typically described as having which three components?

1. ASensory, short-term and long-term
2. BId, ego and superego
3. CConscious, preconscious and unconscious
4. DAffective, behavioural and cognitive

Deindividuation refers to:

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

In Sherif's autokinetic studies, people judged how far a still dot of light seemed to move. In groups, their estimates converged on a shared norm. This mainly shows:

1. ASocial loafing as the group task went on
2. BNormative influence when the correct answer was obvious
3. CObedience to the experimenter as an authority
4. DInformational influence in an ambiguous situation

Everyone laughs at a comedian, Sam laughs at this comedian but at no others, and Sam always laughs at her. Using Kelley's covariation model, the cause is most likely:

1. AChance circumstances
2. BSam's personality
3. CThe comedian
4. DSam's mood that night

In Ross's quiz study, randomly assigned questioners wrote hard questions for contestants. Observers rated the questioners as more knowledgeable. Why is this an attribution error?

1. AThe questioners really were more intelligent overall
2. BThe contestants knew the answers but chose to hide them
3. CThe questioners' role advantage was taken as ability
4. DThe observers believed the roles were assigned by skill

Why are the results of the Stanford prison experiment treated with caution today?

1. AGuards were partly coached and demand characteristics were strong
2. BIt was carried out in a real prison with real inmates as the prisoners
3. CIt had too many participants to analyse
4. DIt found no differences between guards and prisoners