Social psychology worksheet with answers

Explaining a classmate's failed exam by saying "she is lazy" is an example of:

1. AA situational (external) attribution
2. BA self-serving attribution
3. CA conformity response
4. DA dispositional (internal) attribution

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

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

After discussion, a group's opinion becomes more extreme in the direction its members already leaned. This is called:

1. AGroupthink
2. BSocial loafing
3. CGroup polarisation
4. DDeindividuation

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. BFalse consensus effect
3. CSelf-serving bias
4. DActor–observer bias

The foot-in-the-door technique works by:

1. AUsing fear to persuade
2. BGetting agreement to a small request before making a larger one
3. COffering a discount after the request
4. DMaking a large request first, which is refused, then a smaller one

Groupthink is most likely when a group:

1. AContains many members who openly disagree and challenge the leader's views
2. BIs highly cohesive, isolated and led by a directive leader
3. CSeeks advice from outside experts
4. DUses a formal devil's advocate

Men approached by a female researcher on a high, swaying bridge were more likely to phone her later than men approached on a low, stable bridge. This is explained by:

1. ASocial exchange theory
2. BMisattribution of arousal
3. CThe mere exposure effect
4. DThe matching hypothesis

Festinger and Carlsmith paid participants either $1 or $20 to tell others a boring task was fun. Who later rated the task as more enjoyable?

1. AThose paid $1
2. BBoth groups rated it the same
3. CNeither group changed its rating
4. DThose paid $20