Social psychology worksheet with answers

When everyone in a group looks calm in an unclear situation, each person may conclude that nothing is wrong. This is called:

1. ASocial loafing
2. BGroup polarisation
3. CDiffusion of responsibility
4. DPluralistic ignorance

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

1. AFoot-in-the-door technique
2. BScarcity technique
3. CDoor-in-the-face technique
4. DLow-ball technique

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

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

Normative social influence is conformity based on:

1. AThe belief that the group has better information
2. BPersonal moral principles
3. CThe wish to be accepted and liked by the group
4. DObeying a direct order

The self-serving bias is the tendency to:

1. ARecall only negative information about ourselves, especially after failure
2. BAttribute successes to ourselves and failures to external factors
3. CAttribute others' failures to bad luck
4. DUnderestimate our own abilities

According to Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour, intentions are predicted by attitudes, subjective norms and:

1. AThe size of the group involved
2. BPhysical attractiveness of the source
3. CCognitive dissonance
4. DPerceived behavioural control

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

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

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. BThe date's physical attractiveness, regardless of their own
3. CSimilarity in attractiveness, as the matching hypothesis predicts
4. DSimilarity in personality test scores