Social psychology worksheet with answers

Overestimating how much other people notice our appearance or behaviour is called the:

1. AActor–observer bias
2. BHalo effect
3. CSpotlight effect
4. DFalse consensus effect

In Milgram's obedience study, about what percentage of participants went to the maximum 450-volt level?

1. AAbout 5%
2. BAbout 25%
3. CAbout 95%
4. DAbout 65%

A person's overall evaluation of their own worth is called:

1. ASelf-esteem
2. BSelf-concept
3. CSelf-efficacy
4. DSelf-awareness

A website shows "Only 2 left in stock!" to increase sales. Which persuasion principle does this use?

1. AAuthority
2. BReciprocity
3. CScarcity
4. DSocial proof

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. ASam's mood that night
2. BSam's personality
3. CThe comedian
4. DChance circumstances

Adorno and colleagues linked prejudice to an "authoritarian personality". This personality was thought to develop from:

1. AMembership of trivial or minimal groups
2. BA permissive upbringing with very few rules or limits
3. CCompetition for jobs and housing in adulthood
4. DA strict, harsh upbringing with conditional love

Myers and Bishop found that students high in prejudice became more prejudiced after discussing racial issues with similar students, and low-prejudice students became less prejudiced. Which two explanations are usually given?

1. ASocial loafing and social facilitation
2. BPersuasive arguments and social comparison
3. CMatching hypothesis and proximity
4. DObedience and agentic state

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

1. AThey believed four other people could also hear the victim
2. BThey believed they were the only one listening to the victim
3. CThe victim was a close friend
4. DThe experimenter was in the room