Social psychology worksheet with answers

In-group favouritism is the tendency to:

1. AFavour members of one's own group
2. BPrefer outsiders to one's own group
3. CAvoid joining groups
4. DTreat all people exactly equally

Unwritten rules about how people in a group are expected to behave are called:

1. ASocial norms
2. BAttitudes
3. CStereotypes
4. DAttributions

Conforming because you believe the group knows the correct answer, especially in an unclear situation, is called:

1. ANormative social influence
2. BInformational social influence
3. CSocial loafing
4. DObedience

Which factor reduced obedience most in Milgram's variations?

1. AMoving the study to a prestigious university
2. BThe experimenter giving orders by telephone
3. CIncreasing the shock levels shown on the machine
4. DHaving the experimenter wear a lab coat

Exposing people to weak arguments against their view, along with rebuttals, makes them more resistant to later persuasion. This is:

1. AThe elaboration likelihood model
2. BInoculation theory
3. CReactance theory
4. DThe sleeper effect

Which concept describes believing that others share our opinions more than they actually do?

1. AHalo effect
2. BFundamental attribution error
3. CJust-world belief
4. DFalse consensus effect

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

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

In Latané and Darley's smoke-filled room study, participants alone usually reported the smoke, but those with two calm confederates rarely did. The best explanation is:

1. APluralistic ignorance about whether it was an emergency
2. BNormative influence from an authority figure
3. CDeindividuation caused by sitting in a group
4. DSocial loafing while working on a group task