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1.Easy

The frustration–aggression hypothesis states that:

  1. ABeing blocked from a goal makes aggression more likely
  2. BAggression is learned only by watching other people
  3. CActing aggressively always removes the frustration
  4. DFrustration leads to withdrawal rather than aggression
2.Easy

A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when:

  1. APeople change attitudes to match behaviour
  2. BA group makes a riskier decision than its members would alone
  3. CPeople remember only predictions that came true
  4. DAn expectation causes behaviour that makes it true
3.Easy

When forming an impression of someone, information we receive first often has the greatest influence. This is the:

  1. AHalo effect
  2. BPrimacy effect
  3. CRecency effect
  4. DSleeper effect
4.Medium

According to the elaboration likelihood model, which route of persuasion produces longer-lasting attitude change?

  1. AThe central route, based on careful thinking about the arguments
  2. BBoth produce exactly the same change
  3. CNeither produces any attitude change
  4. DThe peripheral route, based on cues such as the source's attractiveness
5.Medium

Which factor reduced obedience most in Milgram's variations?

  1. AIncreasing the shock levels shown on the machine
  2. BMoving the study to a prestigious university
  3. CHaving the experimenter wear a lab coat
  4. DThe experimenter giving orders by telephone
6.Medium

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

  1. AHalo effect
  2. BFalse consensus effect
  3. CFundamental attribution error
  4. DJust-world belief
7.Hard

In Batson's studies, participants who felt high empathy for a woman receiving shocks offered to take her place even when they could easily leave. This supports:

  1. AKin selection
  2. BThe arousal: cost–reward model
  3. CThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
  4. DThe negative state relief model only
8.Hard

Kunst-Wilson and Zajonc showed octagons too briefly to be recognised. Later, participants could not tell old from new shapes but preferred the ones shown before. This suggests:

  1. ALiking depends only on what can be consciously remembered from before
  2. BPeople always know which shapes they have seen before
  3. CVery brief exposure tends to reduce liking for a shape
  4. DMere exposure can raise liking without conscious recognition

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Being blocked from a goal makes aggression more likely
  2. 2. D · An expectation causes behaviour that makes it true
  3. 3. B · Primacy effect
  4. 4. A · The central route, based on careful thinking about the arguments
  5. 5. D · The experimenter giving orders by telephone
  6. 6. B · False consensus effect
  7. 7. C · The empathy–altruism hypothesis
  8. 8. D · Mere exposure can raise liking without conscious recognition

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