Social psychology worksheet with answers

The social norm that we should return favours that others have done for us is called:

1. AThe equity norm
2. BThe social responsibility norm
3. CThe just-world belief
4. DThe reciprocity norm

Blaming an innocent out-group for one's own frustrations and problems is called:

1. AReactance
2. BSocial loafing
3. CScapegoating
4. DGroupthink

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. BDiffusion of responsibility
3. CGroup polarisation
4. DPluralistic ignorance

A message from a low-credibility source becomes more persuasive weeks later, as people forget where it came from. This is the:

1. AMere exposure effect
2. BPrimacy effect
3. CBoomerang effect
4. DSleeper effect

According to Latané's social impact theory, social influence increases with the strength, immediacy and:

1. ANumber of the sources
2. BGender of the sources
3. CIntelligence of the target
4. DAge of the target

Deindividuation refers to:

1. AChoosing not to join any group
2. BLoss of self-awareness and personal responsibility in groups or anonymity
3. CThe process of forming a stable, separate personal identity during adolescence
4. DBecoming more individual when alone

A prejudiced person explains an out-group member's kind act as "just luck" or "he was forced to" but explains an out-group member's crime as "that's how they are". This is:

1. AThe false consensus effect
2. BThe actor–observer bias
3. CThe ultimate attribution error
4. DThe self-serving bias

Steele and Aronson found that Black students did worse than White students on a hard verbal test when it was described as a measure of ability, but equally well when it was described as a non-diagnostic task. This shows that:

1. AAbility differences between groups are fixed and cannot change
2. BFraming a test can create performance gaps via stereotype threat
3. CHard verbal tests are equally difficult for every student
4. DThe way a test is described has no effect on how well people perform