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1.Easy

Realistic conflict theory explains hostility between groups mainly as a result of:

  1. ACompetition for limited resources
  2. BA lack of contact with others
  3. CPersonality traits of group members
  4. DMere membership of a group
2.Easy

Accepting a group's view both publicly and privately because you truly believe it is called:

  1. AConversion
  2. BCompliance
  3. CIdentification
  4. DInternalisation
3.Easy

The bystander effect means that:

  1. AGroups make riskier decisions
  2. BPeople are less likely to help when others are present
  3. CBystanders are usually the main cause of the accidents they witness
  4. DPeople always help when they see an emergency
4.Medium

In Asch's impression studies, changing one word in a list of traits from "warm" to "cold" greatly changed the overall impression. This suggests "warm" is a:

  1. APeripheral trait
  2. BStereotype
  3. CPrimacy cue only
  4. DCentral trait
5.Medium

The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to:

  1. AAssume others agree with us
  2. BBlame the situation for one's own failures while taking personal credit for one's successes
  3. COverestimate personality and underestimate the situation when explaining others' behaviour
  4. DOverestimate the role of luck in success
6.Medium

In Latané and Darley's five-step model of bystander intervention, pluralistic ignorance mainly affects which step?

  1. ANoticing that something is happening
  2. BDeciding whether the costs are worth it
  3. CInterpreting the event as an emergency
  4. DKnowing how to give the right help
7.Hard

An older couple has deep closeness and a firm commitment, but little passion left. In Sternberg's theory this is:

  1. ARomantic love
  2. BConsummate love
  3. CEmpty love
  4. DCompanionate love
8.Hard

Pettigrew and Tropp's meta-analysis of over 500 studies on intergroup contact found that:

  1. AContact has no measurable effect once prior attitudes are controlled
  2. BContact usually reduces prejudice; Allport's conditions add to it
  3. CContact usually increases prejudice unless groups are kept apart
  4. DContact reduces prejudice only if all of Allport's conditions are met

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Competition for limited resources
  2. 2. D · Internalisation
  3. 3. B · People are less likely to help when others are present
  4. 4. D · Central trait
  5. 5. C · Overestimate personality and underestimate the situation when explaining others' behaviour
  6. 6. C · Interpreting the event as an emergency
  7. 7. D · Companionate love
  8. 8. B · Contact usually reduces prejudice; Allport's conditions add to it

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