Social psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

  1. AAttitudes
  2. BSocial norms
  3. CStereotypes
  4. DAttributions
2.Easy

Assuming that an attractive person is also kind and intelligent is called the:

  1. ASleeper effect
  2. BSpotlight effect
  3. CPrimacy effect
  4. DHalo effect
3.Easy

Milgram used the term "agentic state" to describe a person who:

  1. ARefuses to follow orders that they think are wrong
  2. BActs entirely on their own conscience and their own moral values
  3. CSees themselves as acting for an authority, not for themselves
  4. DFeels fully responsible for the harm they are causing
4.Medium

Deindividuation refers to:

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

In Aronson's jigsaw classroom, each pupil learns one part of a lesson and teaches it to the group. This reduced prejudice mainly by:

  1. ARewarding only the best individual pupil
  2. BIncreasing competition between pupils
  3. CMaking pupils depend on each other to succeed
  4. DSeparating pupils from different groups
6.Medium

Burger's 2009 partial replication of Milgram stopped at 150 volts for ethical reasons. What did it find?

  1. AAlmost nobody obeyed in a modern sample
  2. BWomen nearly always refused to continue
  3. CObedience was similar to Milgram's at that point
  4. DObedience was far higher than in Milgram's study
7.Hard

Milgram moved his study from Yale University to a run-down office building. What happened to obedience?

  1. AIt fell somewhat but remained substantial
  2. BIt fell to almost zero
  3. CIt rose to every participant obeying
  4. DIt was exactly the same as at Yale
8.Hard

Social identity theory (Tajfel and Turner) explains in-group favouritism mainly by:

  1. APeople's need to maintain positive self-esteem through group membership
  2. BGenetic similarity between group members, which favours helping relatives
  3. CFear of punishment from the group leader
  4. DCompetition for limited resources only

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Social norms
  2. 2. D · Halo effect
  3. 3. C · Sees themselves as acting for an authority, not for themselves
  4. 4. A · Loss of self-awareness and personal responsibility in groups or anonymity
  5. 5. C · Making pupils depend on each other to succeed
  6. 6. C · Obedience was similar to Milgram's at that point
  7. 7. A · It fell somewhat but remained substantial
  8. 8. A · People's need to maintain positive self-esteem through group membership

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