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1.Easy

In student housing, people were most likely to become friends with those living closest to them. This shows the role of:

  1. AReciprocity of liking
  2. BProximity in attraction
  3. CSimilarity in attraction
  4. DPhysical attractiveness
2.Easy

A person's overall evaluation of their own worth is called:

  1. ASelf-concept
  2. BSelf-esteem
  3. CSelf-efficacy
  4. DSelf-awareness
3.Easy

Attitudes are typically described as having which three components?

  1. AAffective, behavioural and cognitive
  2. BId, ego and superego
  3. CSensory, short-term and long-term
  4. DConscious, preconscious and unconscious
4.Medium

The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to:

  1. AOverestimate personality and underestimate the situation when explaining others' behaviour
  2. BOverestimate the role of luck in success
  3. CBlame the situation for one's own failures while taking personal credit for one's successes
  4. DAssume others agree with us
5.Medium

In a variation of Asch's study, participants wrote their answers privately instead of saying them aloud, and conformity dropped sharply. What does this suggest?

  1. AMuch of the original conformity was normative
  2. BThe conformity was mainly informational
  3. CWriting answers made the task more difficult
  4. DMost participants had poor eyesight for lines
6.Medium

Groupthink is most likely when a group:

  1. AContains many members who openly disagree and challenge the leader's views
  2. BIs highly cohesive, isolated and led by a directive leader
  3. CSeeks advice from outside experts
  4. DUses a formal devil's advocate
7.Hard

Men approached by a female researcher on a high, swaying bridge were more likely to phone her later than men approached on a low, stable bridge. This is explained by:

  1. ASocial exchange theory
  2. BMisattribution of arousal
  3. CThe mere exposure effect
  4. DThe matching hypothesis
8.Hard

Bond and Smith's meta-analysis of Asch-type studies found that conformity was:

  1. AExactly the same in all countries and time periods
  2. BRising steadily in the USA since the 1950s
  3. CHigher in collectivist than in individualist cultures
  4. DHigher in individualist than in collectivist cultures

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Proximity in attraction
  2. 2. B · Self-esteem
  3. 3. A · Affective, behavioural and cognitive
  4. 4. A · Overestimate personality and underestimate the situation when explaining others' behaviour
  5. 5. A · Much of the original conformity was normative
  6. 6. B · Is highly cohesive, isolated and led by a directive leader
  7. 7. B · Misattribution of arousal
  8. 8. C · Higher in collectivist than in individualist cultures

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