Social psychology worksheet with answers

The evolutionary idea that people are more likely to help close relatives than strangers is called:

1. ASocial exchange
2. BKin selection
3. CThe bystander effect
4. DReciprocal altruism

Who proposed social comparison theory, which says people evaluate themselves by comparing with others?

1. ASolomon Asch
2. BHenri Tajfel
3. CLeon Festinger
4. DStanley Milgram

Conforming because you believe the group knows the correct answer, especially in an unclear situation, is called:

1. ANormative social influence
2. BSocial loafing
3. CObedience
4. DInformational social influence

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

1. ADeciding whether the costs are worth it
2. BKnowing how to give the right help
3. CInterpreting the event as an emergency
4. DNoticing that something is happening

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. AMost participants had poor eyesight for lines
2. BMuch of the original conformity was normative
3. CWriting answers made the task more difficult
4. DThe conformity was mainly informational

Exposing people to weak arguments against their view, along with rebuttals, makes them more resistant to later persuasion. This is:

1. AReactance theory
2. BThe sleeper effect
3. CInoculation theory
4. DThe elaboration likelihood model

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. AThe negative state relief model only
2. BThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
3. CThe arousal: cost–reward model
4. DKin selection

Festinger and Carlsmith paid participants either $1 or $20 to tell others a boring task was fun. Who later rated the task as more enjoyable?

1. ANeither group changed its rating
2. BBoth groups rated it the same
3. CThose paid $1
4. DThose paid $20