Social psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Worrying about confirming a negative stereotype about one's group, which then harms performance, is called:

  1. ASelf-handicapping
  2. BStereotype threat
  3. CScapegoating
  4. DIllusory correlation
2.Easy

Seeing members of other groups as "all alike" while seeing your own group as varied is the:

  1. AFalse consensus effect
  2. BJust-world effect
  3. CIn-group favouritism effect
  4. DOut-group homogeneity effect
3.Easy

Which researcher found that cyclists rode faster when racing against others than when riding alone, in an early study of social facilitation?

  1. AMuzafer Sherif
  2. BBibb Latané
  3. CRobert Zajonc
  4. DNorman Triplett
4.Medium

Tom says he tripped because the floor was wet, but when he sees someone else trip he thinks they are clumsy. This is the:

  1. AActor–observer bias
  2. BFalse consensus effect
  3. CHalo effect
  4. DSelf-serving bias
5.Medium

A smoker who knows smoking is harmful tells himself "the research isn't really conclusive". In dissonance terms, he is reducing dissonance by:

  1. AConforming to a group norm
  2. BIncreasing the importance of the conflict
  3. CChanging one of the conflicting cognitions
  4. DChanging his behaviour
6.Medium

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

  1. AIntelligence of the target
  2. BAge of the target
  3. CGender of the sources
  4. DNumber of the sources
7.Hard

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

  1. ARising steadily in the USA since the 1950s
  2. BHigher in individualist than in collectivist cultures
  3. CExactly the same in all countries and time periods
  4. DHigher in collectivist than in individualist cultures
8.Hard

In Tajfel's minimal group studies, boys allocated points between an in-group and an out-group member. They often preferred options that:

  1. AGave both boys the highest possible joint total of reward points
  2. BGave more to the out-group member so as to appear fair
  3. CMaximised the gap in their group's favour, even at a cost
  4. DSplit the points exactly equally between both groups

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Stereotype threat
  2. 2. D · Out-group homogeneity effect
  3. 3. D · Norman Triplett
  4. 4. A · Actor–observer bias
  5. 5. C · Changing one of the conflicting cognitions
  6. 6. D · Number of the sources
  7. 7. D · Higher in collectivist than in individualist cultures
  8. 8. C · Maximised the gap in their group's favour, even at a cost

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