Social psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

When everyone in a group looks calm in an unclear situation, each person may conclude that nothing is wrong. This is called:

  1. APluralistic ignorance
  2. BGroup polarisation
  3. CDiffusion of responsibility
  4. DSocial loafing
2.Easy

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

  1. ASocial exchange
  2. BReciprocal altruism
  3. CKin selection
  4. DThe bystander effect
3.Easy

Attitudes are typically described as having which three components?

  1. AConscious, preconscious and unconscious
  2. BAffective, behavioural and cognitive
  3. CSensory, short-term and long-term
  4. DId, ego and superego
4.Medium

The foot-in-the-door technique works by:

  1. AUsing fear to persuade
  2. BGetting agreement to a small request before making a larger one
  3. COffering a discount after the request
  4. DMaking a large request first, which is refused, then a smaller one
5.Medium

Which factor reduced obedience most in Milgram's variations?

  1. AThe experimenter giving orders by telephone
  2. BMoving the study to a prestigious university
  3. CIncreasing the shock levels shown on the machine
  4. DHaving the experimenter wear a lab coat
6.Medium

Social exchange theory proposes that relationships continue when:

  1. ARewards outweigh costs compared with alternatives
  2. BOne partner holds more power than the other one
  3. CPartners live close to each other and see each other often
  4. DPartners are similar in age and background
7.Hard

In the Clarks' doll studies, many Black children preferred a white doll and described it as "nice". This research was cited in a US court case because it suggested:

  1. ADoll preferences are fully innate
  2. BSegregated schools improved self-esteem
  3. CYoung children have no racial awareness
  4. DSegregation harmed Black children's self-image
8.Hard

Darley and Batson's "Good Samaritan" study with seminary students found that the strongest predictor of stopping to help a man in a doorway was:

  1. AHow religious they said they were
  2. BWhether they had studied psychology
  3. CWhether they were preparing a talk on the Good Samaritan
  4. DHow much of a hurry the students were in

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Pluralistic ignorance
  2. 2. C · Kin selection
  3. 3. B · Affective, behavioural and cognitive
  4. 4. B · Getting agreement to a small request before making a larger one
  5. 5. A · The experimenter giving orders by telephone
  6. 6. A · Rewards outweigh costs compared with alternatives
  7. 7. D · Segregation harmed Black children's self-image
  8. 8. D · How much of a hurry the students were in

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