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. AAttributions
  2. BSocial norms
  3. CAttitudes
  4. DStereotypes
2.Easy

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

  1. ANorman Triplett
  2. BRobert Zajonc
  3. CMuzafer Sherif
  4. DBibb Latané
3.Easy

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

  1. AJust-world effect
  2. BOut-group homogeneity effect
  3. CIn-group favouritism effect
  4. DFalse consensus effect
4.Medium

Adorno and colleagues linked prejudice to an "authoritarian personality". This personality was thought to develop from:

  1. AMembership of trivial or minimal groups
  2. BCompetition for jobs and housing in adulthood
  3. CA strict, harsh upbringing with conditional love
  4. DA permissive upbringing with very few rules or limits
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. AMaking pupils depend on each other to succeed
  2. BRewarding only the best individual pupil
  3. CSeparating pupils from different groups
  4. DIncreasing competition between pupils
6.Medium

Normative social influence is conformity based on:

  1. APersonal moral principles
  2. BObeying a direct order
  3. CThe belief that the group has better information
  4. DThe wish to be accepted and liked by the group
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. AYoung children have no racial awareness
  2. BSegregated schools improved self-esteem
  3. CSegregation harmed Black children's self-image
  4. DDoll preferences are fully innate
8.Hard

Fischer and colleagues' meta-analysis of the bystander effect found that it was weaker when:

  1. AThe situation was more ambiguous
  2. BThere were more bystanders present
  3. CAll the bystanders were strangers
  4. DThe emergency was clearly dangerous

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Social norms
  2. 2. A · Norman Triplett
  3. 3. B · Out-group homogeneity effect
  4. 4. C · A strict, harsh upbringing with conditional love
  5. 5. A · Making pupils depend on each other to succeed
  6. 6. D · The wish to be accepted and liked by the group
  7. 7. C · Segregation harmed Black children's self-image
  8. 8. D · The emergency was clearly dangerous

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