Social psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

  1. AKin selection
  2. BSocial exchange
  3. CThe bystander effect
  4. DReciprocal altruism
2.Easy

Which study is known for assigning students to the roles of guards and prisoners?

  1. AAsch's conformity study
  2. BThe Stanford prison experiment
  3. CMilgram's obedience study
  4. DThe Robbers Cave experiment
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. ANorman Triplett
  2. BBibb Latané
  3. CMuzafer Sherif
  4. DRobert Zajonc
4.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. 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
5.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. AHalo effect
  2. BSelf-serving bias
  3. CActor–observer bias
  4. DFalse consensus effect
6.Medium

In Hofling's hospital study, a "doctor" phoned nurses and told them to give a dose of an unfamiliar drug that exceeded the label's maximum. Almost all the nurses started to comply. This shows:

  1. AInformational influence from the drug label
  2. BObedience to authority in a real-world setting
  3. CSocial loafing among hospital staff
  4. DConformity to a group of peers
7.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. AWhether they had studied psychology
  2. BHow much of a hurry the students were in
  3. CWhether they were preparing a talk on the Good Samaritan
  4. DHow religious they said they were
8.Hard

Baumrind criticised Milgram's obedience study mainly because:

  1. AThe shocks were real and physically harmed the learner
  2. BParticipants were paid so much that they felt obliged
  3. CThe sample was too small to generalise from at all
  4. DParticipants were deceived and put under severe stress

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Kin selection
  2. 2. B · The Stanford prison experiment
  3. 3. A · Norman Triplett
  4. 4. B · Much of the original conformity was normative
  5. 5. C · Actor–observer bias
  6. 6. B · Obedience to authority in a real-world setting
  7. 7. B · How much of a hurry the students were in
  8. 8. D · Participants were deceived and put under severe stress

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