Social psychology worksheet with answers

Going along with a group in public while privately disagreeing is called:

1. AIdentification
2. BInternalisation
3. CCompliance
4. DConversion

Blaming an innocent out-group for one's own frustrations and problems is called:

1. AScapegoating
2. BGroupthink
3. CReactance
4. DSocial loafing

Social facilitation means that the presence of others:

1. AMakes people forget instructions
2. BAlways worsens performance, whatever kind of task is being done
3. CImproves performance on simple or well-learned tasks
4. DHas no effect on performance

LaPiere travelled across the USA with a Chinese couple in the 1930s. Almost every hotel and restaurant served them, but most later replied by letter that they would not serve Chinese guests. This shows:

1. AA gap between stated attitudes and behaviour
2. BThat prejudice against Chinese people did not exist
3. CThat written replies are more honest than actions
4. DThat general attitudes always predict behaviour

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

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

Aronson and Mills found that women who went through an embarrassing initiation to join a dull discussion group rated it more positively than those with a mild initiation. This is:

1. AThe halo effect
2. BEffort justification
3. CSocial facilitation
4. DThe mere exposure effect

The just-world hypothesis can lead people to:

1. AHelp victims more readily
2. BIgnore social norms completely
3. CBlame victims for their misfortune
4. DBelieve that all outcomes are random

Men approached by a female researcher on a high, swaying bridge were more likely to phone her later than men approached on a low, stable bridge. This is explained by:

1. AMisattribution of arousal
2. BSocial exchange theory
3. CThe mere exposure effect
4. DThe matching hypothesis