Social psychology worksheet with answers

Asch's line study investigated:

1. AObedience to authority
2. BConformity to a group's incorrect judgement
3. CVisual illusions
4. DMemory for line lengths over time

A student goes out partying the night before an exam so that a poor grade can be blamed on tiredness. This is:

1. ASelf-handicapping
2. BStereotype threat
3. CSelf-fulfilling prophecy
4. DSocial loafing

A stereotype is:

1. AA negative behaviour towards a group
2. BA generalised belief about members of a group
3. CA feeling of liking for members of one's own group only
4. DA legal rule about groups

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 general attitudes always predict behaviour
4. DThat written replies are more honest than actions

In Latané and Darley's five-step model of bystander intervention, pluralistic ignorance mainly affects which step?

1. ANoticing that something is happening
2. BInterpreting the event as an emergency
3. CKnowing how to give the right help
4. DDeciding whether the costs are worth it

According to Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour, intentions are predicted by attitudes, subjective norms and:

1. AThe size of the group involved
2. BPerceived behavioural control
3. CPhysical attractiveness of the source
4. DCognitive dissonance

Gaertner and Dovidio found that White participants helped Black and White victims equally when they were the only witness, but helped Black victims less when other bystanders were present. This supports the idea of:

1. ADiffusion of responsibility that affects all victims equally
2. BOpen, old-fashioned racism that appears in every situation
3. CA complete absence of prejudice among the participants
4. DAversive racism, shown when a non-racial excuse is available

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 were preparing a talk on the Good Samaritan
2. BHow religious they said they were
3. CHow much of a hurry the students were in
4. DWhether they had studied psychology