Social psychology worksheet with answers

Conforming because you believe the group knows the correct answer, especially in an unclear situation, is called:

1. ASocial loafing
2. BInformational social influence
3. CObedience
4. DNormative social influence

Overestimating how much other people notice our appearance or behaviour is called the:

1. AHalo effect
2. BSpotlight effect
3. CFalse consensus effect
4. DActor–observer bias

A stereotype is:

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

Everyone laughs at a comedian, Sam laughs at this comedian but at no others, and Sam always laughs at her. Using Kelley's covariation model, the cause is most likely:

1. ASam's personality
2. BChance circumstances
3. CThe comedian
4. DSam's mood that night

On a New York subway, a man who collapsed while carrying a cane was helped more often than a man who smelt of alcohol. Which model best explains this?

1. AThe matching hypothesis
2. BThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
3. CSocial identity theory
4. DThe arousal: cost–reward model

Normative social influence is conformity based on:

1. APersonal moral principles
2. BThe wish to be accepted and liked by the group
3. CObeying a direct order
4. DThe belief that the group has better information

The Implicit Association Test (IAT) measures attitudes by:

1. AObserving behaviour in natural settings
2. BAsking direct questions about prejudice
3. CMeasuring heart rate while participants talk with out-group members
4. DReaction times when pairing concepts with evaluative words

Bond and Smith's meta-analysis of Asch-type studies found that conformity was:

1. AExactly the same in all countries and time periods
2. BHigher in collectivist than in individualist cultures
3. CHigher in individualist than in collectivist cultures
4. DRising steadily in the USA since the 1950s