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1.Easy

The frustration–aggression hypothesis states that:

  1. AActing aggressively always removes the frustration
  2. BFrustration leads to withdrawal rather than aggression
  3. CAggression is learned only by watching other people
  4. DBeing blocked from a goal makes aggression more likely
2.Easy

In student housing, people were most likely to become friends with those living closest to them. This shows the role of:

  1. ASimilarity in attraction
  2. BReciprocity of liking
  3. CPhysical attractiveness
  4. DProximity in attraction
3.Easy

Which term describes reduced effort when working in a group compared with alone?

  1. ADeindividuation
  2. BSocial facilitation
  3. CSocial loafing
  4. DGroupthink
4.Medium

Someone realises "I always order salad, so I must like healthy food". Which theory describes inferring attitudes from one's own behaviour?

  1. ASocial identity theory
  2. BSocial comparison theory
  3. CSelf-perception theory
  4. DRealistic conflict theory
5.Medium

A message from a low-credibility source becomes more persuasive weeks later, as people forget where it came from. This is the:

  1. APrimacy effect
  2. BBoomerang effect
  3. CSleeper effect
  4. DMere exposure effect
6.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. AWriting answers made the task more difficult
  2. BThe conformity was mainly informational
  3. CMuch of the original conformity was normative
  4. DMost participants had poor eyesight for lines
7.Hard

Steele and Aronson found that Black students did worse than White students on a hard verbal test when it was described as a measure of ability, but equally well when it was described as a non-diagnostic task. This shows that:

  1. AThe way a test is described has no effect on how well people perform
  2. BAbility differences between groups are fixed and cannot change
  3. CFraming a test can create performance gaps via stereotype threat
  4. DHard verbal tests are equally difficult for every student
8.Hard

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

  1. AThere were more bystanders present
  2. BThe emergency was clearly dangerous
  3. CThe situation was more ambiguous
  4. DAll the bystanders were strangers

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Being blocked from a goal makes aggression more likely
  2. 2. D · Proximity in attraction
  3. 3. C · Social loafing
  4. 4. C · Self-perception theory
  5. 5. C · Sleeper effect
  6. 6. C · Much of the original conformity was normative
  7. 7. C · Framing a test can create performance gaps via stereotype threat
  8. 8. B · The emergency was clearly dangerous

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