Social psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Assuming that an attractive person is also kind and intelligent is called the:

  1. AHalo effect
  2. BSleeper effect
  3. CSpotlight effect
  4. DPrimacy effect
2.Easy

After discussion, a group's opinion becomes more extreme in the direction its members already leaned. This is called:

  1. ADeindividuation
  2. BSocial loafing
  3. CGroupthink
  4. DGroup polarisation
3.Easy

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

  1. AGroupthink
  2. BSocial loafing
  3. CReactance
  4. DScapegoating
4.Medium

The self-serving bias is the tendency to:

  1. AAttribute successes to ourselves and failures to external factors
  2. BRecall only negative information about ourselves, especially after failure
  3. CAttribute others' failures to bad luck
  4. DUnderestimate our own abilities
5.Medium

Groupthink is most likely when a group:

  1. AContains many members who openly disagree and challenge the leader's views
  2. BSeeks advice from outside experts
  3. CIs highly cohesive, isolated and led by a directive leader
  4. DUses a formal devil's advocate
6.Medium

Hatfield distinguished passionate love from companionate love. Companionate love is best described as:

  1. ADeep affection and commitment that grows over time
  2. BA brief infatuation with someone new
  3. CIntense longing and strong physical arousal for the partner
  4. DLove based only on physical attractiveness
7.Hard

Reactance theory predicts that when people feel their freedom is threatened by a persuasive message, they will:

  1. AForget the message immediately
  2. BBe motivated to do the opposite of what is urged
  3. CIgnore the message entirely, without any emotional reaction
  4. DComply more strongly
8.Hard

Zanna and Cooper gave participants a placebo pill, telling some it would make them tense. After writing a counter-attitudinal essay, those told the pill causes tension showed little attitude change. This supports the idea that:

  1. AWriting essays never changes people's attitudes
  2. BDissonance involves arousal that people try to explain
  3. CPlacebo pills themselves cause attitude change
  4. DSelf-perception theory explains all attitude change

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Halo effect
  2. 2. D · Group polarisation
  3. 3. D · Scapegoating
  4. 4. A · Attribute successes to ourselves and failures to external factors
  5. 5. C · Is highly cohesive, isolated and led by a directive leader
  6. 6. A · Deep affection and commitment that grows over time
  7. 7. B · Be motivated to do the opposite of what is urged
  8. 8. B · Dissonance involves arousal that people try to explain

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