Social psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Helping another person without expecting anything in return is called:

  1. ASocial exchange
  2. BCompliance
  3. CReciprocity
  4. DAltruism
2.Easy

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

  1. AActor–observer bias
  2. BHalo effect
  3. CFalse consensus effect
  4. DSpotlight effect
3.Easy

The frustration–aggression hypothesis states that:

  1. AFrustration leads to withdrawal rather than aggression
  2. BBeing blocked from a goal makes aggression more likely
  3. CActing aggressively always removes the frustration
  4. DAggression is learned only by watching other people
4.Medium

Groupthink is most likely when a group:

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

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. BSocial identity theory
  3. CThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
  4. DThe arousal: cost–reward model
6.Medium

Tom says he tripped because the floor was wet, but when he sees someone else trip he thinks they are clumsy. This is the:

  1. AHalo effect
  2. BFalse consensus effect
  3. CSelf-serving bias
  4. DActor–observer bias
7.Hard

Kunst-Wilson and Zajonc showed octagons too briefly to be recognised. Later, participants could not tell old from new shapes but preferred the ones shown before. This suggests:

  1. APeople always know which shapes they have seen before
  2. BLiking depends only on what can be consciously remembered from before
  3. CMere exposure can raise liking without conscious recognition
  4. DVery brief exposure tends to reduce liking for a shape
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. APlacebo pills themselves cause attitude change
  2. BDissonance involves arousal that people try to explain
  3. CSelf-perception theory explains all attitude change
  4. DWriting essays never changes people's attitudes

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Altruism
  2. 2. D · Spotlight effect
  3. 3. B · Being blocked from a goal makes aggression more likely
  4. 4. A · Is highly cohesive, isolated and led by a directive leader
  5. 5. D · The arousal: cost–reward model
  6. 6. D · Actor–observer bias
  7. 7. C · Mere exposure can raise liking without conscious recognition
  8. 8. B · Dissonance involves arousal that people try to explain

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