Social psychology worksheet with answers

In-group favouritism is the tendency to:

1. ATreat all people exactly equally
2. BPrefer outsiders to one's own group
3. CFavour members of one's own group
4. DAvoid joining groups

Attitudes are typically described as having which three components?

1. ASensory, short-term and long-term
2. BId, ego and superego
3. CConscious, preconscious and unconscious
4. DAffective, behavioural and cognitive

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

1. ASleeper effect
2. BHalo effect
3. CSpotlight effect
4. DPrimacy effect

Normative social influence is conformity based on:

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

In Aronson's jigsaw classroom, each pupil learns one part of a lesson and teaches it to the group. This reduced prejudice mainly by:

1. ASeparating pupils from different groups
2. BIncreasing competition between pupils
3. CMaking pupils depend on each other to succeed
4. DRewarding only the best individual pupil

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

1. ARealistic conflict theory
2. BSocial comparison theory
3. CSelf-perception theory
4. DSocial identity theory

Myers and Bishop found that students high in prejudice became more prejudiced after discussing racial issues with similar students, and low-prejudice students became less prejudiced. Which two explanations are usually given?

1. ASocial loafing and social facilitation
2. BObedience and agentic state
3. CMatching hypothesis and proximity
4. DPersuasive arguments and social comparison

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. BMere exposure can raise liking without conscious recognition
3. CVery brief exposure tends to reduce liking for a shape
4. DLiking depends only on what can be consciously remembered from before