Social psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AGroupthink
2. BGroup polarisation
3. CDeindividuation
4. DSocial loafing

A stereotype is:

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

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

1. ASocial loafing
2. BGroupthink
3. CReactance
4. DScapegoating

On Halloween, children who were anonymous and in groups took more sweets than allowed, compared with children who had been asked their names. This illustrates:

1. AThe foot-in-the-door effect
2. BDeindividuation
3. CGroup polarisation
4. DSocial facilitation

Exposing people to weak arguments against their view, along with rebuttals, makes them more resistant to later persuasion. This is:

1. AThe elaboration likelihood model
2. BReactance theory
3. CInoculation theory
4. DThe sleeper effect

In the Robbers Cave study, hostility between the two groups of boys was reduced most by:

1. ACompetitive sports tournaments
2. BSimply having more contact during meals
3. CWorking together on superordinate goals
4. DSeparating the groups completely

A teenager adopts the style and opinions of an admired older cousin, but drops them once the two are no longer close. Kelman would call this:

1. AInternalisation
2. BCompliance
3. CIdentification
4. DObedience

Gaertner and Dovidio found that White participants helped Black and White victims equally when they were the only witness, but helped Black victims less when other bystanders were present. This supports the idea of:

1. ADiffusion of responsibility that affects all victims equally
2. BOpen, old-fashioned racism that appears in every situation
3. CAversive racism, shown when a non-racial excuse is available
4. DA complete absence of prejudice among the participants