Social psychology worksheet with answers

In-group favouritism is the tendency to:

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

A student goes out partying the night before an exam so that a poor grade can be blamed on tiredness. This is:

1. AStereotype threat
2. BSocial loafing
3. CSelf-handicapping
4. DSelf-fulfilling prophecy

Worrying about confirming a negative stereotype about one's group, which then harms performance, is called:

1. AScapegoating
2. BIllusory correlation
3. CStereotype threat
4. DSelf-handicapping

According to Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour, intentions are predicted by attitudes, subjective norms and:

1. APhysical attractiveness of the source
2. BPerceived behavioural control
3. CThe size of the group involved
4. DCognitive dissonance

Which factor reduced obedience most in Milgram's variations?

1. AHaving the experimenter wear a lab coat
2. BMoving the study to a prestigious university
3. CThe experimenter giving orders by telephone
4. DIncreasing the shock levels shown on the machine

Berkowitz and LePage found that angered participants gave more electric shocks when a gun was lying nearby than when a badminton racket was. This is called:

1. ASocial facilitation
2. BDisplacement
3. CCatharsis
4. DThe weapons effect

In Batson's studies, participants who felt high empathy for a woman receiving shocks offered to take her place even when they could easily leave. This supports:

1. AThe negative state relief model only
2. BThe arousal: cost–reward model
3. CKin selection
4. DThe empathy–altruism hypothesis

The just-world hypothesis can lead people to:

1. ABelieve that all outcomes are random
2. BBlame victims for their misfortune
3. CIgnore social norms completely
4. DHelp victims more readily