Social psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Helping another person without expecting anything in return is called:

  1. ACompliance
  2. BAltruism
  3. CReciprocity
  4. DSocial exchange
2.Easy

Accepting a group's view both publicly and privately because you truly believe it is called:

  1. AConversion
  2. BIdentification
  3. CInternalisation
  4. DCompliance
3.Easy

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

  1. AFalse consensus effect
  2. BHalo effect
  3. CActor–observer bias
  4. DSpotlight effect
4.Medium

A smoker who knows smoking is harmful tells himself "the research isn't really conclusive". In dissonance terms, he is reducing dissonance by:

  1. AIncreasing the importance of the conflict
  2. BChanging one of the conflicting cognitions
  3. CChanging his behaviour
  4. DConforming to a group norm
5.Medium

The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to:

  1. AAssume others agree with us
  2. BBlame the situation for one's own failures while taking personal credit for one's successes
  3. COverestimate personality and underestimate the situation when explaining others' behaviour
  4. DOverestimate the role of luck in success
6.Medium

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

  1. ASimply having more contact during meals
  2. BWorking together on superordinate goals
  3. CSeparating the groups completely
  4. DCompetitive sports tournaments
7.Hard

In Latané and Darley's smoke-filled room study, participants alone usually reported the smoke, but those with two calm confederates rarely did. The best explanation is:

  1. ADeindividuation caused by sitting in a group
  2. BNormative influence from an authority figure
  3. CSocial loafing while working on a group task
  4. DPluralistic ignorance about whether it was an emergency
8.Hard

Social loafing in a group shouting task disappeared when participants believed their individual output could be identified. This shows loafing is driven mainly by:

  1. APoor coordination only
  2. BPhysical tiredness in larger groups
  3. CReduced evaluation of individual effort
  4. DFear of the experimenter

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Altruism
  2. 2. C · Internalisation
  3. 3. D · Spotlight effect
  4. 4. B · Changing one of the conflicting cognitions
  5. 5. C · Overestimate personality and underestimate the situation when explaining others' behaviour
  6. 6. B · Working together on superordinate goals
  7. 7. D · Pluralistic ignorance about whether it was an emergency
  8. 8. C · Reduced evaluation of individual effort

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