Social psychology worksheet with answers

When forming an impression of someone, information we receive first often has the greatest influence. This is the:

1. APrimacy effect
2. BRecency effect
3. CSleeper effect
4. DHalo effect

Milgram used the term "agentic state" to describe a person who:

1. ARefuses to follow orders that they think are wrong
2. BSees themselves as acting for an authority, not for themselves
3. CFeels fully responsible for the harm they are causing
4. DActs entirely on their own conscience and their own moral values

The social norm that we should return favours that others have done for us is called:

1. AThe reciprocity norm
2. BThe equity norm
3. CThe just-world belief
4. DThe social responsibility norm

Groupthink is most likely when a group:

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

Rosenthal and Jacobson told teachers that some randomly chosen pupils were about to "bloom" intellectually. Later, these pupils showed larger IQ gains, especially in the youngest classes. This shows:

1. AThat IQ tests given in schools cannot be trusted
2. BA self-fulfilling prophecy from teacher expectations
3. CThat teachers' beliefs have no effect on pupils
4. DThat the chosen pupils were truly more gifted

Hatfield distinguished passionate love from companionate love. Companionate love is best described as:

1. ALove based only on physical attractiveness
2. BDeep affection and commitment that grows over time
3. CIntense longing and strong physical arousal for the partner
4. DA brief infatuation with someone new

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. APersuasive arguments and social comparison
2. BSocial loafing and social facilitation
3. CMatching hypothesis and proximity
4. DObedience and agentic state

In Walster's "computer dance" study, students were randomly paired. What best predicted whether they wanted to see their date again?

1. AThe date's physical attractiveness, regardless of their own
2. BSimilarity in attractiveness, as the matching hypothesis predicts
3. CSimilarity in intelligence
4. DSimilarity in personality test scores