Social psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AActor–observer bias
2. BFalse consensus effect
3. CSpotlight effect
4. DHalo effect

In Milgram's obedience study, about what percentage of participants went to the maximum 450-volt level?

1. AAbout 5%
2. BAbout 65%
3. CAbout 95%
4. DAbout 25%

The matching hypothesis predicts that people tend to form relationships with partners who:

1. AAre much more attractive than them
2. BAre similar to them in attractiveness
3. CLive far away from them
4. DHave opposite personalities

The self-serving bias is the tendency to:

1. AUnderestimate our own abilities
2. BAttribute successes to ourselves and failures to external factors
3. CAttribute others' failures to bad luck
4. DRecall only negative information about ourselves, especially after failure

In Latané and Darley's five-step model of bystander intervention, pluralistic ignorance mainly affects which step?

1. AKnowing how to give the right help
2. BNoticing that something is happening
3. CDeciding whether the costs are worth it
4. DInterpreting the event as an emergency

Social exchange theory proposes that relationships continue when:

1. APartners are similar in age and background
2. BOne partner holds more power than the other one
3. CPartners live close to each other and see each other often
4. DRewards outweigh costs compared with alternatives

Which variation in Asch's study reduced conformity most dramatically?

1. AIncreasing the majority from 3 to 15 people
2. BMaking the task easier
3. COne other confederate giving the correct answer
4. DHaving participants answer first

The stereotype content model places groups on two dimensions. Elderly people are often seen as warm but low in competence. Which emotion does the model predict they receive?

1. APity
2. BAdmiration
3. CEnvy
4. DContempt