Social psychology worksheet with answers

A stereotype is:

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

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

1. ASocial loafing
2. BDeindividuation
3. CGroup polarisation
4. DGroupthink

In-group favouritism is the tendency to:

1. APrefer outsiders to one's own group
2. BFavour members of one's own group
3. CAvoid joining groups
4. DTreat all people exactly equally

Tom says he tripped because the floor was wet, but when he sees someone else trip he thinks they are clumsy. This is the:

1. ASelf-serving bias
2. BHalo effect
3. CActor–observer bias
4. DFalse consensus effect

The foot-in-the-door technique works by:

1. AOffering a discount after the request
2. BUsing fear to persuade
3. CGetting agreement to a small request before making a larger one
4. DMaking a large request first, which is refused, then a smaller one

Normative social influence is conformity based on:

1. APersonal moral principles
2. BThe wish to be accepted and liked by the group
3. CObeying a direct order
4. DThe belief that the group has better information

Why are the results of the Stanford prison experiment treated with caution today?

1. AGuards were partly coached and demand characteristics were strong
2. BIt was carried out in a real prison with real inmates as the prisoners
3. CIt found no differences between guards and prisoners
4. DIt had too many participants to analyse

Students heard a proposal for exams. When told it would affect them personally, argument quality mattered most. When told it would apply in future, the source's expertise mattered most. This supports:

1. AThe elaboration likelihood model
2. BBrehm's reactance theory
3. CLatané's social impact theory
4. DMcGuire's inoculation theory