Social psychology worksheet with answers

Blaming an innocent out-group for one's own frustrations and problems is called:

1. AScapegoating
2. BSocial loafing
3. CGroupthink
4. DReactance

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

1. AHalo effect
2. BRecency effect
3. CPrimacy effect
4. DSleeper effect

The frustration–aggression hypothesis states that:

1. AActing aggressively always removes the frustration
2. BFrustration leads to withdrawal rather than aggression
3. CAggression is learned only by watching other people
4. DBeing blocked from a goal makes aggression more likely

The self-serving bias is the tendency to:

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

On a New York subway, a man who collapsed while carrying a cane was helped more often than a man who smelt of alcohol. Which model best explains this?

1. ASocial identity theory
2. BThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
3. CThe arousal: cost–reward model
4. DThe matching hypothesis

According to the elaboration likelihood model, which route of persuasion produces longer-lasting attitude change?

1. ABoth produce exactly the same change
2. BThe peripheral route, based on cues such as the source's attractiveness
3. CNeither produces any attitude change
4. DThe central route, based on careful thinking about the arguments

In Tajfel's minimal group studies, boys allocated points between an in-group and an out-group member. They often preferred options that:

1. AGave more to the out-group member so as to appear fair
2. BMaximised the gap in their group's favour, even at a cost
3. CSplit the points exactly equally between both groups
4. DGave both boys the highest possible joint total of reward points

Reactance theory predicts that when people feel their freedom is threatened by a persuasive message, they will:

1. AIgnore the message entirely, without any emotional reaction
2. BComply more strongly
3. CBe motivated to do the opposite of what is urged
4. DForget the message immediately