Social psychology worksheet with answers

Free printable Social psychology worksheet: 8 problems from easy to exam level, with an answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF.

New worksheetPractise online with hints

For teachers: free to print, copy and use in class. Every new worksheet has new values and its own answer key. A link to ExamProblems on your course page is appreciated.

Name: ____________________   Date: ____________

1.Easy

Which term describes reduced effort when working in a group compared with alone?

  1. AGroupthink
  2. BSocial loafing
  3. CDeindividuation
  4. DSocial facilitation
2.Easy

In student housing, people were most likely to become friends with those living closest to them. This shows the role of:

  1. AProximity in attraction
  2. BSimilarity in attraction
  3. CPhysical attractiveness
  4. DReciprocity of liking
3.Easy

Unwritten rules about how people in a group are expected to behave are called:

  1. AStereotypes
  2. BAttitudes
  3. CAttributions
  4. DSocial norms
4.Medium

In a variation of Asch's study, participants wrote their answers privately instead of saying them aloud, and conformity dropped sharply. What does this suggest?

  1. AThe conformity was mainly informational
  2. BWriting answers made the task more difficult
  3. CMost participants had poor eyesight for lines
  4. DMuch of the original conformity was normative
5.Medium

A message from a low-credibility source becomes more persuasive weeks later, as people forget where it came from. This is the:

  1. APrimacy effect
  2. BBoomerang effect
  3. CMere exposure effect
  4. DSleeper effect
6.Medium

Adorno and colleagues linked prejudice to an "authoritarian personality". This personality was thought to develop from:

  1. ACompetition for jobs and housing in adulthood
  2. BMembership of trivial or minimal groups
  3. CA strict, harsh upbringing with conditional love
  4. DA permissive upbringing with very few rules or limits
7.Hard

Latané and Darley's "seizure" study found that participants were least likely to help when:

  1. AThey believed four other people could also hear the victim
  2. BThey believed they were the only one listening to the victim
  3. CThe experimenter was in the room
  4. DThe victim was a close friend
8.Hard

After choosing between two similarly rated household appliances, participants rated the chosen one higher and the rejected one lower than before. This is called:

  1. AReactance against the rejected option
  2. BSpreading of alternatives after a decision
  3. CThe mere exposure effect for owned items
  4. DThe sleeper effect in product judgements

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Social loafing
  2. 2. A · Proximity in attraction
  3. 3. D · Social norms
  4. 4. D · Much of the original conformity was normative
  5. 5. D · Sleeper effect
  6. 6. C · A strict, harsh upbringing with conditional love
  7. 7. A · They believed four other people could also hear the victim
  8. 8. B · Spreading of alternatives after a decision

Full step-by-step solutions: practise this topic on examproblems.com.